Erwin Olaf

Erwin Olaf: Stages is reviewed in Observer, "How Erwin Olaf Created Art at the Seams of Lived Experience," by Su Ertekin-Taner.

The Stedelijk is organizing an exhibition of the work of Erwin Olaf, which opens in autumn 2025.

Three Erwin Olaf photographs from the Rijksmuseum's permanent collection are on view through September 1 in its exhibition Point of View.

Musée Magazine reviewed "Erwin Olaf: Stages," on view at Edwynn Houk Gallery from September 3 - October 26, 2024.

Erwin Olaf's iconic image Hope Portrait 5 (2005) is now hanging in the Gallery of Honour next to Girl in a Blue Dress (1641) by Johannes Verspronck.

We are profoundly saddened by the passing of Erwin Olaf (1959-2023), our friend and a deeply talented artist. For everyone at Edwynn Houk Gallery, the opportunity to know and to work with Erwin, and to share his work with audiences worldwide, has been a distinct honor and pleasure.

In 2023, Erwin Olaf was awarded the Medal of Honor for Art and Science from the House Order of Orange by the Dutch Royal Family.

Vermeer’s paintings invite this kind of fantasizing because of the simplicity of his scenes, said Erwin Olaf, a Dutch contemporary artist who takes inspiration from...

The Kunsthalle München is now staging the first, large-scale retrospective dedicated to Erwin Olaf's oeuvre in Germany.

Wearing tuxedo pants and a crisp white shirt, sleeves rolled up and bowtie hanging from the open collar, Erwin Olaf stands barefoot at the edge...

“9.45 am,” 2020, is from Erwin Olaf’s new body of work 'April Fool'. The series of 10 images addresses the sense of surrealism and confronting...

Paris Photo returns to the historic Grand Palais in November. The 23rd edition surveys the evolution of photography over nearly two centuries. Aesthetica selects 10...

Alain Verzeroli poses for a portrait in his Manhattan home with, from left, Erwin Olaf’s “Irene” (2007), from his “Grief” series, and Cui Xiuwen’s “Angel...

On Tuesday, on his sixtieth birthday, Erwin Olaf was named Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. The famous photographer was distinguished in the...

Edwynn Houk Gallery is pleased to present Palm Springs (2018), a new body of work by Erwin Olaf. Made on location, Palm Springs depicts a...

From nightlife-fuelled provocateur to Rembrandt-inspired portraitist, Erwin Olaf – 60 this year – continues to approach his subject with theatrical flair. ‘Palm Springs is a...

The Rijksmuseum has been a major source of inspiration for Erwin Olaf since his early youth, with Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Breitner and other Dutch artists...

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and The Hague Museum of Photography are to honour one of the Netherlands’ most famous photographers, Erwin Olaf (b. 1959), with a...

Erwin Olaf’s photos have the gloss of fashion shots and a haunting undercurrent that makes you long for more context. As he turns 60, three...

The Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf this week donated to the Rijksmuseum his core collection, the fully representative range of work spanning his entire career. The...