#120: The new type of art institute cannot merely be an art museum as it has been until now, but no museum at all. The new type will be more like a power station, a producer of new energy.|#57: Volunteers must be: cared for / hands on / ready to learn / willing to share / in it to win it / show new or old tricks.|#111: Do it together.|#75: A building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation.|#60: Look after all tools. The moment it looks like things are missing it means that things are missing.|#92: We’re a learning organisation.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#130: Be a uniquely charged and curated gallery that is an artwork in itself.|#107: Build a community / scene.|#25: Never ask the artist to just present their work, ask them to co-create and co-organise the space.|#26: More artists, less borders.|#24: We invest long-term in individual artists’ careers, working over time in different contexts. This also applies to designers / web-developers / photographers / volunteers /…|#58: Kunsthal Gent is a monument. If you plan to drill a hole, contact Tomas first.|#112: Spaces today don’t need to be curated, but occupied.|#30: Don’t work with artists who are assholes.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#16: Kunsthal Gent will always be a construction site.|#35: The artist fee should be good.|#90: The best systems have a failure or ‘a hole’ in them…|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#3: Entrance to all exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent is free.|#15: Kunsthal Gent aims to be an extension of public space.|#10: Don’t be obsessed with numbers.|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|#20: Are exhibitions the most suitable form for the art that we present?|#120: The new type of art institute cannot merely be an art museum as it has been until now, but no museum at all. The new type will be more like a power station, a producer of new energy.|#57: Volunteers must be: cared for / hands on / ready to learn / willing to share / in it to win it / show new or old tricks.|#111: Do it together.|#75: A building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation.|#60: Look after all tools. The moment it looks like things are missing it means that things are missing.|#92: We’re a learning organisation.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#130: Be a uniquely charged and curated gallery that is an artwork in itself.|#107: Build a community / scene.|#25: Never ask the artist to just present their work, ask them to co-create and co-organise the space.|#26: More artists, less borders.|#24: We invest long-term in individual artists’ careers, working over time in different contexts. This also applies to designers / web-developers / photographers / volunteers /…|#58: Kunsthal Gent is a monument. If you plan to drill a hole, contact Tomas first.|#112: Spaces today don’t need to be curated, but occupied.|#30: Don’t work with artists who are assholes.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#16: Kunsthal Gent will always be a construction site.|#35: The artist fee should be good.|#90: The best systems have a failure or ‘a hole’ in them…|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#3: Entrance to all exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent is free.|#15: Kunsthal Gent aims to be an extension of public space.|#10: Don’t be obsessed with numbers.|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|#20: Are exhibitions the most suitable form for the art that we present?|
