Marisol (1930-2016) werd in de jaren zestig in één klap beroemd met haar kleurrijke houtsculpturen. De Venezolaans-Amerikaanse kunstenaar was bevriend met Andy Warhol en verscheen op de covers van internationale magazines. Ondanks haar indrukwekkende oeuvre raakte Marisol bij het grote publiek in de vergetelheid. Tot nu.
Coming soon: Marisol
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will present a major retrospective of Marisol, the Venezuelan American artist who became an icon of Pop Art in the 1960s.
9 October 2026 up to and including 29 March 2027
Depot
Tuesday until Sunday
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location:
- Gallery I, 3rd floor
- Gallery II, 4th floor
- Gallery III, 5th floor
Back in Rotterdam at last
This exhibition will bring Marisol back to Rotterdam, where she had her first solo show in 1968 – also at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The Depot is to stage a tribute to Marisol featuring more than 80 international loans.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen played an important role in Marisol’s career from an early stage. After a successful presentation of her work at the Venice Biennale, it subsequently moved on to Rotterdam. In 1972 the museum added The Car – a real visitor favourite – to its collection.
"The first female artist with glamour"
- Andy Warhol
Humorous and attractive
Visitors will get to see her humorous wooden figures, mysterious underwater creatures and intimate drawings. Marisol was her own favourite model, incorporating her own face into her art as a way of exploring who she could be, both as an artist and as a woman in society.
But behind her attractive and humorous art lies a pointed message about the role of women, social norms and how we treat the planet. Issues that are still very topical today.
Supplementary fee
During this exhibition a supplementary fee of €2.50 will be charged on tickets to the museum. This does not apply visitors aged 18 or under, Friends of Boijmans, Rotterdampas holders, ICOM / CIMAM / AICA / IAA, Rembrandt Card and Stichting Vluchtelingenwerk. Read more
Kunstwerken Marisol
Marisol is a collaboration with Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Kunsthaus Zürich and Museum der Moderne Salzburg, and has been made possible by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
The exhibition is sponsored by the VriendenLoterij lottery, Turing Foundation, Culture Fund, Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen with a donation from the estate of Rine Coolen – Kalkman, Kring Van Eyck, Boijmans Business Club and Rotterdam City Council.
Image: Marisol, The Car, 1964, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2026. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Photography: Jannes Linders.
