DNB Art Collection

2026
There are always more things going on than you think

The works in this exhibition sit between technology and the body, a tension increasingly visible by the rise of AI: the promise of efficiency against the fear of dependence and loss of control. Our exhibition design answers this ambiguity with its own cultural technology—hand-painted "pockets" that carry and care for the artworks. Following Le Guin's Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, where the bag precedes the blade, “pocketing” proposes gathering and relation-making as a technology built on care rather than control. For De Nieuwe Schatkamer, Amsterdam.

  • DNB Art Collection: brick sculptures on wheeled stands over a hand-painted pocket of lilac, teal and red, carried with care
  • DNB Art Collection: hand-painted pockets cradle a garden painting in turquoise, three screens in pink — care over control
  • DNB Art Collection: a red pocket carries a blue painting that says 'It's difficult', a brick figure gathered on a pink plinth
  • DNB Art Collection: pockets of olive, teal and red carry a garden, a cityscape and a bust — gathering, technology and body
  • DNB Art Collection: across the room, hand-painted pockets gather a garden painting, three screens and a striped work on red
  • DNB Art Collection: a lilac plinth carries a small white brick figure under glass, its shadow gathered tall on the grey wall
  • DNB Art Collection: a turquoise pocket spans pink and olive panels, lettering steps down 'There Are Always More Things'
  • DNB Art Collection: yellow, red and turquoise pockets carry paintings and a small sculpture across the gallery with care
  • DNB Art Collection: a lilac panel cradles two text sheets by a stair, an olive and red pocket carries a striped painting