#75: A building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation.|#99: Evolve according to changing needs.|#6: Demand that visitors are active.|#37: Operate with radical transparency.|#47: Artists need to be supported more than ever in the development of their practice due to the gaps that have been created in the field of fine art|#36: We support production separately.|#62: Be kind. Full dishwasher: empty it.|#17: An exhibition is never finished.|#30: Don’t work with artists who are assholes.|#107: Build a community / scene.|#4: Pay what you can.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#21: Live with the exhibition, spend time with it.|#5: Kunsthal Gent is a city where different identities collide in an ongoing exhibition without end date. New exhibitions are always a new layer in this ongoing story.|#28: Make Contracts.|#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.|#54: What about disabled artists?|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|#29: We make the program for the artist that we exhibit.|#65: No excuses: Thursday morning, team meeting.|#55: Keep basic human needs on the forefront.|#20: Are exhibitions the most suitable form for the art that we present?|#119: Be a space of production.|#112: Spaces today don’t need to be curated, but occupied.|#3: Entrance to all exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent is free.|#75: A building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation.|#99: Evolve according to changing needs.|#6: Demand that visitors are active.|#37: Operate with radical transparency.|#47: Artists need to be supported more than ever in the development of their practice due to the gaps that have been created in the field of fine art|#36: We support production separately.|#62: Be kind. Full dishwasher: empty it.|#17: An exhibition is never finished.|#30: Don’t work with artists who are assholes.|#107: Build a community / scene.|#4: Pay what you can.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#21: Live with the exhibition, spend time with it.|#5: Kunsthal Gent is a city where different identities collide in an ongoing exhibition without end date. New exhibitions are always a new layer in this ongoing story.|#28: Make Contracts.|#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.|#54: What about disabled artists?|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|#29: We make the program for the artist that we exhibit.|#65: No excuses: Thursday morning, team meeting.|#55: Keep basic human needs on the forefront.|#20: Are exhibitions the most suitable form for the art that we present?|#119: Be a space of production.|#112: Spaces today don’t need to be curated, but occupied.|#3: Entrance to all exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent is free.|
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Do you also find it important that Ghent has a lively Kunsthal, a visible platform for local and international artists and organisations?

A visit to Kunsthal Gent is free of charge, but donations are welcome according to the principle of 'pay what you can'. You can leave a donation at the reception desk or make a donation trough bank transfer with the mention " donation Kunsthal Gent".

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Donations to Kunsthal Gent make this possible:
  • Free entry for exhibitions and events at Kunsthal Gent
  • A lively and visible platform for artists and organisations: local and international, emerging and established
  • Three special openings per year with different new exhibitions
  • The support of six artists or organisations per year in the development program
  • ...

Kunsthal Gent is a non-profit organisation. Its activities are made possible by donations from visitors and sponsors, with the support of the City of Ghent and the Flemish Community, and with the help of many volunteers.