Amsterdam Update
In the picture
Pretty Much Everything – Photographs 1985-2010 sums up this retrospective by the world-famous photographic duo. Around 300 photographs span a 25-year career which began in Amsterdam and took the pair to New York via campaigns for topfashion houses. INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE & VINOODH MATADIN Until September 15; Foam, Keizersgracht 609; +31 20 5516500; www.foam.nl
EVENTS
OVER HET IJ FESTIVAL
July 1-11
This terrific festival of site-specific theatre takes place in the NDSM-werf shipyard, and the Overhoeks area in Amsterdam-Noord (across the water from Centraal Station, where performances will also be taking place).
JULIDANS
July 1-14
The crème de la crème of international contemporary dance. Highlights include Akram Khan, Pina Bausch/ Tanztheater Wuppertal, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Emio Greco/PC.
Various locations; www.julidans.nl
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
July 2, 4, 7, 9, 11
De Nederlandse Opera perform Donizetti’s much-loved melodrama. Het Muziektheater, Amstel 3; +31 20 6255455; www.het-muziektheater.nl
SORRY! THAT’S LIFE
July 9-24
Expect clowns and undertakers, actors and tractors, and corpses and horses as this marvellous travelling company, Footsbarn Theatre, comes to town…
Carré, Amstel 115-125; 0900 2525255 (NL only); www.theatercarre.nl
AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK
July 14-18
Dutch and international designers unveil their spring/ summer 2011 collections.
KWAKOE SUMMER FESTIVAL
Until August 29 This huge, multicultural festival takes place in the Bijlmer district every weekend in July and August.
EXHIBITIONS
LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT!
Until August 29
Until August 29 Subtitled Portrait Cloths from Africa, this colourful exhibition showcases commemorative cloths of individuals who have played an important role in the history and development of Africa, including Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama.
Tropenmuseum, Linnaeustraat 2; +31 20 5688200; www.tropenmuseum.nl
AMSTERDAM’S CANAL BELT
Until September 6
Paintings, prints and drawings showing the spectacular expansion of 17th-century Amsterdam.
Rijksmuseum, Jan Luijkenstraat 1; +31 20 6747000; rijksmuseum.nl
MATISSE TO MALEVICH
Until September 17
Around 75 paintings from the world-famous collection of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, depict the origins of modern art.
Hermitage Amsterdam, Amstel 51; +31 20 5308751; www.hermitage.nl
RESTAURANT
NEL
Enjoy lunch, dinner, a cocktail, or a coffee at this trendy barrestaurant whose biggest secrets are its peaceful, shaded terrace and historic location (within a white, wooden church, dating back to the 17th century). Lunch offerings include Thai chicken soup and hearty club sandwiches, while pasta and fish dishes can be had from the dinner menu. Amstelveld 12; +31 20 6261199;
GIGS
Faithless July 2, Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek
Melody Gardot July 3, Concertgebouw
Anouk July 4, 10, Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek
Marco Borsato July 8, 9, Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek
Billy Idol July 12, Paradiso
Morcheeba July 19, Paradiso
WEBSITES
www.dutchnews.nl
Daily Dutch news in English
www.specialbite.com
Cool and comprehensive
www.restaurant.reviews
underwateramsterdam.com
Events and info galore
www.iamsterdam.com
The city’s most comprehensive portal
www.amsterdam.info
Useful tourist information
www.lastminuteticketshop.nl
Half-price tickets to events
