In recent years, AI has started to make a big impact in the world of photography, changing the way we make and see images. In the multidimensional project 

, Foam explores the intersection between art, technology, and society, highlighting how the recent advancements in AI impact our relationship with images, ourselves and our perception of reality.

The project consists of a group exhibition 

Eye 4 - Detect, perceive, explore, 2023

Foam

If the naked eye cannot discern between an AI-generated image and a photograph, what does that mean for our understanding of photography?

A self-portrait of an algorithm no.89, 2023

Mugshots.com, N1, from the series Obscurity, 2016

Photography Through the Lens of AI

 by Paolo Cirio focuses on the social implications of AI systems, machine learning AI models, and the use of data. Cirio sees AI as a form of automated violence, expressed through surveillance, discrimination, and disinformation. With his work, he challenges power structures by exploring AI for his counterattacks.

The exhibition showcases installations with prints, videos, and artefacts, highlighting his online artistic interventions and activist campaigns and prompting reflection among the general public.

Mugshots.com, N8, from the series Obscurity, 2016

Street Ghosts, Wibautstraat 7, Amsterdam, from the series Street Ghosts, 2012-On going, 2010

Capture, N, from the series Capture, 2020

Paolo Cirio - AI Attacks

 is a playful exhibition by Rotterdam based conceptual artist Benjamin Li. The exhibition setup takes inspiration from the 'Chinese-Indisch' restaurant, a culinary genre partially shaped by the colonial history of the Netherlands. Through his work, Li explores themes like identity, belonging, labour and cultural heritage, using food as a lens through which to delve into these complex subjects.

Untitled work from the family archive

Nr.88 Babi Pangang met Patat, Taria De Neushoorn, Dordrecht, 2024

Spread from Chinees-Indisch Restaurant Stickeralbum by Benjamin Li with untitled work from family archive

Nr.25 Tjap Tjoy met Cha Sieuw, Azië, Boxmeer, 2022

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li - In Search of Perfect Orange

Foam joins forces with digital culture platform The Hmm for a series of online talks. In 

, we investigate how internet culture permeates and alters different layers of photography—extending the photographic field exponentially. How does our relationship with the photographic image shift and change to the internet's cultural and technological developments?

designed for everyone curious about the photographic medium's evolution in the digital age. Are you intrigued by the future of visual culture online? Join us as we examine photography's changing face in our image-saturated world.

Photography is..., 2024

Cover of Foam Magazine #29: Curating the Future, 2011

Foam x The Hmm: Photography is...

Foam is thrilled to present the first large-scale retrospective of Dutch artist and fashion photographer Viviane Sassen in the Netherlands. The exhibition will be opened on Friday 20 September in the presence of the artist. 

You are welcome at Foam from 18.30 - 21.00 hrs for this official event with free admission to the museum.

Eudocimus Ruber, from the series Of Mud and Lotus, 2017

Botter, 2022

Opening Viviane Sassen - PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

 comprises more than 200 works of the Dutch fashion photographer and artist Viviane Sassen. It is the first large-scale retrospective of the Dutch fashion photographer in the Netherlands, revealing over thirty years of her multifaceted career and bringing together photography, collage, painting and video. 

Self Portrait, 1990

Blue Alchemy, from the series Modern Alchemy, 2022

Adidas x Pharell, 2017

Dior, 2019

Viviane Sassen - PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

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

 honours the centenary of the Dutch photographer Paul Huf. With his unprecedented network and innovative use of colour, Huf was known as one of the Netherlands' most important advertisement, fashion and portrait photographers from the 1950s onwards.

Ajax, 1967

Mode voor Avenue, 1966

Paul Huf - Golden Years

Sakir Khader is a Palestinian-Dutch visual artist. The exhibition 

Yawm al-firak / يَوْم الْفِرَاق 

(Farewell Day) honours the fallen under Israeli occupation since the Nakba (1948), highlighting the universal theme of bidding farewell. Khader’s unique and intimate access to Palestinian society allows him to capture the raw reality of conflict and loss in all of its facets. 

Photography Through the Lens of AI

Next Level: Paolo Cirio
AI Attacks

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li
In Search of Perfect Orange

Foam x The Hmm:
Photography is...

Opening Viviane Sassen
PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

Viviane Sassen
PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

Free Guided Tour

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Paul Huf
Golden Years

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-firak / يَوْم الْفِرَاق

Photography Through the Lens of AI

Next Level: Paolo Cirio AI Attacks

Foam 3h: Benjamin LiIn Search of Perfect Orange

Foam x The Hmm: Photography is...

Opening Viviane SassenPHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

Viviane SassenPHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

Free Guided Tour

Free guided tour in Dutch sign language

Paul HufGolden Years

Sakir KhaderYawm al-firak / يَوْم الْفِرَاق

Next Level: Paolo Cirio
AI Attacks

Foam 3h: Benjamin Li
In Search of Perfect Orange

Foam x The Hmm:
Photography is...

Opening Viviane Sassen
PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

Viviane Sassen
PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion

Paul Huf
Golden Years

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-firak / يَوْم الْفِرَاق