BURO STEDELIJK is an independently curated and managed project space inside the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Since 1 March 2026, we have been growing into our second chapter, steered by Curator Jo-Lene Ong and Project Manager Anouk van Amsterdam.

In this new phase, Buro’s renewed focus is to act as an interface between artistic developments in the city and the museum: connecting communities, bridging generations, and bringing the freshest ideas emerging around us into the space.

Our programmes begin with what is already taking shape across Amsterdam’s diverse communities. We aim to create space for practices that are important to the city’s diasporic publics, and for ways of seeing and being that do not always appear within dominant institutional frameworks.

Buro continues to operate as an experimental pulse: at times extending the museum, at times questioning it. We hope this chapter opens up new forms of exchange between Amsterdam’s creative communities and the institution, while proposing new ways for museum frameworks to reflect the diversity, complexity, and cultural realities of the city today.

Buro Stedelijk is supported by Ammodo and Fonds 21.

OUR FOUNDATION

Buro Stedelijk is shaped by a rotating curatorial model, with a new curator appointed every three years. Established in 2022 by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam following conversations with the Rijksakademie and De Ateliers, Buro's initial direction was set by founding curators Azu Nwagbogu and Rita Ouédraogo. From 2023, Rita Ouédraogo steered Buro Stedelijk through its formative years, developing it into a vital space connecting artistic experimentation with the city and its communities. Under her direction, Buro realized over 80 manifestations with more than 250 collaborators, laying a rich foundation of shared authorship that continues to guide our work today.