Leontine Coelewij

Leontine Coelewij is curator of contemporary art at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Coelewij studied Art History at the University of Amsterdam (M.A. with honours in 1988) and started her career as curator of the Fodor Museum (1990-1992). She was the founder and curator of Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (1993-1999). Since 2000 she is curator of contemporary art at the Stedelijk Museum. Her most recent exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum include Yto Barrada (2022-23), Bruce Nauman (2021 in collaboration with Tate Modern, London), Nam June Paik-The Future is Now (2020 with Tate Modern and SF MoMA), Marlene Dumas – The Image as Burden (2014, Stedelijk Museum, and touring Tate Modern and Fondation Beyler), Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art (2016), Edward Krasiński (2017), Magali Reus (2017) and Lily van der Stokker – Friendly Good (2018/2019). Next to this, Leontine Coelewij is responsible for the display of the Stedelijk Museum collection 1950-1980 Everyday, Someday and Other Stories. She has published articles in catalogues and magazines about Marlene Dumas, Remy Jungerman, Nam June Paik, Seth Siegelaub, Magali Reus and many others. Leontine Coelewij is currently working on a large retrospective and catalogue of the work of Romanian artist Ana Lupas, which is scheduled to open in May 2024.