From 21 March, De Pont Museum will present ATLAS, the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by Steve McQueen. The exhibition presents the new work Atlas (2026) – created for the exhibition– and the museum’s recent acquisition, Sunshine State (2022). Alongside the sound work Untitled (2025) and the photo series Bounty (2024), these works form a powerful ensemble in which McQueen explores the boundaries of space, memory, imagination and time.

With ATLAS, De Pont Museum presents an artist at the height of his powers: sharp in observation, deeply human in resonance. The four works unfold as a journey from the personal to the cosmic – from the intimate to the collective and from physical presence to the immensity of the universe. The exhibition reveals McQueen as both filmmaker and thinker, intertwining art, film and lived reality.

Image: Portrait Steve McQueen, 2025. Photo: Roos Pierson