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Museumnight010

Art, performance and activities

Celebrate museumnight010 in the Depot! Wander the zigzagging stairs of the iconic work building, and enjoy art, workshops & performances spread over six floors.

Discover the multidisciplinary installation by visual artist Rosa Barba, and experience XL masterpieces from the collection up close. In addition to these presentations, there are numerous performances and workshops. As a final surprise, you will experience an electronic bonfire outside by artist Pipilotti Rist. She made a mix of video and site-specific art, Het Leven Verspillen Aan Jou, for the public space around the Depot.

The cultural night of the year

During Museumnacht010, the Depot is packed with performances. Spoken word artists, musicians and dancers will surprise you in various places in the building. There will be performances by Motel Poezie, Cult North and Kenny Gomes, among others.

Do you want to get creative yourself? Showcase your talents during an art workshop.

Restaurant Renilde on the roof of the Depot will be transformed into Wendy's Wine Bar, where you can enjoy delicious wines with a view of the Rotterdam skyline.

The cultural night of the year

Do you want to get creative yourself? Showcase your talents during an art workshop.

Restaurant Renilde on the roof of the Depot will be transformed into Wendy's Wine Bar, where you can enjoy delicious wines with a view of the Rotterdam skyline.

Program

Bar | 8 PM – 1 AM | Renilde, 6th floor
Renilde is transforming into a high-altitude bar. Enjoy a beer or cocktail with the Rotterdam skyline as your backdrop.

Yardbird | 8 PM – 1 AM | Coert, 6th floor
Yardbird is a Rotterdam-based cultural platform rooted in soulful music genres such as hip-hop, soul, funk, afro and disco. What started as a club night has evolved into a multidisciplinary concept where music, art and community come together. Yardbird provides a stage for emerging Rotterdam-based creative talent and curates informal, carefully crafted experiences at unique locations, centered around discovery, connection and celebration. From 8:00 PM you can enjoy tunes in the entrance area, and from 9:30 PM the floor is lava in Coert.

Walk-in workshop Beyond Surrealism | 8.30 PM - 12 AM| Education studio, 2nd floor The Education Studio opens its doors for a free walk-in workshop inspired by Beyond Surrealism. Join others in creating a cadavre exquis: everyone adds their own piece of collage or drawing. The result is a surprising work of art that no one could have conceived on their own.

Cult North x Moze Naél | 8.30-9.00 PM & 11.10-11.40 PM | Atrium
Cult North offers young, self-taught artists from Rotterdam a place for development and inspiration. Under the guidance of spoken word artist Moze Naél, five talented young people are creating a spoken word performance and will share it during Museumnacht010. The exhibition Beyond Surrealism and the language of the surrealists are their source of inspiration.

This Is Not A Photo Shoot | 9 PM – 12 AM | All Around Fashion, 4th floor

Tonight, the photo studio in the All Around Fashion exhibition is ours. Let stylist Jip Boxtart dress you up. Step into the spotlight and have your picture taken by photographer Anne Hulst. You can take the polaroid home with you right away.

Kunstbende | 10.20-10.50 PM | Renilde, 6th floor

Creative platform Kunstbende, together with Rabobank, shows how rich the Netherlands is in young talent. Because in addition to beautiful art from years ago, the Depot is also a stage for contemporary art. We are pleased to introduce you to the artists of the future.

Performance La Revolution rêverêverêve | 8.30 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. | Beyond Surrealism, 5th floor

For the Beyond Surrealism exhibition, Monster Chetwynd created an installation with performance. This is performed by young performers from Codarts and the MBO Theatre School. Together with other visitors, you will draw a cheerful, bizarre cadavre exquis, after which you will be taken on a playful tour of three surrealist dioramas. Expect coincidence, creativity and, above all, lots of fun.

Exhibitions | 8 PM - 1 AM | Various locations

In addition to all the other activities, the regular exhibitions are of course also on view. Figure, Field, Grid, All Around Fashion and Beyond Surrealism can be viewed in galleries I, II and III. On the third floor, you will also find An Eye for Little Things.

Performance Strike, posed | 9.15 PM and 10.15 PM | Atrium, 1st floor

Step into Mandy El-Sayegh’s layered world of movement, image and sound with Strike, posed, unfolding inside the Depot.

To mark her solo presentation at the Depot, El-Sayegh presents Strike, posed, performed by the artist and her collaborator, Yuma Sylla. In El-Sayegh’s practice, the moving body is a central element—an active site where images and histories converge.

The performers move in front of a projection screen, their bodies continually intersecting with a shifting flow of imagery and photography of war. As in El-Sayegh’s paintings, these images bring together contrasting visual worlds, placing scenes drawn from fashion and popular culture alongside material that lay bare ongoing conflict. The performance unfolds through a vocabulary of gestures that move between poise and interruption: fluid, expressive movements give way to moments of tension, hesitation and enforced stillness.

The title Strike, posed  holds these contrasts together. It refers both to the stylised poses associated with fashion and dance and conjures the assault of warfare and the violence it enacts to the human body. Through the accumulation of movement, image and sound, the work creates a dense yet intimate environment—one that invites close attention to how bodies carry meaning, vulnerability and resilience within today’s geopolitical and visual landscape.

A Letter to my Ex | 8:30PM-9:30PM | Beyond Surrealism, 5th floor

In dialogue with the exhibition Beyond Surrealism, Romy Bauer and IMAMAIR created a participative performance in which participants are invited to collaborate on a collective letter to an ex.

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