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Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei op de gevel van MDD De zevende poster van het PLAKT-project werd opgehangen aan onze gevel. In dit initiatief van Artlead verschijnen de werken van twaalf kunstenaars onverwacht op verschillende locaties. Deze maand kunnen bezoekers het werk Inhale Me van Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei ontdekken. Een geometrische vorm en de woorden 'inhale me' zijn zichtbaar op de poster. De vorm, opgebouwd uit cirkels en lijnen, doet denken aan een pijp of een medische inhalator. Door deze elementen uit te lichten en te verplaatsen naar de publieke ruimte, krijgt een intieme boodschap plots een politiek bijklank Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei, Inhale Me ________________________________ Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei on the façade of MDD The seventh poster of the PLAKT project has been installed on our façade. In this initiative by Artlead, works by twelve artists appear unexpectedly in different locations. This month, visitors can discover Inhale Me by Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei. A geometric form and the words “inhale me” are visible in the image. The form, built up from circles and lines, resembles a pipe or a medical inhaler. By isolating these elements and relocating them to the public space, an intimate message suddenly gains a more political resonance. Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei, Inhale Me

Op de gevel kan van de Garage kan je de volgende poster uit de PLAKT serie zien. In RE/SET (2024) van Peter Downsbrough zie je een gekantelde rechthoek met de woorden RE en SET. Als een van zijn laatste creaties kan het gelezen worden als een stille oproep om nooit stil te vallen, maar steeds opnieuw te beginnen. Een RESET. PLAKT is een samenwerking met @artlead waarin posters van twaalf kunstenaars getoond worden in verschillende steden in België. EN On the façade of de Garage the next poster from the PLAKT series has been hung. In Peter Downsbrough's RE/SET (2024) you see a tilted rectangle with the words RE and SET. As one of his last creations, the work can be read as a silent call to never come a standstill, but to always restart. A reset. PLAKT is a collaboration with Artlead in which 12 artists present posters in different cities in Belgium. Foto's @wouterslavinia #kunsthalmechelen #contemporaryart #extramuros

A new commission for Museumplein by Veronika Bezdenejnykh is now on view between MSK and SMAK in Ghent. Bezdenejnykh developed a series of flags inspired by walks through the Wondelgemstraat, in Ghent’s Rabot neighbourhood where she lived for years: an arrival district where an Afghan baker, Romanian delicacies, an Asian Dumpling House and a Turkish decoration shop exist side by side. Bezdenejnykh photographed details of menus, interiors and cake batter, bringing them together with elements from her digital archive and decorative patterns from the facade of the Museum of Fine Arts. With “Images from Home”, she brings a neighbourhood that rarely stands in the spotlight to the heart of the museum quarter. Museumplein is a project by artlead and S.M.A.K, supported by the City of Ghent. #VeronikaBezdenejnykh #museumplein #artlead #smakgent #mskgent #rabot #wondelgemstraat @smakgent @vero_nika_bez @artlead

Mekhitar Garabedian op de gevel van MDD De zesde poster van het PLAKT-project werd zopas opgehangen aan onze gevel. In dit initiatief van Artlead verschijnen de werken van twaalf kunstenaars onverwacht op verschillende locaties. Deze maand kunnen bezoekers het werk 'Alep (Bronze Lamp)' van Mekhitar Garabedian ontdekken. Het beeld toont een Syrische postzegel met een bronzen olielamp in de vorm van een paard, bedrukt met “par avion,” “Alep” en de datum 27.08.’81. Deze datum markeert een persoonlijk moment—Garabedian werd geboren in Aleppo en emigreerde in 1981 met zijn familie naar België. De postzegel komt van een brief die naar zijn vader werd gestuurd in Antwerpen, waar het gezin het eerste jaar na aankomst in België woonde. Garabedian verandert het beeld en maakt het vervreemdend en ongrijpbaar. Door de kleuren van de originele postzegel om te keren, onttrekt hij het oorspronkelijke beeld aan het zicht, waardoor het ontoegankelijk wordt—net zoals aspecten van het verleden die buiten bereik blijven, bewaard maar toch veranderd door tijd en herinnering. Mekhitar Garabedian, Alep (Bronze Lamp) ______________________________ Mekhitar Garabedian on the facade of MDD The sixth poster of the PLAKT project has just been installed on our facade. In this initiative by Artlead, works by twelve artists appear unexpectedly at various locations. This month, visitors can discover the work Alep (Bronze Lamp) by Mekhitar Garabedian. The image depicts a Syrian postage stamp featuring a bronze oil lamp in the shape of a horse, printed with the words “par avion,” “Alep,” and the date 27.08.’81. This date marks a personal moment—Garabedian was born in Aleppo and emigrated with his family to Belgium in 1981. The stamp originates from a letter sent to his father in Antwerp, where the family lived during their first year after arriving in Belgium. Garabedian alters the image, rendering it estranging and elusive. By reversing the colours of the original stamp, he obscures the original image from view, making it inaccessible—much like aspects of the past that remain out of reach, preserved yet transformed by time and memory. Mekhitar Garabedian, Alep (Bronze Lamp)

A new Museumplein series by Veronika Bezdenejnykh ✨ More images and info follow soon #VeronikaBezdenejnykh #museumplein #artlead #smakgent

Our colouring book can also be used to paint 🎨 Philip Aguirre y Otegui and Daan Gielis as part of our “Colour with 28 artists” 🔗 Link in bio 👀 📸 @liesengelenphotography #colourwith28artists #artlead #philipaguirreyotegui #daangielis

ANASTASIA BAY – NIGHT MOTHER Dok-Noord 5L, 9000 Ghent 01/02/2026 – 31/05/2026 In Night Mother, a small cat rests in the lap of a leaning figure, its fragile body at once tender and tense. Around them, glimpses of other lives and events appear at the edges, faint reminders of struggle and vigilance beyond the immediate scene. This quiet tension sets the tone for Anastasia Bay’s recent series, where a collage of different gestures invite reflection on fragility, resilience, and the rhythms of everyday life. Bay’s most recent work balances private moments of care with the pressures of the wider world, reflecting her evolving attention to both human presence and the subtle moods that shape our experience. Text: @natalija.gucheva Billboard Series is a long-term art in public space project at Dok Noord, Ghent. Part of the former industrial port, this area is currently a section of the inner city ring, and is in full development to be reconverted into one of Ghent’s new quarters. Billboard Series is a sequence of site-specific art commissions, occupying a 50 square meters billboard on the South façade of 019. Each year, four artists are invited to create a work that considers the status of the image and fosters a productive dialogue with the surrounding neighbourhood and urban landscape. The presentation of each new Billboard will be accompanied by an evening curated by the artist, filled with lectures, performances, film or music. Billboard Series is a project in collaboration with @artlead . All billboards are curated by @trjbc @bay.anastasia

Last few days to see Edith Dekyndt’s “Shadows from the Walls of Death” as part of Museumplein at S.M.A.K. We have one more limited edition leaf available, DM for more info 🍁✨ 📷 @joselitoverschaeve #edithdekyndt #artlead #museumplein #smak #artinpublicspace #Gent @edith_dekyndt @smakgent @artlead

De volgende poster hangt aan de gevel van de Garage! Voor PLAKT koos @tineguns een still uit haar film 'To Each His Own Mask' Een gezicht van een kind met een bivakmuts. In de publieke ruimte wordt het een symbool voor een stil maar krachtig protest. PLAKT is een project in samenwerking met @artlead waar posters worden gehangen aan de gevels van verschillende kunstenorganisaties. EN Our next poster is on the façade! Tine Guns chose a still from her film 'To Each His Own Mask' for PLAKT. The face of a child wearing a balaclava. In public space it turns into a symbol of protests in its most silent but powerful form. PLAKT is a collaboration with artlead, in which posters are hung in the façade of different art institutions in different Belgian cities. Foto @wouterslavinia #kunsthalmechelen #contemporaryart #extramuros

Last day to visit Daan Gielis’ U’ll be fine at Keteleer, Antwerp #daangielis #keteleergallery

Our Billboard Series with Anastasia Bay premiered work from a new series titled “Night Mother”, addressing various aspects of motherhood. An exhibition with more work from this series opens tonight in Paris in Galerie Derouillon 🤍 We also work on an edition with Anastasia. DM to stay in the loop 📮 #anastasiabay #galeriederouillon #nightmother #artlead #billboardseries

Revisiting an earlier series 🌾🤍 Charif Benhelima’s Regeneration series was made for Triënnale Kortrijk — a sequence of Polaroid photographs of the same plant, each one reinterpreted through Benhelima’s hand-painting. The plant is an ‘exotic species’: one that doesn’t naturally belong in Belgium. In painting over it, Benhelima deliberately blurs the photographic context, making the images slippery and interchangeable — like memories that fade and shift over time. It’s part of his broader “Ubiquitas” research, in which Benhelima — born in Antwerp to Moroccan parents, now based between Bruges and Malmö — uses his lens to confront the contradictory identities that have shaped him. Each work in this series is completely unique. Regeneration Acrylic on polaroid 600 color instant film, with hand-painted passe-partout in artist frame Frame 43,1 cm x 35,3 cm / Polaroid 11 x 9 cm Sequence of 10 unique images Last copies available on artlead.net — link in bio — or send a DM 📮 #charifbenhelima #regeneration #polaroid #handpainted #uniquework #contemporaryphotography #artlead #belgianart #artlead #collectart #ubiquitas #kortrijktriennale #identityinart #affordableart #limitededition