As part of Eighty Years of Freedom, Museum Beelden aan Zee presents Syrian artist Khaled Dawwa’s six-meter installation Voici mon cœur !. This fragile clay war memorial evokes Damascus in ruins, reflecting on fragility, resilience, and remembrance. Linking past and present, the work invites dialogue on freedom’s meaning and its ongoing struggle today.
Museum Beelden aan Zee stages Ryan Gander’s first Dutch solo, presenting twenty-one reinterpretations of Degas’ Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans alongside the original. Gander’s ballerinas step into contemporary life, raising questions about youth, movement, and vulnerability. A poetic dialogue across time, this exhibition reimagines classical sculpture in today’s world.
British artist Tania Kovats explores our elemental connection to water in Oceanic. Monumental concrete divers plunge into the museum floor, evoking surrender to the sea’s force. Her series Sea Marks traces horizons in rhythmic brushstrokes, uniting sky and water. The exhibition invites reflection on nature’s power, beauty, and our place within it.
Photographer and designer Arno Hammacher (1927–2017) lived and worked across Europe, capturing architecture, sculpture, and nature with political engagement and artistic precision. Museum Beelden aan Zee honors his legacy with a focused exhibition of sketches, photos, and archives from Italy to Cuba. The show reveals Hammacher’s cultivated vision and fascination with detail.
