The 2026 edition of the annual exhibition in the Rijksmuseum Gardens is the first to be dedicated to a Dutch artist. Carel Visser (1928–2015) was at the forefront of Dutch sculpture in the early 1960s.
Initially drawing on the pioneering work of artists such as Constantin Brancusi and Alberto Giacometti, he gradually forged a distinctly personal style marked by ever more pronounced abstraction. The high regard in which his minimalist, geometric compositions were held – both in the Netherlands and abroad – is evidenced by the numerous commissions Visser received for public sculptures. Visser’s Eight Stacked Beams (1964) has been on display at the Rijksmuseum for many years, and in 2024 his Signal 1 and Signal 2 (1964) were given a permanent place in the Rijksmuseum Gardens.
Thanks
The exhibition Carel Visser in the Rijksmuseum gardens is made possible in part by the Don Quixote Foundation/Rijksmuseum Fonds, Pon and the Rijksmuseum Club.
Exhibition
Free entrance
5 June to 25 October 2026
Where
Rijksmuseum gardens
Open from 9-18 h
Address
Museumstraat 1
1071 XX Amsterdam
ACCESSIBILITY
The Rijksmusuem gardens are wheelchair accessible
Guide dogs allowed
