Publications

Selected writings


Books/edited volumes/catalogues 
  • Emma van Bijnen, Pepijn Brandon, Karwan Fatah-Black, Imara Limon, Wayne Modest, Margriet Schavemaker (eds.), The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past. Curating Heritage, Art and Activism, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (forthcoming January 2024)
  • Schavemaker, M., Schoutens, E., Reeser, P., De Wildt, A. (eds.), The Golden Coach, Zwolle: WBooks & Amsterdam Museum, 2021.
  • Schavemaker, M., The White Cube as Lieu de Mémoire: The Return of History in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Amsterdam: Reinwardt Academie, 2017. 
  • Schavemaker, M., Til,B., Wisner, B. (eds.), Jean Tinguely, Keulen: Walther Konig Verlag, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2016.
  • .Folkerts, H.,  Linder, C., Schavemaker, M. (eds.), Facing Forward. Art & Theory from a Future Perspective, Amsterdam University Press, 2015.
  • Pörschmann, D., Schavemaker, M. (eds.), ZERO, Walther König Verlag, ZERO Foundation Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2015.
  • Langfeld, G., Schavemaker, M., Soeting, M. (eds.), The Stedelijk Museum & the Second World War, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bas Lubberhuizen en Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2015.
  • Gnyp, M. and Schavemaker, M., (eds.) Etant Donnés: De Meesterzetten van Frank Reijnders. Een Liber Amicorum, Amsterdam 2011 
  • Esner, R. and Schavemaker, M. (eds.), Vincent Everywhere: Van Gogh’s (Inter)National Identities, Amsterdam: AUP 2010.
  • Bouwhuis, J. en Schavemaker, M. (eds), Monumentalism, Rotterdam: Nai Publishers 2010.
  • Schavemaker, M., Ruyters, D, Bouwhuis, J., Vesters, J.(eds.) Now is the Time. Art and Theory in the 21st Century, Rotterdam: NAI publishers 2009.
  • Schavemaker, M. en Rakier, M. (eds.) Right about Now: Art and Theory since the 1990s, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Valiz 2007.
  • Schavemaker, M., Lonely Images. Language in the Visual Arts of the 1960s, 2007 (PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam)

Inaugural lecture 


Amsterdam Museum Journal (refereed)

Schavemaker is the co-founding editor of Amsterdam Museum Journal (AM Journal), the peer reviewed online magazine of the Amsterdam Museum. Together with Dr. Emma van Bijnen she functions as editor-in-chief.  


First issue:

 ‘War, Conflict & the City’, AM Journal #1 (1 oct 2023)


See for introduction: 
Emma van Bijnen and Margriet Schavemaker, Editor’s Note, pp.7-9  


Stedelijk Studies (refereed)

Schavemaker is the founding editor of Stedelijk Studies, the peer reviewed online magazine of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. She functioned as editor-in-chief from 2014-2019.

For the first editorial and mission statement see: 


In collaboration with colleagues Schavemaker co-edited the following theme issues:

#4 Between the Discursive and the Immersive. Curating Research in the 21rst Century Art Museum (Spring 2016)

For the editorial see:

# 7 Lose Yourself! On Labyrinthine Exhibitions as Curatorial Model (Fall 2018)

For the editorial see: 

# 8 Towards a Museum of Mutuality (Spring 2019)

For the editorial see: 



Essays (refereed)
  • Margriet Schavemaker, ‘The Elephant in the Room. Afterthoughts on the Golden Coach Exhibition’, in: Sarah Mallory, Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Kéla Jackson, and Rachel Burke (eds.), Art Museums and the Legacies of the Dutch Slave Trade: Curating Histories, Envisioning Futures, Leiden: Brill Publishers (forthcoming 2024) 
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘The Dis/Reappearance of Two Female Collectors,’ in: Maaike Schoorel x The Willet-Holthuysen House, Rotterdam: NAI010 Publishers (forthcoming 2024) 
  • Imara Limon, Margriet Schavemaker, Inez Blanca van der Scheer, Vanessa Vroon-Najem, Gonca Yalciner, Annemarie de Wildt, ‘Polyphonic Curating’, in: Eliza Steinbock, Hester Dibbets (eds.), Practices Matter. The Critical Visitor Book, Rotterdam: Nederlands Museum voor Wereldculturen (forthcoming 2024) 
  • Emma van Bijnen, Pepijn Brandon, Karwan Fatah-Black, Imara Limon, Wayne Modest, Margriet Schavemaker, ‘Preface’, in: Emma van Bijnen, Pepijn Brandon, Karwan Fatah-Black, Imara Limon, Wayne Modest, Margriet Schavemaker (eds.), The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past. Curating Heritage, Art and Activism, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 8-11 (forthcoming January 2024)
  • Pepijn Brandon, Karwan Fatah-Black, Imara Limon, Wayne Modest, Margriet Schavemaker, moderated by Emma van Bijnen, ‘The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past: A Round Table Introduction’ in: Emma van Bijnen, Pepijn Brandon, Karwan Fatah-Black, Imara Limon, Wayne Modest, Margriet Schavemaker (eds.), The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past. Curating Heritage, Art and Activism, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (forthcoming January 2024)
  • Imara Limon, Margriet Schavemaker, Inez van der Scheer, ‘Shape-Shifting. Contemporary Art and the Revisioning of the Amsterdam Colonial Past’, in: Emma van Bijnen, Pepijn Brandon, Karwan Fatah-Black, Imara Limon, Wayne Modest, Margriet Schavemaker (eds.), The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past. Curating Heritage, Art and Activism, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp.84-107 (forthcoming January 2024)
  • Pepijn Reeser, Margriet Schavemaker, Rowan Stol, Annemarie de Wildt, The Museum as a Researcher Learning from the Golden Coach Exhibition, in: Emma van Bijnen, Pepijn Brandon, Karwan Fatah-Black, Imara Limon, Wayne Modest, Margriet Schavemaker (eds.), The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past. Curating Heritage, Art and Activism, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (forthcoming January 2024) pp.50-65 (forthcoming January 2024) 
  • Schavemaker, Margriet, Schoutens, Esmee, Stol, Rowan, “(Un)Curating COVID: Lessons from Corona in the City”, in: Journal of Curatorial Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, 1 April 2022, pp. 72-92(21)
  • Schavemaker, M., 'The Golden Coach in the Amsterdam Museum', in: Schavemaker, M., Schoutens, E., Reeser, P., De Wildt, A. (eds.), The Golden Coach, Zwolle: WBooks & Amsterdam Museum, 2021.
  • Margriet Schavemaker, The White Cube as Lieu de Mémoire: The Return of History in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, in: Riemer Knoop (ed.), Critically Exploring Heritage and Museums, Voices from the Reinwardt Academy,  Zhejiang University Press, 2019 (in Chinese) (Reprint from 2017 publication, Reinwardt Academie)
  • Margriet Schavemaker, ‘Playful and Painful: Jacqueline de Jong’s Take on Dylaby,’ in: Ellef Prestsæter (ed.), These Are Situationist Times! An Inventory of Reproductions, Deformations, Modifications, Derivations, and Transformations, Oslo: Torpedo Press, 2019, pp.181-188.
  • Margriet Schavemaker, 'Changing the Game: Museum Research and the Politics of Inclusivity,' in: Stedelijk Studies #8, Spring 2019 (Theme issue on The Museum of Mutuality)  (re-print of: Song Sujong, Kim Seong Eun (eds.), The Curatorial in Parallax (What Museums Do series), Korea: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 2018, pp.89-106.)
  • Margriet Schavemaker, 'Changing the Game: Museum Research and the Politics of Inclusivity,' in: Song Sujong, Kim Seong Eun (eds.), The Curatorial in Parallax (What Museums Do series), Korea: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 2018, pp.89-106.
  • Margriet Schavemaker, Barbara Til, Beat Wismer, 'Jean Tinguely: An Introduction,' in: M.Schavemaker, B.Til, B.Wismer (eds.) Jean Tinguely, Walther Konig Verlag, Museum Palast Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2016, pp.9-12
  • Margriet Schavemaker, 'Longing for Lost Labyrinths,' in: M.Schavemaker, B.Til, B.Wismer (eds.), Jean Tinguely, Walther Konig Verlag, Museum Palast Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2016, pp.155-160.
  • Margriet Schavemaker, 'Ben's Text Art in Context', in: Pardey, A. (ed.), Ben Vautier. Is Everything Art?, Heidelberg Berlin:Kehrer Verlag, Basel: Museum Tinguely, 2015 pp.11-26.
  • Hendrik Folkerts, Christoph Linder, Margriet Schavemaker, ‘A Change of Direction,’ in: H.Folkerts, C. Linder, M. Schavemaker (eds.), Facing Forward. Art & Theory from a Future Perspective, Amsterdam University Press, 2015, pp. 7-20.
  • Dirk Pörschmann and Margriet Schavemaker, ‘New Encounters with a Forgotten Avant-garde,’ in: D. Pörschmann, M. Schavemaker (eds.), ZERO, Walther König Verlag, ZERO Foundation Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2015 p.13-19. (also in German and Dutch)
  • Margriet Schavemaker, ‘Performing ZERO’ in: D. Pörschmann, M. Schavemaker (eds.), ZERO, Walther König Verlag, ZERO Foundation Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2015 p. 211-224. (also in German and Dutch)
  • Margriet Schavemaker, ‘The Second World War in the 21st Century Art Museum’ in: G. Langfeld, M.Schavemaker, M.Soeting (eds.), The Stedelijk Museum & the Second World War, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bas Lubberhuizen en Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2015 p.11-39. (also in Dutch)
  • Margriet Schavemaker, ‘Performing Zero,’ in: Valerie Hillings (ed), Countdown to Tomorrow: ZERO, 1950s-1960s, New York: Guggenheim Museum 2014, pp. 44-55.
  • Margriet Schavemaker, ‘Curating Interactivity. Models, Motivations and New Institutionalism,’ Kathryn Brown (ed), Interactive Contemporary Art. Participation in Practice, London/New York: I.B.Taurus 2014, pp.239-255.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Nauman and Serra: American Contrasts in the Twilight Zone’, Adrichem, Jan van (eds.) Stedelijk Collection Reflections, Rotterdam: NAI Publishers, 2012, pp. 501-512.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Is Augmented Reality the Ultimate Museum App? Some Strategic Considerations’, Proctor, N., (ed.), Mobile Apps for Museums. The AAM Guide to planning and Strategy, 2011. 
  • Bouwhuis, J. en Schavemaker, M., ‘Monumentalisme: een inleiding,’ Bouwhuis, J. en Schavemaker, M. (red.), Monumentalisme: Nationale identiteit en hedendaagse kunst, Rotterdam: Nai Publishers2010, pp.64-89.(tweetalige editie NL/ENG)
  • Schavemaker, M, 'Imprisoned by Hollywood? Van Gogh in the Mass Media,' Schavemaker, M. and Esner, R.(eds.), Vincent Everywhere: Van Gogh’s (inter)national identities, Amsterdam: AUP, 2010, pp.89-99.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Reading the unreadable: interpreting visual forms of language’, F.R. DAVID magazine, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, November/December 2007.
  • Schavemaker, M., en Rakier, M., ‘Fort! Da! De verhouding tussen kunst en theorie sinds de jaren tachtig’, Jong Holland, no. 4 2006, pp.49-54
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Playing with the paratext: Artists’ Books of the 1960s’, Kuitert, L. (red.), Paratext. The Fuzzy Edges of Literature, Amsterdam 2004, p. 155-171.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Eenzame Beelden: over vormen van taal in de kunst’, De Witte Raaf, no.104, juli-augustus 2003, p.4-5.


Populair writing (essays/interviews etc)

Reviews
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Rebelle(er)! De actualiteit van de feministische kunst,’, Museumtijdschrift, juli/augustus 2009, pp. 38-41.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Van Gogh op de huid gezeten’, Museumtijdschrift, juni/juli 2009, p.15.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Ian Wallace’, De Witte Raaf no.137, januari/februari 2009, pp. 6-7.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Kunst in Verzet’, Museumtijdschrift nr.7 oktober-november 2007, pp. 46-49.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Zoek de populist. Kritische tentoonstelling over populisme’, Het Museum Tijdschrift/Vitrine, juli/augustus 2005, pp. 34-37.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Joseph Kosuth. Monument voor tijdelijke kunst’, Het Museum Tijdschrift/Vitrine, november 2004, pp. 34-37.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Joseph Kosuth/Tino Sehgal’, De Witte Raaf, no.109, mei-juni 2004, p. 29.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Alexander Alberro, Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity’, De Witte Raaf, no .103, mei-juni 2003, p. 41.
  • Schavemaker, M., ‘Het Kunstenaarsboek: een vergeten planeet uit de Gutenberg Galaxy’, De Witte Raaf no.101, januari-februari 2003, p. 47.