Museum Arnhem thinks big in “The World Expanded”
Seventeen artists and installations from the museum’s collection are arranged around three themes. The exhibition opened on 10 October and, according to the museum, runs through 4 April 2027.
At Museum Arnhem, “big” has two meanings. The World Expanded brings together installations and other large-scale works from the museum’s own collection. Some were acquired recently and are being shown for the first time; others are returning from storage after years away.
The selection is organised around three questions: what is home, what touches us all, and what do you dream of? The structure places different artists alongside one another without reducing them to a single style. Names include Raafat Ballan, Meschac Gaba, Hale Tenger and Levi van Veluw.
A new arrival in the galleries is Teduki Nobo (2024), a tapestry by Sharelly Emanuelson. The museum connects the work with a collective memory of the Netherlands Antilles. The presentation also shows how a material such as textile can carry memory.
Waiting (2014), Erwin Olaf’s video installation, is also returning from storage after years away. The exhibition therefore presents more than recent acquisitions: it shows how a collection can be read again when works return and enter a different context.
Seventeen artists take part. For the opening on 10 October, Museum Arnhem partnered with Luxor Live on a Museum Night programme. The exhibition runs from 10 October 2026 through 4 April 2027; the museum website lists Tuesday to Sunday as opening days.
The three questions do not offer a final definition of home, shared experience or a dream. Instead, they provide different ways into the monumental works. Museum Arnhem is at Utrechtseweg 87 in Arnhem.