Flip Jansen – the Aprilfeest paper bags

23rd of April – 27th of May 2022 at Café Bern

The legendary festivities on Amsterdam’s Nieuwmarkt, during one week at the end of Aprll (in Dutch: ‘Aprilfeesten’), are a tradition that originates in the early ’90ties.

During the first years, posters were being printed to announce the ‘Aprilfeesten’. But 1996 was the first year of the intriguing ‘Aprilfeest paper bags’. They have been around ever since and have become true collector’s items. Every year Flip Jansen creates a new linocut

From 4:00-6:00 p.m. you can come and see the exhibition at your ease. Or late at night, after 11:00 p.m., when the rather busy dinner time has finished and a lovely relaxed “after hours” atmosphere has descended on Café Bern.

Please find below an overview of the complete collection of ‘Aprilfeest paper bags’.

Flip Jansen

Since 1996 the maker of the bags of the ‘Aprilfeest’