Museum depots are generally closed to the public. In rare situations, visitors get a peek behind the scenes. THE SHOWCASE - unboxing the CODA collection - shows they are so much more than storage areas filled with trolleys, ramps, cabinets, and meter-high stacks of boxes.

From October 1st, 2022 to the 15th of January 2023, this exhibition with photographs by Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes allows you to look at the collection, objects, and the function of a depot in a completely different and very surprising way.

The museum invites you to attend the opening on October 1st at 2.30 p.m. The exhibition will be opened by CODA director Carin Reinders and alderman Peter Messerschmidt. If you like to attend please click on the button below.

Dutch artist duo Maurice Scheltens (Apeldoorn, 1972) and Liesbeth Abbenes (Asten, 1970) presented their work and projects in cultural institutions such as Galliera Musee de la Mode Paris, Foam Amsterdam, Huis Marseille Amsterdam, De Kunsthal in Rotterdam and The Art Institute of Chicago. In 2019 they made a special assignment for the Dutch Royal Family in Huis ten Bosch Palace. In addition, Scheltens & Abbenes made commissioned photographs for fashion and design companies such as Humanrace by Pharrell Williams, Paco Rabanne, Maison Martin Margiela, COS, Hermes, Muller van Severen, Arita, Mutina, and editorials for magazines such as Fantastic Man, The Gentlewomen, Double, Pin-Up magazine, MacGuffin, The Plant, and New York Times Magazine. Scheltens & Abbenes also won an ICP Infinity Award in New York.