The Merchant House reopens its 2020 program with two new exhibitions that unite around the theme of the city in crisis. The Indispensable Experience of Art  Part 1: Urban Image-Jitters With Dennis Oppenheim (1938–2011, US), Pino Pinelli (1938, IT), and Sylvie Bonnot (1982, FR) Of The ... Read more →

In the context of Amsterdam Art Weekend 2019, we propose an immersive reflection on a remarkable group of works by Craigie Horsfield (1949, UK). A protean artist working in photography, film, sound, drawing, performance, and installation, ... Read more →

Part I: John Coplans and his monumental self-portraits In conjunction with Unseen 2019, we bring to Amsterdam two major series—Knee and Hands (1993) and Crossed Fingers (1999)—and related works from A Body of Work by John Coplans. ... Read more →

The Merchant House is pleased to present the leading Italian painter Pino Pinelli joined by two young French artists, Elsa Tomkowiak and Mary Sue. We are also celebrating Elsa Tomkowiak’s site-specific installation for the Amsterdam Sculpture Biennale, ... Read more →

Opening: André de Jong. Revelations. Part I, February 1, 7–9pm TMH Open House: February 3, 1–6pm TMH Panel: André de Jong and the Primacy of Paper, February 24, 3–5pm Opening: André de Jong. Revelations. Part II, March 1, 7–9pm TMH Talk: On Drawing, March 24, 3–5pm Coda: André de ... Read more →

Dennis Oppenheim, Hilarius Hofstede, Craigie Horsfield, Judit Reigl, Carolee Schneemann The Merchant House's anniversary show reflects on painting by taking its cue from the oeuvre of the American conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim (1938–2011). Referencing his drawings on ... Read more →

In her curatorial choices for the anniversary program, Marsha Plotnitsky, Founding Artistic Director, proposes to acknowledge and yet suspend our relationship with the past. Funded by art sales, TMH continues to emphasize free public events and ... Read more →

Celebrating Unseen 2018: September 21–23, special gallery hours: 12–6pm Roundtable. Meet the artists: September 22, 6–8pm Unseen Open Gallery Night: September 22, 8–10pm Screening and cycle finissage: October 19, 7–9pm The final exhibition of the Making Things Happen cycle traces the weight of photography ... Read more →

In this third dialogue of the cycle of Making Things Happen, the artworks surprise as they stand forth in their literalness and as they deftly disrupt our sense of the privileged historical backdrop at TMH. In attesting ... Read more →

Exhibition projects At Art Rotterdam Commonities: Super Drawings from TMH Program: André de Jong & Hilarius Hofstede Booth C8, February 8–11, 2018 The work of these two master draftsmen has been part of our exhibitions since 2014. In their ... Read more →

Special eventsAmsterdam Art Weekend: November 23–26 Carolee Schneemann’s Films: Sunday, November 26, 12–2pmEvents RSVP Elsa Tomkowiak & Mary Sue in the cycle of Making Things Happen In celebration of Amsterdam Art Weekend 2017, The Merchant House ... Read more →

Find us at Unseen Amsterdam: September 22–24,with new work of Sylvie Bonnot Sylvie Bonnot & Zhu Hong in the cycle of Making Things Happen How does a young artist inscribe herself in the history of photography? The ... Read more →

The Merchant House presents and sells contemporary art. Established by Marsha Plotnitsky, Artistic Director, in 2012 as a modern take on the Amsterdam tradition of a merchant, it is a self-supporting art space. We seek to ... Read more →

“As with my third eye, I would like to reach the atomic substance of form, as an element of strength and constitution of a different kind of painting” –Pino Pinelli “His works have undoubted tactile qualities, but before the hand has ... Read more →