de Appel is a daring institution founded in 1975. It soon became internationally known as an alternative institutional model, born out of artists' need to present performance and video art. Today, de Appel continues to act as a host for artistic and curatorial experimentation. Through a programme of Embedded Art in schools and society, a thirty-year-old Curatorial Programme and an active archive, de Appel brings people together to practise a mutual exchange of knowledge through exhibitions and live activations.

de Appel is committed to sharing resources with artists, cultural practitioners, school children, teenagers, university students, neighbours, curators, and national and international cultural and educational organisations, producing shared knowledge and aesthetics that challenge our understanding of art. In doing so, de Appel aims to contribute to artistic and socially relevant dialogues with various cultural and social organisations in Amsterdam and beyond. De Appel experiments with pedagogy outside of mainstream educational institutions and acts as a catalyst between academic research on art and culture and its constituencies. Our values include experimentation, innovation, solidarity, collaboration, social impact, affirmative critique and artistic collective freedom. We strive to be a place of collaboration between artists, institutions and communities, where we build regenerative collective models of curating and placemaking.

de Appel is structurally supported by Mondriaan Fonds and Amsterdam Fonds Voor de Kunst. de Appel’s Curatorial Programme is supported by Ammodo. In addition, de Appel is able to present a diverse and daring programme thanks to the generous support of the following funds: Municipality of Amsterdam – Districts Nieuw-West and Oost, Cultural Participation Fund, Fonds21, Zabawas Foundation, Het Cultuurfonds, Het Cultuurfonds North Holland, Stichting DOEN, Iona Foundation.

de Appel is part of ACI (Amsterdamse Culturele Instellingen), Adamnet (network of Amsterdam libraries and heritage institutions), BKNL (Beeldende Kunst Nederland), De Zaak Nu (national platform for visual art organisations), edcat.net (open catalogue for art publications), Mocca (Expertisenetwerk Cultuureducatie), MOKER (Verenigde Beeldende Kunstinstellingen Amsterdam), NADD (Network Archives Design and Digital Culture), OKBN (Overleg Kunsthistorische Bibliotheken Nederland) and Prijs voor de Jonge Kunstkritiek.