Developmental psychology with the University of Amsterdam
A special programme has been developed around the theme of the exhibition. Visitors are invited to participate. The programme includes series of lectures, an on-line experiment, an interactive weblog and a research lab at the museum.
Interactive weblog: with stories, insights and background information on the theme of children’s drawings. Edited by Dr. Ad Dudink, developmental psychologist, and the UvA (online from 1 February, 2012).
This programme has in part been made possible with the support of the SNS REAAL Foundation.
Exhibition flyer
Click here to download the exhibition flyer.
Sunday walk-in tours (Dutch)
Tours of the exhibition will take place every Sunday afternoon from 2:00-3:00 p.m., no reservations required. The fee for the tour is € 5.00 (excluding museum admission).
Tours by appointment
Private tours of the exhibition by experienced art historians are available for groups (up to 20 persons). The fee per group is
€ 100.00 for tours in English, French or German, € 90.00 for a tour in Dutch. Please book your tour in advance by contacting us at +31 (0)20 5475031 or .
Children’s studios and birthday workshops
Children receive the Klee and Cobra workbook at no charge. Children’s studios are held every Sunday from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., free of charge, no reservations required. Workshops with artists from Wildervanck in Kunst are available (ages 6-12, reservations needed). Special birthday workshops are also available.
Lloyd Hotel arrangement
Visitors to the exhibition who would like to spend the night in Amsterdam can take advantage of a special arrangement with Lloyd Hotel. Click here for more information on this arrangement and for reservations.
Please note: Surcharge
There is a € 2.50 charge for adults visiting the exhibition Klee and Cobra, in addition to the museum entrance fee.
Klee and Cobra
A Child’s Play
28.01 - 22.04 2012
"Since Paul Klee, all artists are self-taught."
- Pablo Picasso
The impressive oeuvre of Paul Klee (1879-1940) reveals an exceptional desire to experiment. The Netherlands first became acquainted with Klee’s work in 1948, when the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam presented a now legendary exhibition of the work of the Swiss artist. The press and the public were enchanted by the world of Paul Klee. Today, the work of this modern master is seldom seen in the Netherlands. In early 2012, with Klee and Cobra: A Child’s Play, that will change. This in-depth exhibition at the Cobra Museum reveals shared fascinations on the parts of both Klee and the Cobra artists for the wondrous, imaginary world of the child. In all, over 130 masterpieces by Paul Klee and 120 by Cobra artists (Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Eugène Brands, Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky and others) have been brought together for this exhibition from international collections.
The presentation reveals similarities and differences between Klee and Cobra, both in their working methods and in their ideas about the role and the meaning of the child in art. Klee and Cobra: A Child’s Play centres on five themes: the imagination of the child, fantastic animals, acrobatics, masks, aggression. Visitors will experience how both Klee and the post-war Cobra artists translated the free expression of children into radical new art, which still today remains colourful, spontaneous, raw and pure.
Klee and Cobra has been organized in collaboration with the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark.
Exhibition catalogue
The exhibition is accompanied by the catalogue, Klee and Cobra: A Child’s Play. Authors: amongst others Michael Baumgartner, Jonathan Fineberg, Willemijn Stokvis. Available in Dutch (published by Ludion; price: € 27.90), English or German (Hatje Cantz Verlag; English: ISBN 978-3-7757-2983-3, German: ISBN 978-3-7757-2982-6; price: € 39.80).
Family workshop
Workshop for (grand)parents and their (grand)children. On Easter Monday 9 April from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. Fee: 15 p.p.
Advance booking:
Interactive weblog
With stories, insights and background infromation on the theme of children's drawings.
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Lab
Open to visitors on Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., and on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., from February 1st through March 31, 2012, Anyone eight years or older can participate.
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