On Thursday, 15 May, Foam Editions is hosting the celebratory launch of 

, Jackie Mulder's first artist book. The book reflects on the possibilities of healing pathways and our essential relation with landscape and the natural world. Imagined as a possible trail unfolding through the pages, the sequence and treatment of the images invite the viewer to step into another world, be amazed, and make their own story.

During the evening, curator, editor, and writer 

will open the programme with a few words, followed by a Q&A between Foam Editions gallery manager Lotte Klösters and the artist, 

 they will discuss the making of the book and the content of her work.

Spread Thought Trails

Foam

Book Launch Jackie Mulder

Join us for a special evening of eating papeda together in the exhibition 

by Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija. Together with the artists and curator Zippora Elders Tahalele, we will sit at the table to share stories while we eat papeda. The papeda will be made by Vanessa Wattimena. During the evening, we will also present a performance by Nel Lekatompessy from the theatre show 

Tones of the Ecotone, 2025

Finn Maätita

Jerrold Saija

Zippora Elders

Vanessa Wattimena

Nel Lekatompessy

Programme contributors

Sagopalm as a symbol: Dinner with papeda

Join us in Foam's garden on Saturday, 10 May for a community dinner by 

. We'll begin the evening with an exclusive screening with Sakir Khader. The dinner will be accompanied by captivating performances from Palestinian-Dutch spoken word artist and rapper 

Dinner Experience by Code Noir, 2024

Women in grief, Jenin refugee camp in Palestine, 2023

: A dinner experience with Culture Grub and Sakir Khader

Echoes of Jenin: A dinner experience with Culture Grub and Sakir Khader

What does the city look like through the eyes of a child? Join us on an exciting journey from Museumplein to Foam, pinhole camera in hand! In this special workshop, kids will hit the streets with curious eyes and creative minds. Inspired by the exhibition 

, they’ll experiment with spy photography and explore the art of composition – capturing the city in surprising new ways.

Workshop straatfotografie

Museumplein

Illegale opname vanuit fietstas van commandopost Kriegsmarine, genomen vanaf het Emmaplein de Emmalaan in, Amsterdam, 1944

The Flicker Phase, 1950

Workshop: Pinhole photography adventure for kids

In honour of Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary and the 80th commemoration of the Netherlands’ liberation, Foam proudly presents 

. This powerful exhibition features images taken by the eponymous group of photographers who bravely documented life in Amsterdam during the ‘Hunger Winter’ of 1944–1945. Their striking photographs offer a rare and intimate glimpse into the daily realities of war, the Nazi occupation, and the courageous acts of the resistance.

The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 1 May by the mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema. Join us from 17.30 until 21.00 hrs for this celebratory event at Foam.

Opening De Ondergedoken Camera

Join us on Thursday 17 April for the launch of the photo journal 

, made by London-based Jamaican designer 

. The event highlights themes of identity and belonging, featuring an engaging Q&A session with Saunders and Appiah-nti.

Bianca Saunders & Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-nti

Book Launch Bianca Saunders & Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-nti

Join us on Thursday 10 April for a collective gathering on the occassion of 

by Sakir Khader. The evening will be filled with a live radio show of 

 with Hani Rahsepar, a performance by artist 

Inhale, in hell there’s heaven, 2022

Framing Sounds: Exploring Sonic Influence 

with Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Framing Sounds: Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Are you curious to start collecting photography but don't know where to start? Or perhaps you began, but would like to learn more to build a collection?

Join us on Wednesday 9 April with Lotte Klösters, gallery manager of Foam editions, who talk about topics such as valuation, photography techniques, materials, and acquisition.  

Foam Editions

Foam Editions Workshop Collecting Photography, 2025

Masterclass Collecting Photography

Join us for an exclusive guided tour of the exhibition 

 with artist Sakir Khader. During this special occasion, Khader will personally share the stories and experiences behind his photographs, offering unique insights into his work.

Opening Sakir Khader, 2024

Artist Tour Sakir Khader

, a collaborative exhibition by Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija, curated by guest curator Zippora Elders Tahalele. The exhibition offers an immersive, playful and pluriform audiovisual landscape. Combining ancient wisdom, photography, assemblage, and media technologies, they express the relationship and overlap between humans, nature and ancestral knowledge.

The exhibition will be opened on Thursday, 20 March, with a live performance by 

 and a Q&A between Zippora Elders Tahalele and the artists. Join us at Foam 3h from 17.30 to 21.00 hrs for this official event with free museum admission.

Scale traveling, 2025

Opening Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija  Tones of the Ecotone

 by artist Diana Markosian, shown in full for the first time at Foam. The exhibition tells the story of her journey to reconnect with her estranged father through images, family snapshots, and film.

You are welcome at Foam on Thursday, 6 March from 17.30 – 21.00 hrs for the official opening of the exhibition with an introduction by Foam Curator Claartje van Dijk and artist Diana Markosian.

My Father’s reflection, from the series Father, 2016

Opening Diana Markosian

Book launch Sarah Mei Herman

Book launch Yeray Sabandar

Join us on Thursday, 20 February for the presentation of Emilia Martin's latest book 

I saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears

. Martin will present her publication during this festive evening at 

 and Inge Loes ten Kate, professor of astrobiology and planetary sciences, will share insights on meteorites, space, rocks, and more. 

We will also present a special edition print, which will be for sale exclusively via Foam in an edition of 25.

Book Launch Emilia Martin

, is the first solo museum exhibition by the Palestinian-Dutch photographer Sakir Khader. Since 2024, he has been the first Palestinian photographer selected to join the renowned photography collective Magnum Photos. His images explore the fragile boundary between life and death.

Broken souls. Jenin Refugee camp, Palestine, 2023

Grieving mothers. Jenin refugee camp, Palestine. June, 2023

Sakir Khader - Yawm al-firak

, the first solo museum exhibition by the Palestinian-Dutch photographer Sakir Khader. His images explore the fragile boundary between life and death.

The exhibition will be opened in the presence of the artist and with a speech by 

, poet and writer. You are welcome at Foam on 6 February from 17.30 - 21.00 hrs.

Grieving mothers. Jenin Refugee camp, Palestine, 2023

Opening Sakir Khader - Yawm al-Firak

 exhibition, Koos Breukel presents a series of photography workshops where participants can work alongside the artist. Set in a specially designed photo studio within the exhibition, participants can choose to shoot in the studio or, weather permitting, in the garden. Each workshop is inspired by the style of a photographer who has played a significant role in Breukel’s artistic journey.

During the workshops, he is joined by guest photographer and specialist in noble print techniques, Daphne Wageman, providing participants with expert guidance and insight.

Ulay, Amsterdam 2018

Inez van Lamsweerde Amsterdam 1992

Photography Workshop Koos Breukel

What meaning do we assign to images on the internet? And to what extent do we identify with them? In collaboration with online platform 

, Foam presents an online mapping game to explore this: 

Do we share similar interpretations of images, or do we associate completely different meanings with them?

Metaphormaxxing: A Mapping Game

Foam is proud to present a major retrospective exhibition of the celebrated American artist Saul Leiter (1923–2013).  Leiter is seen as one of the most important photographers of the 1950’s in the United States and a pioneer of colour photography. This exhibition brings together over 200 works, consisting of photography, both black-and-white and colour, as well as his abstract paintings. His eclectic oeuvre reveals a practice using shadow, light, and reflections to craft layered compositions. 

Ana, 1950s

Untitled, undated

“Photographs are often treated as important moments, but really they are fragments and souvenirs of an unfinished world.”

Footprints, c. 1950

Saul Leiter - An Unfinished World

Foam presents a major retrospective exhibition of the celebrated American artist Saul Leiter (1923–2013). The exhibition 

 brings together over 200 works, consisting of photography, both black-and-white and colour, as well as his abstract paintings.

You are welcome at Foam for the official opening of the exhibition from 18.30 - 21.00 hrs on 23 January 2025.

Harlem, 1960

Opening Saul Leiter - An Unfinished World

, an exhibition that offers a special glimpse into the life and work of one of the Netherlands’ most renowned portrait photographers, Koos Breukel. The exhibition showcases an overview of his career, focusing on the people who have significantly influenced his development as both a photographer and a person. 

The Office 2024

Arno Nollen en Natacha Juliac Amsterdam 2005

Koos Breukel - Meet the Artist

 invite children aged 8 to 12 to join the 

 this winter. Inspired by Viviane Sassen’s exhibition, participants will get hands-on with the camera and learn to see art and colour in a new way. To complete the festive experience, there will be plenty of time to enjoy hot chocolate and Christmas bread.

Kerstvakantie: Workshop Collage Maken

Please join us on Thursday 12 December for the celebratory pre-launch of the photobook 

 by Dutch photographer Sarah Mei Herman in the Foam Café. The book, published by Gost Books, tells the tale of coming of age, documenting more then 20 years from the artist's surrounding family relationships.

From the series Julian & Jonathan

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... surreal

Spread from Foam Magazine #66 MISSING MIRROR — Photography Through the Lens of AI

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

Foam x The Hmm: Photography is...

, the first solo museum exhibition by artist Sarah Amrani. With her work, Amrani explores the complex relationship between technology, culture and beauty standards. The multimedial exhibition invites visitors to think critically about how our perception of beauty and identity is shaped in the digital age. 

Strategy of Beautification, Hijab and Face Cut Out, 2017

Strategy of Beautification, 2018

Untitled, 2017

Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani - Terror of Beauty

, the first solo museum exhibition by artist Sarah Amrani. With her work, Amrani explores the complex relationship between technology, culture and beauty standards. 

Join us at Foam 3h from 17.30 to 21.00 hrs for this official event with free museum admission. The evening will feature a Q&A session with Foam curator Aya Musa and Sarah Amrani.

Strategy of Beautification, Hijab and Face Cut Out, video still, 2017

Opening Sarah Amrani - Terror of Beauty 

Join us on Saturday 30 November for a special artist talk with photographer 

 will dig deeper into the work and the journey of her practice, including her use of shadows and how her mental health impacted her as an artist. 

archived events

Book Launch: Thought Trails by Jackie Mulder

Sagopalm as a symbol: Dinner with papeda

Echoes of Jenin: A dinner experience with Culture Grub and Sakir Khader

Through the little lens: Pinhole photography for kids

Opening The Underground Camera

Book launch: 38 Lovelane by Bianca Saunders & Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-nti

Framing Sounds: Exploring Sonic Influence with Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Masterclass on Collecting Photography

Artist Tour:
Sakir Khader on Yawm al-Firak

Opening Foam 3h: Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija Tones of the Ecotone

Opening Diana
Markosian Father

Book Launch: Emilia Martin
I saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Opening Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Photography Workshops by Koos Breukel

Metaphormaxxing:
A Mapping Game

Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Opening Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Koos Breukel
Meet the Artist

Christmas Holiday: Fashion Photography Workshop

Book Launch: Sarah Mei Herman Julian & Jonathan

Foam x The Hmm:
Photography is...

Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani
Terror of Beauty

Opening Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani Terror of Beauty

On Experimentation and Intimacy
In Conversation with Viviane Sassen

archived events

Book Launch: Thought Trails by Jackie Mulder

Sagopalm as a symbol: Dinner with papeda

Echoes of Jenin: A dinner experience with Culture Grub and Sakir Khader

Through the little lens: Pinhole photography for kids

Opening The Underground Camera

Book launch: 38 Lovelane by Bianca Saunders & Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-nti

Framing Sounds: Exploring Sonic Influence with Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Masterclass on Collecting Photography

Artist Tour:Sakir Khader on Yawm al-Firak

Opening Foam 3h: Finn Maätita and Jerrold Saija Tones of the Ecotone

Opening DianaMarkosian Father

Book Launch: Emilia MartinI saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears

Sakir KhaderYawm al-Firak

Opening Sakir KhaderYawm al-Firak

Photography Workshops by Koos Breukel

Metaphormaxxing:A Mapping Game

Saul Leiter An Unfinished World

Opening Saul LeiterAn Unfinished World

Koos BreukelMeet the Artist

Christmas Holiday: Fashion Photography Workshop

Book Launch: Sarah Mei Herman Julian & Jonathan

Foam x The Hmm: Photography is...

Foam 3h: Sarah AmraniTerror of Beauty

Opening Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani Terror of Beauty

On Experimentation and IntimacyIn Conversation with Viviane Sassen

Artist Tour:
Sakir Khader on Yawm al-Firak

Opening Diana
Markosian Father

Book Launch: Emilia Martin
I saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears

Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Opening Sakir Khader
Yawm al-Firak

Metaphormaxxing:
A Mapping Game

Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Opening Saul Leiter
An Unfinished World

Koos Breukel
Meet the Artist

Foam x The Hmm:
Photography is...

Foam 3h: Sarah Amrani
Terror of Beauty

On Experimentation and Intimacy
In Conversation with Viviane Sassen