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Dec 5, 20198 min read

Expectation, Fabrication and Reality: Spectacle, Preservation, Tourism, and Street Art

In 2015, what many Amsterdammers saw as the countercultural heartbeat of the city was destroyed. Following on the heels of new...

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A Year of Digital Strategization for Building a Digitization Strategy

Jesse Scott & Vitoria Ramirez Zanquetta

Dec 1, 20197 min read

A Year of Digital Strategization for Building a Digitization Strategy

Since March 2019 when I started at Street Art Museum Amsterdam, the museum has been busy researching and experimenting with options to...

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Paige Foley

Sep 8, 20196 min read

Street Art Museum - Back to School 2019

Another Amsterdam summer has come to an abrupt close this week, signalled by a brisk and rainy first week of September. The change of...

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From Ephemeral to Eternal: Street Art in the Digital Age

Anthony Momo

Jun 19, 20192 min read

From Ephemeral to Eternal: Street Art in the Digital Age

As gentrification and the demolition of historic buildings threaten monumental works within SAMA's collection, our team has turned to...

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A Conversation about City Museums: SAMA at the CAMOC Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal

Derry Razen

Jun 3, 20194 min read

A Conversation about City Museums: SAMA at the CAMOC Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal

On May 3 & 4 in Lisbon, Portugal, Vitoria Ramirez Zanquetta and I, Derry Razen, had the opportunity to represent Street Art Museum...

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Tiia Suorsa

May 24, 20193 min read

Tiia & Street Art Museum Amsterdam!

I am Tiia and I come from Turku, Finland. I have been working for about 10 years in communication and cultural field. Turku is a very...

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Bastardilla’s MEMORIES Becomes The Largest Mural in Street Art Museum Amsterdam Collection

Derry Razen

Apr 2, 20195 min read

Bastardilla’s MEMORIES Becomes The Largest Mural in Street Art Museum Amsterdam Collection

Street Art Museum Amsterdam, in collaboration with Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), is at the end of a months-long creative process...

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Efi Kouneli

Mar 11, 20192 min read

...WELCOME SPRING...

In the past on the first day of spring people used to create and offer bracelets called “March’’ made with red and white twine. According...

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Jesse Scott

Mar 11, 20197 min read

Hello, Jesse!

I was born in Vancouver, Canada, and have lived my whole life there until now. I have degrees in History and Education; I’ve been...

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New street art piece is in the baking: MEMORIES by Bastardilla (Colombia)

Efi Kouneli

Feb 21, 20194 min read

New street art piece is in the baking: MEMORIES by Bastardilla (Colombia)

Bastardilla, born in Medellin Colombia, has been painting since she was a child, moving onto the streets around 2005. She is one of the...

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A day with Iranian Icy&Sot in Sloterdijk

Anna Stolyarova

Jan 17, 20191 min read

A day with Iranian Icy&Sot in Sloterdijk

Last year Street Art Museum Amsterdam participated in a day program in Amsterdam hashtag#sloterdijk Stadsdeel Nieuw-West. Together with...

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Sebastian

Jul 19, 20182 min read

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a South American political leader who advocated for anti-apartheid, philanthropy and became the first black president...

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Sebastian

Jul 19, 20183 min read

Back to work!

Return to SAMA This Monday (9th July) was my first day back after a week-long absence from SAMA. My return immediately started with a...

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Anna Stolyarova

Mar 31, 20182 min read

Street Art Museums of Amsterdam

Following today's article in Creators.Vice, I have been receiving calls and research questions on whether street art be taken of the...

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A NEVER ENDING STORY ABOUT AMSTERDAM, STREET ART & PARIS -
PARIS OFF (STREETS & SQUATS)

Julia Dessauvage

Dec 3, 20174 min read

A NEVER ENDING STORY ABOUT AMSTERDAM, STREET ART & PARIS - PARIS OFF (STREETS & SQUATS)

If our days were focused on the official fair, our nights were concentrated on a rawer environment: Paris’ streets. After all, isn’t it...

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A NEVER ENDING STORY ABOUT AMSTERDAM, STREET ART & PARIS - FACES & SPACES - VINCENT

Julia Dessauvage

Nov 22, 20174 min read

A NEVER ENDING STORY ABOUT AMSTERDAM, STREET ART & PARIS - FACES & SPACES - VINCENT

LOVING VINCENT (THE TRUE STORY) Along the Channel, sitting on the docks, Vincent is smoking a rolly on his own. Scratching his head and...

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Conference on Public Art and a ‘Stadscurator’ Position in Amsterdam

Cika Schulz

Jul 19, 20173 min read

Conference on Public Art and a ‘Stadscurator’ Position in Amsterdam

Art in the open space exists in Amsterdam in different sizes and formats. You can find sculptures, public poems and architecture. Street...

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Frances Gibson

Jul 1, 20171 min read

Good bye Street Art Museum Amsterdam

Goodbye SAMA! After just over two months, it’s time for me to say goodbye to SAMA, and what a sorry goodbye it is. SAMA to me is a...

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Anna Stolyarova

Jun 26, 20171 min read

BimBim Bikes

BIMBIMBIKES, are the world's first online bike rental platform for anywhere in the world! BimBimBikes connect tourists with rental...

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Frances Gibson

Jun 12, 20171 min read

Cika and Fran go Guerrilla Posting

Following on from the previous article on SAMA’s poster campaign, here’s an update on what happened next! ‘Who needs a gallery, when I...

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