From the series I Do Miss Hospital Visit

Shwe Wutt Hmon

From the series Broer (2017 – present)

Florian Braakman

Fortune in My Thirties (2023), from the series Interfaces of Predictions

Sheung Yiu

Durazno, from the series Madre

Marisol Mendez

From the series Frantz Fanon, Me, and The Questions

Issam Larkat

Students of Tsinghua University showing their prestige with an a4 white paper.

Xin Li

Margarito, from the series Las Flores Mueren Dos Veces. Data bending on archival photography.

Cristóbal Ascencio

From the series POST, 2023

Sander Coers

Untitled from Eyes Dazzle As they Search for The Truth.

Amin Yousefi

From the series Fathom

Cansu Yıldıran

From the series Blaze Orange / High Visibility

Jaclyn Wright

Squeeze (Justin), 2022

Ricardo Nagaoka

Under Surveillance, 2021, from the series We Didn't Choose to be Born Here

Thero Makepe

Foam proudly presents the solo exhibition 

by Hiền Hoàng, which encourages a multi-sensory reflection on the connection between humans and nature. Her practice is deeply shaped by interdisciplinary collaborations with scientists and technologists which reveal the ambivalent role of technology as both a means to understand nature and a force that distances us from it. 

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

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A new best life, 2021

A scan from the Photo album of the artist's late aunt.

Made in Rice, backstage from the left video, 2021.

Lidar-Mesh from the experiment, 2024

Hiền Hoàng - Garden of Entanglement

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Still from Northern Winds with Jonathas de Andrade - Ammodo Docs

With my art projects, I approach people that historically experience oppression in many different ways. But still, their culture, their tradition, their way of keeping knowledge alive: they represent resistance in many ways.,

Still from the documentary Northern Winds with Jonathas de Andrade

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Cultuur Ferry

by Augusta Curiel. Augusta Curiel (1873-1937) was one of Suriname’s first women photographers, running a highly successful photography studio in Paramaribo together with her sister Anna (1875-1958). 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. Featuring both well-known and rarely seen images, this exhibition highlights their versatile practice and unique role in Surinamese society during the Dutch colonial era.

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

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

Augusta Curiel - Surinaamse fotografe 1873-1937

 by non-fiction artist and photographer Khashayar Javanmardi. Javanmardi, who grew up in this region, has spent the last decade documenting the deterioration of the southern shore of the Caspian, which borders Iran.

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.

Caspian, Breakwater, May 2019

Caspian, Qezel Ozan River, February 2022

Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi

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"Every age has its great loss – for modernism, it was the coherence of the self; for postmodernism, the stability of master narratives – and now, in the 21st century, there is an increasing pressure on the notion of a shared reality."

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

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

Mugshots.com, N2, from the series Obscurity, 2016

”There is a new way of understanding our times.. a new wave of realism, a new wave of artists who are engaged in political issues. “Evidential Realism” is the realism of today… “

Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope, 2021

Paolo Cirio: Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Mooncake, Foam Café, Amsterdam

Spread from Chinees-Indisch Stickeralbum

Cahier for Benjamin Li's In Search of Perfect Orange - Chinese Version

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In Search of Perfect Orange. About the work of Benjamin Li

See, through you, from the filmstrip series 36 Serendipities, 2021

Untitled, 2023

There are fairies by the lake, from the filmstrip series 36 Serendipities, 2021

Portrait with goats from the series Motherlands – three faithful things, 2021

Young Human. An interview with ShuShu Sieberns

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Wedding day from the series Las Flores mueren dos veces, 2022

Louis Vuitton Jeff Koons Rubens Bag, 2020

From the series Home Leaving One for Another

"Mohlokomedi wa Tora", Scene 2, 2018 

Killa from the series Madre

In a sandstone mine 1 from the series This isn't Divide and Conquer

Dialect, 2020

authenticity (2 CHAINZ) from the series BLACK SNAFU, 2022

Wait from the series We Didn't Choose to be Born Here, 2022

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In light of Pride Amsterdam 2025, Foam is proud to present 

 by darkroom & fine art photographic artist 

The exhibition reflects on the importance of black queer archiving, with a specific focus on photography and lens-based practices, while exploring the position that black queer image-makers currently occupy within the Dutch photographic and cultural landscape.

Black Queer Archiving: Questioned at the Intersection, 2025

Ajamu X - Us in the Frame

Join us on Thursday, 28 August, for a special edition of 

 by Augusta Curiel. This evening of deep listening brings together sound, image, and archive, inviting you not only to see Suriname but also to hear it.

The programme begins with a live performance by 

, followed by a lecture around the work led by 

Throughout the evening, we invite you to explore vinyl listening stations featuring curated Surinamese music that offer new ways to engage with Curiel’s photographic legacy through rhythm, memory, and atmosphere.

Afrovism: The Garden of Frequencies

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Shwe Wutt Hmon

Florian Braakman

Sheung Yiu

Marisol Mendez

Issam Larkat

Xin Li

Cristóbal Ascencio

Sander Coers

Amin Yousefi

Cansu Yıldıran

Jaclyn Wright

Ricardo Nagaoka

Thero Makepe

Hiền Hoàng
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Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’s Fascination with Jangadeiros

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Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi
The Caspian ‘Lake’

Paolo Cirio
Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

In Search of Perfect Orange
About the work of Benjamin Li

Young Human
An interview with ShuShu Sieberns

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Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Afrovism: The Garden of Frequencies

3D

Shwe Wutt Hmon

Florian Braakman

Sheung Yiu

Marisol Mendez

Issam Larkat

Xin Li

Cristóbal Ascencio

Sander Coers

Amin Yousefi

Cansu Yıldıran

Jaclyn Wright

Ricardo Nagaoka

Thero Makepe

Hiền Hoàng Garden of Entanglement

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Northern Winds: Jonathas de Andrade’s Fascination with Jangadeiros

Cultuur Ferry

Augusta Curiel Yere Mi Sten

Foam 3h: Khashayar JavanmardiThe Caspian ‘Lake’

Paolo CirioArtist of the Post-Panopticon Era

In Search of Perfect OrangeAbout the work of Benjamin Li

Young HumanAn interview with ShuShu Sieberns

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Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Afrovism: The Garden of Frequencies

Hiền Hoàng
Garden of Entanglement

Foam 3h: Khashayar Javanmardi
The Caspian ‘Lake’

Paolo Cirio
Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

In Search of Perfect Orange
About the work of Benjamin Li

Young Human
An interview with ShuShu Sieberns