Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin and Robert Ryman in Celebrating the Icons of Art
12 September 2026—7 March 2027
Group exhibition at Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
To mark its 10th anniversary this September, Voorlinden is presenting an exceptional and celebratory exhibition: Celebrating the Icons of Art. Contemporary icons from the museum’s collection are presented alongside masterpieces of 20th-century art. In this encounter, familiar works take on unexpected new meanings and surprising connections emerge. For the first time in its history, the entire museum will be transformed for this special anniversary exhibition.
On 10 September 2016, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands officially opened museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar. Over the following decade, Voorlinden grew into a much-loved oasis of art, nature and architecture in the Randstad, securing a unique place within the Dutch museum landscape. This success is largely due to its remarkable collection of modern and contemporary art, including Leandro Erlich’s Swimming Pool, James Turrell’s Skyspace and Richard Serra’s Open Ended, all of which are permanently on display.
With Celebrating the Icons of Art, Voorlinden not only reflects on ten remarkable years but also looks ahead to the future. The exhibition brings together much-loved contemporary works from the Voorlinden collection and twentieth-century masterpieces on loan from the collections of partner museums and institutions. These are works that have shaped our visual memory and inspired generations of artists and audiences.
The exhibition features works by, among others, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Nick Cave, Tracey Emin, Félix González-Torres, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Martha Jungwirth, Mike Kelley, Yayoi Kusama, Fernand Léger, Roy Lichtenstein, Henri Matisse, Annette Messager, Joan Miró, Claude Monet, Bruce Nauman, Louise Nevelson, Lygia Pape, Gerhard Richter, Bridget Riley and Robert Ryman.