Keerthana Kunnath

Hailun Ma

Martin Parr

Lisetta Carmi

Julia Kochetova - War is Personal

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Myriam Boulos 

, a major solo exhibition of the internationally renowned artist Nadav Kander. Over more than three decades, Kander has created some of the most celebrated images in contemporary photography, including portraits of Barack Obama, Rosamund Pike and David Lynch for publications such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker and TIME. 

 traces the threads that connect his work: a deep concern with the fragility of human existence, the passage of time, and the quiet intensity of everyday life.  

Diver, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, 1997 (from the series God's Country)

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Yibin I (Bathers), Sichuan Province, China, 2007 (from the series Yangtze – The Long  River)

David Lynch I, Los Angeles, USA, 2007

Nadav Kander

In September 2026, Hailun Ma presents her first major solo exhibition outside China, inviting visitors into a world where fashion becomes a lens for social observation. Recognized as one of the most influential voices among China’s new generation of image-makers, Ma turns her camera toward the gestures, styles, and relations that shape everyday life in Xinjiang.

Kashi Youth

Kashi Youth, Uruklyn

Uruklyn, 2024

Foam 3h presents the first museum exhibition of photographer Keerthana Kunnath. For her debut series Not What You Saw, Kunnath has been photographing female bodybuilders in Kerala, South India. 

The images show women flexing their muscles against the backdrop of Kerala's lush landscapes, combining physical strength with a softness rarely associated with the sport. Through her work she opens up a conversation about gender, sexuality and mental health, topics that are rarely discussed openly in her homeland of India.

Bodybuilders for Tilfi, 2026

Jannath with school kids, 2026

Stronger, 2024

Bhumika, 2024

Home Mounir Raji

Middle East Archive

 and Foam are united by a belief in the power of photography to preserve, connect and reveal new perspectives. This year, Middle East Archive and Foam join forces to present two exhibitions in Amsterdam-West: at the creative space MAQAM and at Mercatorplein.

brings together the work of multiple artists. At Mercatorplein there is a solo exhibition, showcasing the work of Yomna El Beyaly titled 

In Her Own Way / شوية وراجعة. 

Next year, Foam and Middle East Archive will continue collaborating by presenting a group exhibition at the museum. Middle East Archive is a publishing platform dedicated to reimagining and celebrating the visual narratives of the Middle East and North Africa. 

Image from the series In Her Own Way

Mercatorplein and MAQAM

Amizmiz, Marocco 2025

Yumna's wedding, Amman, Jordan 1993

Kurdistan 1991

Nun with the Blowing Veil, Convent of Saydat Al Nouriyeh, Chekka, Lebanon, 2008

Foam presents the first museum solo exhibition of Lebanese photographer Myriam Boulos. Boulos received the 19th Foam Paul Huf Award in 2025 and photographed Harry Styles’ 

 world tour campaign in 2026. In this exhibition, she turns her camera toward her hometown of Beirut, offering an intimate portrait of the city and its people amid political tension, revolution and war.

What's Ours, 2019

Sexual Fantasies

Visit Foam during the autumn break for a special photography workshop for children, inspired by artist Nadav Kander’s exhibition 

During a guided tour with a museum educator, children discover how light, shadow, colour, space and composition can influence the atmosphere of an image. They then head to the studio to get hands-on and explore photography with all their senses. As part of the workshop, they create a photograph that makes a smell, sound, taste or feeling visible without showing it literally. Using different materials, scents, sounds and colours, they first build a small scene or landscape. They then photograph their creation with a camera. The result is a photograph that not only invites you to look, but also evokes something you can feel, smell or hear. At the end of the workshop, the children share their photographs with one another and receive a certificate.

Educatieprogramma's primair onderwijs

Mouth IX, near Shanghai, China, 2007 (from the series Yangtze – The Long River)

The Flicker Phase, 1950

Kids workshop: Explore photography with all your senses

Enhance your visit to Foam with a Free Guided Tour. Every 

 on Saturday, you’re welcome to join one of our tours: in Dutch at 11:00 hrs and in English at 12:00 hrs. No extra ticket is needed, participation is included with your museum admission.

Our experienced museum teachers challenge you to look closely and form your own opinion on the photography in the museum.

During the Free Guided Tour, you will visit the exhibitions in a group of at most 15 people. The museum teacher strikes a balance between posing questions and providing information, helping you discover the story of the photographer, the subject and the context of the exhibitions together.

Free Guided Tour, 2022

Free Guided Tour

Photography is best discovered in your own language. During these interactive tours in Dutch sign language, you will talk about the exhibitions in the museum with our tour guide and the other participants. Our deaf museum teacher asks different questions that challenge you to take a better look while teaching you more about photography.

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language, 2016

Dutch sign language tours

Foam is undertaking a sustainability renovation to prepare its historic building on the Keizersgracht for the future. From 2 March to 8 October 2026, the museum will carry out a phased renovation to improve the building’s sustainability standards. Throughout the works, the museum will stay open and will showcase a limited number of exhibitions.

Visitors may notice signs of work during their visit, such as noise or temporary changes to visitor routes. We aim to keep any inconvenience to a minimum. Foam remains open almost the entire time, with a temporary closure from 27 August to 17 September 2026. We reopen on Thursday evening, 17 September, with the festive opening of three new exhibitions.

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, 2023

Trappenhuis

Sustainability Upgrades at Foam

On Friday 2 October, photographer, writer, and editor Ton Hendriks will present his book 

) at the Foam café. During the evening, he will discuss the book’s central ideas and arguments with Foam curator Aya Musa.

What role can—and should—photography play in a world where democracy is under pressure? How can photography, as a visual storyteller, navigate between realism and subjectivity, between mimesis and metaphor? Why is visual storytelling the photographic form of the future? And why is it necessary to redefine photography as an art form and develop a new theory around it?

Nadav Kander
The edge of things

Hailun Ma
Hometown

Keerthana Kunnath
Not What You Saw

Foam x Middle East Archive

Myriam Boulos

Kids workshop:
Explore photography with all your senses

Free Guided Tour

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Sustainability renovations at Foam

Book launch
Metamoderne Fotocultuur

Nadav KanderThe edge of things

Hailun MaHometown

Keerthana Kunnath Not What You Saw

Foam x Middle East Archive

Myriam Boulos

Kids workshop: Explore photography with all your senses

Free Guided Tour

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Sustainability renovations at Foam

Book launch Metamoderne Fotocultuur

Nadav Kander
The edge of things

Hailun Ma
Hometown

Keerthana Kunnath
Not What You Saw

Kids workshop:
Explore photography with all your senses

Book launch
Metamoderne Fotocultuur