ARTZUID 2025 | Monument for the Future

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ARTZUID is the leading Sculpture Biennale of the Netherlands. Every two years, 60 high-profile sculptures are exhibited for four months on the green lanes of Amsterdam Zuid. Our mission is to create a new meeting place on the street with a museum-quality selection of sculptures and to make art accessible to everyone free of charge.

The 9th edition of ARTZUID will take place from 21 May to 21 September 2025. The Amsterdam Sculpture Biennale will present an experience exhibition with 60 artworks along the 5 km route. The heart of the exhibition is in Berlage’s monumental Plan Zuid with its leafy Apollolaan, Minervalaan and Churchilllaan.

Opening hours

From 21 May until 21 September 2025, the ARTZUID sculpture exhibition takes place open air on Apollolaan and Minervalaan with free access 24 hours a day. During the exhibition, the information pavilion at Minervalaan 1 will be open daily from 10 am to 6 pm.

Participating artists ARTZUID 2025

Arlene Shechet (USA), Art van Triest (NL), Atelier van Lieshout (NL), Alicja Kwade (PL), Armando (NL), Bart Lunenburg (NL), Bastienne Kramer (NL), Britte Koolen (NL), Carin Scholten (NL), Chris Peterson (NL), Cristobal Gabarron (ES), David Bade (CW), David van der Kop (NL), David Nash (GB), Erik Buijs (NL), Eiji Watanabe (JP), Esther Jiskoot (NL), Fiona Römpp (NL), Gavin Turk (GB), Helen Vergouwen (NL), Herbert Nouwens (NL) Henk Visch (NL), Hieke Luik (NL), Huub en Adelheid Kortekaas (NL), Isa van Lier (NL), Ilse Oelbers (NL), Iris Le Rütte (NL), Ivan Cremer (NL), Jaume Plensa (ES), Jean-Marie Appriou (FR), Katleen Vinck (BE), Klaas Gubbels (NL), Laura Schurink (NL), Leilah Babirye (USA), Lina Iris Victor (USA), Leiko Ikemura (JP), Lotta Blokker (NL), Louise Schouwenberg (NL), Maja van Hall (NL), Marcel Pinas (SR), Maen Florin (BE), Magdalena Abakanowicz (PL), Marte Röling (NL), Marieke Bolhuis (NL), Margot Berkman (NL), Marion Verboom (FR), Micky Hoogendijk (NL), Nadia Naveau (BE), Natasja Alers (NL), Nel van Lith (NL), Nelson Carrilho (NL), Neo Rauch (DE), Paloma Varga Weisz (DE), Paul Goede (NL), Rachel Harrison (USA), Rob Schreefel (NL), Rob Voerman (NL), Ronald Westerhuis (NL),Ruud Kuijer (NL), Shinkichi Tajiri (USA), Sjef Voets (NL), Sokari Douglas Camp (GB), Stefan Rinck (DE), Tirzo Martha (CW), Tschabalala Self (USA), Tal R (DEN), Tony Cragg (GB), Wjm Kok (NL), Wouter van der Giessen (NL), Xavier Veilhan (FR), Yoshitomo Nara (JP)

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About Monument for the Future

A sculptural monument traditionally serves to commemorate a fixed moment, person, or ideal from the past—anchoring memory in form, permanence, and stillness. Its static, unmoving presence conveys stability, reverence, and timeless authority. In contrast, Monument for the Future breaks this tradition by depicting a figure midstep, leaving the pedestal—symbolizing motion, uncertainty, and becoming. Rather than enshrining what was, it gestures toward what could be, dedicating the monument not to memory, but to possibility.

Monument for the Future is a life-sized bronze sculpture capturing a pivotal moment: a figure in mid-step, leaving behind the “stone of the past” and striding into the unknown. One foot is anchored in a solid base—symbolizing humanity’s shared foundations—while the other reaches forward, a bold leap into the future.

Constructed from fragments of architectural ruins and ancient olive wood, the figure fuses industry with nature. Its foot merges an industrial beam with the gnarled root of an olive tree—an emblem of growth and memory. These intertwined elements appear both to emerge from and tear away from the base, reflecting the tension between progress and our separation from nature.

Inspired by Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni, Cremer channels a dynamic, fragmented form to echo today’s rapidly evolving world. The work speaks to an age of technological acceleration, ecological crisis, and shifting global orders.

Monument for the Future is both homage and provocation—a reflection on our past, and a call to move forward with courage, hope, and faith in a brighter future.