Top reasons to visit Foam during the holidays:
1. PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN | FRIDAY 28 DECEMBER / 4 JANUARY
Weston-super-Mare, England, 1998 © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
This winter holiday Foam is organising a workshop for children between 8 and 12 years of age. Do you love photography and do you enjoy working together? Then sign up for our children's workshop inspired by the work from the exhibition Feast for the Eyes - The Story of Food in Photography.
2. EXHIBITIONS
Peluquería, 1979 © Ouka Leele
Now at Foam:
Feast for the Eyes - The Story of Food in Photography,
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács - Point Cloud, Old Growth,
Daniel Shea - 43-35 10th Street and
Foam 3h: Daan Paans - Panta Rhei
> Check all upcoming exhibitions
3. FOOD FOR THOUGHT | SATURDAY 22 DECEMBER
© Foam Lab
During this event Foam Lab will serve you a delightful menu of performances to reflect on the imagery of food and eating. Play with your food, stuff yourself with juicy information and delicious art.
Visitors handing in their Museumnacht 2018 wristband get free entrance!
4. SHOP HOLIDAY GIFTS
Daily Dew 01, 2017 (left) and Daily Dew 02, 2017 (right) © Larissa Ambachtsheer. Edition of 100, € 75,- each, including frame.
At Foam Editions, Foam's in-house and online gallery you can buy prints and photo books in special editions at a great price. At the Bookshop in the museum you can find more photography books and various issue of Foam Magazine.
5. WALK-IN WORKSHOP STILL LIFE / FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY | SUNDAY 23/30 DECEMBER
Spam (Cut in Two), 1961 © Ed Ruscha / Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery
Foam offers free walk-in workshops inspired by the exhibition Feast for the Eyes - The Story of Food in Photography. During this workshop you will think of a festive meal you would prepare for yourself and construct a composition from the food and props available, ending up in a very classical or contemporary work of art.
6. OUTSIDE/IN: RON SIMPSON | THURSDAY 3 JANUARY
Peas on a Plate, 1978 © Sandy Skoglund / Courtesy of RYAN LEE Gallery, New York
In the new year Ron Simpson, on of the men behind The Avocado Show, kicks off a tasty series of activities in Foam. On 3 January, Simpson will be the guest speaker at Outside / In and will tell you about the works from the exhibition Feast for the Eyes that stimulate his senses.
7. ALWAYS OPEN DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Visitors at Foam, 2016 © Daniel Lewensztain
Foam will be open daily during the holidays. This includes 25 December, 26 December and 1 January (from noon), so if you need a break from all the celebrations and family dinners, come over to Keizersgracht 609 and enjoy one of our current exhibitions.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.