BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28120@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Public artwork opening: Wall of Tears DTSTAMP:20261003T212731Z DTSTART:20261015T150000Z DTEND:20261015T160000Z DESCRIPTION:Thursday 15 October\n\n\nPUBLIC ARTWORK OPENING: WALL OF TEARS\ n\nLineup: Presented by artist Phil Buehler (NY) and Plein TheaterTime: 17 :00 -\n18:00 hrsTickets: € 0\n\n\nWALL OF TEARS\n\nThe Wall of Tears by Am erican artist Phil Buehler\, is a heartbreaking memorial\nto 18\,457 child ren killed in Gaza. The installation lists the names of children\nin the o rder in which they were killed between October 7th\, 2023 and July 19\,\n2 025. First is Wesam Iyad Mohammed Abu Fsaife\, a 14-year-old boy. Last is Sabah\nOmar Saad al-Masri\, an eight-year-old girl.\n\nThe Wall of Tears i nstallation was first displayed in Brooklyn\, New York on the\n29th of Jan uary 2026 and has been displayed around the world\, including\nAustralia\, London\, San Fransisco\, Mexico\, New Jersey and is now brought for the\n first time to Amsterdam. It will be displayed as an public artwork on the 10\nmeter wide outdoor wall of the Plein Theater. The opening is on Octobe r 15th at\n17:00 (RSVP here\n[https://plein-theater.stager.co/shop/default /events/111694511])\n\nThe installation has brought visitors from around t he world to witness the\nintersection of art\, political commentary and th e horrors of genocide.\n\nThe rows and rows of names are punctuated by pho tos and stories of individual\nchildren\, drawing on reports by the Guardi an and Washington Post newspapers.\n\n“If you approach from a distance\, i t looks like almost an abstract painting and\nthat draws people in to see\ , what is that?” according to the artist Phil\nBuehler. “Then you’ll see t hey’re names of the children killed in Gaza since 7\nOctober and there are thousands of them stretching down the wall.”\n\n“Then you’ll be drawn in further\, I hope\, to see the faces and read the stories.\nThat’s the part that gets me when I look at it. You see these faces full of joy\nand hope \, snapshots from graduations and birthday parties and family gatherings\n and knowing that these kids’ lives were just cut short.”\n\nThe artist ref lects: “You can’t not think about your own kids and your own\nfamilies. I hope that might lead people to think about how they might help\, even\nif it’s just\, take a photo of the mural and pass it along on their social me dia\nor to their friends.”\n\n\nThis is a heartbreaking and powerful work that speaks to our shared humanity.\n\nWe welcome you to experience it. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/public-artwork-opening-wall-of-tears GEO:52.3608907;4.9138063 LOCATION:Plein Theater - Sajetplein 39\, 1091 DB Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,art,exhibition,oosterparkbuurt,opening,stories,th eater X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Thursday 15 October

Public artwork opening: Wall of Tears

Lineup: Presented by artist Phil Buehler (NY) and Plein TheaterTime: 17:00 - 18:00 hrsTickets: € 0

Wall of Tears

The Wall of Tears by American artis t Phil Buehler, is a heartbreaking memorial to 18,457 children killed in G aza. The installation lists the names of children in the order in which th ey were killed between October 7th, 2023 and July 19, 2025. First is Wesam Iyad Mohammed Abu Fsaife, a 14-year-old boy. Last is Sabah Omar Saad al-M asri, an eight-year-old girl.

The Wall of Tears installation was first displayed in Brooklyn, New York on the 29th of January 2026 and has been displayed around the world, including Austral ia, London, San Fransisco, Mexico, New Jersey and is now brought for the f irst time to Amsterdam. It will be displayed as an public artwork on the 1 0 meter wide outdoor wall of the Plein Theater. The opening is on October 15th at 17:00 (RSVP here)

The in stallation has brought visitors from around the world to witness the inter section of art, political commentary and the horrors of genocide.

T he rows and rows of names are punctuated by photos and stories of individu al children, drawing on reports by the Guardian and Washington Post newspa pers.

“If you approach from a distance, it looks like almost an abs tract painting and that draws people in to see, what is that?” according t o the artist Phil Buehler. “Then you’ll see they’re names of the children killed in Gaza since 7 October and there are thousands of them stretching down the wall.”

“Then you’ll be drawn in further, I hope, to see th e faces and read the stories. That’s the part that gets me when I look at it. You see these faces full of joy and hope, snapshots from graduations a nd birthday parties and family gatherings and knowing that these kids’ liv es were just cut short.”

The artist reflects: “You can’t not think about your own kids and your own families. I hope that might lead people t o think about how they might help, even if it’s just, take a photo of the mural and pass it along on their social media or to their friends.”

This is a heartbreaking and powerful work that speaks to our shared humanity.

We welcome you to experience it.

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