The New Anthology is a community-led, multi-year project that gives new voice to aspects of our shared Dutch-American history by connecting stories and perspectives that have often been overlooked or purposefully ignored. Visit the online collection to find out more!
The John Adams Institute provides an independent podium for American culture in the Netherlands. For three decades, we have brought the best and the brightest of American thinking from the fields of literature, politics, history, and technology.
The Grachtenmuseum in Amsterdam presents Chad in Amsterdam an exhibition by American writer, art director and photographer Chad Bilyeu. He came to Amsterdam 14 years ago and began to record his observations and adventures in a series of comic strips with increasingly new artists and comic cartoonists. They provide insight into the way newcomers see the city, but also hold up a mirror to Amsterdam residents themselves .On view from April 18 to June In 2020, Chad created a blog series about the same topic for the John Adams.
This summer, Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting a large-scale retrospective of the American photographer Richard Avedon. With over a hundred and thirty photographs, the exhibition Richard Avedon: Relationships sheds light on Avedon’s groundbreaking contribution to fashion photography as well as his distinctive photographic portraits. From June 1st to October 6th.
The John Adams Institute provides an independent podium for American culture in the Netherlands. For three decades, we have brought the best and the brightest of American thinking from the fields of literature, politics, history, and technology. Love it or hate it, what happens in the United States is of continuing relevance for the rest of the world. We host a number of public events with the goal of examining cultural phenomena related to the United States, be that of national or international concern.
The John Adams Institute
West-Indisch Huis
Herenmarkt 95A
1013 EC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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