+ conversation with Anne Crilly and Sara Greavu
📌 Sunday 17 May 2026, 19:00 at Filmtheater Kriterion, Amsterdam
Still from Stop Strip Searching (1986)
Derry Film and Video Workshop’s (DFVW) film Stop Strip Searching documents the intensive use of of women political prisoners in the north of Ireland in the early 1980s. Including interviews with ex-prisoners, legal experts, activists, psychologists and the family members of prisoners inside at the time, the film was used as a campaigning tool and toured widely in Ireland and beyond. Collecting, preserving, and re-centring the remarkable history and archive of the DFVW was taken up by Sara Greavu and Ciara Phillips. An iteration of their project We realised the power of it – Derry Film and Video Workshop is currently on view at the exhibition state of us at de Appel, made in collaboration with EVA International. ‣ More info and tickets
Learning Palestine is a group of artists, academics, intellectuals and community members, who aim to disseminate knowledge on the history of the ongoing struggle for justice, liberation, and freedom of Palestine and the Palestinian People. To spread the word and localise the knowledge about Palestine in the Dutch context, we are organising an English to Dutch translation session, in which we will study and discuss one or more texts, eat together and collectively work on a translation. ‣ More info and how to participate
Part of the Prince Claus Fund’s Exchanges discussion series
📌 Thursday 21 May, 18:30–20:30
Image: Prince Claus Building Beyond Fellow Ìfẹ́olúwa Ọ̀ṣúnkọ̀yà
In this conversation, Teesa Bahana (Director – on study leave – of 32° East, a not-for-profit space for contemporary art in Uganda) and Ola Hassanain (artist and architect) will explore our time of ecological collapse, political fragmentation, and growing inequality, in which culture is not a luxury – it is a necessity. This conversation is part of the Prince Claus Fund’s Exchanges, the Fund’s platform for creative : connecting its international network with Amsterdam’s cultural landscape while building long-lasting relationships across the city’s diverse artistic scenes. ‣ More info and reservations
Artists Aylin Kuryel, Deniz Buga and Fırat Yücel present a two-part programme exploring the translation of political struggle into film, featuring the Editing Resistance workshop in the afternoon, and an evening screening of two short documentaries: Class Outside (2026) and happiness (2025), followed by a discussion with the artists. ‣ More info and reservations
+ conversation with Eoghan Ryan
📌 Sunday 31 May 2026, 19:00 at Filmtheater Kriterion, Amsterdam
Still from Carceral Jigs (2025)
Eoghan Ryan’s two films depart from specific moments and movements in the history of Ireland: the mutations of contemporary right-wing nationalism (Carceral Jigs) and the post-Brexit moment of the early 2020s (A Sod State). The Kriterion screening event and the conversation afterwards with Eoghan Ryan is part of the exhibition project state of us, a collaboration between de Appel and EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art. ‣ More info
Twelve young people from Amsterdam Zuid have been coming together at de Appel since October 2025 to think collectively about what art can do, and how it relates to their lives. Through field trips, discussions, and workshops with artists, they have been shaping their own narratives about the city. They have been developing their final project together, which will be presented in the summer. We’ll keep you posted!
The Teen Curators are:
Jin Li, Anhar, Faith, Tristan, Carlijn, Hannah, Jasper, Mallika, Chanti, Lucas, Jerra and Sarah. Two are missing from this photo, but are of course part of the group.
Help us by filling in an online survey that takes approximately 5 minutes of your time, and visit the current exhibition state of us for free, or get a free drink at the bar (by showing the confirmation of your participation to the exhibition host)! ‣ Fill in the survey
○ Film Screening: Naeem Mohaiemen, A Missing Can of Film (2025) & Zahir Raihan, Stop Genocide (1971) + conversation with Naeem Mohaiemen
📌 Tuesday 2 June, 19:15, at Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
In partnership with the Eye Filmmuseum and the international workshop LIBERATIONS: Questions for Art and Theory, hosted by the University of Amsterdam on 1–2 June.
○ de Appel Kiosk at Dappermarkt
📌 Starting on Thursday 4 June 2026
○ Performance: Eimear Walshe, The Piper’s Grip
📌 Wednesday 10 June 2026, 19:00, at Cinetol, Amsterdam
○ Performance by Family Connection
📌 Friday 12 June 2026, 19:00 at de Appel
○ IMAGINART symposium in collaboration with University of Amsterdam
📌 Tuesday 16 June, 10:00–18:00, at Cinetol
○ Symposium Frictional Conversations by yasmine eid-sabbagh
In collaboration with If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution
📌 Sunday 21 June, 11:00–18:00, at GROND
○ Public Programme: Building a House Without Bricks
Curatorial Programme 2024/26 & Lumbung Practice
📌 12–14 June at OT301, as part of Sandberg Graduation
○ Exhibition Opening: Building a House Without Bricks
Curatorial Programme 2024/26 & Lumbung Practice
📌 Friday 3 July
