Galleries

Amsterdam features more than a hundred galleries. Some of them are of particular interest to gays, especially Mr. B, Rob Jurka and Serieuze Zaken.

Mr. B

Warmoesstraat 89

1012 HZ Amsterdam

tel. 020-422.00.03

First and foremost a leather and fetish shop, but on the walls you will find gay art. Mr. B has introduced to the public a wide range of styles in gay erotic art. Nigel Kent (erotic pictures), Teddy of Paris (rugged guys), the Hun (very rugged guys), Steve Rush (torso_s) and Freek Weidema (bronze sculptures) had expositions here.

Serieuze Zaken (Serious Matters)

Lauriergracht 96 _ I

1016 RN Amsterdam

tel. 020-420.52.52

Owner of this gallery is Rob Malasch, who organized expositions of many great gay names: Robert Wilson, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Pierre et Gilles.

Galerie Rob Jurka

Singel 28

1015 AA Amsterdam

Tel. 020-627.63.43

Rob Jurka made the first catalogue of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe and organized five expositions of Mapplethorpe_s photo_s. In the gallery you might find work by Matthias Hermann (an Austrian guy), David Armstrong and Ken Probst. The latter is famous for his behind-the-scenes photographs, shot during tapings of pornographic movies.

Other galleries

In many other galleries you might find art made by gays, but their works of art are not always explicitly gay. Just pop in while you_re in Amsterdam and you may find something you like. In these galleries the chance to find gay oriented art is not too small:

• Galerie Siau, Keizersgracht 267, tel. 020-626.76.21
• Go Gallery, Prinsengracht 64, tel. 020-422.98.80
• Torch Gallery, Lauriergracht 04, tel. 020-626.02.84
• RA Galerie, Vijzelstraat 80, tel. 626.51.00.