Name: On the Subject of Art — A Dinner Party, in an Art-Critical Mode #2
Start: 2026-04-16T19:15:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-16T22:30:00+02:00
Location: The Merchant House

$On the Subject of Art \u2014 A Dinner Party, in an Art-Critical Mode #2$

'A Dinner Party, in an Art-Critical Mode' is a series of four dinners at the art space The Merchant House, conceived by Marsha Plotnitsky.
About this Event

The Merchant House (TMH), Amsterdam, presents:
On the Subject of Art —
A Dinner Party, in an Art-Critical Mode
First Evening: Thursday 19 March
Starts 19:30 sharp. Doors open 19:15.
Save the Date
28 May / 25 June (tickets released at a later date)
Please join us for one or more evenings.
Across four Thursdays this spring and summer, our new series of dinner parties explores Context, Concept, Coincidence, and Consequence in relation to art—bringing together a small group of guests around a shared table. Created and hosted by Marsha Plotnitsky, TMH Founding Artistic Director.
Tickets
Standard €30 | Student €20 | Supporter €50
Limited seats. No special knowledge expected; everyone is welcome.
Dinner jacket and dress optional.
Dinner with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options.
With
Twenty guests — art — a frame (of reference)
— the dinner table — a conversation
And also with
Women — men — the spell — the unexpected
— a fatality — a long goodbye
Art on View
André Stempfel: The Merchant House, Your House (March – April)
TMH Spring Group Show (April – June)

About the Series

This series is devoted to gallery audiences of different backgrounds and interests. Each dinner party—fusing participation and attention, contemplation and conversation—aims to illuminate the impact of uncompromising, unprecedented art.

In between curating the exhibitions at TMH, Marsha Plotnitsky writes essays on art—this is also an invitation to share the tools behind her thinking.