9 November 2024, artist Alicia Framis married Ailex Sibouwlingen, an AI hologram. We look back on this world premiere with an interview between curator Annemartine van Kesteren and Framis, as well as a video of the wedding ceremony at the Depot. During Art Rotterdam 2025, Van Kesteren will talk to Framis again.

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is delighted to announce the appointment of Amira Gad as the new Conservator of Modern & Contemporary Art. Amira, who took up her post on August 1st, 2024, brings her wealth of experience to the museum. The Egyptian-French curator has worked on landmark exhibitions at acclaimed institutes across the world, from Europe to China and the Middle East. After having previously been employed in the city, she now ‘comes back home’ to Rotterdam a decade later.

On Tuesday, 26 March, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen officially took receipt of the film La Última Ascensión (The Last Ascent, 2022) by Kevin Osepa (Willemstad, Curaçao, 1994). The transfer took place in the presence of the artist, his film producer Danielle Guirguis of Smarthouse Films, the museum’s director Ina Klaassen, director of collections and research Sandra Kisters, and curator of historical design Alexandra van Dongen.

Vier Museumnacht010 in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen! Dwaal over de zigzaggende trappen van het iconische werkgebouw, en geniet van kunst en performance verspreid over zes verdiepingen.

From Saturday 23 March 2024, Beloved & Beloved XL at Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen brings together almost 100 highlights from the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

During the weekend of February 1 to 4, 2024, visual artist Rosa Barba will present two multidisciplinary performances in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen: VOICE ENGINE and Hear, There Where the Echoes Are. On the fifth floor, Barba creates an orchestral dialogue with films, sounds and sculptures.