Free biennial event (i walked the '13 edition) that places all kinds of sculptural eye candy along a 2.5-5km route around amsterdam's old south (Oud-Zuid) neighborhood (buurt).
the official skinny: The fifth edition of the International Sculpture Biennial Amsterdam, ARTZUID 2017, will take place from 19 May – 17 September, 2017. Curator Rudi Fuchs presents 65 abstract sculptures of post war artists on the Apollolaan, Minervalaan, Churchilllaan and the Zuidas business district. ARTZUID 2017 follows the theme year Mondrian to Dutch Design – 100 Years of De Stijl ands shows the influence of the Dutch art movement De Stijl (The Style) on post war Dutch sculpture. The artists are of different generations. This anniversary edition of ARTZUID Fuchs aims to position Dutch abstract sculptors internationally.
http://www.artzuid.nl/en/
oh, and a chance to visit the less-touristy coffeeshops in the area while you're taking it all in...
https://www.coffeeshopdirect.com/Amsterd ... l#Oud-Zuid
john and yoko's amsterdam hilton is down there...
...as well as Xaviera Hollander's (the happy hooker) BnB...
https://www.xavierahollander.com/happy-sleeper.html
Up and running now...
some sample installations...
ai weiwei had a work on display in the '13 edition.
and did i mention it was free?
