Foam is now also based at Museumplein Amsterdam.
Foam Pop In has opened at the Gabriël
Metsustraat, off the Museumplein in Amsterdam. In the former
Fortisbank Foam hosts a temporary space where new work by
photographers from the in-house gallery Foam Editions as well as
work by emerging talents will be on show. Foam Pop In
offers a selection of signed prints at attractive prices and a
bookshop with inspirational magazines and books. Events,
artist talks and presentations will be organized
regularly.
Foam Pop In, from
12 May - 5 November 2011. Gabriel Metsustraat
2-6.
Opening times: Thursday, 11.00 -
21.00, Friday - Sunday, 11.00 -19.00. Free entry. www.foam.org
22 exhibitions at the museum itself each year, Foam regularly
organises activities that are not limited to the exhibition
galleries at the Keizersgracht. Foam publishes Foam Magazine 4
times a year; there is an extensive educational programme that is
taught both at schools as well as other locations; there is a
project location in Amsterdam New West called West Side
Stories; and Foam regularly produces exhibitions on location.
Foam Pop In provides Foam with a presence on the
Museumplein and is not just a meeting place and source of
inspiration for photography enthusiasts, photographers, photo
editors, designers and others working in the industry, but also for
local people, art and culture aficionados, tourists and general
passersby. Foam Pop In offers you contemporary and
high-quality photography, inspirational magazines and books, or
just a cup of coffee.
Foam Pop In
Foam Bookshop
Foam Editions
Foam Magazine
Foam
Foam lets people enjoy photography globally via our
museum at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, our internationally
distributed magazine, our website, and our gallery Foam Editions.
Foam is continually looking for new possibilities to reach its
audience. We are not afraid to break with tradition and to walk
down hitherto un-trodden paths. We work together with other
organisations and companies, in order to let an as large as
possible audience experience the power of
photography.
Foam Magazine
Foam Magazine is an international photography magazine. A
publication as well as an exhibition platform for photographers
globally. Quarterly, Foam Magazine presents 8 portfolios dedicated
to one specific theme. Attention is paid to all aspects of
photography, from documentary to fashion, from contemporary to
historical, from world famous photographers to emerging talents.
The magazine received awards for its design and quality and is
currently being distributed in more than 25 countries
Foam Pop In has been made possible by Oschatz Visuelle
Medien.
Netherlands Media Art Institute
The Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk) presents, in a
special videoroom in the Pop-in, a monthly presentation of a
current work from the NIMk collection.
Netherlands Media Art Institute, Keizersgracht 264, Amsterdam,
www.nimk.nl
Note to editors: For information and visual
material please contact the Communications Department, e-mail
foam[at]foam.org or phone +31 20 5516500.
Foam is sponsored by the BankGiro Loterij, the VandenEnde
Foundation and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.