Join us in Paris on 9 November on the occassion of Paris Photo for a collaboration between Foam Magazine, Der Greif, Photoworks and The Photographers Gallery exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on photography and visual culture.

During this afternoon of thought-provoking discussions key topics include creative opportunities, authorship, bias, and the shift towards synthetic images. How do these changes reshape our view of photography, and what role does AI play as an agent or collaborator?

Paris

The Elephant in the Room: Provocations on Artificial Intelligence

Come to Foam during Museumnacht and immerse yourself in our exciting program, developed in collaboration with 

. During the event, we aim to deconstruct glamour, explore its deeper meanings, and critically examine the fashion systems that uphold these ideals from a queer perspective.

Participate in an exclusive makeup workshop with 

, master the art of walking with confidence with 

Join us with your Museumnacht Amsterdam ticket on

2024

Foam

Opening Viviane Sassen, 2024

JoJo Miyake Mugler

Aynouk Tan

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2019

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2024

Launch new set First Editions by Nanouk Prins

Join us on Thursday 31 October in Foam Editions as we launch a new set of First Editions by photographer Loes de Boer. The work explores femininity and unravels the fluid dimensions within it.

The First Editions are a unique chance to buy work by emerging talent for an attractive price. With this initiative, Foam Editions aims to facilitate a connection between starting photographers and (potential) collectors. The two works have an edition of 100 per work and are sold for €95 each, including an aluminium frame.

Set First Editions by Loes de Boer

Foam Café

Launch new First Editions by Loes de Boer

Launch new set First Editions by Loes de Boer

On Wednesday 23 October, we will open the museum's doors in the evening exclusively for Foam Members. Come after closing time and view the current exhibitions at your leisure.

Would you also like to come to the Member Hours, but are not yet a Foam Member? Then 

 and enjoy all the benefits throughout the year. 

Foam Talent Opening, 2024

Botter, 2022

Ajax, 1967

Untitled work from the family archive

Member Hours: Viviane Sassen & Paul Huf

 during ADE. Celebrate with us and immerse yourself in this large-scale installation with drinks and music by 

There, Copenhagen 2023

Stenen Hoofd

Hugo Boserup, Copenhagen 2016

Opening Marcel Veldman - La Fluff

Join us on Friday 11 October with Foam Editions for the book launch of 

, the first photobook of Dutch photographer Yeray Sabandar. The book serves as a visual testament to the revival of a cherished childhood memory, meanwhile a testament to those who fight to keep the Basque sport of Jai Alai alive.

Gomuta

Foam Editions

Book launch Yeray Sabandar

Foam Members: Studio visit Viviane Sassen

The Club Foam dinner is the main Club Foam event of the year, where you get to know Foam and other Club members better. On the evening of 9 October, we will bring Club Foam members together for an atmospheric dinner at the venue. 

Club Foam diner, 2022

Club Foam diner, 2023

The Club Foam Dinner is the opportunity to meet like-minded people, get inspired and be actively involved with Foam in an intimate setting.

Club Foam Dinner 2024

The exhibition Golden Years honors the 100th anniversary of Dutch photographer Paul Huf. With his unprecedented network and innovative use of color, Huf was known as one of the most important advertising, fashion and portrait photographers in the Netherlands from the 1950s onward.

The exhibition will be opened on Thursday October 3. You are welcome at Foam from 18.30 until 21.00 hrs.

Mode voor Avenue, 1966

Opening Paul Huf - Golden Years

Foam is thrilled to present the first large-scale retrospective of Dutch artist and fashion photographer Viviane Sassen in the Netherlands. The exhibition will be opened on Friday 20 September in the presence of the artist.

You are welcome at Foam from 18.30 - 21.00 hrs for this official event with free admission to the museum.

Eudocimus Ruber, from the series Of Mud and Lotus, 2017

Opening Viviane Sassen - PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

On 5 September, we will host a fun pub quiz full of facts about AI. During the 

, Roos Groothuizen and Nastia Cistakova will ask accessible questions about AI, privacy, fake news and online ethics, to playfully explore the world of AI. 

, this pub quiz will test your knowledge about Artificial Intelligence in art. Come grab a drink with your friends and compete for the grand prize.

AI AI AI Pubquiz

Eye 4 - Detect, perceive, explore, 2023

The Flicker Phase, 1950

AI Pub Quiz

, a playful exhibition by Rotterdam-based conceptual artist Benjamin Li. The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 29 August and includes a Q&A between the artist and Foam curator Aya Musa. 

You are welcome at the Foam Café from 17.30 - 21.00 hrs for this official event with free admission to the museum.

Spread from Chinees-Indisch Restaurant Stickeralbum by Benjamin Li with untitled work from family archive

Opening Benjamin Li - In Search of Perfect Orange

 to explore the secrets of the most beautiful garden in Amsterdam. Children participating in the workshop will collect flowers and leaves to make blueprint postcards. Afterwards, we will travel to Foam to finish our creations while enjoying delicious pancakes and lemonade drinks.

Ptilota plumosa, Ulva latissima, Codium tormentosum

Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam

Chylocladia ovalis

Foam x De Hortus Botanicus: Summer Workshop for children

Join us for a sonic lecture by Lynnée Denise,

 based on a selection of photographs from the current exhibition 

 by Janette Beckman. As a DJ, scholar and writer, 

present a performative lecture and listening session exploring ideas on gender, sexuality, race and technology. We will learn about musical-cross pollination in the 1980s through a diasporic lens by analysing critical songs, album covers, and visual culture. 

Punks, Sid Vicious Memorial March, London, 1979

Sade, New York City, 1983

Echoing Cultures

Join us for a workshop in collaboration with 

 during Queer Amsterdam 2024. Drawing inspiration from the exhibition 

 by ShuShu Sieberns, we’ll dive into healing methods and traditions surrounding mourning and its manifestations as we explore the layered landscape of queer grief and the profound healing journey it entails.

Garden of queerdom, 2024

Herbal Care workshop with Garden of Queerdom

Foam Editions proudly presents the newest set of First Editions by photographer Nanouk Prins, who graduated cum laude from the Photo Academy in 2021. 

The First Editions are a unique chance to buy work by emerging talent for an attractive price. With this initiative, Foam Editions aims to facilitate a connection between starting photographers and (potential) collectors. The two works have an edition of 100 per work and are sold for €95 each, including a wooden frame.

Saudade

"My father passed away when I was 15 years old. Before he died he wanted to emigrate to Portugal to write a novel. He never got there to fulfill his wish. Many years later I went to Portugal to photograph the story that has never been written."

Launch new First Editions by Nanouk Prins

, we aim to expose natural life in Amsterdam. Plants and animals have found a home in the city and nestled in unnoticed places between cracks, stones and hidden corners. Amsterdam's urban environment provides a new habitat for nature. Discover these hidden treasures of the city and learn how to capture these special moments with the camera.

Gulls looking for leftovers at the market

Stadsnatuur

From the series A Bear in the Backyard

Urban Wildlife in the City

For the annual commemoration of Keti Koti, we will partner with 

 to explore themes around enslavement and emancipation in Suriname and the Dutch Antilles. 

Through a dining experience centring around the foodways of rice from Africa to the Caribbean (Oryza glaberrima), we will learn about African rice, the erasure of African agricultural heritage and the knowledge excluded from our history books around this commodity.

Code Noir

Indigenous period, 2020

Keti Koti 2024: Dinner experience by Code Noir

 in 2022, the Belgium-Maroccan photographer Mous Lamrabat returns to Foam to present his long-awaited book 

Join us on 21 June for an exclusive book launch and signing by the artist. After a short presentation, Mous Lamrabat will be ready to sign books in the Foam Café. In addition, we will also present a new and exclusive Foam Edition by the photographer.

Cover of Mousganistan, 2024

Ana love you more than my life, 2021

Nike See, Nike Do, 2019

X-rated, 2017

Mashallah with Extra Cheese, 2021

Images from the book

Book launch and signing Mous Lamrabat - Mousganistan

Did you ever think of combining the joy of generating AI images with the thrill of a rap battle? Join us for the 

 in collaboration with the digital culture platform 

— as part of the crowd or as a participant if you're up for the challenge.

During a prompt battle, participants will battle it out on stage to see who can create the most original, funniest, or weirdest AI-generated image. Instead of coming up with pulverising bars about your opponent or showing off your best moves, a prompt battle challenges you to generate an image using AI text-to-image software that goes way harder than your rival’s.

Screenshot The Hmm Co-creation with AI

Prompt Battle Co-Creation

Opening Photography Through the Lens of AI, 2024

Foam x The Hmm: AI Prompt Battle

Artist ShuShu Sieberns tries to create a bridge between two different worlds: one where queer identity and traditional Russian family values can coexist alongside each other. The exhibition 

 serves as a sensitive exploration of the internal conflict that the artist experiences in 

the relationship between her deeply religious grandmother and her partner.

There are fairies by the lake, from the filmstrip series 36 Serendipities, 2021

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See, through you, from the filmstrip series 36 Serendipities, 2021

Untitled, 2023

Babushka, 2021

Church of the Epiphany, from the series Motherlands – three faithful things, 2021

About the artist

About Foam 3h

Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns - Young Human

 by ShuShu Sieberns. The exhibition will be opened by director Karin van Gilst and curator Claartje van Dijk at 

After their opening words, ShuShu Sieberns will do a live performance at 18.10 hrs. During the performance, the artist will read poetry in three languages, light a candle and walk with the audience into Foam's garden. The performance references the film 

 and serves as a mourning ritual and an ode.

Portrait with goats, from the series Motherlands – three faithful things, 2021

Opening Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns

Come and visit our beautiful canal garden during 

. Foam is happy to join this annual botanical event in Amsterdam, which opens a series of canal gardens, both private and institutional, to the public. Take this opportunity to enjoy our restored garden, normally not open to the public. The Foam Café will serve delicious coffee, tea and a variety of sweets.

Open Garden Days play a vital role in keeping historic gardens accessible. Grand old trees, rare plants, beautiful garden houses and both classic and newly landscaped gardens can be admired in the secluded plots, which are rarely, if ever, open to the public.

Tuin

Het terras van Museum Fodor in 1972, een platform voor jonge Amsterdamse kunstenaars

Open Garden Days 2024

Join us on Thursday 13 June when Lonneke van der Palen will present her first photo book 

. On this festive occasion, we will also present two exclusive Foam Edition limited prints from this series.

Images from the series Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna

Cover 1/4: Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna

Cover 2/4: Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna

Cover 3/4: Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna

Cover 4/4: Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna

Bath Bomb Sunbathing

Tangled up in Blue

Limited edition prints by Lonneke van der Palen

Book launch Lonneke van der Palen

 in a new edition of Galerie Mercatorplein in Amsterdam West. The exhibition reflects on the courage and resilience of the millions of refugees worldwide who are forced to leave their familiar surroundings and build a new life far from home. The groundbreaking portraits are created by photographer Coco Olakunle to change the narrative surrounding refugees and to amplify their personal voices. 

She captured the KLABU community in refugee camps such as Kalobeyei (Kenya) and Lesbos (Greece) through close collaboration, giving refugees control over how they are portrayed.

archived events

The Elephant in the Room:
Provocations on Artificial Intelligence

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2024

Launch new First Editions by Loes de Boer

Member Hours: Viviane Sassen & Paul Huf

Opening Marcel Veldman
La Fluff

Book Launch: Yeray Sabandar Gomuta

Club Foam dinner

Opening Paul Huf
Golden Years

Opening Viviane Sassen
PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

AI Pub Quiz

Opening Foam 3h: Benjamin Li In Search of Perfect Orange

Foam x de Hortus:
Summer Workshop for Children

Echoing Cultures
A Sonic Lecture by Lynnée Denise

Queer Amsterdam 2024:
Herbal Care workshop with Garden of Queerdom

Launch new First Editions by Nanouk Prins

Urban Wildlife in the City

Keti Koti 2024: Dinner experience by Code Noir
The Legacy of Rice

Book launch and signing Mous Lamrabat
Mousganistan

Foam x The Hmm:
AI Prompt Battle

Foam 3h:
ShuShu Sieberns
Young Human

Opening Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns Young Human

Open Garden Days 2024

Book Launch: Lonneke van der Palen Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna

Foam x KLABU:
Strength Away From Home

Tours & Drinks
Photography Through the Lens of AI

archived events

The Elephant in the Room:Provocations on Artificial Intelligence

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2024

Launch new First Editions by Loes de Boer

Member Hours: Viviane Sassen & Paul Huf

Opening Marcel VeldmanLa Fluff

Book Launch: Yeray Sabandar Gomuta

Club Foam dinner

Opening Paul HufGolden Years

Opening Viviane SassenPHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

AI Pub Quiz

Opening Foam 3h: Benjamin Li In Search of Perfect Orange

Foam x de Hortus: Summer Workshop for Children

Echoing Cultures A Sonic Lecture by Lynnée Denise

Queer Amsterdam 2024: Herbal Care workshop with Garden of Queerdom

Launch new First Editions by Nanouk Prins

Urban Wildlife in the City

Keti Koti 2024: Dinner experience by Code NoirThe Legacy of Rice

Book launch and signing Mous LamrabatMousganistan

Foam x The Hmm: AI Prompt Battle

Foam 3h:ShuShu SiebernsYoung Human

Opening Foam 3h: ShuShu Sieberns Young Human

Open Garden Days 2024

Book Launch: Lonneke van der Palen Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna

Foam x KLABU:Strength Away From Home

Tours & DrinksPhotography Through the Lens of AI

The Elephant in the Room:
Provocations on Artificial Intelligence

Opening Marcel Veldman
La Fluff

Opening Paul Huf
Golden Years

Opening Viviane Sassen
PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

Foam x de Hortus:
Summer Workshop for Children

Echoing Cultures
A Sonic Lecture by Lynnée Denise

Queer Amsterdam 2024:
Herbal Care workshop with Garden of Queerdom

Keti Koti 2024: Dinner experience by Code Noir
The Legacy of Rice

Book launch and signing Mous Lamrabat
Mousganistan

Foam x The Hmm:
AI Prompt Battle

Foam 3h:
ShuShu Sieberns
Young Human

Foam x KLABU:
Strength Away From Home

Tours & Drinks
Photography Through the Lens of AI