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E1000, Street Art and Citizen Codes
Those who’ve taken a stroll through Nieuw-West this past week might have noticed that Plein ’40 – ’45 is much more vibrant than before,...
Paige Foley
Sep 23, 20193 min read


Street Art Museum - Back to School 2019
Another Amsterdam summer has come to an abrupt close this week, signalled by a brisk and rainy first week of September. The change of...
Paige Foley
Sep 8, 20196 min read


Hit the Floor! with E1000
After almost 10 months of discussions and preparations, Wij Zijn 40-45, Stadsdeel Nieuw-West and Street Art Museum Amsterdam are happy to...

Anna Stolyarova
Sep 2, 20191 min read


SAMA goes to Schiphol
Street Art Museum Amsterdam runs quite a few events that if you’re a tourist visiting the collection for the day you may not be aware of....
Derry Razen
Aug 13, 20193 min read


Street Art Museum Amsterdam and Lunar'S Book Launch
From the first project Street Art Museum Amsterdam (SAMA) undertook in Amsterdam Nieuw-West (then called “Tales of the Nine”), SAMA’s...
Jesse Scott
Aug 9, 20193 min read


A Disruption of Uniformity: Street Art and Gdansk’s Socialist Legacy
The port city of Gdansk in northern Poland has endured an eventful and rather tumultuous century; From becoming the semi-autonomous Free...
Paige Foley
Aug 1, 20195 min read


From Zagreb with Love - Book Launch
Slaven Kosanovic, better known as Lunar, is a Croatian graphic and street artist, philosopher and interdisciplinary person; coming to...
Jesse Scott
Jul 23, 20193 min read


Street Art Museum, Technology and Education
June 19th, 10am at the Osdorp library. The SAMA crew gathered in the hall of the OBA Osdorplein, where the official presentation of...
Nora Souici Alin
Jul 6, 20192 min read


The Art of Minivila
On Saturday, Street Art Museum Amsterdam's new curatorial team and I had the opportunity to visit the pop-up event in the house of the...
Anthony Momo
Jul 3, 20193 min read


God is A Verb by Johanna de Haan
In May, SAMA collaborated on a project with Johanna de Haan, an artist and poet based here in Amsterdam. SAMA lent a wall of it’s HQ to...
Derry Razen
Jun 24, 20193 min read


Hello, Paige!
My name is Paige Foley and I am new to the Street Art Museum Amsterdam’s curatorial team, where I specialize in cultural heritage....
Paige Foley
Jun 5, 20193 min read


A Conversation about City Museums: SAMA at the CAMOC Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal
On May 3 & 4 in Lisbon, Portugal, Vitoria Ramirez Zanquetta and I, Derry Razen, had the opportunity to represent Street Art Museum...
Derry Razen
Jun 3, 20194 min read


Tiia & Street Art Museum Amsterdam!
I am Tiia and I come from Turku, Finland. I have been working for about 10 years in communication and cultural field. Turku is a very...
Tiia Suorsa
May 24, 20193 min read


Street Art Collection with a VR Twist
Street Art Museum Amsterdam team has been busy for the last 2 years exploring and experimenting with creating Virtual Reality (VR) video...
Jesse Scott
May 17, 20193 min read


Heroes of Amsterdam + Friends
At the beginning of March we received an exciting email from Heroes & Friends of Impact HUB Amsterdam, which announced that SAMA's story...

Anna Stolyarova
Apr 21, 20192 min read


Hello, Derry!
Hi! My name is Derry Razen and I am the new curator and art historian at Street Art Museum Amsterdam. In addition to being an art...
Derry Razen
Apr 18, 20194 min read


Wij zijn Woortmanplein - New Street Art Project for 5 May 2019
Having concluded production of a monumental wall by Colombian artist, Bastardilla, on April 2nd, Street Art Museum Amsterdam (SAMA) is...
Jesse Scott
Apr 15, 20192 min read


Street Art in Amsterdam: City vs Nieuw-West
After a full day of visiting both centre of Amsterdam and the SAMA collection in Nieuw-West to see the street art in the city with a...
Julia Dessauvage & Nora Souici Alin
Apr 10, 20193 min read


Bastardilla’s MEMORIES Becomes The Largest Mural in Street Art Museum Amsterdam Collection
Street Art Museum Amsterdam, in collaboration with Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), is at the end of a months-long creative process...
Derry Razen
Apr 2, 20195 min read


Street Art, Advertising and Ethics
The relationship between art and advertising is long and convoluted. Artists develop new mediums, styles and techniques. These are then...
Derry Jameson & Jesse Scott
Mar 14, 20196 min read
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