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Antwerp Art is your guide to the contemporary art scene in Antwerp. The next Antwerp Art Weekend is happening from 13-16 May, 2021.

Continuing its position as an avant-garde city, Antwerp harbors a vibrant contemporary art scene, ranging from internationally renowned museums and galleries to project spaces, an artist-in-residence program, two prominent art schools, a Kunsthal and young, upcoming artist initiatives. Conveniently located in the proximity of Brussels, Paris, London, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Cologne, Antwerp hosts

a continuous flow of artists and art lovers, complementing the already, strongly present local scene. Since 2014, Antwerp Art connects and promotes the activities by its members, as well as a brisk pool of upcoming art initiatives and temporary exhibitions, located in Antwerp. Antwerp Art is the joint platform for these exhibition spaces, listing relevant exhibitions and openings for both professionals and a wider audience. Antwerp Art organizes the annual Antwerp Art Weekend, a citywide manifestation for contemporary art in Antwerp, its main goal being the promotion of contemporary art as a valuable and essential part of society. Antwerp Art is a non-profit organization supported by its members and the City of Antwerp. If you'd like to stay up to date on art in Antwerp, subscribe to our newsletter through: antwerpart.be/info/

07/09/2026

All eyes on Brussels for this week!

Across more than 95 venues, galleries, public institutions, private foundations, auction houses and artist-run initiatives come together for four days of exhibitions and events, celebrating the city’s vibrant art scene and cultural heartbeat.

RendezVous puts artists at the heart of the program, with a number of studio visits organised in collaboration with participating galleries and Brussels-based residency programs.

For those wondering where to begin, Salon de RendezVous by offers a starting point at the former Clearing Gallery in Forest, a site-specific installation doubling as a meeting point and a set for the Salon Encounters program.

RendezVous, Brussels Art Week takes place from 10–13 September.

Find all information and the full program at rendezvousbxl.com.

Image by Paulina Tuziak

05/09/2026

With the start of a new art season, there are many new exhibitions to discover in Antwerp. Today, three exhibitions open at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde:

→ Edouard Devriendt, Then let’s keep dancing
→ Artist Portfolios, Curated by Henri Steenbeke & Van de Velde
→ Dirk Van Saene, All nightingales understand one another

Highlighted here is Edouard Devriendt with Then let’s keep dancing, bringing together a selection of new paintings that continue his ongoing exploration of observation, memory, and atmosphere. Working between the worlds of painting and object design, Devriendt approaches both practices with the same sensitivity: a desire to capture what is often overlooked and preserve what might otherwise pass unnoticed.

Opening today from 13:00–18:00 .

03/09/2026

With the start of a new season and many new exhibitions opening, Ben Sledsens’ An Apple for the Road opens today at .

In this new series of paintings, wonder, attentiveness, and imagination take center stage. Building on an extensive body of works on paper, Sledsens embraces a freer and more intuitive approach, exploring new compositions, perspectives, and motifs while retaining his vibrant use of colour and dreamlike imagery.

Water, light, reflections, flowers, animals, and familiar moments from everyday life become invitations to slow down and look more closely. Moving between the recognizable and the elusive, the paintings create a personal world where observation, memory, desire, and art history converge.

An Apple for the Road celebrates beauty not as escapism, but as a way of experiencing the world anew, creating space for wonder, contemplation, and connection in an age of constant acceleration.

Installation views by Tim Van Laere Gallery

01/09/2026

New season, new members.

September marks the start of a new art season in Antwerp, with galleries and art spaces reopening their doors and a fresh program of exhibitions, openings and events across the city.

This season, we’re very excited to welcome five new members to Antwerp Art:
→ TACK TICK
→ Follie
→ Galerie Zwart Huis
→ AAIMACHINE
→ NQ Gallery

Discover their programs this season on antwerpart.be.

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• Image 1 TACK TICK, Salle de Ventes par Notaires, Mechelen. Photo: Benjamin Francis • Image 2 Follie, Peperkoekenhuisje in Park Den Brandt • Image 3 Zwart Huis at studio Nils Verkaeren, Antwerp Art Weekend 2026 • Image 4 Messieurs Delmotte at AAIMACHINE, Antwerp Art Weekend 2026 • Image 5 NQ Gallery, Installation view SCULPTURAL •

28/08/2026

This weekend, FOMU presents the graduation projects of the Master's students in Photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Admission is free, and the exhibition can be visited during FOMU's regular opening hours.

The Graduation Show features work by Luna Del Volgo, Efstathia Flokatoula, Zoée Luna Gaudion, Rusnė Gurevičiūtė, Erik Mathias, Daphne Portokaloglou, and Aleksandra Skliarenko.

The exhibition approaches the idea of crossing as a space of projections, distortions, fantasies, fragments, and hidden rituals. It unfolds as a procession of transformation and reconstruction.

Each artist brings together their own stories and visual practice. While their interests, experiences, and methods differ, their paths intersect in a shared space. The result is a map of overlapping trajectories, where growth emerges as a collective process shaped by difference.

Opening tonight , from 18:00-23:00.

Image by Erik Mathias

26/08/2026

Last days to see the group exhibition Clay Matters .

Clay Matters approaches ceramics as a living, thinking material and brings together artists who each work with the medium in their own way: from a poetic, mythical, or organic approach to conceptual and sculptural experiments. In addition to artists closely associated with the gallery, such as Luca Monterastelli, Valgerður Sigurðardóttir, Clara Spilliaert, Koen Theys, and Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, guest artists have also been invited, including Justine Grillet, Cameron Jamie, Pei-Hsuan Wang, and Johan Creten.

Artists: Valgerður Sigurðardóttir, Clara Spilliaert, Luca Monterastelli, Koen Theys, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Cameron Jamie, Justine Grillet, Pei-Hsuan Wang, Johan Creten

Clay Matters is on view until Saturday, August 29.

Installation views by Keteleer Gallery

21/08/2026

Last days to see Timeline .

Arnaud Maere presents a selection of conceptual works exploring themes of time, transformation, identity, and perception. His practice is always driven by ideas, with each concept determining the choice of medium. Sculpture, installation, photography, and mixed media become vehicles for meaning. Maere investigates how we construct value and assign meaning, creating layered works that invite reflection.

With Timeline, he encourages viewers to pause and reconsider how time shapes our experience, memories, and perception of reality.

The solo exhibition by .maere is on view until August 22.

Images by .pollet

19/08/2026

Discover the current exhibition UNI .

On the occasion of Antwerp Pride, held this year under the theme Fearless, Annie Gentils Gallery presents UNI, a group exhibition bringing together LGBTQIA+ artists and allies.

Highlighted here is the work of Andrew Webb (1966–2019). Webb’s artistic practice began with conceptual objects and collages, drawing on Dadaism and surrealism. His collages are characterised by playful wordplay, visual and phonetic puns, anagrams, humour and poetic ambiguity.

Participating artists are Arocha / Schraenen, Kasper Bosmans, Jack Davey, Messieurs Delmotte, Marijke De Roover, Emeline Descreaux, Chris Gillis, Yann Freichels, Paul Armand Gette, Hantrax doll solutions, Sina Hensel, Philip Huyghe, Juliet Jespers, Clara Lissens, Rufus Michielsen, Ria Pacquée, Jonathan Paepens, Veronika Pot, Marc Rossignol, Lieven Segers & Johanna Trudzinsky, Jesse Siegel, Luc Tuymans, Sietske Van Aerde, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Stef Van Looveren, Vanessa Van Obberghen, Tom Volkaert and Andrew Webb.

The exhibition is curated by Annie Gentils Gallery and Tom Sanders, and is on view until 27 September.

13/08/2026

Last days to visit the summer exhibitions before they close on August 16.

→ Copper thread, Rubber thread, Sugar thread by Sammy Baloji

→ Biophony: Beats of Love, curated by Antwerp Q***r Arts Festival with artists: Bobby Benzo Brown, Hunter Claes, Phara De Jaegere, Exter, Juliet Jespers, Aida Krnic, Lize Maekelberg, Cyn Micheli, Billie Q, Vural Saglam, Delta Van Melle and F***y Wellens

→ Also discover Periphery with participating artists: Meryem Bayram, Melissa Gordon, Imge Özbilge, Hussein Shikha and Clara Spilliaert. On view until December 31, 2026.

Image by Brent Mertens

06/08/2026

This weekend during Antwerp Pride, M HKA organises a multi-day program together with ***rartsfestival, including a sound installation Wishing Well, and a Shared Incantations workshop with artist Sasa Ghanem-Chaney.

Wishing Well offers a sanctuary for q***r voices in a sculpture where you are invited to make a wish and let your voice be heard. Your voice is recorded and combined with the voices of others, woven into an evolving soundscape that moves through the space.

Wishing Well is an ongoing archive of q***r voices. A composition of wishes and contributions from everyone who has ever passed through it: scattered voices becoming one.

More information about the workshops and full program
and ***rartsfestival.

The program runs from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August 2026.

Image by Micklin Korsuize

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