Opening Amsterdam, the magic center
Art and Counterculture 1967 - 1970
Events — Jul 6, 2018
- Price
- Free entrance. Reservation not necessary.
- Time
- Jul 6, 2018, 10 pm until 11.59 pm
This summer, the Stedelijk Museum brings back the magic of the late 1960s in Amsterdam with the exhibition, 'Amsterdam, The Magic Center: Art and Counterculture 1967–1970'. Discover how a new generation takes over the city with love, peace, protests, experimentation and counterculture, and how the underground emerges from the shadows.
PROGRAM
Music:
Host: Shamiro Van Der Geld (Night mayor of Amsterdam)
Deejays:
9 - 10 pm - Cristel Ball
10 - 11 pm - Vic Crezée
11 - 12 pm – Carista
The exhibition in short
Featuring works from the museum collection, the show 'Amsterdam, The Magical Center' sheds new light on the radical innovations and artistic and social experiments of the era. Counterculture, experimentation and the spirit of the underground emerge from the shadows and define the city’s cultural life from 1967 onwards. The Stedelijk Museum, that had become a home for the avant-garde after the war, plays a dual role: on the one hand, in the guise of modern champion, it advocates the new, yet the critical contingent labels it a conservative bastion of elitist art. 50 Years later, the Stedelijk looks back at a series of historic happenings, events and conceptual artworks that took place or were presented in Amsterdam, often with the city as décor.