Kunstenbibliotheek

04/05/2026

Since 2020, moss — Lotte Egtberts, Elisa Maupas, Lucie Ménard and Anna Stoppa — work together as a curatorial collective. Drawing on their complementary backgrounds (artist, scientist, mediator and art historian) and experiences across Europe, moss approaches vulnerability, mutual support and shared learning as cultural practice. Their work prioritizes horizontal collaboration with artists, creating space for conversation, experimentation and multiple forms of knowledge to coexist.

Essential Reading expands and diversifies the Kunstenbibliotheek collection. Which books are truly indispensable for an art library today? Invited guests share and present the publications that have shaped their lives and practices.
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SharedKnowledge ReadingAsPractice BooksThatMatter

06/03/2026

Welkom op één van de rondleidingen!

‘Sampler’ is een tentoonstelling van studentenpublicaties uit de periode 2000 tot 2024 in de Kunstenbibliotheek. Docent Kasper Andreasen stelde de tentoonstelling samen, en geeft op 10 en 17 maart een informele rondleiding. Hij vertelt over de geselecteerde werken en over het ontstaansproces van het project, en gaat daarbij ook in op de bijhorende publicatie Sampler, ontworpen in samenwerking met oud-student Aagje Vandriessche.⁠
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Schrijf je in voor de rondleiding via onze website of bekijk de tentoonstelling op je eigen tempo in de Kunstenbibliotheek. ⁠
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[EN] Sampler is an exhibition of student publications from the period 2000 to 2024 in the Kunstenbibliotheek. Teacher Kasper Andreasen curated the exhibition and will give informal guided tours on 10 and 17 March. He will talk about the selected works and the process behind the project, and will also discuss the accompanying publication Sampler, designed in collaboration with former student Aagje Vandriessche.⁠
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Register for the guided tour via our website or view the exhibition at your own pace in the Kunstenbibliotheek. ⁠
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📸: Jonathan Verschaeve

02/03/2026

𝘍𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 - Now on view at our 1M3 vitrine curated by Charlotte Frenay

𝘍𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 began as a gesture anchored in Black History Month. As the artists’ book collection was explored, a rupture emerged: out of nearly two thousand books, only five could be identified as authored by African-descendant artists. What began as a necessity became a site of transformation. With the support of the Kunstenbibliotheek, 1M³ expands beyond the existing collection, welcoming books already present alongside new commissions intended to enter it, not as symbolic corrections, but as required gestures.

Charlotte Frenay is a Brussels-based researcher working on alternative archival practices. She holds a BA in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths (London), and later completed an MA in African Studies at Ghent University. 
She is currently enrolled in the postgraduate Curatorial Studies program at KASK & Conservatorium for 2025–2026.

With books from Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Frank Bowling, Helen Cammock, Chéri Chérin, Chimurenga, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates, Pélagie Gbaguidi, Renée Gladman, David Hammons, Arthur Jafa, Kerry James Marshall, Liz Johnson Artur, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Marilyn Nance, Grace Ndiritu, Otobong Nkanga, Precious Okoyomon, Frida Orupabo, Betye Saar, Issa Samb, Chéri Samba, Malick Sidibé, Freddy Tsimba, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Billie Zangewa.

With the support from Suzy Castermans, Sylvia Czachorowska, Lauréline Delhove and Jonas Temmerman.

27/02/2026

For everybody with an interest in brutalist architecture and modernist sculptures.
Upcoming Thursday, 5 March (17h30) Angelique Campens will present her recently published book.

She will reflect on the making of the book and revisits the postwar ambition of a synthèse des arts, the idea that art, architecture, and lived experience can form a shared environment.

Drawing on more than a decade of research, Beyond Brutalism and the Postwar Architecture–Sculpture Network explores how artists and architects reimagined the relationship between sculpture, architecture and public space in the decades after the Second World War. Moving beyond Brutalism as a style, the book uncovers a network of collaborations, magazines, and experiments that sought to integrate art into everyday life; from sculptural buildings to artworks encountered in motion and in public space.
 
Angelique Campens is an art and architecture historian, curator, and writer whose work reshapes how we understand the intersections of sculpture and architecture, monumental public sculpture and sculptural concrete. Campens previously published works on Juliaan Lampens, Jacques Moeschal and André Bloc. She holds a PhD in Art History at Ghent University, teaches at KASK & Conservatorium and serves as Review Editor for Public Art Dialogue.

book: Beyond Brutalism and the Postwar Architecture-Sculpture Network, Angelique Campens, Routledge, 2025

20/02/2026

Celebrating the essential reading selection of Angelique Campens — art and architecture historian, curator, and writer whose work reshapes how we understand the dialogue between sculpture, architecture, and public space.
Campens previously published works on Juliaan Lampens, Jacques Moeschal, and André Bloc, which are part of this selection.
Her forthcoming book Beyond Brutalism and The Postwar Architecture–Sculpture Network (Routledge, 2025) promises to be a vital contribution to the study of postwar creative intersections.
A must-read for anyone passionate about architecture, sculpture, and the art that shapes our cities.

Save the date: Angelique Campens is presenting her new book on March 5th in our library!

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