📣 Noorderlicht is looking for a freelance co-curator for our pre-biennial Thinking Hands (2026) and the biennial PLAY (2027), part of our four-year cycle PLAY (2025–2028).  📅 Applications are open until 14 December. 🔗 More information via our website noorderlicht.com/en/updates/o...

During Let's Gro, Nienke Maat presents her series ‘Rauw Vermogen’ at Forum Groningen. At the Noorderlicht Gallery, ‘Rauw Vermogen’ can now be seen in its entirety. The exhibition is open by appointment until 21 December. 👉 Book an appointment via [email protected]

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND – EXTENDED! Great news: our exhibitions What Have We Done? (in collaboration with World Press Photo) and Rauw Vermogen will remain open until Sunday 26 October. This is your final chance! noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen...

Making plans for the weekend? 👀 Visit Niemeyer in Groningen and discover two powerful photography exhibitions in one visit! Join one of the free guided tours for extra insight: 🕝 Friday at 14:30 🕝 Saturday at 14:30 noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen... 📷: Tim van der Kuip

🎬 In Digital Mirror’s mini-series Reflections, we ask artists about their work, story and motivation. In the fourth episode, we talk to Cristina de Middel, photographer and curator of the World Press Photo anniversary exhibition What Have We Done? www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zvZ...

🥳 Last Saturday the exhibition ‘Van Ons, Voor Morgen’ opened at Fraeylemaborg! 📍 Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren 🕒 Opening hours: Tue – Fri → 10:00 – 17:00 Sat & Sun → 13:00 – 17:00 👉 Plan your visit and experience the stories of Slochteren. 📷: Sabina Theijs

👀 WORKSHOP VISUAL THINKING — SEE WHAT I SEE? 📍 Niemeyer-fabriek 🗓 Zaterdag 4 oktober, 14.30 uur ⚠️ In English | Free with entrance fee | Register: [email protected] 📷: Tim van der Kuip

👀 Educatieprogramma World Press Photo: Train je nieuwsblik Hoe kijk jij naar nieuwsbeelden? Zie je wat er écht gebeurt, of wat iemand jou wil laten zien? 👉 Bekijk het aanbod: noorderlicht.com/updates/what-have-we-done-educatie Wie moet dit écht zien? Tag een docent hieronder! 📷: Tim van der Kuip

On 27 September, ‘Van Ons, Voor Morgen’ opens at Fraeylemaborg. The concluding chapter of the multi-year collaboration between Noorderlicht and BPD Cultuurfonds. noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/... 👉 Will we see you there? 📷: Sebastiaan Rodenhuis

🎬 In the miniseries Reflections, part of Digital Mirror, we ask artists about their work, story, and motivation. In this work, Thomas Nolf explores the human need for escape through aviation culture. ✈️ noorderlicht.com/en/updates/r... ✨ 📹: Sixteenbynine

New Exhibition: Rauw Vermogen, New Visual Stories on Economy, Work, Land and Life 📅 September 19, 2025 – October 19, 2025 📍 Niemeyer, Paterswoldseweg 43, Groningen The exhibition is an initiative of Noorderlicht in collaboration with Groningen Merkpartners. noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/...

Don't miss out! On 5 & 6 September, Future Fragments joins the Noorderlicht Biennale Machine Entanglements at the Niemeyerfabriek, Groningen. Supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Check our website for the full program: noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen...

🎬 In the miniseries Reflections, part of Digital Mirror, we ask artists about their work, story, and motivation. Arctic Elegy is one of four works by Najjar featured in Machine Entanglements. You can see it at Museum Belvédère until September 7. 🧊 noorderlicht.com/en/updates/r... 📹: 16by9

The 70-year anniversary exhibition What Have We Done?, curated by Cristina de Middel, looks back at seven decades of World Press Photo. 🗓️ Soon on view at Noorderlicht: 19 September – 19 October 2025 📸Klaas Jan van der Weij, The Netherlands, 01 January 1994 – World Press Photo of the Year 1995

On 5 & 6 September, Future Fragments joins the Noorderlicht Biennale Machine Entanglements at the Niemeyerfabriek, Groningen. Supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Check our website for the full program: noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/...

Have you checked out the Noorderlicht shop yet? A great chance to take a piece of Noorderlicht home with you, to hang on your wall, add to your bookshelf, or wear yourself! noorderlicht-platform-voor-fotografie.myshopify.com 📷: Tim van der Kuip

📡 Radioscapes Symposium – Sunday 31 August Every day, we move through a sea of radio signals: wifi, bluetooth, satellites, and cell towers. They shape how we communicate, travel, and live together – yet we never see them. 🌐 More info: criticalinfralab.net 📷 : Sebastiaan Rodenhuis

✨ Speciale rondleiding ✨ Wil je de tentoonstelling beleven mét extra context? Aanstaande zondag om 14:00 uur geeft directeur Roosje Klap een exclusieve rondleiding door de Niemeyer (Paterswoldseweg 43, Groningen). Een unieke kans om de kunstwerken te ontdekken door de ogen van de curator zelf 👀

Wat blijft er hangen na een bezoek aan Machine Entanglements? In Opium ging Brecht van Hulten in gesprek met Roosje Klap over de Biënnale. Brecht vertelde hoe het werk van Nicolas Gourault haar raakte tijdens haar bezoek aan de Niemeyer. 👉 www.npoklassiek.nl/fragmenten/o... 📷: Tim van der Kuip

What Have We Done? 🔴 In 2025, World Press Photo marks its 70th anniversary with an exhibition titled 'What Have We Done? Unpacking Seven Decades of World Press Photo', curated by Cristina de Middel and hosted by Noorderlicht: noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/...

🎬In de miniserie Reflections van Digital Mirror vragen we kunstenaars naar hun werk, verhaal en motivatie. In de eerste aflevering praten we met Nina van Tuikwerd, kunstenaar en grafisch ontwerper over haar werk Ecologies of Memories. noorderlicht.com/updates/refl...

Wil jij ook een rondleiding door Machine Entanglements in Niemeyer? Sluit dan dinsdag t/m zondag aan bij een rondleiding van een van onze medewerkers. Dagelijks om 14:00u, gratis en aanmelden is niet nodig. Ga voor meer informatie naar onze website: noorderlicht.com/updates/laat...

Peter Tijhuis captured the Noorderlicht Biennale 2025 Machine Entanglements in a photo series that conveys the spatial experience of the exhibition across its various locations. noorderlicht.com/updates/mach...

🏗️ We’re ready… are you? After months of preparation and building, it’s finally time: the Noorderlicht Biennale 2025 is kicking off! 📍 Check out all locations & events on our website noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/... See you there!

✨ Last weekend, a small team travelled to Vlieland for the installation and opening of Machine Entanglements at Brouwerij Fortuna. And this was only the beginning... This weekend, the Noorderlicht Biennale 2025 really kicks off! We hope to see you there! noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen...

🚍 Join us on an art trip! On Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July the opening weekend of our biennale kicks off with a special bus tour from Groningen to two exciting exhibition openings. It's only €5!! 👉 Sign up via form.jotform.com/251682098515... (Images: 1 Sieta Stel, 2 Mischa Keijser, 3 pcbomen)

🎉 Opening Weekend Noorderlicht Biennale – 11 to 13 July 🎉 📅 Friday 11 July – Opening Museum Belvédère 📅 Saturday 12 July – Opening De Proef 📅 Sunday 13 July – Opening Niemeyerfabriek 👉 More info & registration via noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/... (Image: Noviki, 2024. Courtesy BMW Art Club)

📍 Brouwerij Fortuna during the Noorderlicht Biennial 2025: Machine Entanglements Bonus: Soft Opening on Vlieland 🗓️ Sunday 6 July at 14:00 – Brouwerij Fortuna 🗓️ On view from 12 July to 7 September 2025 🔗 More info: noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/... (Image: Louis Braddock Clarke, 2025)

From now on, Noorderlicht has two junior directors: Ino (11) and Jep (10)! On Sunday 13 July, Ino will open the 30th Noorderlicht Biennale Machine Entanglements at the Niemeyerfabriek. Want to attend? Register via form.jotform.com/251682098515... 📸 Jep, Roosje en Ino – selfie 2 juli 2025

Op zaterdag 20 september is het weer zover: de Groninger Museumnacht! Van 19.00 tot 01.00 uur duik je voor maar €8,50 zeven musea in, waaronder natuurlijk Noorderlicht. 📅 Early Bird tickets zijn vanaf nu verkrijgbaar via tickets.groningermuseum.nl

At the 30th Noorderlicht Biennale: Machine Entanglements, you’ll also find work by more than eighty students from nine countries. 📍 De Proef 🗓️ On view from 12 July to 7 September 2025 🔗 More info: noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen... (Image: Phoebe Shuman-Goodier, Rust Shroud Returned)

📍 Niemeyerfabriek during the Noorderlicht Biennial 2025: Machine Entanglements 🗓️ On view from 12 July to 7 September 2025 🔗 More info: noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/... (Image: Noviki, Dream of the Machine, 2024. Courtesy BMW Art Club)

🌈 Last chance! The photo exhibition IN FULL COLOUR is open this weekend only, from 12:00 to 17:00 at Noorderlicht, Akerkhof 12 in Groningen. After that, visits are by appointment only. 📷: Sven Sleur #infullcolour #noorderlicht #pridephoto #queervisibility #photographyexhibition #groningen

📍 Museum Belvédère during the Noorderlicht Biennial 2025: Machine Entanglements 🗓️ On view from 12 July to 7 September 2025 🔗 More info: noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen... (Image: misha de ridder, generative by nature, 2022–2024)

🌈 IN FULL COLOUR – exhibition & opening Join us on Friday June 20 at Noorderlicht in Groningen for the opening of IN FULL COLOUR: a powerful, tender, and raw exhibition by twelve emerging photographers. More information? noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen... (Image: Olivier Schooneveld)

The winner of the Noorderlicht Award 2025 is… 🥁 Viktoria Stefanova! The jury praised the project for its simple clarity and performative strength. An honourable mention goes to Iris van Kalsbeek for The Land Where Animals Kiss.

Signalen van de stad (Signals of the City) is a coproduction by Noorderlicht and Kunstpunt Groningen. Christy Westhovens reveals what is normally invisible: the signals sent out by our devices. 🔗 More info: noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen... (Image: Christy Westhovens, Signalen van de stad, 2025)

✨ LAATSTE KANS: WORD DEEL VAN DE NOORDERLICHT FOCUSGROEP! ✨ 👉 Aanmelden kan nog tot 15 juni — wees er snel bij! Meer info en aanmelden via noorderlicht.com/en/updates/n... 👆 Samen bouwen we aan de toekomst van Noorderlicht. Doe je mee?

From June 14 to 19 it’s time again for the Graduation Show of Academie Minerva! noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/...

📍 De Proef during the Noorderlicht Biennial 2025: Machine Entanglements At De Proef an exhibition unfolds that reveals new relationships between humans, machines, and the landscape. 🔗 More info: noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/... (Image: Henk Wildschut, Territorium, 2024)

Noviki has won a bronze European Design Award in the category 707 Digital Installations for their project The Dream of the Machine. Congratulations on this well-deserved award! 🥳 🥳 Photo: Noviki, Dream of the Machine, 2024. Courtesy of BMW Art Club. noorderlicht.com/en/whats-on/...

Word vrijwilliger bij Noorderlicht! ✨ Tijdens de Noorderlicht Biënnale Machine Entanglements (12 juli - 7 september) zoeken we enthousiaste vrijwilligers voor onze locatie in de Niemeyer-fabriek in Groningen. Lees meer: noorderlicht.com/updates/vaca... Foto: Koen Atema

📍 Museum Dr8888 as a location of the Noorderlicht Biennial 2025: Machine Entanglements noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen... (Image: Hendrik Hantschel, A Whole New World, video, 2025)

📣 We proudly present the artists of the Noorderlicht Biennial 2025: Machine Entanglements! noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen... (Photo: Noviki, Dream of the Machine, 2024)

Denk jij graag mee? Word onderdeel van de Noorderlicht focusgroep! Noorderlicht is op zoek naar een diverse groep betrokken bezoekers die samen met ons wil nadenken over de toekomst ✨ Meer informatie en aanmelden (tot 15 juni) via noorderlicht.com/updates/noor...

FINAL CALL Are you a student in a photography or lens-based media program? Noorderlicht invites you to submit one image that captures your vision of a future intertwined with technology, nature, and machines. Send in your work by May 30✨ noorderlicht.com/updates/stud...

📣 Noorderlicht zoekt nieuwe bestuursleden Ben jij betrokken bij de culturele sector en wil je mee bouwen aan een vernieuwend platform voor beeldcultuur? Reageren kan t/m 15 juni 2025. Bezoek onze website voor meer informatie: noorderlicht.com/updates/vaca...

Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler received a Silver Lion at La Biennale di Venezia for their work Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power, 1500–2025. Congratulations on this well-deserved award! 🥳 🥳 📷: Hanne van der Velde

Noorderlicht Biennial: Machine Entanglements 12 July – 7 September 2025 How entangled is your life with technology? What does our digital future look like? How does AI impact nature and the landscape? And what about horticultural traditions and high-tech farming? noorderlicht.com/zien-en-doen...

Last Friday we closed DREAMS, an exhibition where six Minerva students explored memory, emotion, and subconscious imagery. Swipe through for a glimpse of the atmosphere and the works by: Eva Brogan Ryan, Aljoša Potokar, Yaga Piątek, Mariia Kravchenko, Léon Berger and Margarita Hadjittofi.