Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam July 2024 - The Amsterdam city museum is usually arranged differently every season Also this summer many artworks hang on a new layout The museum is spacious and mostly quiet

Good for a brief stop if you have a museum pass of if you love modern art. - The Stedelijk Museum is focused on modern art created after 1870. I went specifically to see works by Marc Chagall and other modern masters. Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondriaan, Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol, and Ana Lupas have works there. Marc Chagall is one of my favorites, so it was nice to see his works showcased in the first room. The furniture exhibits are also very unique. The museum itself is also quite interesting. It was originally housed in a 19th century red brick building, but a bathtub-like 21st century extension was added later. The current entry is here. No reservation needed as it is not a busy museum. Used the I Amsterdam Card for admission. Otherwise, tickets are € 22.50. Good for a brief stop if you have a museum pass of if you love modern art.

Pricey Modern Art - A nice little walk around. Much quieter than the Rijk! Did think it was a little pricey for how quick you get around it though.

Interested art geeks would enjoy - Lots of great artists are together along with some really "out there" stuff too. It's a mixed bag, but because it's so close to the Rijksmuseum, I wanted to pop in there. Saw Mondrian, Picasso, Pollock, Chagall, Cezanne and many more.

Impressive exhibition - Really seen an impressive overview exhibition of Marina Abramovic. That's what I came here for. Furthermore, the museum is somewhat boring.

Interesting and calm - One of the museums on Museumplein, the museum area, which is so helpful in Amsterdam when it rains. Despite the ticket prices. €22.50. It is not a very crowded museum and the visit is very pleasant. You have to have around two hours to do it. It is worth the visit because it exhibits recognized works of great interest, painting, photography, furniture design and the most current works of modern art, with a large space dedicated to performances. In the permanent collection something by Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Chagall, Cézanne, Malevich,...

Great if you are interested in contemporary artists - The post-WW2 artists and contemporary artists are treated very well here, their work hung/displayed where you can see it and appreciated it properly. This is excellent and I spent quite a bit of time in these areas. Artists from 100+ years ago, by contrast, are not given the same respect, and in some cases their work is hung on very crowded walls 10 or 12 feet above floor level (I kid you not) where you cannot fully appreciate it. Perhaps this is a deliberate decision to separate this gallery from the grand gallery just down the road. My view is that if you are going to hang a painting, you should hang it at a level where people can see it properly.

Online or nothing. - We arrive at the museum ticket office without an online ticket. There is no line, the entrance attendant tells us that you only enter with the ticket bought online unless "proven reasons" (?) for which it was not possible to purchase. Next to the lady there is a station with a physical machine that issues tickets and also allows you to pay them by ATM. The lady calls a guy who should get the tickets out of the machine. Again, there is no line. The guy arrives and talks with us in an absolutely improper way asking us why we do not have an electronic ticket, we calmly explain that we had roaming problems. he, annoyed, replies that then we can do it there in front of him by connecting to the WiFi of the museum (all to not issue tickets with the machine!) and as icing on the cake intimate to my friend to give him the phone! I ask him: what is your problem with issuing tickets? And he said: it takes too long. Then he looks at me and says: I'm kidding! Print the tickets in three seconds. The receptionist checks them and says welcome.

expressions intended as art by a horse-drawn artist in the abused Hall of Honour - The exhibition with paintings by Wilhelm Sasnal intended as art in the former Hall of Honour was another low point. At a basement expo we are used to that by now, from the basement expo with Anne Imhof I can only remember the tissues on the viewing stage, but at the old Hall of Honour, abused by the renovation architect, it still takes a while. Awkwardly painted flower arrangements were interspersed with poorly painted images of "right-wing populist politicians". Of course, the Hungarian great helmsman Orbán is not forgotten. But a painting does not get an extra say if it is connected on the text board with a politician. Sasnal therefore chooses the easy way again, To mask his total ignorance he paints in a semi-abstract and semi-figurative style. Moreover, he gladly and eagerly comes up with intellectually intended stories about his creations. Also cheap references (for example also to a concentration camp) are commonplace. However, an artistic expression should speak for itself. If excessive explanation is necessary to follow the artist, this automatically means that the work has failed as a work of art. Sasnal may get a lot of applause (possibly even worldwide). This only proves that nowadays many art watchers only look with their ears and have a high parrot content.

Horrible !! - Horrible !! presentation of very nice and acclaimed collection. Abramovic Kitsch and the curators are so woke they miss all relevance