Foam is proud to present a major retrospective exhibition of the celebrated American artist Saul Leiter (1923–2013).  Leiter is seen as one of the most important photographers of the 1950’s in the United States and a pioneer of colour photography. This exhibition brings together over 200 works, consisting of photography, both black-and-white and colour, as well as his abstract paintings. His eclectic oeuvre reveals a practice using shadow, light, and reflections to craft layered compositions. 

Footprints, c. 1950

Foam

Ana, 1950s

Harlem, 1960 © Saul Leiter / Saul Leiter Foundation.

Untitled, undated

“Photographs are often treated as important moments, but really they are fragments and souvenirs of an unfinished world.”

Saul Leiter - An Unfinished World

, an exhibition that offers a special glimpse into the life and work of one of the Netherlands’ most renowned portrait photographers, Koos Breukel. The exhibition showcases an overview of his career, focusing on the people who have significantly influenced his development as both a photographer and a person. 

Inez van Lamsweerde Amsterdam 1992

The Office 2024

Arno Nollen en Natacha Juliac Amsterdam 2005

Koos Breukel - Meet the Artist

, is the first solo museum exhibition by the Palestinian-Dutch photographer Sakir Khader. Since 2024, he has been the first Palestinian photographer selected to join the renowned photography collective Magnum Photos. His images explore the fragile boundary between life and death.

Broken souls. Jenin Refugee camp, Palestine, 2023

Grieving mothers. Jenin refugee camp, Palestine. June, 2023

Beita Nablus, 2021

Sakir Khader - Yawm al-firak

, the first solo museum exhibition by artist Sarah Amrani. With her work, Amrani explores the complex relationship between technology, culture and beauty standards. The multimedial exhibition invites visitors to think critically about how our perception of beauty and identity is shaped in the digital age. 

Strategy of Beautification, Hijab and Face Cut Out, 2017

Strategy of Beautification, 2018

Untitled, 2017

Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani - Terror of Beauty

What meaning do we assign to images on the internet? And to what extent do we identify with them? In collaboration with online platform 

, Foam presents an online mapping game to explore this: 

Do we share similar interpretations of images, or do we associate completely different meanings with them?

Metaphormaxxing: A Mapping Game

Our experienced museum teachers challenge you to look closely and form your own opinion on the photography in the museum.

During the Free Guided Tour, you will visit the exhibitions in a group of at most 15 people. The museum teacher strikes a balance between posing questions and providing information, helping you discover the story of the photographer, the subject and the context of the exhibitions together.

Free Guided Tour, 2022

Free Guided Tour

Photography is best discovered in your own language. During these interactive tours in Dutch sign language, you will talk about the exhibitions in the museum with our tour guide and the other participants. Our deaf museum teacher asks different questions that challenge you to take a better look while teaching you more about photography.

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language, 2016

Dutch sign language tours

 by artist Diana Markosian, shown in full for the first time at Foam. The exhibition tells the story of her journey to reconnect with her estranged father through images, family snapshots, and film.

You are welcome at Foam on Thursday, 6 March from 17.30 – 21.00 hrs for the official opening of the exhibition with an introduction by Foam Curator Claartje van Dijk and artist Diana Markosian.

My Father’s reflection, from the series Father, 2016

Opening Diana Markosian

 by artist Diana Markosian. This is the first time the exhibition is shown in its entirety. 

 traces Markosian’s journey of reconnecting with her estranged father through images, family snapshots, and film.  

Father

Diana Markosian - Father 

 at The Cube in Frankfurt, the exhibition space of sponsor 

The exhibition brings together 18 artists from across the world, their work signifying a bold new direction in the photographic arts.

authenticity (2 CHAINZ) from the series BLACK SNAFU, 2022

Frankfurt

Joe from the series At last I see you, 2020

Image from the series The Dispossessed, 2023

Fortune in My Thirties from the series Interfaces of Predictions, 2023

A Ranked Amateur from the series To My Darling Love

Untitled from the series Eyes Dazzle as They Search for the Truth

Abraham Lincoln and Drone from the series American Glitch, 2021

Smiles from the series A Study on Waitressing, 2020 - present

“BURIAL” from the series Las flores mueren dos veces, 2022

Image from the series POST, 2023

This year's Foam Talent offers a unique opportunity to explore shared experiences and perspectives and reflects a collective commitment to enriching our world with new and detailed stories. 

Daughter of Elephants from the series People of Clay, 2023

Front cover: Faceless, 2023. Image from the series (Inter)Faces of Predictions

Foam Talent 2024-2025 | Frankfurt

, an exhibition that features work from Dutch photographers who captured the consequences of the German occupation during the 1944-45 ‘famine winter’ in Amsterdam. 

De verborgen camera van fotograaf Cas Oorthuys, mei 1945

De Ondergedoken Camera

Augusta Curiel: Surinamese Photographer 1873-1937

. Augusta Curiel (1873-1937) was one of Suriname’s first women photographers, running a highly successful photography studio in Paramaribo together with her sister Anna (1875-1958). The exhibition offers a contemporary perspective on the people and landscapes of Suriname as captured through the lens of the ‘Curiel Sisters’ in the early twentieth century. Featuring both well-known and rarely seen images, this exhibition highlights their versatile practice and unique role in Surinamese society during the Dutch colonial era.

Anna en Augusta Curiel in actie tijdens landing van watervliegtuig Dornier DO-X op de Surinamerivier, 1931

Augusta Curiel - Surinaamse fotografe 1873-1937

Foam is proud to present the solo exhibition of interdisciplinary artist Hiền Hoàng. 

She explores Asian cultural narratives, the relationship between humanity and nature and the role of identity. 

Hoàng's work is unique for its integration of photography, sculpture, video, installations and performances. 

Under an Ideology. 2020. From the series Asia Bistro

Still from the performance work "Made in Rice, Full HD, color, 19 min. 2021

UV Print on Plexiglas, deformed. Image from the series Asian Bistro, 2023

Rhey ran't ro rhe R! Image from the series Asian Bistro, 2019

Hiền Hoàng

, a solo exhibition of Co Rentmeester (1936), one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. As a pioneer of photojournalism as well as commercial photography, Rentmeester has shaped our collective visual memory with iconic images such as his famous Jumpman photo of Michael Jordan, recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential images of all time.

Michael Jordan,1984

Co Rentmeester - Universal Photographer

 alumna Hajar Benjida. The exhibition focusses on Magic City, an influential strip club in Atlanta that serves as a cultural epicenter where hip-hop culture and entertainment converge. Over three years, Benjida documented how Magic City's dancers act as unofficial gatekeepers of the hip-hop scene, determining which music breaks through.  

Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Koos Breukel
Meet the Artist

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani
Terror of Beauty

Metaphormaxxing:
A Mapping Game

Free Guided Tour

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Opening Diana
Markosian Father

Diana Markosian
Father

Foam Talent

The Hidden Camera

Augusta Curiel: Surinamese Photographer 1873-1937

Hiền Hoàng

Co Rentmeester Universal Photographer

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous

Saul Leiter An Unfinished World

Koos BreukelMeet the Artist

Sakir KhaderYawm al-Firak

Foam 3h: Sarah AmraniTerror of Beauty

Metaphormaxxing:A Mapping Game

Free Guided Tour

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Opening DianaMarkosian Father

Diana MarkosianFather

Foam Talent

The Hidden Camera

Augusta Curiel: Surinamese Photographer 1873-1937

Hiền Hoàng

Co Rentmeester Universal Photographer

Hajar BenjidaAtlanta Made Us Famous

Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Koos Breukel
Meet the Artist

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani
Terror of Beauty

Metaphormaxxing:
A Mapping Game

Opening Diana
Markosian Father

Diana Markosian
Father

Hajar Benjida
Atlanta Made Us Famous