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de Appel makes space and time for artists and allies to pose vital questions.

Founded in 1975 in Amsterdam, this evolving arts centre has a unique threefold structure combining an Archive; a Curatorial Programme; and Education Initiatives that arise from deep community engagement. Our public programming involves people of different backgrounds and perspectives in an atmosphere of hospitality, cooperation and experiment

07/10/2026

de Appel is looking for a Public Programme Producer!

The Public Programme Producer is responsible for the implementation of the Public Programme and other activities organisation-wide, in close consultation with the directors, the head of production and (freelance) curators. The producer also manages the technical staff, freelancers and interns.

Candidates are invited to send a cover letter and CV by 29 October. Interviews will take place in November.

de Appel encourages diversity in a broad sense and accordingly strives for a balanced workforce.

📝 More information and how to apply: https://www.deappel.nl/en/news/17985-de-appel-is-looking-for-a-public-programme-producer

30/09/2026

This eight-hour film programme and pizza party about class, work and not being there, unfolds at de Appel, while artist Alina Lupu is absent: she will be working a shift at the pizza restaurant where she earns part of her living.

Throughout the day, a film programme selected by Jeffrey Babcock will be screened on the topic of class and collective struggle. The cinema is informal and porous: watch a film, leave and return, join a conversation, have a snack, or spend some time reading from the temporary Class Library.

Meanwhile, Alina Lupu is at work. During her shift, pizzas made by the artist at the restaurant will travel from one workplace to another, arriving at de Appel. The artist’s absence is not a performance but a working condition: while the party takes place, she has to be somewhere else earning a wage.

📌 Saturday 17.10.2026, 14:00–20:00
Make a free reservation through the link in our Linktree!

𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨
Working Conditions by Alina Lupu is a two-part public programme on class, labour and culture, accompanied by a temporary library, parallel to the exhibition Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie 2026: Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art. What do we do with an eight-hour day when we are not working for a wage? And what happens when we have to?

11/09/2026

de Appel is looking for a new member of the Supervisory Board.

The Supervisory Board ensures that the management performed by the Board of Directors is done according to the mission and programme of the foundation. The Supervisory Board focuses on strategically relevant topics, the long term sustainability of the organization, the realisation of objectives, financial and operational performance.

You can express your interest by submitting your letter of interest and your cv no later than 30 September 2026.

Interviews with a representation of the Supervisory Board and Board of Directors will take place in the first week of October 2026.

📝 For more information and how to apply, please visit our website: https://www.deappel.nl/en/news/17892-we-are-looking-for-a-member-of-the-supervisory-board-of-de-appel

27/08/2026

Join us for the opening programme of the exhibition 𝗟𝗮𝗽𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 on Saturday 12 September!

The one day symposium will feature some of the original artists and contributors of 𝘓𝘢𝘱𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦, as well as new contributing artists and discussants around issues of class: Özgür Atlagan, Sepp Eckenhaussen, Annika Eriksson, Chris Evans, San Keller, Hassan Khan, Alina Lupu, Suhail Malik, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Peter Spillmann, Eszter Szakács, Tirdad Zolghadr and others.

Over a period of nearly five years, 𝘓𝘢𝘱𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦 interrogated how class structures shape the production, presentation and reception of contemporary art. Initiated in 2006, the project asked complex, unresolved questions, such as: How does class impact who becomes an artist or curator? Can contemporary art itself be seen as a privilege of the middle classes? Twenty years on, we return to these questions and ask why class continues to be so easily overlooked in the production and presentation of art—even at a time when matters of political equality are far more prevalent than before.

📌 Saturday 12 September, 11:00–20:00

Find the full programme and make your free reservation on our website (link in Linktree)!

21/08/2026

This second edition of de Appel Periodical extends some of the thematic threads that were present in the exhibition 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴, taking ‘shared space’ as its point of departure. Rather than referring to one particular kind of space, making room describes an action: opening, sharing, shaping and sustaining the conditions in which people can spend time, live and act together. It can begin in a living room, kitchen or cooperative building, as well as in a café or another kind of third place. It can also begin in an act of trust, a decision to share responsibility or a collective refusal to leave.

Moving across domestic, communal and public spaces, the six contributions explore how ‘room’ is created, used, maintained, questioned and transformed. Space emerges not as something simply available, but as something continually shaped and reshaped. Gabriella Okoobo writes about the house as a space of gathering for othered and marginalised people; Eli Witteman visits architect Andrea Verdecchia at de Nieuwe Meent for a conversation around housing coops; Arthur Saint-Remy & Clarisse Verbeek interact with Pascal Gielen's book, 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴; Ilia Pellapaisiotou and Jan-Pieter ‘t Hart interview the ‘collective of collectives’ damdam about their two-year trajectory together; WORKNOT! share videos and writing from their archival research into the housing crisis and collective rent strikes; and Natascha van den Boom asked her friends and colleagues about their needs and desires inhabiting third places.

Read the Periodical here: https://www.deappel.nl/en/menu/1682-harvests/17762-de-appel-periodical-2-making-room-summer-2026

14/08/2026

𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘵 is a one-day event in which four artists exchange a wayward and unique artistic service in an exchange with market visitors – for money, something tangible or intangible, symbolic or material. Out of many wonderful applications, four services were selected and will be delivered on the street market on Saturday 5 September, by artists Sixin Chen, Denitsa Ilcheva, Borys Kashapov and Berend Kemmeren. The project aims to go beyond the logic of the service industry, but instead invites artists to reinvent and appropriate the idea of "service" according to their needs and values.

This project is a joint activity of Lesia Kulchynska’s Service, de Appel Kiosk, and Sepp Eckenhaussen’s Shared Visions. Each of the three is a long-term project aiming to manipulate the economic rules of artistic labour. In 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘵, they collaborate for the first time.

📌 Visit 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘵 on Saturday 5 September, between 10:00–17:00!

More info about the project and the services: https://www.deappel.nl/en/archive/events/1360-service-at-dappermarkt

13/08/2026

Over a period of nearly five years, 𝙇𝙖𝙥𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙚 interrogated how class structures shape the production, presentation and reception of contemporary art. Initiated in 2006, the project asked complex, unresolved questions, such as: How does class impact who becomes an artist or curator? Can contemporary art itself be seen as a privilege of the middle classes? Twenty years on, we return to these questions and ask why class continues to be so easily overlooked in the production and presentation of art—even at a time when matters of political equality are far more prevalent than before.

In fact, when it comes to these questions, the art field itself may have more to contribute than meets the eye. We all know the art world is not exactly a meritocracy. But it may have proposals to share nonetheless. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time that contributions by art workers were overlooked or undervalued, by historians and theorists alike. By means of a project archive and a public programme, 𝘓𝘢𝘱𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦 is a chance to build on such ideas, scenarios and analyses—and to imagine new perspectives for art and beyond.

Originally curated by Nav Haq and Tirdad Zolghadr, featuring artists Annika Eriksson, Chris Evans, Natascha Sadr Haghigian, San Keller, Hassan Khan and Marion von Osten, with new contributions by Özgür Atlagan and Alina Lupu.

Revisited at de Appel in 2026 by curators Eszter Szakács and Tirdad Zolghadr.

📌 The opening programme will take place on Saturday 12 September

12/08/2026

In June and July this year, de Appel Kiosk took over Dappermarkt and Albert Cuypmarkt with three projects by art collective _ao_ao_ing ensemble, publishing collective Hi, Jack! Publishing and artist Alina Lupu. The latter will return once more to Dappermarkt, due to postponement because of last June's heatwave.

𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙩 by Alina Lupu is a text-based screenprinting workshop. Borrowing the fiscal term 'value added,' the project examines how commodities gain surplus value, and how language itself can function as added value. For the de Appel Kiosk, rather than bringing fixed slogans, she generates phrases through conversations with stallholders and visitors, learning from the history and dynamics of the marketplace. Clothing and textiles sold by vendors become the printing surface. The resulting texts will draw from the market’s own vocabulary: rent, pricing, scarcity, bargaining, care, inflation, work, and mutual dependence.

📌 Visit 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵 at Dappermarkt on Thursday 3 September between 10:00–17:00!

30/07/2026

Taking place in the exhibition space, this workshop approaches the objects in the exhibition 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨 as situated expressions of different temporal realities. Participants explore how different localities operate within distinct rhythms of time, shaped by urgency, stability, labour conditions, political contexts, and local calendars.

Participants are invited to trace how different understandings of time, continuity, urgency, and collective life become embedded within the objects and instructions, revealing multiple temporalities and cosmologies of organising across different localities. Through collective mapping and reflection, we examine how these uneven temporal infrastructures shape collaboration, and relations within translocal solidarity networks.

📌 Wednesday 12 August 2026
14:00–18:00

More info and tickets: https://www.deappel.nl/en/archive/events/1359-what-s-next-iteration-ii-mapping-uneven-temporal-infrastructures

09/07/2026

_ao_ao_ing ensemble, a performance collective based between Shanghai and Amsterdam, transplants a real Shanghai market stall onto Albert Cuypmarkt. They will run Linzi's Party Supplies: feather fans, paper lanterns, glittery tinsel, plastic dice, party props in fluorescent pink and electric blue; disposable and cheap goods of festivity and celebration.

The items come from the shop of Wu Fenglin (nicknamed Linzi), a party-supply vendor at Shanghai’s Chenghuangmiao Market. At Kiosk, the original wholesale price will be visible on the price tag alongside the European market price, tracing the gap and the journey in between.

Dates and times at Albert Cuypmarkt
○ Saturday 18 July, 10:00–17:00
○ Thursday 23 July, 10:00–17:00
○ Friday 24 July, 10:00–17:00
○ Thursday 30 July, 10:00–17:00

Read the full announcement on our website: https://www.deappel.nl/en/archive/events/1351-de-appel-kiosk-linzi-s-party-supplies

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