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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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