Plan your visit

2 July – 11 October 2026

Welcome to Sonsbeek 2026: Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park (I don't need a backyard, I share a park). This thirteenth edition of the exhibition for art in public space unfolds across Park Sonsbeek and various partner locations in Arnhem. Plan your visit to Sonsbeek 2026 here.…

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Plan your visit

2 July – 11 October 2026

Welcome to Sonsbeek 2026: Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park (I don't need a backyard, I share a park). This thirteenth edition of the exhibition for art in public space unfolds across Park Sonsbeek and various partner locations in Arnhem. Plan your visit to Sonsbeek 2026 here.…

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Plan your visit

2 July – 11 October 2026

Welcome to Sonsbeek 2026: Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park (I don't need a backyard, I share a park). This thirteenth edition of the exhibition for art in public space unfolds across Park Sonsbeek and various partner locations in Arnhem. Plan your visit to Sonsbeek 2026 here.…

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Artists

MEET THE ARTISTS OF SONSBEEK 2026

Sonsbeek 2026 will take place in Sonsbeek Park, at partner institutions, and at various locations throughout Arnhem, transforming the city into a platform for new and existing works by eighteen artists from the Netherlands and abroad. The exhibition features twelve commissioned works, including site-specific installations, sculptures, and performances that broaden our perspective on art in public spaces. 

Mounira Al Solh
Loesje
Fanja Bouts
Femke Herregraven
Alvaro Barrington
Puppies Puppies
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Jota Mombaça
Sahej Rahal
Afaina de Jong
nasa4nasa
Larry Achiampong
Esma Yiğitoğlu
On Kawara
Forensic Architecture
Anne Mie van Kerckhoven
Ipeh Nur
Jumana Manna

Curatorial statement

Curatorial vision for Sonsbeek 2026: Memory as Living Action

CURATORIAL STATEMENT: MEMORY AS LIVING ACTION

For its thirteenth edition, Sonsbeek 2026 reimagines public art through the lens of ‘memory as living action.’ Initiated in 1949 to revive a war-torn Arnhem, the exhibition has always championed freedom beyond institutional walls. Seventy-five years later, it reaffirms culture’s power to foster renewal and collective responsibility. This year, eighteen artists from the Netherlands and abroad explore how memory is made through speaking, listening, coexistence, and shaping conditions for a shared future.

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Venues

Park Sonsbeek


Since 1949, Park Sonsbeek has been the beating heart of Sonsbeek. With its rolling lawns, historic buildings, streams, and mature trees, this historic landscape park is not only a green oasis within the city, but also a place where nature, history, and contemporary art come together. For Sonsbeek 2026, the park once again provides the setting for a series of site-specific artworks that invite visitors to experience the landscape in new ways. Works by Mounira Al Solh, Loe ...

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Programme

DISCOVER THE PUBLIC PROGRAM

Discover the Sonsbeek 2026 program. In addition to the exhibitions in Sonsbeek Park and in the city center of Arnhem, an extensive public program will take place over the 100 days of the edition. Enrich your visit with weekly tours led by our guides, collaborations with partner institutions, films, talks, and workshops.

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Artist Spotlight: Walk with Loesje

Artist Spotlight: Walk with Loesje

22 July 2026, 16.00hr – 17.30hr, Molenplaats Sonsbeek, Arnhem, and Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem

Arnhem-born and raised, Loesje grew up in and around Sonsbeek Park. As a result, she knows quite a few great spots in this neighborhood – places that were once important to her, and which form the backdrop of many juicy stories to tell. This Artist Spotlight is a walk down memory lane - passing by h…

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

11 July 2026, 14.00hr – 15.30hr, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem

Would you like to experience Sonsbeek 2026: Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park (I don't need a backyard, I share a garden) with a guide? Our experienced tour guides will take you past the artworks in Sonsbeek Park and will be happy to tell you more about the artworks and this edition’s theme: Memor…

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

18 July 2026, 14.00hr – 15.30hr, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem

Would you like to experience Sonsbeek 2026: Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park (I don't need a backyard, I share a garden) with a guide? Our experienced tour guides will take you past the artworks in Sonsbeek Park and will be happy to tell you more about the artworks and this edition’s theme: Memor…

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

25 July 2026, 14.00hr – 15.30hr, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem

Would you like to experience Sonsbeek 2026: Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park (I don't need a backyard, I share a garden) with a guide? Our experienced tour guides will take you past the artworks in Sonsbeek Park and will be happy to tell you more about the artworks and this edition’s theme: Memor…

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

Guided Tours through Park Sonsbeek

1 August 2026, 14.00hr – 15.30hr, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem

Would you like to experience Sonsbeek 2026: Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park (I don't need a backyard, I share a garden) with a guide? Our experienced tour guides will take you past the artworks in Sonsbeek Park and will be happy to tell you more about the artworks and this edition’s theme: Memor…

Sonsbeek 2026 x Focus Filmtheater: Darkness Reframed

Sonsbeek 2026 x Focus Filmtheater: Darkness Reframed

5 August – 30 September 2026

Throughout August and September, Focus Film Theater and Sonsbeek 2026 present Darkness Reframed - eight screening programs featuring cinema classics and artist shorts at the roof top cinema and in the cinema room. With introductions and Q&As afterwards, the film program opens up the space to ref…

Visitor guide

PRE-ORDER THE SONSBEEK 2026 VISITOR GUIDE

The Sonsbeek 2026 Visitor Guide will help you get the most out of your visit. Introductions to the artworks, participating artists, and themes of this edition invite you to view the exhibition from different perspectives. The map included in the guide will help you find your way through Sonsbeek Park and along the presentation partners’ sites.

The Visitor Guide can be pre-ordered and will be available for pick-up from July 2 at Molenplaats Sonsbeek, the Sonsbeek 2026 Visitor Center. Choose your own contribution: €3, €5, or €10 — pay what you can and what is within your means.

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Collection

COLLECTION: ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
1949-2021, Park Sonsbeek and other locations, Arnhem

In Park Sonsbeek and the surrounding area, exhibitions have been held with some regularity since 1949. Of the hundreds of artworks that were displayed during the various editions of Sonsbeek up to and including 2021, dozens have found a permanent place in Arnhem. From this collection, 20 are currently documented on our website.

Jennifer Tee, Louie Cordero, Naamloozz & Remco Visser, Sivanski, Sivanski, Nel Klaassen, Rémy Zaugg, Gijs Jacobs van den Hof, Piet Slegers, Ossip Zadkine, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Christina Assmann, Peter Santino, Gabriel Kuri, Henrietta Lehtonen, Johan Creten, Michel François, Hans van Houwelingen, Alain Séchas, François Pompon

Get involved

Get involved

Under the banner Get Involved we invite everyone to become part of Sonsbeek 2026 — as a visitor, a supporter, a volunteer, a contributor to the archive, or through the Sonsbeek Art Club. Together we continue to build on Sonsbeek’s rich history and make the 2026 edition a unique experience rooted in the city and its communities. By getting involved, you not only connect with art and artists, but also with the community that carries Sonsbeek forward.

Volunteer

Get involved

Under the banner Get Involved we invite everyone to become part of Sonsbeek 2026 — as a visitor, a supporter, a volunteer, a contributor to the archive, or through the Sonsbeek Art Club. Together we continue to build on Sonsbeek’s rich history and make the 2026 edition a unique experience rooted in the city and its communities. By getting involved, you not only connect with art and artists, but also with the community that carries Sonsbeek forward.

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