#111: Do it together.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#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.|#117: Consider design, organisational structures and architecture as programme.|#84: The White Cube is a lie.|#98: The success of it will not lie in the result but in the process.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#28: Make Contracts.|#57: Volunteers must be: cared for / hands on / ready to learn / willing to share / in it to win it / show new or old tricks.|#21: Live with the exhibition, spend time with it.|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#74: Last one out turns of the lights.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#34: We pay artists.|#89: Build-in impurity within the organisation.|#107: Build a community / scene.|#17: An exhibition is never finished.|#105: Kunsthal Gent is local in scale, but globally connected.|#88: Changing internships, artists, curators,... are important propositions to keep a fresh set of eyes.|#55: Keep basic human needs on the forefront.|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|#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.|#81: Things come alive when there is friction.|#39: Be the early stepping stone in an artist’s career|#111: Do it together.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#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.|#117: Consider design, organisational structures and architecture as programme.|#84: The White Cube is a lie.|#98: The success of it will not lie in the result but in the process.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#28: Make Contracts.|#57: Volunteers must be: cared for / hands on / ready to learn / willing to share / in it to win it / show new or old tricks.|#21: Live with the exhibition, spend time with it.|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#74: Last one out turns of the lights.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#34: We pay artists.|#89: Build-in impurity within the organisation.|#107: Build a community / scene.|#17: An exhibition is never finished.|#105: Kunsthal Gent is local in scale, but globally connected.|#88: Changing internships, artists, curators,... are important propositions to keep a fresh set of eyes.|#55: Keep basic human needs on the forefront.|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|#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.|#81: Things come alive when there is friction.|#39: Be the early stepping stone in an artist’s career|
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Opening: 07.04.2023 – 19:00

07.04—25.06.2023

Exhibition

Lochness:
Nessy Xtreme

Between April 7 and June 25 2023, Lochness is developing the Old House of Kunsthal Gent into a modular skate park, in the programme line REFUGE.

Lochness is a collective and artist run space from Ghent that focuses on the gap between art education and the cultural field. Over the next three months, Lochness will transform the Oud Huis of Kunsthal Gent into a modular skate park where skaters, artists and the public can meet. During their stay in the Refuge* they will use the skate park as a platform for an interdisciplinary program.

Lochness is also inviting The Paint Factory, Spare Wheel and Medusa. Three young collectives who in turn will host an event and fill out a billboard in the space. In addition, you can expect zine launches, music and more.

Nessy Xtreme is open every weekend from 11:00 — 18:00 until June 25th.

Over Lochness
  • "We're an independent, non-profit, experimental artist run space. None of that was really a choice" - Lochness
  • Opened in February 22 in a garage on the Rooigemlaan in Ghent
  • Organized several exhibitions there until February 2023 with young artists and other art, zine and music events
  • Run by 4 young artists/graphic designers/students: Mundi, Steven, Louis and Luka.
  • Received a European youth and participation grant for 2023
  • Is now temporarily housed in the "Refuge" of the Kunsthal Gent. In the summer of 2023 they will occupy a new space of their own.
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Kunsthal Gent / Refuge*

Ghent is rich in emerging artists and organisations. But the spaces where they can present their work are scarce. With the programme line REFUGE, Kunsthal Gent wants to contribute to a solution.

Three times a year, Kunsthal Gent hands out the Oud Huis (the second exhibition space) to up-and-coming organisations in the Ghent visual arts. With a complete carte blanche and a budget to make ambitious plans possible, REFUGE is a platform for experimentation and discovery in Ghent.

Programme
  • 7 April: Opening
  • 27 April: Release Antmag Zine (from 19:00). A collection of texts and images by numerous artists. Come pick up your free copy!
  • 4 May: Nessy Nocturne during Kot Route
  • 11 May: Billboard by Spare Wheel
  • 26 May: Billboard by Medusa
  • 9 June: Billboard by De Verffabriek
  • 23 juni: Skatepark Screening (in cooperation with Artcinema OFFoff)
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Nessy Xtreme

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