Press release Amsterdam | 6 May 2011
Foam is now also based at Museumplein Amsterdam.
Foam Pop In opened at the Gabriël
Metsustraat, off the Museumplein in Amsterdam. In the former
Fortisbank Foam hosts a temporary space where new work by
photographers from the in-house gallery Foam Editions as well as
work by emerging talents will be on show. Participating
artists until 7 August will be the following: Daniëlle
van Ark, Kim Boske, Marnix Goossens, Elza Jo, Yvonne
Lacet, Sanne Peper, Jaap Scheeren and Anne Schwalbe.
Foam Pop In offers a selection of signed prints at
attractive prices and a bookshop with inspirational magazines
and books. Events, artist talks and presentations will
be organized regularly.
22 exhibitions at the museum itself each year, Foam regularly
organises activities that are not limited to the exhibition
galleries at the Keizersgracht. Foam publishes Foam Magazine 4
times a year; there is an extensive educational programme that is
taught both at schools as well as other locations; there is a
project location in Amsterdam New West called West Side
Stories; and Foam regularly produces exhibitions on location.
Foam Pop In provides Foam with a presence on the
Museumplein and is not just a meeting place and source of
inspiration for photography enthusiasts, photographers, photo
editors, designers and others working in the industry, but also for
local people, art and culture aficionados, tourists and general
passersby. Foam Pop In offers you contemporary and
high-quality photography, inspirational magazines and books, or
just a cup of coffee.
Foam Pop In
Foam Bookshop
Foam Editions
Foam Magazine
Foam
Foam lets people enjoy photography globally via our museum at
the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, our internationally distributed
magazine, our website, and our gallery Foam Editions. Foam is
continually looking for new possibilities to reach its audience. We
are not afraid to break with tradition and to walk down hitherto
un-trodden paths. We work together with other organisations and
companies, in order to let an as large as possible audience
experience the power of photography.
Foam Magazine
Foam Magazine is an international photography
magazine. A publication as well as an exhibition platform for
photographers globally. Quarterly, Foam Magazine presents 8
portfolios dedicated to one specific theme. Attention is paid
to all aspects of photography, from documentary to fashion, from
contemporary to historical, from world famous photographers to
emerging talents. The magazine received awards for its design and
quality and is currently being distributed in more than 25
countries
Foam Pop In has been made possible by Oschatz Visuelle
Medien.
Note to editors: For information and visual
material please contact the Communications Department, e-mail
foam[at]foam.org or phone +31 20 5516500.
Foam is sponsored by the BankGiro Loterij, the VandenEnde
Foundation and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.
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