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Saturday 10 October 2026 - Sunday 28 March 2027

Graffiti

Dan Christensen, O, 1968 © Estate of Dan Christensen. Courtesy Berry Campbell, New York
Lees in het Nederlands

75 years after the invention of the spray can, we take a fresh look at graffiti: not as an isolated art form, but as part of a broader artistic development. ‘Graffiti’ reveals how graffiti and contemporary art have influenced each other for decades.

About Graffiti

This exhibition shows how graffiti, which originated among young people in New York, grew into an influential force in the development of contemporary art. And vice versa: discover how contemporary artists have explored, applied and further developed this visual language in new forms and media. Graffiti challenges traditional notions of art, where it belongs and who it is for.

More than 120 works by seventy artists take you on a journey through seventy years of artistic development.

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René Daniëls, Spray Armee, 1983, Collectie Centraal Museum, Utrecht Bruikleen Rijksdienst Cultureel Erfgoed, 2012-03 Collectie Centraal Museum Utrecht / foto Ernst Moritz © Pictoright
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Keith Haring, ZT, 1981 Bruikleen 2018 (Bruikleen in herinnering collectie Wijnand en Annette Wildenberg) Collectie Centraal Museum Utrecht / foto Adriaan van Dam © Keith Haring Foundation
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Jenny Holzer & Lady Pink, You Are Trapped on the Earth so You Will Explode, 1983-1984 Photo: Mart – Archivio fotografico e Mediateca Courtesy Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto Deposito Eredi Alessandro Grassi
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Rammellzee, Future Futurism, 1984 Groninger Museum, loan from private collection Photo: Marten de Leeuw Courtesy The Estate of Rammellzee