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Donderdag 13:00 - 17:00 Vrijdag 13:00 - 17:00 Zaterdag 13:00 - 17:00 Zondag 13:00 - 17:00

Van Abbehuis

An art space at the heart of Eindhoven. Gratis entree.

15/06/2026

Currently on view in 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳, the temporary bookshop at Van Abbehuis, is Dieter Roth’s oﬀset print edition ‘Müh und Sorge’ from 1972 from Marijn and Akiko’s personal collection.

Marijn: I became interested in Dieter Roth’s versatile practice several years ago by the many books he published (and I learned more about through Jan Voss from Boekie Woekie), as well as Andrea Büttner’s writings on his diaries and the place of shame in his oeuvre. The confessional nature of much of his work also comes through in this print, for which he worked directly on oﬀset plates and, rather than producing identical impressions, allowed the printing process itself to progressively transform and alter the edition.
The selection of toys and small objects placed on top of the frame was made together with my daughter and feels a bit like a visual equivalent of the phrase: “life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” I liked the contrast between the somewhat weighty title Müh und Sorge (Toil and Worries) and the lightness of the objects that imply play.

You can visit and browse books at 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 during our regular opening hours, Thursday — Sunday 12.00 to 17.00.

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03/06/2026

𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢
↴ Under sunlit or rainy circumstances, from soundscale performance to indoor and outdoor screenings: visit us for a program of locals, and aliens becoming locals in Van Abbehuis in June 𓏼 scroll for nl

𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 → Kafe Venzdeij
A screening and discussion on Balkan & Eastern-European migrant labour.

This month, the outcome of the open call 𝘈 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 will take place June 17 and June 20.

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𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪
In regen of zon in juni: loop binnen voor een programma van filmvertoningen binnen of in de tuin, klankschaal-performance en lokale kunstenaars of aliens die local worden.

𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘯𝘥 → Kafe Venzdeij
Screening en discussie over Balkan & Oost-Europese migratie en arbeid.

Deze maand vindt de uitkomst van de open call 𝘈 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 plaats op 17 en 20 juni.

CW partners: .expo .expo .vlessert

02/06/2026

𝘒𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘫
Wednesday 3 June ☕️ 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 17.30
𝘈 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘢𝘯 & 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯-𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 (scroll for nl)

For this week’s Café Wednesday at Van Abbehuis, we will screen works by 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘒𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘯, 𝘐𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢 & 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘪-𝘛ă𝘯𝘢𝘴ă.

The program follows the journeys of people, practices, and labour across Europe’s margins, reflecting on in-between identities and the unseen labour that sustains everyday life. Through routines, rituals, slower rhythms of living, and embodied traditions, these works attend to what is communicated without being spoken aloud.
Looking closely at everyday gestures and acts of repetition, the films invite us to consider the relationships between movement, work, belonging, and care, while tracing the histories and experiences embedded within ordinary acts.
Join us for the screenings and stay afterwards for a collective discussion around the themes, experiences, and questions that emerge from the works.

𝘒𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘫
18.00 - 20.00
Screening
Screening en discussie over werk en migratie in de Balkan en Oost-Europa. Films van Ines Kocijan, Ibrahim Kurt, Marina Sulima en Radu Mihai-Tănasă worden vertoond met een discussie na afloop.

01/06/2026

𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 (after LeBrun), Stijn Peeters, 2018

A Study of Values reimagines a tapestry by Charles LeBrun showing Louis XIV visiting the Gobelin factory. Peeters replaces the craftsmen with refugees carrying children and belongings, blocked by a wall of faceless border guards - the supposed defenders of European values.

Currently on view as part of 𝘖𝘯 𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦
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Open Thursday - Sunday 13.00 - 17.00

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28/05/2026

𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴
Marcos Kueh
2023

The hybrid figure appears as a cleaner wearing a traditional mask from Indigenous communities in Borneo. Historically, these masks functioned as mediators between humans, ancestral spirits, and the unseen world. Kueh combines Bornean motifs with Mandarin phrases such as 发财(prosperity), 异国风味 (exotic flavour), and 服从(obedience), reflecting his position as a Chinese-Malaysian artist from Sarawak while producing a visual language where multiple cultural inheritances converge.
Through these juxtapositions, cultural identity becomes entangled with tourism, labour, and contemporary economies. These tensions mirror broader labour conditions across Southeast Asia. Kuala Lumpur remains a major centre for migrant labour, particularly in sectors associated with so-called “3D jobs,” a term derived from postwar Japanese labour discourse and later adopted globally to describe work considered “dirty, dangerous, and demeaning.”

Part of 𝘖𝘯 𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 open Thursday - Sunday 13.00 - 17.00
Image by Lucy Schreurs

27/05/2026

Book of the Week
In the former kitchen—now library space—of the Van Abbehuis, we are housing the temporary bookshop 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳. Each week, we highlight one of the books
available in the space.
This week’s pick: 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 (𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬) by Bas Medik

“Eleanor picked up an old British Vogue that lay on the coﬀeetable. With a thick black Sharpie, she scribbled a frantic note to herself across the face of spooky, flame-haired cover girl Karen Elson (a dead ringer for Yvonne in her youth). CREATE MEMORY NOTEBOOK!!! Yes, Eleanor promised herself, I will record a daily account of my purchases and activities in one of my Marble Composition Books. Bacon, eggs, gin, co***ne: bought on such and such a day, month, year. If so, where and from whom? Did I drink enough water, eat any food, leave the apartment at all today? Yesterday? Oxygen.
Shelf life. Remember to remember.”
– Jessica Hagedorn, 𝘛𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, (Viking, 2011), p.52

Conceived as a book-as-artwork, an old Vogue magazine is reduced to pure text; stripper of visual distractions, it yields moments of concrete poetry while also revealing the generic and interchangeable language of advertising and consumer culture.

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𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 is open during the regular opening hours of Van Abbehuis and during events. Drop by to browse through our selection of books.

26/05/2026

𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯
2023, gabi dao
video installation

currently on view as part of 𝘖𝘯 𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦
an exhibition in collaboration with Text my Sister, curated by Julia Fidder & Xenia Tsompanidou

The film explores the bat through the lens of ecology, culture, and belonging. Its research began during COVID-19, responding to the viral video of influencer Wang Mengyun, which sparked racism and xenophobia in far-right media. The film reflects on Western cultural associations of bats with evil, disease, and darkness. It follows a bat marionette named Lucifer who falls from the sky, landing at the foot of a broken limestone mountain. From there, Lucifer begins a journey to find and reunite with their fellow bats.
The work questions how fear and misinformation shape our relationship with nature. It sits at the crossroads of ecology and economy, sight and sound, alienation and belonging.

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24/05/2026

𝘋𝘜𝘐𝘍
site-specific installation in the entryway
Olivier Goethals, 2026info

𝘋𝘜𝘐𝘍 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦; 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴. 𝘈 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘴.

𝘋𝘜𝘐𝘍 is made in collaboration with
The intervention in the monumental villa has been made possible thanks to CultuurEindhoven & Levendig Brabant.
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23/05/2026

Van Abbehuis is vanaf medio juni op zoek naar een 𝘜𝘪𝘵𝘷𝘰𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳 voor 8 uur per week ☟ Scroll for English

Wij zoeken een praktisch en technisch ingestelde producent die ons team ondersteunt bij tentoonstellingen, evenementen en publieksprogramma’s.

In de monumentale kunstruimte vind je:
⤣ Een afwisselende, praktische rol in het centrum van Eindhoven.
⤣ Samenwerking met een betrokken team van freelancers, kunstenaars, stagiaires, vrijwilligers, en regionale culturele instellingen.
⤣ Ruimte om mee te werken aan tentoonstellingen en culturele projecten.
⤣ Mogelijkheden voor groei, eigen ontwikkeling en een groot netwerk.
⤣ Gratis toegang tot evenementen, workshops en lezingen.

✑ Bezoek de website voor meer info over de vacature via link in bio. Reageren kan t/m 1 juni.

Join our team — Van Abbehuis is looking for an executive producer for 8 hours weekly starting in June

Are you hands-on, technically minded, and passionate about art and culture?
We’re looking for someone to support our team with exhibitions, events, and public programs.

In the monumental space for contemporary you find:
⤣ A varied, hands-on role in the center of Eindhoven.
⤣ Working together with a dedicated team of freelancers, artists, interns, volunteers, and regional cultural institutions.
⤣ Opportunities to contribute to exhibitions and cultural projects.
⤣ A space for growth, personal development, and a large network.
⤣ Free admission to events, workshops, and lectures.

✑ Visit the website for more information about the vacancy through the link in bio. The vacancy is open until the 1st of June.

Adres

Bilderdijklaan 19
Eindhoven
5611NG

Openingstijden

Donderdag	13:00 - 17:00
Vrijdag	13:00 - 17:00
Zaterdag	13:00 - 17:00
Zondag	13:00 - 17:00

Website

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