Christmas Holidays
23 December, 2023 - 7 January, 2024
Celebrate the last week of the year, or the first week of the new year, at the Kunsthal! During the Christmas Holidays, the Kunsthal is extra open and you can join a workshop, attend events and, of course, get inspired at all the exhibitions. Haven't found a present for under the tree yet? Then stop by the Kunsthal store or walk through Ai Weiwei's pop-up shop. Read here what there is to do at the Kunsthal during the Christmas Holidays!
SEE YOU LATER, ILLUSTRATOR
Friday 29 December 14:30 – 15:30 hrs
6 - 12 years
Yay, the last edition of See you Later, Illustrator this year will take place on Friday, December 29! This day poet Wessel is going to be telling a story, where illustrator Yara will be drawing this story. Together with you! Shout the funniest, craziest, prettiest or weirdest things and draw along. Sign up now!
LEGO® walk-in
3 January 2024 10:00 -
3 January 2024 17:00
Get to work yourself and create an inspiring LEGO artwork just like Ai Weiwei! On Wednesday, January 3, you can get started with LEGO at the Kunsthal under the guidance of LEGO master Ernesto Lemke. Ernesto specializes in his art form Brickpainting, where he 'paints' with LEGO. The workshop will focus on humanity, answering the question "What connects us?" through LEGO.
KUNSTHALLAB AI WEIWEI
Every day, during opening hours
All ages
In the KunsthalLAB, families and children can get to work on their own every day. During this period, the LAB is dedicated to the exhibition Ai Weiwei. In Search of Humanity. In the LAB we ask you to think about what small actions you yourself can do to make the world a little more human. A card, a happy gesture, or a message from LEGO. Discover it for yourself and join in! Read more
LOOK&DO-TOUR
Every day, during opening hours
6 - 12 years
Grab a Look&Do-tour and get out on your own in the exhibition Ai Weiwei. In Search of Humanity. The booklet contains various questions and assignments that will make you look at the artworks differently. You can grab the Look&Do-tours for free at the beginning of the exhibition.
DECEMBER GIFT IDEAS
Forget the boring, standard gifts! At the Kunsthal store you'll find the cutest, most unique presents for by the chimney, or under the Christmas tree. Check out our December gift ideas here.
NOW ON DISPLAY
AI WEIWEI. IN SEARCH OF HUMANITY
until 3 March 2024
This must-see exhibition offers an insight into the life of the world-famous Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei, such as his early childhood spent in exile with his father since the Anti-Rightist Movement, or his own detainment in 2011. The exhibition presents an impressive overview of Ai Weiwei's over-four-decades-spanning career and features key works from all his different creative periods, including paintings, cultural ready-mades, works made from LEGO bricks, sculptures, installations, photography, and video works.
REFIK ANADOL. LIVING PAINTINGS: NATURE
until 1 April 2024
Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting the first solo exhibition of this Turkish artist in the Netherlands. With his multi-sensory installations, Anadol (1985) explores the symbiotic relationship between humans and machines. With the help of sophisticated technologies like artificial intelligence, data visualisation, and algorithms, Anadol is able to paint with data, and uses machines as a thinking brush.
During the holidays, The Kunsthal
is also open on:
Boxing Day (Tuesday 26 December 2023) 10 - 17 hrs
is closed on:
Christmas Day (Monday 25 December 2023)
New Year's Day (Monday 1 January 2024)