GRESAC regularly organizes scientific events: conferences, workshops, symposiums, and seminars.
These gatherings are opportunities to share knowledge and discuss key topics in arts and culture.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming events!
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Our mission? To promote interdisciplinary research at the intersection of arts and culture.
We bring together researchers – academics, postdoctoral fellows, and doctoral candidates – to explore the challenges facing the cultural and creative sectors.
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Welcome to the Instagram of GRESAC – the Research Group in Arts and Culture Sciences!
A Research Center from @ulbruxelles .
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🎨 Behind the “Art Worker Status”: how does Belgium supports creative labour ?
👉Last week, Hélène Mariaud, PhD researcher at GRESAC, presented her work at the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Research Symposium 2026 at Newcastle University Business School.
Her contribution explores how Belgium’s unique “art worker status” shapes artistic careers such as artistic photography at the intersection of cultural policy and social protection.
This raises important questions about how we support creative work in practice. The contribution mobilises qualitative data from Hélène Mariaud’s ongoing doctoral research project on the professional trajectories of artistic photographers in Belgium.
#artworker #photography #artisticlife #artsresearch #labourmarket
Brainstorming session today at BAMLab ✨
Matilde is currently working on her paper and getting ready to present it at the @aimac_conference 🎤
Before that, she shares her work in a small group setting — the perfect opportunity to spread knowledge, exchange ideas and get valuable feedback 💡
Her topic : « A value-based approach to the events sector »
A great exercise before publication ! 🤗
#ArtMarket #GRESAC #ProvEnhance
📣 « Les midis du GRESAC » - When heritage attracts too much : overtourism and cultural policy in Venice ⛲
The concept is simple :
A lunchtime 🥪
A topic for discussion 🗣️
👉 Join us !
🔖 Free entry
📅 16 April 2026 (12.30pm – 2.00pm)
🥪 Lunch included
📍 Salle Rokkan (S12.234), accessible from Avenue Jeanne, 44 in Building S of the Solbosch Campus, 12th floor, room 234.
👇 Our guest speaker
Andrea Baldin is Associate Professor of Cultural Economics at the Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. He is an applied economist whose main research interests include public cultural policies, non-market valuation techniques, and cultural tourism in overtouristed destinations.
🌐 More info & registration (by 13 April at the latest) : https://lnkd.in/eUQSrnGm
Looking forward to seeing you there !
#Overtourism #CulturalPolicy #UrbanSustainability #CulturalHeritage #Research PublicPolicy Venice ULB GRESAC
📖 New issue of ENCATC magazine !
We are delighted to announce the publication of this new issue, whose editorial has been written by Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker.
👉 This issue invites us to rethink the art market
beyond clichés and purely commercial logic
A market that appears as:
➡️ a space for the circulation of objects… and meanings
➡️ a place where values, expertise and legitimacy are redefined
➡️ an observatory of contemporary transformations
📲 The magazine is available here:
/media/8567-magazine_issue12-final.pdf
🙏 Thank you to everyone involved in this publication,
in particular the teams at GRESAC and MOOVA for their contribution !
#ArtMarket #ArtResearch #ENCATC #CulturalEconomics #ArtAndCulture
Éric Van Essche revient sur le colloque organisé ce 25 et 26 mars 2026 par le GRESAC. « Le Street Art : entre droit et marché - quand les graffeurs rencontrent les collectionneurs » 🖼️
#streetart #artmarket #artresearch #graffiti #ulb
Du mur à la salle des ventes ?
Le street art est passé de pratique souvent illégale à acteur du marché de l’art. Mais que se passe-t-il quand graffeur·e·s, galeristes et collectionneur·e·s se rencontrent ?
Le GRESAC vous invite au colloque :
« Le Street Art entre droit et marché – Quand les graffeur·e·s rencontrent les collectionneur·e·s »
📅 25 mars – soirée d’ouverture
Dialogue entre la journaliste Stéphanie Lemoine et les galeristes Magda Danysz, Mehdi Ben Cheikh et Benoît Maître, suivi d’un débat avec le public et d’un cocktail d’inauguration.
📅 26 mars – journée de colloque
Interventions de chercheur·e·s et spécialistes autour des enjeux juridiques, économiques et culturels du street art.
📍 Bruxelles
🔗 Programme, intervenant·e·s et infos : https://gresac.phisoc.ulb.be/colloque-street-art
#StreetArt #ArtContemporain #MarchéDeLArt #ArtResearch #Graffiti #Bruxelles #ULB #GRESAC
🌟 2025 in Review: MOOVA’s Highlights 🌟
This year, the MOOVA team had the chance to share research, exchange ideas, and explore new directions.
✨ Knowledge Sharing - we presented at a variety of events, including:
- Seminar on the European tapestry market at GRHAM
- Presentation on informal expertise online for art historians at ISELP
- Participation at the conference Europeana 2025
- Participation in ACEI conference 2025 at Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Rethinking Culture and Creativity 5th edition in Catania
- TIAMSA 2025
- ENCATC 2025
- IAMS 2025
- RAM-T Workshop in Rimini
🤝 Collaborations & Exchanges
2025 - included many productive discussions and activities:
- Welcoming two new postdocs, Marine Lagasse and Jin Wang
- Brainstorming sessions with Zoé Van Herstraeten, Carlotta Scioldo, and Camille Mestdagh exploring decorative arts, collections, and the art market
- Monthly BAMLab meetings with @gresac.ulb
- Workshop on evaluating Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) through law, economics, cultural policy, and ethnography
- Days of exploration of antiques
💡 Publications & Research - our work continued to grow with new publications:
- “Law and Finance in International Art Markets” – on the legal and reputational implications of platformization in the market for ordinary antiques (Drouot.com)
- “Connoisseurship from below: Exploring ‘informal’ expertise in art on social media”
- Featured in ENCATC Magazine
Thank you to all our partners, collaborators, and supporters for making 2025 a year full of exchanges, learning, and achievements. Here’s to 2026!
#MOOVA #ArtResearch #Culture
📢 New publication from @moova_erc !
We’re excited to share our latest contribution: the chapter “The legal and reputational implications of the platformization of the market for ‘ordinary’ antiques – the case of Drouot.com”, written by Anne-Sophie Radermecker.
This chapter explores the legal and reputational challenges faced by small auctioneers in the cybermarketplace.
📚 Published in Law and Finance in International Art Markets – Tools for the Future, edited by Elisabetta Lazzaro, Nathalie Moureau, and Adriana Turpin.
This collective volume brings together scholars from various fields to examine the legal and financial structures shaping historic and contemporary art markets worldwide, offering a rich multidisciplinary perspective on the creation, circulation, and protection of art in a global environment.
Want to learn more? Check the link in bio.
#ArtMarkets #CulturalEconomics #AuctionStudies
