Kunsthal Gent

This was Ghent Art Book Fair 2026! 🎈 Organized by @019ghent @ghentartbookfair Thanks for showing up in such great numbers. And also a big thank you to all the participants 🙏 See you next year! A Tale of A Tub (NL) | Accidental Interest Books (DE) | Ant Mag (BE) | Aurore Presses (FR) | AVARIE / Labor Neunzehn (FR/DE) | Be-Part (BE) | birthday felony and fuss (BE) | BLACK SKEW (UK) | Bog Bodies Press (IE) | Catalog (BE/EE/NL) | ces editions (FR) | Chillzone Bookstore (NL) | Claus Books (BE) | copyshop— (BE) | Crisis Editions / Dane Press (NL/CA) | Editions La CAB (BE) | Éditions Ménard (BE) | Errant Journal (NL) | Estonian Academy of Arts MA Graphic Design (EE) | FEBBR (FR) | Foolscap Editions (UK) | Footnote Gallery (BE) | From Me To You Publications (BE) | Grafische Cel (BE) | GULP (UK) | Hodos books / Sandrine Marc (FR) | InfaBore (BE) | INFINITIF (BE) | Jap Sam Books (NL) | Jesse Presse (NL) | KABK & Friends (NL) | KASK Masters (BE) | Kunsthal Gent / 019 & Friends (BE) | Lemon Press (BE) | lxhxb (NL) | M BOOKS (DE) | mushroom (SK) | Not Yet Publishers (BE) | Obedbooks (FR) | Occasional Papers (BE/UK) | OUTLINE (NL) | Phenicusa Press (BE) | Postfirebooks (FR) | Posture Editions (BE) | Precious Liquid Media (FR) | RAMSDAM BOOKS (BE) | RCA Typology (UK) | Risiko Press (BE) | Rizo Maar (EG) | Roma Publications (NL) | RYU (SK) | Ryder Books (NL) | Soft concern hard concern (NL) | Terry Bleu (NL) | The Eriskay Connection (NL) | Tique (BE) | Unformed Informed (Publishing) (NL) | Valiz (NL) | Viaindustriae Publishing (IT) | Werkplaats Typografie / Doubleyoutee Publishing (NL)

We’ve had a wonderful start to Eye on Palestine @eop.be at Kunsthal Gent, featuring an exhibition, engaging talks, and a workshop. This week, the program continues with: — Tue 12.05 — Book Launch: ‘We Are Not Numbers’ @compagniecordial @rokko_gent — Wed 13.05 — Talk: ‘The Two-state Solution Trap: Alternatives to Partition and Statist Logics in Palestine’, organised by Ghent Coalition for Palestine — Sat–Sun 16–17.05 — Exhibition: Nazeh Map (at the Old House) featuring @alaamahdikudaih @mahmoudhamda @hala__alnaji__ @fasila.collective ••• more info via link in bio 📸 @martijndemeuleneire

Next Monday, we dedicate an evening to Sophie Podolski, the "Belgian girl who wrote like a star." Program by @flemishreview Introduction by @astriddewaele We screen 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 (𝘥𝘶 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳), an intimate film homage to Podolski and the artistic community of Rue de l’Aurore 25 in Ixelles. Podolski published only one book during her lifetime – Le pays où tout est permis’ (1972) – before taking her life at the age of 21. Astrid Dewaele created Dutch subtitles especially for this evening. Tickets via offoff.be With thanks to @argos_arts #sophiepodolski

Final weekend to visit ‘Peace Nuts’ by Kasper De Vos! @kasper.devos The exhibition takes the acorn as its point of depar­tu­re, a natu­ral form desig­ned to fall and give rise to new life. Within this form, he recog­ni­zes a stri­king resem­blan­ce to the bomb, an object desig­ned by humans to fall in order to destroy. The wor­king pro­cess reflects a tra­di­ti­o­nal, craft-based appro­ach, whe­re the sca­le of the objects rela­tes direct­ly to both the dimen­si­ons of the trunks and the body of the artist. Nota­bly, the pop­lar acorn is the only hol­low pie­ce in the series — a tech­ni­cal expe­ri­ment inten­ded to con­trol the natu­ral crac­king of solid wood, though in the rest of the series, De Vos choo­ses instead to embra­ce the material’s unpre­dic­ta­ble and raw characteristics. ••••••••••••••••••••
 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝘀 — 𝗣𝗲𝗮­𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝘀
Sat — Sun: 11:00 — 18:00 Entrance: Pay What You Can ••• More info via link in bio

@019ghent is hap­py to announ­ce the 9th edi­ti­on of the Ghent Art Book Fair, this weekend at Kunsthal Gent! Between 11:00 — 18:00 they wel­co­me more than 60 nati­o­nal and inter­na­ti­o­nal publis­hers to show­ca­se their work at Kunst­hal Gent. PROGRAMME Live music by Radio Ruit @radioruit Throughout the fair, Radio Ruit will provide the music, guests TBC. AFTER-FAIR | Saturday 09.05 18:00 – 23:00 | Footnote Gallery, Sint-Salvatorstraat 125, Gent. Celebrate the end of the first day with a DJ set by The Hickey Underworld and Bahn Mi sandwiches by Tom Vandenberghe. PARTICIPANTS 2026 A Tale of A Tub (NL) | Accidental Interest Books (DE) | Ant Mag (BE) | Aurore Presses (FR) | AVARIE / Labor Neunzehn (FR/DE) | Be-Part (BE) | birthday felony and fuss (BE) | BLACK SKEW (UK) | Bog Bodies Press (IE) | Catalog (BE/EE/NL) | ces editions (FR) | Chillzone Bookstore (NL) | Claus Books (BE) | copyshop— (BE) | Crisis Editions / Dane Press (NL/CA) | Editions La CAB (BE) | Éditions Ménard (BE) | Errant Journal (NL) | Estonian Academy of Arts MA Graphic Design (EE) | FEBBR (FR) | Foolscap Editions (UK) | Footnote Gallery (BE) | From Me To You Publications (BE) | Grafische Cel (BE) | GULP (UK) | Hodos books / Sandrine Marc (FR) | InfaBore (BE) | INFINITIF (BE) | Jap Sam Books (NL) | Jesse Presse (NL) | KABK & Friends (NL) | KASK Masters (BE) | Kunsthal Gent / 019 & Friends (BE) | Lemon Press (BE) | lxhxb (NL) | M BOOKS (DE) | mushroom (SK) | Not Yet Publishers (BE) | Obedbooks (FR) | Occasional Papers (BE/UK) | OUTLINE (NL) | Phenicusa Press (BE) | Postfirebooks (FR) | Posture Editions (BE) | Precious Liquid Media (FR) | RAMSDAM BOOKS (BE) | RCA Typology (UK) | Risiko Press (BE) | Rizo Maar (EG) | Roma Publications (NL) | RYU (SK) | Ryder Books (NL) | Soft concern hard concern (NL) | Terry Bleu (NL) | The Eriskay Connection (NL) | Tique (BE) | Unformed Informed (Publishing) (NL) | Valiz (NL) | Viaindustriae Publishing (IT) | Werkplaats Typografie / Doubleyoutee Publishing (NL) 📷 @michieldecleene

With 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁­𝗹𝗲𝗱 (𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗮­𝗹𝗼­𝗴𝘂𝗲), we add a new artwork to Kunsthal Gent’s Endless Exhibition. Starting May 29, artist 𝗔𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝘇𝗮 @asaaddo transforms the church hall into… a tennis court!

The church — tra­di­ti­o­nal­ly a pla­ce of one-way com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on and hig­her autho­ri­ty — beco­mes a spa­ce for reci­pro­ci­ty, play and relaxa­ti­on, in which coa­ches invi­te visi­tors to hit the ball together as a form of medita­ti­on. Raza ima­gi­nes the ten­nis ral­ly as a valu­a­ble coun­ter­ba­lan­ce to our per­for­man­ce-dri­ven soci­e­ty, in which work and effi­ci­en­cy take cen­tre stage.   Welcome to the opening on Friday, May 29th 🎾🎾🎾 
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𝗔𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝘇𝗮 — ‘𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁­𝗹𝗲𝗱 (𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗮­𝗹𝗼­𝗴𝘂𝗲)’
29.05.2026 — 31.08.2026
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📸 2—5 @andrea_rossetti_archive ‘Untitled (plot for dialogue)’, Asad Raza (2017, Chie­sa di San Pao­lo Con­ver­so, Milan) ©️ poster by @linneaari & @kokot0v

Last Friday Evening @boem.studio_ celebrated BOEM #6, its first publi­ca­ti­on of 2026. This edi­ti­on marks a sig­ni­fi­cant sca­le-up: star­ting this year, the zine has expand­ed its for­mat to pro­vi­de an even broa­der spec­trum of artists with a sta­ge. We welcome you tonight for the final Friday evening of this autumn, marking the launch of the Eye On Palestine programme at Kunsthal Gent. ••• more info via link in bio 📷 @isaac.ponseele

The 9th edition of 𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 has begun! The multidisciplinary festival examines the Palestinian issue through a critical lens. Featuring approximately thirty activities across the city, the festival provides a platform for reflection and solidarity through art, debates, and lectures.
 From April 27 to May 13, you can visit Kunsthal Gent for film screenings, an exhibition, workshops, talks, and a book launch—each organized in collaboration with a partner organization. This Friday we start with the first events: 
— Nazeh Map: exhibition by Gazan artists Hala E. T. Alna­ji, Alaa Mah­di Kudaih and Mahm­oud Abu Hamda @hala_alnaji @alaamahdikudaih @mahmoudhamda @fasila.collective 
— Friday Evening: a con­ver­sa­ti­on regar­ding the book ‘Bet­ween Rea­li­ty and Docu­men­ta­ry’ by Shahd Abu­sa­la­ma, with the author in atten­dan­ce  @shahdabusalama 
— Workshop ‘Gaza Beyond The Map’: a work­shop that acti­va­tes an engra­ved map of Gaza as a site of col­lec­ti­ve memo­ry and reflec­ti­on 

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𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹
23.04 — 29.05 Entrance: Pay What You Can More info via kunsthal.gent or @eop.be 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑏𝑢 𝑆𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑑 (𝐺𝐴𝑆𝐶𝐹), 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑎𝑧𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.

This was Heritage Day, last Sunday at Kunsthal Gent! @erfgoeddag Nadar Ensem­ble @nadarensemble , the Bel­gi­an ensem­ble for con­tem­po­ra­ry music, saw this as a per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to per­form Voi­ce­less Mass in our church hall. With this com­po­si­ti­on, the Diné-Ame­ri­can Raven Cha­con won the Pulit­zer Pri­ze for Music in 2022. No sin­ging voi­ces are to be heard in Chacon’s com­po­si­ti­on Voi­ce­less Mass; the com­po­ser grew up in the Nava­jo Nati­on. Instead, ele­ven musi­cians are posi­ti­o­ned around the audien­ce, each giving a voi­ce to the voi­ce­less in their own way. 📷 @isaac.ponseele

From April 23 to May 29, the 9th edition of 𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 returns to Ghent. A collaborative effort between local cultural actors and civil society organizations, this multidisciplinary festival examines the Palestinian issue through a critical lens. Featuring approximately thirty activities across the city, the festival provides a platform for reflection and solidarity through art, debates, and lectures.
 For the second consecutive year, 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁 is one of the central locations of the program. From April 27 to May 13, you can visit us for film screenings, an exhibition, workshops, talks, and a book launch—each organized in collaboration with a partner organization. In this newsletter, we present our programme.
 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑏𝑢 𝑆𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑑 (𝐺𝐴𝑆𝐶𝐹), 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑎𝑧𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.  
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𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹
23.04 — 29.05 Entrance: Pay What You Can More info via kunsthal.gent or @eop.be

Thank you for joining us last Friday Evening for Lili’s Unruly Spring: an evening around ageing Women, Intimacy and Resistance. 
What can we set against dero­ga­to­ry repre­sen­ta­ti­ons of older women’s bodies? How do we cre­a­te new nar­ra­ti­ves of desi­re and inti­ma­cy? With the­se ques­ti­ons, the LiLI research team (UGent) con­clu­ded its three-day, coun­ter-cur­rent spring with an eve­ning of ide­as and artis­tic intervention.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲
••• 19:30: ‘𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺!’: 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦-𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 – 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘷𝘦 

••• 20:30: 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘝𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 69

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𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗶’𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Friday April 17, 19:30 Entrance: Pay What You Can More info via kunsthal.gent or @ugent 📷 @isaac.ponseele

The Ghent Art Book Fair 2026 (@ghentartbookfair ) takes place on Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10 from 11:00-18:00 at Kunsthal Gent. PROGRAM Live music by Radio Ruit Throughout the fair, Radio Ruit will provide the music, guests TBC. AFTER-FAIR | Saturday 09.05 18:00 – 23:00 | Footnote Gallery, Sint-Salvatorstraat 125, Gent. Celebrate the end of the first day with a DJ set by The Hickey Underworld and Bahn Mi sandwiches by Tom Vandenberghe. PARTICIPANTS 2026 A Tale of A Tub (NL) | Accidental Interest Books (DE) | Ant Mag (BE) | Aurore Presses (FR) | AVARIE / Labor Neunzehn (FR/DE) | Be-Part (BE) | birthday felony and fuss (BE) | BLACK SKEW (UK) | Bog Bodies Press (IE) | Catalog (BE/EE/NL) | ces editions (FR) | Chillzone Bookstore (NL) | Claus Books (BE) | copyshop— (BE) | Crisis Editions / Dane Press (NL/CA) | Editions La CAB (BE) | Éditions Ménard (BE) | Errant Journal (NL) | Estonian Academy of Arts MA Graphic Design (EE) | FEBBR (FR) | Foolscap Editions (UK) | Footnote Gallery (BE) | From Me To You Publications (BE) | Grafische Cel (BE) | GULP (UK) | Hodos books / Sandrine Marc (FR) | InfaBore (BE) | INFINITIF (BE) | Jap Sam Books (NL) | Jesse Presse (NL) | KABK & Friends (NL) | KASK Masters (BE) | Kunsthal Gent / 019 & Friends (BE) | Lemon Press (BE) | lxhxb (NL) | M BOOKS (DE) | mushroom (SK) | Not Yet Publishers (BE) | Obedbooks (FR) | Occasional Papers (BE/UK) | OUTLINE (NL) | Phenicusa Press (BE) | Postfirebooks (FR) | Posture Editions (BE) | Precious Liquid Media (FR) | RAMSDAM BOOKS (BE) | RCA Typology (UK) | Risiko Press (BE) | Rizo Maar (EG) | Roma Publications (NL) | RYU (SK) | Ryder Books (NL) | Soft concern hard concern (NL) | Terry Bleu (NL) | The Eriskay Connection (NL) | Tique (BE) | Unformed Informed (Publishing) (NL) | Valiz (NL) | Viaindustriae Publishing (IT) | Werkplaats Typografie / Doubleyoutee Publishing (NL) Poster by @linneaari GABF 2026 coordination by @kokot0v