Driessens & Verstappen

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions and Events

Generatrix, FILE Electronic Language International Festival
exhibition at Latin America's largest art & technology event
festival: August 18 to October 11, 2026
location: FIESP Cultural Center, Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
online info: website FILE

Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
screening programme of new cinema and contemporary art
event: June 5 to June 7 2026
location: Silent Green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, Berlin, Germany
online info: website Rencontres Internationales

The Art of Being
DOGtime lecture series, curated by Geert Mul and Willem van Weelden
lecture: Tuesday May 12 2026, starts at 7 pm.
location: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Frederik Roeskestraat 96, Amsterdam
artists: Femke Herregraven, Driessens & Verstappen

Plants & Planets
multi-year exhibition on the history and future of life on planet Earth, a journey through time and space
exhibition: February 7 2025 to December 24 2029
location: Old Observatory, Rapenburg 73, Leiden (entrance via Hortus Botanicus)
artists: Jos Agasi, Elspeth Diederix, Driessens & Verstappen, Koen Hauser, Polymorf, Oscar Santillan
organisation: Hortus Botanicus and The Observatory, both part of Leiden University
online info: website Hortus Leiden

Dutch, More or Less - Contemporary Architecture, Design and Digital Culture
exhibion of 30 years Dutch design at the forefront of international design, curated by Aric Chen
exhibition: June 1st 2024 to May 31 2026
location: HNI Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, Rotterdam
artists/studios: Hella Jongerius, Bas van Abel, Black Childish, Studio Drift, Karel Martens, OMA, Patta x Bodil Ouédraogo, Driessens & Verstappen a.o.
online info: website HNI

All Year Round
site specific work, commissioned by CCU for the exhibition GARDENING
exhibition: June 2 2022 to June 2 2026
locations: three locations at Amelisweerd Estate and one at Fort Rijnauwen, Bunnik
organisation: Creative Coding Utrecht
online info in Dutch: website Oud Amelisweerd

The Earth, Our Home
online group exhibition showcases artworks that seek to reestablish a sustainable and balanced relationship with the earth
online exhibition: launched on January 28 2022
website: https://earth-our-home.siggraph.org/
organisation: ACM Siggraph DAC
curators: Bonnie Mitchell and Janice Saerleman

Upcoming and Recent Publications

Bedreiging noch Wondermiddel
article in Dutch, on the expectations and the threats surrounding AI
author: Michel van Dartel
magazine: Boekman #143: Art and AI
launch: summer 2025
online info: website Boekman

Antennae #65 - Dataism
academic journal of nature in visual culture
editor: Giovanni Aloi
publisher: Antennae, UK
launch: December 2024
online info: website Antennae

Support

Mondriaan Fund
We are very thankful for the generous support of the dutch Mondriaan Fund
online info: website Mondriaan Fund

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