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Agenda: Soon ?

→ 20:00

26 — 28.09.25

Openingsweekend: Mark Požlep — 10 years mentormentor

4 EU Pozlep Mark

→ 19:00

Tuesday 30.09.25

mentormentor — Let’s Talk Photobooks 01

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→ Art Cinema OFFoff
→ Film
→ 19:30

Monday 06.10.25

Art Cinema OFFoff:

Louis Paul Boon

→ Art Cinema OFFoff
→ Film
→ 19:30

→ 19:00

Tuesday 07.10.25

mentormentor — Let’s Talk Photobooks 02

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→ 19:00

Tuesday 14.10.25

mentormentor — Let’s Talk Photobooks 03

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→ Book launch
→ 19:00

Thursday 23.10.25

mentormentor — Book launch: UNEX

→ Book launch
→ 19:00

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→ Book fair
→ 18:00

Friday 07.11.25

Friday Evenings:

mentormentor — Photobook Fair

→ Book fair
→ 18:00

Agenda: Archive

→ 15:00

Thursday 11.09.25

Syllabus reading group: “Black Box, White Cube, Grey Zone” hosted by Micha Goldberg & Rosie Sommers

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→ Workshop
→ 15:00

Sunday 31.08.25

Patersholfeesten:

Children’s workshop — make your own cup

→ Workshop
→ 15:00

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→ 19:00

Register

Tuesday 08.07.25

GKO Café: Challenges & Opportunities for Visual Arts in Ghent

Kunsthal Gent recently launched the Inspection Report, a broad survey on the state of the Ghent visual arts scene. During this edition of the GKO Café, we will delve deeper into it. We’ll discuss the issues and themes that have emerged as most urgent, complex, or promising. This includes structural challenges, as well as unexpected opportunities and sources of energy within the art field. What questions challenge us? What deserves further exploration? Where can we collectively grow stronger?

→ 19:00

→ Register

Lars Duchateau Kunsthal Gent Buy Local Opening 56

The GKO Café, a monthly initiative by Gents Kunstenoverleg, is an accessible networking event for and by the broader Ghent art sector. This edition is organized in collaboration with Kunsthal Gent and is part of the Zomersalon: Buy Local 4 program. During the discussion, we’ll go through the results of the Inspection Report. The focus here is not on solutions, but on exploring what’s happening. What needs are emerging? Where is there friction, and where is there energy?

Practical

8 July at 19:00
Entrance: Pay What You Can
Register via this link

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Zomersalon: Buy Local

Zomersalon | Buy Local

Zomersalon: Buy Local is a radical exhibition where every visual artist from Ghent can show and sell their work. From July 4th to August 31st, Kunsthal Gent will present a wide variety of works, creating a broad view of the current visual arts scene in our city. A remarkable 800 artists are participating in this edition of Zomersalon: Buy Local.

Through a diverse public program this year, we are specifically focusing on supporting the Ghent art scene, from symposia, artist talks, and speed dates to guided tours, performances, and film screenings. We aim to share knowledge, increase artists’ visibility, stimulate the sale of artworks, and draw attention to the needs of the sector.

The concept of the Zomersalon originated during the pandemic to financially support artists in difficult times. The first editions took place in 2020 and 2021, in collaboration with the Ghent Arts Council. It certainly had an impact. Each edition attracted 6,000 visitors, and in 2023, that number even reached 9,000. Between 600 and 700 artists participated each time. Approximately half of the exhibited works found buyers, generating revenues of €105,000 to €125,000 per edition. This was enormous support for the artists. Buyers also contribute to a sustainable art climate in Ghent.

Also on view

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Fiona Hallinan

We Turn Towards an Ending and…

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Kunsthal Gent, Jimena Pérez Salerno

Gent, 4 mei 2024, voor Carmela…

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Ben Thorp Brown, Jan Minne

Cura’s Garden

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Theo De Meyer, Olivier Goethals

Sheela’s

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Femmy Otten

We once were one

Gerelateerde Activiteiten

→ 13:00

05.07 — 30.08.25

Zomersalon | Buy Local:

Every Saturday: Artist Talks

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→ Guided tour
→ 13:00

06.07 — 31.08.25

Zomersalon | Buy Local:

Every Sunday: guided tour

→ Guided tour
→ 13:00

25 07 13 ZOMERSALON ARTISTTALK 15

→ 11:00

05.07 — 31.08.25

Zomersalon | Buy Local:

Every weekend: Sound Seekers | Treasures of Vlieg (6 – 12y)

Klankzoekers website

→ 15:00

Friday 25.07.25

Zomersalon | Buy Local:

Blind Date: for allies & artists

LN KH 140723 LR 5