As a contemporary library and active knowledge platform, we will make our collection widely accessible. Key principles in this are co-creation, shared ownership, and new ways of presentation.

We are leaving the Centrale Markthal and will focus on joining existing initiatives in 2026, starting new projects and appearing in places where you wouldn’t immediately expect us.

An art project, initiated as a celebration of the graffiti crew WOW’s 35th anniversary in 2025, took an unexpected turn during its creation, one that words can hardly describe. With this story we try to give context to the project, centered around an event that is difficult to put into words.

Sick Society is an anonymous underground artist who emerged from the urban landscape of the Netherlands. Known for monumental, monochromatic portrait heads, the work appears along railway lines, on industrial walls, moving objects, and in forgotten corners.

Vier panelgesprekken belichten verschillende facetten van de cultuur: archivering, de rol van de dj en activisme. Georganiseerd door Foundation Amsterdam Hip Hop Center i.s.m. ITA, Representing Europe en Culture Capsule.

In de expositie 'Gemeen(te)' reageert Tycho op de stad Amsterdam die volgens hem gevangen zit tussen twee uitersten. Enerzijds wordt de stad steeds netter, truttiger en meer aangeharkt; anderzijds verhardt de samenleving, met toenemende polarisatie en criminaliteit die steeds zichtbaarder wordt in het straatbeeld. In 'Gemeen(te)' komen deze tegengestelde krachten samen.

In zijn geliefde Amsterdam kwam hij graag iedere keer terug en in zijn zoektocht naar ongebondenheid en non-conformisme voelde hij zich thuis bij de opstandige studenten en krakers uit de jaren ‘70. Zo kwam Dick ertoe om de beschilderde afbraak muren en dichtgetimmerde ramen en deuren in Amsterdam te fotograferen.

What began as a personal archive by graffiti enthusiast Mateo van Ginkel has grown into a unique digital platform celebrating graffiti culture as a form of cultural heritage.

The photo exhibition ‘It Marks a Spot’ highlights places where culture was unconsciously created, paving the way for today's art.

The Tag Conference Groningen 2024 brings together the main international actors in this emerging working field —archivists, scholars, calligraphers and other specialists— and lays the groundwork for the discussion of the present and future of graffiti heritage.