Collection

The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam showcases world-famous works and new discoveries in modern and contemporary art and design. Experience the collection in three parts, based on current themes through the years.

Installation view 'Tomorrow is a Different Day. Collection 1980 – Now'. Fltr.: work by Natasja Kensmil, Martine Syms, Julie Mehretu and Nairy Baghramian. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

Esiri Erheriene-Essi, Barricade, 2014

Installation view 'Tomorrow is a Different Day. Collection 1980 – Now'. Fltr.: work by Miriam Cahn, Rachel Harrison and Yang Shaobin. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

Installation view 'Tomorrow is a Different Day. Collection 1980 – Now'. Fltr.: work by Anthony Cudahy, Lydia Ourahmane, Carrie Mae Weems and Xavier Robles de Medina. Photo: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Jeff Koons, 'Ushering in Banality', 1988.

Igshaan Adams, ‘Nama stap’, 2023. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

Harvey Bouterse, '#33', 2018–2020

Collection 1980 – Now

Tomorrow is a Different Day spotlights art and design from the collection, from 1980 to the present, by international artists and designers who are helping to shape the changes of today and tomorrow. They challenge the status quo and offer alternative perspectives.

With works by Martine Syms, Julie Mehretu, Marlene Dumas, Natasja Kensmil, Igshaan Adams, Carrie Mae Weems, Anne Imhof, Jeff Koons, Nan Goldin, Steve McQueen, and more.

Please note: the exhibition Tomorrow is a Different Day. Collection 1980 – now is currently being changed and is therefore temporarily closed. Most galleries will remain closed until Sunday 5 July (galleries 1.2 and 1.3 will be closed until Wednesday 8 July).