Witte Rook

Witte Rook is a platform for research, experimentation, and reflection in the field of visual arts. The program is based on providing time, space, and context through long-term projects in which the artist’s voice is central. … we start from our local environment, such as the history of the city and region, heritage, public space, and the communities, residents, and users who are part of it. … with a focus on digital storytelling and hybrid residency projects that explore what the artist-in-residence (AiR) of the future can be.

Now & upcoming

21 June – 21 September 2025

Zaartpark, Breda

Working period

49m² | Summer with Maud van den Beuken

From June 21st to September 21st, Maud van den Beuken (NL/DE) will be working on the 49m² in Zaartpark, engaging in a new artistic investigation. (…)

29 August – 28 September 2025

StadsGalerij Breda

Exhibition

De Vrijstaat – land van 49m²

You are warmly invited to the opening of the exhibition The Free State – Land of 49m² on Thursday 29 August at 19:00 at the (…)

Thu 11 September 2025

StadsGalerij Breda

Call

Call for residency 49m² | Pitch your Plan

Are you an artist with an affinity for themes such as (art in) public space, ownership, ecology or urgent social issues? Then come to Witte (…)

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Projects

49m²

The project 49m² is a long-term experimental inquiry into the position of art in public space.

Writers Block

Writers Block was initiated by Witte Rook to stimulate the writing talent of art professionals within the field of visual…

Las Lanzas

The artist duo Iratxe Jaio and Klaas van Gorkum explore the significance of the copies of Diego Velázquez’s painting La…

Digital Explorers

The Digital Explorers project is based on the idea that digital art is not a separate movement but an undeniable…

Horizons

From March 1 to March 31, 2024, Mexican artist Daniel Ventura will undertake a residency in Breda. This work period…

Air van Gogh Interviews

Since 2017, we have been collaborating with AiR van Gogh in Zundert, Noord-Brabant. At the end of each work period,…

Inversie Talenthub

Inversie supports talented young visual artists with a connection to Brabant in developing a versatile professional practice. Over the course…