December 22, 2025

A Tale of A Tub is closed for the winter break. We will reopen on January 8 for the last weeks of The Clock Wife!

Well, that’s almost a wrap on 2025! Thank you to everyone who made it such a full and special year at the Tub, from a sizzling start with BRIANNA LEATHERBURY, to long lunches munching on language with ANNE KRUL, TABEA NIXDORFF and UNICA ZÜRN (in spirit), to residential ruminations and institutional investigations with our maiden artist-in-residence LILI HUSTON-HERTERICH (and accompanying dog-in-residence Cookie), ending with being let into the homes and hearts of MARJA BLOEM with SETH SIEGELAUB, JOHANNA MONK and VANITA MONK, BEA ORTEGA BOTAS and LETO YBARRA with FRAN HERNDON, and EMMA NIXON and SUE CRAMER with JOHN NIXON.

Thank you also to all the artists, writers, makers, organisational collaborators—including ANITA HRNÍC, ANNIE VERDOOLD, ANTYE GUENTHER, ARSALAN ISHAQZAI, ART OFFICE/CBK ROTTERDAM, ASH KILMARTIN, BROODFONDSMAKERS, BSO KASTEEL, BSO PRINSES AMALIA SPEELTUIN, CHRIS RIJTEN, CHRYSO AMAYA MICHAILIDIS, CLARA HARMSSEN, CON WERELDSCHOOL SCHIEDAM, CULTURAL WORKERS UNITE, DAGMAR BAUMANN, DANAE IO, DANIEL TOUMEY, DANIËL VAN DER GIESSEN, DODIE BELLAMY, DE BETROKKEN SPARTAAN, EVELINE VISSER, FELICITAS LENZ, GABI DAO, GELOVEN IN SPANGEN, GROENE GARAGE, HAN HOOGERBRUGGE, HILDE ONIS, HUIS VAN DE TOEKOMST, ILKE GERS, IMC WEEKENDSCHOOL, JOHANNA HEDVA, KATE PRICE, KATHRIN WOLKOWICZ, KINDERDAM, KINO ROTTERDAM, KUNSTENBOND, KUNSTINSTITUUT MELLY, THE LABORATORY FOR ART AND RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, LUCIO NERY DACOSTA, MAUD VERVENNE, MAURIK STOMPS, MENNO VERHOEF, MINERVA GRONINGEN, MIRIAM DEL SEPPIA, OXYGEN TANK, PIET ZWART INSTITUUT, PITA KIM, PROVINCIALE KUNSTHUMANIORA HASSELT, PUNT 5, RANA HAMADEH, ROELAND ROOIJAKKERS, SARAH ROSE GUITIAN NEDERLOF, SBO LUCAS, SMALL PRESS TRAFFIC, STACI BU SHEA, STAN WIERSMA, STITCHING MANO, STICHTING NIEUW IN NEDERLAND, STICHTING WIJKCOLLECTIE, STUDIO C.A.R.E, TALENINSTITUUT ROTTERDAM, TAYLOR LE MELLE, TENT, TOMI HILSEE, TOON FIBBE, TUMELO MTIMKHULU, VOEDSELBOS DE OVERTUIN, WESTERVOLKSHUIS, WILLEM DE KOONING ACADEMY and WMO RADAR—and team members who shaped the program in rigorously exciting ways, not always in plain sight, such as through weekly education workshops; community markets; endless talks, translations and typesettings; Saturday cafés with ADINA ORBOI and JURRIAAN BAGGERMAN, Open Monument Week with the residents of the Justus van Effencomplex; and everything in between. A notable mention goes to our stellar volunteers, who literally keep the doors open week after week.

On that note, said doors will be closed for the winter break from today, December 22, and will reopen on January 8 for the last weeks of The Clock Wife. Until then, we’re sending many wishes for the festive season and so looking forward to what’s to come in 2026 with you. Thank you for visiting and participating in all the ways that you do!