Kunstinstituut Melly[2][3][4] is a contemporary art house located in a former school building on Witte de Withstraat, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

"[10] The problem with the name was highlighted by critic Egbert Alejandro Martina during preparatory meetings for the exhibition Cinema Olanda: Platform, which ran alongside the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

An open letter from Martina and others stated, "Witte de With has 'failed' to come to terms with its own internal contradictions, and has yet to reckon with the historical figure it symbolically embodies.

These included the Piet Hein statue in Delfshaven, the Pim Fortuyn memorial and the Witte de With Center, where they left handprints in red paint.

[17][18] In 2009 a year-long program at Witte de With was structured as a series of group shows, presentations, performances, screenings and debates [19] including participations by Dineo Seshee Bopape, D.O.R., Simon Denny, Yngve Holen, Mark Leckey, Patrizio di Massimo, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, and Jeremy Shaw.