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- 31 May 2022
- Boijmans Projects
Boijmans asks relatives of Rotterdam WWII survivors

Guest curator Sandra Smets is collecting stories and tips from relatives about art and artists who lived and worked in Rotterdam during the Second World War. The study will result in a book, an his...
- 13 May 2022
- Corporate
Director Sjarel Ex to leave Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

This autumn, director Sjarel Ex will leave the museum in Rotterdam that he has led for the past eighteen years. With the museum itself closed for renovation, the collection is more accessible than ...
- 4 May 2022
- Corporate
Depot app wins Webby Award

The Depot app of Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen has been awarded a Webby Award - known as the Oscars of the internet world - by the professional jury of the International Academy of Digital Arts and ...

- 19 April 2022
Boijmans wins restoration prize for Van Gogh painting

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is delighted to announce the receipt of support from the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund to investigate and restore Van Gogh’s ‘Poplars near Nuenen’. Is this painting a ...
- 8 April 2022
- Depot
Boijmans collection reveals all

The Rotterdam depot is not only showing how the collection is cared for, but also the test stage of a highlights presentation. Collection favourites such as Brueghel and Basquiat can now be inspect...

- 23 March 2022
- Depot
Depot Boijmans goes dark for WWF Earth Hour

In the wake of the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum and the Sydney Opera House, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen will be turning out the lights for the world-wide Earth Hour action of the World Wildlife Fun...
- 14 March 2022
- Corporate
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Feyenoord unveil art from supporters’ memories

Priceless memories and football memorabilia come together in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. Fashion label Versatile Forever has made a unique jacket, unveiled in video by Feyenoorder Justin Bijlow b...

- 17 February 2022
- Boijmans Projects
Boijmans collection brings explosion of light to Fries Museum

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Fries Museum are collaborating to place work of the impressionistic world elite in a new daylight. Famous faces such as Cézanne and Renoir and rediscovered treasur...

- 28 January 2022
Photographs of empty museum added to Boijmans’ collection

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is being renovated. Photographer Satijn Panyigay has made two series of photographs about the process, which have been acquired for the collection and can now be admir...
- 20 January 2022
- Corporate
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen wins Rotterdam 2021 Marketing Award

The year in which Boijmans gave Rotterdam worldwide allure has been decorated with the Marketing Award Rotterdam. The award was presented at the City Hall by Mayor Aboutaleb and City Council Member...
- 13 January 2022
- Boijmans Projects
New details discovered in restoration of 400-year-old winter landscape

The restoration of Hendrick Avercamp’s ‘Scene on the Ice’ has revealed fascinating new details, including the gruesome discovery of a gallows field. Boijmans has made a short video about the restor...

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