blog

On 15 August 2025, Pennings Foundation opened the exhibition My Dearest Teun by photographer Tahné Kleijn, centred on the story of her grandmother, who was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War. The opening date was chosen deliberately: 80 years earlier, on 15 August, Japan capitulated, bringing an end to the imprisonment in the Japanese camps in former Dutch East Indies. A day of remembrance. A family history In My Dearest Teun, Tahné Kleij

From 7 March to 9 May 2026, Pennings Foundation presented the seventh edition of the Harry Pennings Prize. The prize was established in 2007 by Galerie Pennings, in memory of Harry Pennings — founder of one of the first galleries for autonomous photography in the Netherlands — and to offer emerging photographers a platform to distinguish themselves and present their work. Selection Process: From Longlist to Exhibition For this edition, several experts in autonomous photog