Exhibition Anselm Kiefer - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind
The exhibition tells the remarkable story of Anselm Kiefer and his connection with Vincent van Gogh and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Why are there two types of tickets for one exhibition? What does the title of the exhibition mean? Why is there a surplus? Read the answers to these and other frequently asked questions about the exhibition Anselm Kiefer - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind.
Please find answers below to frequently asked questions about buying tickets and admission to the museum during the exhibition Anselm Kiefer - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, on view from March 7 to June 9, 2025.
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From 7 March until 9 June 2025, two types of tickets are available to visit the Kiefer Exhibition:
The Van Gogh Museum is open from 9 am to 6 pm (Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday). On Friday, the Van Gogh Museum is open from 9 am to 9 pm.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is open from 10 am to 7 pm (Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday). On Friday, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is open from 10 am to 9 pm.
Your visit starts at the Van Gogh Museum. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam closes later than the Van Gogh Museum, so that you have time to continue your visit there.
Adjusted opening hours apply on 28 March and 30 May, due to Vincent on Friday.
From 7 March to 9 June, the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam are organising the exhibition Anselm Kiefer – Sag mir wo die Blumen sind. For the duration of this joint exhibition, two types of tickets are available:
- Combination ticket: this ticket grants access to the permanent collections at both museums and the exhibition at both museums.
For visitors who would only like to visit the Van Gogh Museum, it is important to be aware that eight important paintings by Van Gogh are on view in the temporary exhibition. These paintings have been moved from the permanent collection to the second floor of the Kiefer exhibition.
We unfortunately do not offer re-entry tickets or stickers. That’s why it’s important to plan sufficient time for your visit. If you would like to visit both the permanent collections and the exhibition at both museums, we recommend booking a start time early in the day.
We recommend planning plenty of time for your visit. It’s important to decide which parts you want to visit in advance. If you would like to visit both the permanent collections and the exhibition at both museums, we recommend booking a start time early in the day. As a guide, visiting the exhibition and both permanent collections will take about half a day.
NB: this obviously varies per visitor. Before you visit, it is important to decide for yourself how much time you would like to reserve for each part.
Each visitor is different. A guided tour takes 90 minutes, so this is roughly the amount of time you will need to visit the Kiefer exhibition at both museums. Remember that you will also need time to collect your coat and bag and store them again, and time to get to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (a couple of minutes by foot).
Each visitor will spend a different amount of time visiting the permanent collections. As a guide, the average visit durations are:
Organising this exhibition has entailed additional expenses for both museums, which is why we are forced to charge a surcharge.
The exhibition tells a sequential story, and the story starts at the Van Gogh Museum. The Van Gogh Museum also uses start times. You can continue to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam whenever you please.
The Van Gogh Museum uses start times. It is therefore not possible to return to the Van Gogh Museum once you have left. If you have a combination ticket and would like to visit the permanent collection at the Van Gogh Museum, we recommend leaving sufficient time to do so while there.
From 7 March to 9 June, the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam are organising the exhibition Anselm Kiefer – Sag mir wo die Blumen sind. For the duration of this joint exhibition, two types of tickets are available:
- Combination ticket: this ticket grants access to the permanent collections at both museums and the exhibition at both museums.
Tickets are on sale now. We recommend booking your tickets as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment.
Tickets for an exhibition are generally only valid on one day, hence also for this exhibition. It makes no difference that the exhibition is at two locations – it is easy to continue to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam for the rest of your visit.
It is unfortunately not possible to return to the Van Gogh Museum once you have left.
You can collect the audio tour for the first part of the exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum. The audio tour for the second part of the exhibition is available at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
No, unfortunately not. You will be given a new audio tour at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
The audio tour costs € 3.75, and is for the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Remember to return your audio tour at the Van Gogh Museum before continuing to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. You can collect a new audio tour at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
You can easily book the audio tour online, together with your entrance ticket.
You book the audio tour once, and can use it at both the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. You will need to return the first audio tour and collect the second.
Yes, the catalogue is on sale at both the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. It is important to be aware that you cannot go back inside the Van Gogh Museum once you have left. If you forgot to purchase the catalogue and would like to do so, it is also available at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Yes, the same merchandise is available at both museums. So if you plan to purchase an item at the Van Gogh Museum and forget to do so, you can make the purchase at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
The German artist Anselm Kiefer (1945) was born shortly before World War II ended, and played in the ruins as a child. In the late 1960s, he was one of the first German artists to explore his homeland’s emotionally charged past. While his monumental, provocative artworks received widespread criticism in Germany, the quality of his work was recognised early on in the Netherlands by collectors and museums including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. It was only later that Kiefer also received recognition in Germany, because he exposed what remained unsaid. Recurring subjects in his work include German history, mythology, legends and alchemy, the devastating effects of war and the eternal landscape.
The Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum were keen to join forces to present a special exhibition about this renowned artist’s work, in the year Amsterdam celebrates its 750th anniversary. This is the first time that Kiefer’s connection with Vincent van Gogh is being explored, and the first time that all of the works by Kiefer in the Stedelijk collection are being exhibited together. With the addition of new work by Kiefer, this is truly a unique exhibition.
This is the first time that Kiefer’s special connection with the work of Vincent van Gogh is being highlighted, and that all of the most popular works by Kiefer in the collection of the Stedelijk – the museum that played such a significant role in his career – are on display together. New work by Kiefer will also be shown at both locations, including the 24-metre-long title work Sag mir wo die Blumen sind. The exhibition tells a unique story of Kiefer’s artistic development. This is a double, continuous exhibition for visitors: one ticket grants access to the exhibition at both museums.
All of Kiefer’s works in the Stedelijk collection being exhibited together is a singular event in itself, and two new large spatial installations are on view, including the title work Sag mir wo die Blumen sind: a 24-metre-long installation that surrounds visitors and fills the space around the museum’s historic staircase.
Artists are known for incorporating familiar themes from human history in their artworks. These themes are sometimes challenging. We believe it is interesting to show how an artist addresses such themes, and how their work can help people explore how they feel about certain issues.
The audio tour complements the gallery texts, and more information is available in the catalogue, which also contains in-depth essays.
No, but films of Kiefer speaking in his studio are being screened at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
The title of the exhibition, Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, refers to the eponymous anti-war song by the American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger. This song later became famous through performances in German, English and French by Marlene Dietrich. The title also refers to a new large spatial work by Anselm Kiefer that will be on view at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and to Vincent van Gogh’s painting Sunflowers.
The following works by Vincent van Gogh are temporarily on view in the exhibition. These works are part of the Van Gogh Museum’s permanent collection:
In addition, the Van Gogh Museum has loaned Van Gogh’s work Augustine Roulin (Rocking a Cradle) from the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam for this exhibition.