The new year promises plenty of variety for visitors to the Groninger Museum, from postmodern interior design in summer to a major hip-hop exhibition in winter. A fresh new display of art by the De Ploeg group beckons in autumn. The museum will also present work by Joana Schneider and host a pop-up exhibition co-produced with Museum aan de A and the Groninger Archieven. In the first half of 2025, visitors can enjoy How Van Gogh Came to Groningen and the ongoing Dragons & Demons.
NEW IN 2025
Joana Schneider – Otherworldly
12 April – 31 August
The artist Joana Schneider invites the viewer into a world that brings together nature and imagination. Her work explores themes of change, identity, and beauty ideals. Schneider creates her sculptural textile art using traditional craft techniques and recycled materials. This show is inspired by metamorphoses in nature and spurs us to think about how we and the world around us are transforming.
Edward Clydesdale Thomson – Bound to the Miraculous: After Bas Jan Ader
9 July – 31 October
In 2025, half a century will have passed since the conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader departed Cape Cod in the US in a tiny sailboat. He was bound for the Netherlands and a planned solo show at the Groninger Museum. But he never arrived. Ader’s disappearance has fuelled speculation in the art world. Where did he disappear? If his boat left the US today, where would it end up? The contemporary artist Edward Clydesdale Thomson’s installation lets visitors follow its journey in real time.
What a Wonderful Home! A Postmodern Interior by Marloes and Wikke
14 June – 16 November
This summer, wander through the rooms of the Groninger Museum’s house. All interiors are designed by scenographers Marloes and Wikke in decorative, exuberant postmodernist style, with links to the museum’s building and collection. From bedroom to living room, the show promises a unique visual spectacle and a colourful feast of design inspiration. An events programme produced and created with local partners will offer performances and a bonus exhibition of items including Tea & Coffee Piazzas.
De Ploeg in Context
From 25 October
The museum holds an extensive permanent collection of De Ploeg art, including many well-known works by members Jan Altink, Johan Dijkstra, Alida Pott, Jan Wiegers and Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman. Fans of the movement can look forward to an all-new, larger exhibition in the De Lucchi Pavilion in autumn, compiled by De Ploeg curator Anneke de Vries.
Museum aan de A at the Groninger Museum
15 November 2025 – 6 April 2026
This autumn, local history institution Museum aan de A presents a pop-up exhibition co-produced with long-term partners the Groninger Museum, the Groninger Archieven, and Noorderpoort. The show will feature outstanding historical and archaeological objects and locals’ personal stories. To link the past with the present, there will also be historical and contemporary data visualisations and projections. The show is a preview of the upcoming revamp of Museum aan de A’s permanent exhibition, and visitors’ input will be actively solicited.
Hip-Hop – Each One Teach One: The Culture
From 13 December
Groningen boasts a rich hip-hop history, with a long tradition passed down from one generation to the next. A key element of the movement, and its most visual aspect, is graffiti, many works of which reside in the Groninger Museum’s collection. The museum is proud to present a major show devoted to hip-hop culture – a vast movement spanning creative fields from art, fashion, design and language to music, dance and graffiti. Expect to see work by artists from around the world, including the Netherlands, and the Groningen hip-hop scene.
ALSO ON VIEW IN 2025
How Van Gogh Came to Groningen
30 November 2024 – 5 May 2025
Not many people know it, but the Groninger Museum once hosted one of the largest ever Vincent Van Gogh exhibitions. How Van Gogh Came to Groningen
tells the story of the determined Groningers and enterprising students who brought modern art to the northern Netherlands in the 1890s. With work by Van Gogh, Jan Toorop, Johan Thorn Prikker, Theo van Hoytema, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and many others.
150 Years of the Groninger Museum – Behind the Scenes
Until 1 June 2025
150 Years of the Groninger Museum – Behind the Scenes offers visitors a look at the institution’s inner workings. How does a collection come into being? How are artworks conserved and subsequently presented to the public? And don’t miss Vincent van Gogh’s painting The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring – stolen in 2020, recovered in 2023, and now back on display!
Dragons & Demons – 5,000 Years of Asian Ceramics from the Anders Collection
Until 4 January 2026
Join us on a journey through 5,000 years of Asian ceramics. Dragons & Demons showcases a unique selection of pieces from the collection of George Anders and Netty Bücher. Explore aspects of Asian culture from tea drinking to ancestor worship, dragons to demons. See 400 exquisite objects and take the opportunity to touch antique ceramic fragments.
The Groninger Museum collection: online and in the museum
In 2025, you can see items from the Groninger Museum’s permanent collection both in person and online at collectie.groningermuseum.nl. A visit to the museum guarantees surprises, with galleries full of shows on topical themes, and of course Dale Chihuly’s famous Grand Stairwell Installation, on permanent display.
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