PRESENT: Openings exhibition

25 June - 25 August 2026
Overview
Presence is not a fixed condition. It emerges through the encounter between body, object and space.

PRESENT marks the opening of The Millen House's new gallery and project space in Amsterdam West. Bringing together 20th-century and contemporary art, design and sculpture, the exhibition explores how presence is formed through relationships: between objects and bodies, architecture and memory, material and meaning.

Rather than following a chronological or disciplinary narrative, the exhibition unfolds as a sequence of encounters. Historical and contemporary works are placed in dialogue, revealing unexpected connections across generations and mediums. Furniture, sculpture, painting, works on paper and collectible design coexist within a series of domestic and experimental settings, inviting visitors to move through the exhibition as they would through a lived space.

Works