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March 6 - April 21, 2024 Witte de Withstraat 50

Justice beyond Revenge. Recalling Louk Hulsman

Robert Glass, Curator: Anke Bangma

In 'Justice beyond Revenge' artist Robert Glas invites you to question your views on justice. The prevailing focus on severe punishment seems almost unchallenged but was not always so obvious. Until the mid-80s… Read more

January 26 - April 21, 2024 Witte de Withstraat 50

what it is, what it means and what I would like it to be

Pris Roos, Curator: Honey Kraiwee

Through a mixed-media installation with portraits and stories of nine individuals, artist Pris Roos invites you to delve into the complexity of our lives. The portrayed, all with a connection… Read more

October 27, 2023 - April 1, 2024 Witte de Withstraat 50

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #25

25 years of Tubelight - Critical art criticism

This edition of Rotterdam Cultural Histories celebrates the 25th anniversary of Tubelight with an anniversary exhibition. At number 53 of the Witte de Withstraat, directly opposite TENT and Kunstinstituut Melly, lie the roots of Tubelight. Here… Read more

September 9, 2023 - January 7, 2024 Witte de Withstraat 50

Exhibition: Dolf Henkes Prize 2023

Curator: Annosh Urbanke

Artists Ada M. Patterson, Babette Kleijn, Samboleap Tol, Yoeri Guépin, Bik Van der Pol, Bert Frings, Dirk van Lieshout and Maike Hemmers are the nominees for the Dolf Henkes Prize 2023. The art prize was awarded this… Read more

July 8 - August 20, 2023 Witte de Withstraat 50

De Grote Hoop 'Camping workshop for children'

Camping workshop for imaginative kids

This summer, the TENT gym will transform from an empty space into a warm, cozy day camp. This is where De Grote Hoop lives. That hope is yours and mine. The camp manager, the animation team and also the… Read more

June 30 - October 22, 2023 Witte de Withstraat 50

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #24

Mama Aisa

Art Institute Melly invited Boris van Berkum and Marian Markelo in the context of the 150th commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Suriname, which was celebrated with Keti Koti on July 1, 2023. Van Berkum… Read more

April 22 - June 25, 2023 Witte de Withstraat 50

Leopold Emmen: I dream about this house every once in a while

Nanouk Leopold, Daan Emmen

Filmmaker Nanouk Leopold and visual artist Daan Emmen develop video installations together in which they experiment with film as a spatial experience. In TENT, the duo builds the kaleidoscopic installation triptych, in which equal roles are reserved for the… Read more

March 25 - August 20, 2023 Witte de Withstraat 50

Sustaining Small Acts

Curator: Anke Bangma.

The artists in Sustaining Small Acts work from the connection with their physical environment. The starting point for their work is often close by, in their daily living environment: their own household waste, the weeds in the city, the… Read more

July 10 - September 27, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

The Whole World Is Turning

Ada M. Patterson

Ada M. Patterson uses masquerade, textiles, performance, video and poetry to tell new stories or to reprise and re-mean old stories. The new video installation 'A Ship of Fools'… Read more

July 10 - September 27, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

The Visual Life of Social Affection

11 artists from the Caribbean

'The Visual Life of Social Affliction' is a traveling exhibition with 11 artists from the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora around the imagination of social suffering. With works that are sometimes poignant, but also… Read more

June 1 - September 5, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #17

Artists as city makers

Artists have played a crucial role in the cultural development of Rotterdam. As makers, and as city makers. This edition of Rotterdam Cultural Histories questions how that role in the city can remain possible, with artist initiative Kaus… Read more

February 8 - June 21, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

Utopian Redux

Carly Rose Bedford

With 'Utopian Redux', Carly Rose Bedford transforms the exhibition space into an immersive and artificial landscape, inviting us to view what we understand as 'nature' as 'queer'. Carly Rose… Read more

Gyz La Rivière, New Neapolis / film still, 2020 (Liverpool) / camera: David Spaans
January 24 - June 21, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

New Neapolis

Gyz La Rivière

Gyz La Rivière’s New Neapolis is a declaration of love to a new fictional European city that can emerge when four port cities – Rotterdam, Liverpool, Marseille and Naples – forge an alliance. With a film and a… Read more

January 23 - February 1, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

TENT Welcomes: IFFR w / Quay Brothers

Dream Holes & Collecting Pools

As part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019, the Quay Brothers presented their dreamlike installation 'Dream Holes & Collecting Pools' in TENT. IFFR curator was Edwin Carels. For a number of years now, the Quay Brothers have been working… Read more

Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn
December 6, 2019 - January 5, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

Things Will Change

WdKA & KABK

An exhibition by students from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and the Willem de Kooning Academy. Read more

October 11, 2019 - January 12, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

Wild Bet

Gil & Moti

Wild Bet revolved around gambling as a social and psychological phenomenon. Artist duo Gil & Moti took the viewer into a world of public gambling machines, seductive gambling halls, simple back rooms and illegal gambling, and in the promise… Read more

Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn
October 11, 2019 - January 12, 2020 Witte de Withstraat 50

Farmers side

Wapke Feenstra

Boerenzij was a project by artist Wapke Feenstra with Rotterdammers about rural culture. The project was a critique of the supposed contrast between countryside and city, which the popular image but also our planning and politics… Read more

July 20 - September 29, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

WARTAAL – Workshop for Word and Deed

Language and performance playground for children aged 4 to 12

Fantasize about your ideal dream world, use your whole body to spell your name or give an unforgettable ballet performance on a real stage. A small selection from the selection of more than 26 activities… Read more

July 12 - September 22, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

No You won't be Naming no Buildings after Me

Group exhibition with guest curator Vincent van Velsen

With 'No You Won't Be Naming No Buildings After Me' guest curator Vincent van Velsen investigated how memories live on. The title of the exhibition was taken from the song 'AD 2000' by singer Erykah Badu, which… Read more

May 26 - June 23, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

TENT Welcomes: 'An Invitation to Dance'

Noud Heerkens & Loïc Perela

The film installation 'An Invitation to Dance' is the result of a study into the cinematic experience of dance. Filmmaker Noud Heerkens entered into a special collaboration with choreographer Loïc Perela. He created a cross-pollination between… Read more

April 19 - June 30, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

Post-Opera

Guest curators Kris Dittel and musicologist Jelena Novak

Post-Opera was an exhibition project at the intersection of visual arts, technology and opera. The theme was the changing relationship between the human body and the voice. Guest curator Kris Dittel and musicologist Jelena Novak initiated this… Read more

April 19 - October 6, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #16

How do you get from Salvador Allende Street to the Andre van der Louw Bridge?

This edition of Rotterdam Cultural Histories focuses on the Rotterdam solidarity movement that emerged after the coup in Chile on September 11, 1973, in which President Salvador Allende and his cabinet were removed from power. Read more

April 14 - June 3, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

TENT on a Visit – Public Programme

Ten Rotterdam makers

The same ten Rotterdam makers who were at HOME at TENT will take the audience into the city this time and continue their story about identity at a personally chosen location. Join TENT to… Read more

December 14, 2018 - February 17, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

Dolf Henkes Price 2019

Winner: Evelyn Taocheng Wang

This exhibition presented the work of the four nominees for the Dolf Henkes Prize 2019: Roxette Capriles, Priscila Fernandes, Emma van der Leest and Evelyn Taocheng Wang. The prize is awarded biennially by the Henkes Foundation. Read more

30 November - 2 December 2018 Witte de Withstraat 50

Me, Myself and I

WdKA & KABK

The exhibition Me, Myself and I showed the results of a collaboration between students of the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. The starting point for this… Read more

October 19, 2018 - April 14, 2019 Witte de Withstraat 50

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #15

Crowd favorites and orphan statues

'Art is elitist', is a common accusation against art. 'Taste terror' by 'so-called experts', which nobody wants. 'Citizens are always obstructive when it comes to art', is a common distrust of the… Read more

September 29 - December 2, 2018 Witte de Withstraat 50

Who do you think you are?

Group exhibition with guest curator Sabrina Starke

On the occasion of her new album 'Underneath the Surface', singer-songwriter Sabrina Starke guest curated an exhibition and cross-disciplinary public programme on the many dimensions of identity: 'Who do you think you are?… Read more

September 28 - December 2, 2018 Witte de Withstraat 50

Only Weeds Emerge

Solo exhibition Pilar Mata Dupont

TENT presented the first solo exhibition of Pilar Mata Dupont in the Netherlands. In three theatrical video installations she depicted the dormant presence of colonial histories in contemporary culture and in the natural landscape. Invasive plants, dormant… Read more

June 22 - September 16, 2018 Witte de Withstraat 50

Solid, Liquid, Vapor

Solo exhibition Esther Kokmeijer

This first major solo exhibition by Esther Kokmeijer focuses on water. With installations, photography and video work, she reports on her worldwide research into protected Antarctic ice, attempts to influence the weather and the seafarers… Read more

May 6 - October 7, 2018 Witte de Withstraat 50

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #14

May 1968

The fourteenth edition of Rotterdam Cultural Histories focuses on how Rotterdam newspapers reported on international and local events that took place in May 1968, a revolutionary period that continues to this day… Read more

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