About

What to expect

Pantheon Amsterdam brings contemporary art, heritage and spirituality together in an exhibition at Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. The themes are current, not only historical.

  • Eight artists make new altarpieces and celebrations.
  • Themes: faith, identity, exclusion and recognition.
  • Seven new altarpieces.
  • Also: De Verrijzenis (1736) by Jacob de Wit.

Dates

Questions

When does Pantheon Amsterdam start and end?

Pantheon Amsterdam runs Monday, 9 November 2026.

Where is Pantheon Amsterdam?

Pantheon Amsterdam takes place at Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 38-40, Amsterdam.

Which artists are taking part?

Buhlebezwe Siwani

Cherella Gessel

Kenneth Aidoo

Marilyn Sonneveld

Chathuri Nissansala

Kaili Smith

Đăng-Vũ Đặng

Sammie Tjon Sien Foek

Which works are on view?

Buhlebezwe Siwani: altarpiece from her family's church in South Africa.

Cherella Gessel: Gi Abra.

Kenneth Aidoo: Luke 23.34, thirteen panels.

Marilyn Sonneveld: Zonnewende, two glass works.

Chathuri Nissansala: Maathru Yaathikawa.

Kaili Smith: Mirakel van de Zeedijk, altarpiece.

Đăng-Vũ Đặng: Mẹ La Vang: A Mother’s Echoing Cry.

Sammie Tjon Sien Foek: audiovisual work.

Also: De Verrijzenis (1736) by Jacob de Wit, from De Franse Kerk (former Catholic hidden church).

What are the works about?

Siwani: Christianity and African spirituality.

Gessel: tribute to Winti goddess Mama Aisa; Surinamese traditions passed on in secret during slavery.

Aidoo: suffering of Christ and enslaved people in Elmina and Cape Coast.

Sonneveld: birth, loss, cycle of light and darkness.

Nissansala: Sri Lankan healing rituals; queer nachchi community keeps them alive.

Smith: Zeedijk, heart of Amsterdam's Chinatown, for residents and entrepreneurs.

Đặng: Holy Virgin Mary, colonialism, war and his family's escape from Vietnam.

Tjon Sien Foek: identity in a late capitalist society; cultural, social and religious rituals.

Religiously diverse Amsterdam.

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Getting there

Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 38-40, 1012 GD Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

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