Upcoming
Public Programme
17.10.2026, 14:00–22:00
This eight-hour film programme and pizza party about class, work and not being there, unfolds at de Appel, while artist Alina Lupu is absent: she will be working a shift at the pizza restaurant where she earns part of her living.
Upcoming
Public Programme
31.10.2026, 12:00–20:00
Throughout this eight-hour collective work session around class, labour and the arts, invited artists, cultural workers, organisers and labourers from other fields will join an open, walk-in gathering where everyone is welcome to participate.
Open Call: Join the
Complaints Choir
The Complaints Choir is a DIY, community-based art project in which singers and non-singers alike come together to sing about the things that are on their minds. Led by musician Azubike Onwuka, we share our complaints, frustrations and the things that don’t feel right, but also what gives us hope or what we’d like to see changed.
News
11.10.2026
Read online: de Appel
Periodical #2: Making Room
de Appel Periodical is a biannual online publication by de Appel’s team and invited contributors. It offers reflection and context around our programme and archive in the periods between exhibitions, bringing forward conversations, archival materials, interviews and outcomes of workshops or gatherings that are not always publicly visible.
News
21.08.2026
Upcoming
Event
07.11.2026, 19:00–00:00
During Museumnacht, the Teenage Curators at de Appel will be taking charge of the programme. Expect creative workshops, activities and music chosen by the Teenage Curators. An evening to hang out, create something new, meet people and experience how young people are shaping Museumnacht themselves.
Upcoming
Event
12.11.2026, 17:00–19:00
de Appel is thrilled to host a conversation between Vasif Kortun and Chiara de Cesari around How Did We Get Here: Reading Vasif Kortun, a new book by Salt (Istanbul) and Archive Books (Berlin), which features an in-depth interview reflecting on the conventions of contemporary cultural institutions while exploring the approaches that shape Vasıf Kortun’s work as a writer, educator, and curator.
Upcoming
Public Programme
21.11.2026, 15:00–20:00
In this three-part event we will screen the documentary Final Cut (2026) by filmmaker Joeri Pruys, celebrate of 51st anniversary of de Appel, and close the exhibition Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie 2026: Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art.
Upcoming
Exhibition
12.12.2026–12.02.2027
An Exercise in Assembling by Subversive Film brings together fragments of militant films made across liberation struggles, anti-colonial movements, and struggles for civil and workers’ rights.
de Appel is looking for
a Public Programme Producer
The Public Programme Producer is responsible for the implementation of the Public Programme and other activities organisation-wide, in close consultation with the directors, the head of production and (freelance) curators. The producer also manages the technical staff, freelancers and interns.
News
07.10.2026
Upcoming
28.10–12.12.2026
LAURENZ presents their second collaboration with the Archive of de Appel, in an exhibition in Vienna, on view until 12 December 2026. This loan from de Appel Archive presents the video work Test Tube (1979) by General Idea and the short film Diamond Lane (1981) by Barbara Bloom, together with connected ephemeral findings from the archive.
Presentation Correspondences:
de Appel 1975–2026 at
Printed Matter, New York
The book Correspondences: de Appel 1975–2026 will be presented at Printed Matter (New York, USA) with a panel conversation featuring Jeremy Johnston, Ben DuVall (Darling Green), Martha Jager, and Nell Donkers (de Appel Archive), alongside responses to materials featured in the book by invited guests.
News
14.10.2026
Book Bloc Brigade's
book-shields at de Appel
Next to the stairs to the exhibition space you will find a display of shields by Book Bloc Brigade, which was formed in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the violent police repression of students at university encampments across the Netherlands.
News
18.07.2025
Now available: Gladness
Demonstration tote bag
Support de Appel and get the tote bag for €15,- at our Bookshop during regular opening hours.
News
19.08.2026
