 by non-fiction artist and photographer Khashayar Javanmardi. His ongoing project captures the deterioration of the south shore of the Caspian Sea and underscores the need to connect political and structural change to everyday life in response to the mismanagement of the region and global climate crisis.

Join us on Thursday, 24 July from 17.30 - 21.00 hrs. The exhibition will be opened at the Foam Café with a Q&A between Foam Curator Claartje van Dijk and the artist.

Caspian, Qezel Ozan River, February 2022

Foam Café

Caspian, Breakwater, May 2019

Opening Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi

by Ajamu X. On this festive evening, we will explore what it means to archive from Black queer perspectives together with the artist and guest speakers 

. No traditional panel, but a rhythmic, instinctive curated programme filled with space for encounter, nuance and vulnerability.

During this event, artist JeanPaul Paula will show a performance that is physical, concentrated and ritualistic in nature, with the body acting as both a sculptural and political medium.

Ajamu X and JG Basdew, November 2024

Foam

JeanPaul Paula, 2025

Bete van Meeuwen, 2025

Black Queer Archiving: Questioned at the Intersection, 2025

Opening Ajamu X - Us in the Frame

 to explore the secrets of the most beautiful garden in Amsterdam. Children participating in the workshop will collect flowers and leaves to make blueprint artworks. Afterwards, we will travel to Foam to finish our creations while enjoying delicious snacks and lemonade drinks.

Foam x de Hortus: Summer Workshop for Children, 2024

Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam

Chylocladia ovalis

Foam x De Hortus: Summer Workshop for children

On Thursday 26 June, Foam Editions welcomes you to the presentation of the monograph 

. The book comprises a selection of photographic and film works from the last 25 years, created by the Berlin-based Dutch artist 

Join us for a festive evening as Mirjam Kooiman, Foam’s Head of Artistic Programming, sits down with the artist—whose work is part of the Foam Collection—to discuss her creative process and the making of her book.

Spread from Today is not possible

Book presentation Marike Schuurman 

Come and visit our beautiful canal garden during 

. Foam is happy to join this annual botanical event in Amsterdam, which opens a series of canal gardens, both private and institutional, to the public. Take this opportunity to enjoy our restored garden, which is normally not open to the public. The Foam Café will serve delicious coffee, tea and a variety of sweets.

Open Garden Days play a vital role in keeping historic gardens accessible. Grand old trees, rare plants, beautiful garden houses and both classic and newly landscaped gardens can be admired in the secluded plots, which are rarely, if ever, open to the public.

Tuin

Experience art both within the museum and beyond its walls. In the garden, a selection of seven works by renowned German photographer Karl Blossfeldt will be on view, inviting reflection in dialogue with nature. Adjacent to the garden, visitors can explore our newest exhibition Garden of Entanglement by Hiền Hoàng.

Open Garden Days 2025

 to reflect on the relationships between humans and nature. In an evening of communal dining and collaborative wine tasting, we'll enjoy food by 

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel 

Hiền Hoàng, which encourages a multi-sensory reflection on the connection between humans and nature. She is the 18th winner of the 

, an internationally acclaimed photography prize aiming to support generational talents.

Join us at Foam on Thursday, 5 June from 17.30 hrs for the celebratory opening of the exhibition in the presence of the artist and with a special performance by 

, who invite two dancers to bring the exhibition and Hiền's work to life through movement.

Lidar-Mesh from the experiment, 2024

Scent from Heaven, Still from the Film No. 3, 2023.

Opening Hiền Hoàng

) by Augusta Curiel. The exhibition offers a contemporary perspective on the people and landscapes of Suriname as captured through the lens of the ‘Curiel Sisters’ in the early twentieth century.

Join us at Foam on Thursday, 22 May from 17.30 hrs for the celebratory opening of the exhibition with special words by guest curator Lucia Nankoe and writer 

Anna en Augusta Curiel in actie tijdens landing van het watervliegtuig de Dornier DOX op de Surinamerivier 18 augustus 1931

Aankomst van het stoomschip HM Hertog Hendrik op de Surinamerivier bij Paramaribo, 6 februari 1928

Opening Augusta Curiel - Yere Mi Sten

Foam has been actively engaging with secondary vocational education (in Dutch: MBO) since 2015. In this presentation, Foam presents how projects, different workshop series, programmes and events can provide students with a stage and appeal to their talents. Together with alumni, partners and teachers, we reflect on a decade of creative collaboration, inspired by the voices of the students who help shape the museum’s future.

Connect Amsterdam is Your Foam, 2021

Still from teaser Where is my nature, 2020

Museumnacht 2021

Equality, part of publication Your Foam Represents Gen21, 2021

Your Foam Team, 2021

MBO in Foam

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

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 intimate audiovisual landscape. Combining photography, assemblage, and media technologies, they express the relationship and overlap between humans, nature and ancestral knowledge. 

Image Tones of the Ecotone

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

, 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. This is the first time the exhibition is shown in its entirety. 

 traces Markosian’s journey of reconnecting with her estranged father through images, family snapshots, and film.  

Father

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

Diana Markosian - Father 

 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.

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.

archived events

Opening Foam 3h:
Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian ‘Lake’

Opening Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Foam x de Hortus:
Summer Workshop for Children

Book Presentation:
Today is not possible by Marike Schuurman

Open Garden Days 2025

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel

Opening Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

Opening Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

MBO in Foam

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

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

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

Diana Markosian
Father

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

archived events

Opening Foam 3h:Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian ‘Lake’

Opening Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Foam x de Hortus: Summer Workshop for Children

Book Presentation: Today is not possible by Marike Schuurman

Open Garden Days 2025

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel

Opening Hiền Hoàng Garden of Entanglement

Opening Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

MBO in Foam

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

Foam 3h: Finn Maätita and Jerrold SaijaTones of the Ecotone

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

Diana MarkosianFather

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

Opening Foam 3h:
Khashayar Javanmardi The Caspian ‘Lake’

Foam x de Hortus:
Summer Workshop for Children

Book Presentation:
Today is not possible by Marike Schuurman

Opening Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

Artist Tour:
Sakir Khader on Yawm al-Firak

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

Diana Markosian
Father

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