Past
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Ed van der Elsken | in The Bakery
Face to Face 21 May - 25 Jul 2026 Face to Face features works by Ed van der Elsken, bringing together photographs from Paris, Amsterdam, and Japan. Ed van der Elsken is known for his direct and confrontational approach to photography. Without distance or embellishment, he captured what he encountered around him. In his photographs, the viewer often feels almost physically present — as if standing in the photographer’s place, being looked at directly by the people Ed met.
From the very beginning, Van der Elsken worked from his own life and experiences. His photography was intuitive, personal, and deeply connected to the world in which he moved. His first book, Love on the Left Bank (1956), was unique for its time: a photographic novel about the harsh post-war life in Paris, where Ed lived between 1949 and 1955. Read more -
Sarah Pichlkostner
Moss Finger Liquid Soil Dripping Seeds Prodding Eye 21 May - 25 Jul 2026 Moss Finger Liquid Soil Dripping Seeds Prodding Eye is the second solo exhibition by Sarah Pichlkostner at the gallery. Pichlkostner creates sculptures and environments that investigate invisible processes: the transmission of energy, the passage of time, and our psychological responses to materials and objects. Through a deep study of the behaviour of materials, her work reflects on the social life of objects and the way they shape, and are shaped by, human experience.
The exhibition examines the possibility of an empathic encounter between our dysfunctional Anthropocene time and ecological responsibility. At its heart is a tension the artist describes as "the spatial disconnection between the world one lives in and the world one lives off." The eye and the finger serve as its central figures: symbols of perception and touch, and a model for seeing, approaching and understanding that refuses to escape individual responsibility. These forms are deliberately unstable, shifting in response to the viewer's movement or dissolving through their own material nature, questioning and being questioned in their power, autonomy, and state of in-betweenness. Read more -
Leo Arnold
Autumn Journal 2 Apr - 16 May 2026 Annet Gelink Gallery is pleased to present Autumn Journal, the second solo exhibition by Leo Arnold at the gallery, featuring a selection of new paintings, shown here for the first time. In his 1938 book Autumn Journal, poet Louis MacNeice described his text as “something half-way between the lyric and... Read more -
Lizzy Deacon | in The Bakery
Heavenly Beauty 2 Apr - 16 May 2026 Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to present Heavenly Beauty, the first exhibition by Lizzy Deacon in its project space, The Bakery. Rooted in a framework of portraiture, Deacon’s practice explores social dynamics, systems and displays of value and class in contemporary life. Working predominantly in moving image, drawing and performance,... Read more -
David Claerbout
The woodcarver and the forest 5 Feb - 21 Mar 2026 The woodcarver and the forest (2025) by David Claerbout unfolds around two central figures: a solitary woodcarver and the forest that surrounds him. Set in a large house deep in the woods, the film follows a man who spends his days ceaselessly carving wooden spoons, recalling craft practices often embraced as analogue antidotes to screen fatigue and as ways of reconnecting with nature. Over the course of the film, which represents two different days in the timespan of 13 years, there is a quiet and constant shift between inside and outside, until it becomes apparent that the forest has almost entirely disappeared. Read more -
David Claerbout | in The Bakery
The woodcarver and the forest 5 Feb - 21 Mar 2026 The woodcarver and the forest (2025) unfolds around two central figures: a solitary woodcarver and the forest that surrounds him. Set in a large house deep in the woods, the film follows a man who spends his days ceaselessly carving wooden spoons, recalling craft practices often embraced as analogue antidotes to screen fatigue and as ways of reconnecting with nature. The slow, repetitive gestures of carving and the soft yet sharp sounds they produce evoke a sense of calm and focused attention, while introducing a subtle irony into the work as it questions comfort, attention, and the mechanisms through which contemporary art seeks to engage its audience. Over the course of the film, which represents two different days in the timespan of 13 years, there is a quiet and constant shift between inside and outside, until it becomes apparent that the forest has almost entirely disappeared. The final day of the 13 years is represented in black and white photographs. Read more
