About Flanders Arts Institute

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Driven by knowledge, bitten by art

Flanders Arts Institute is the professional arts support centre for three disciplines: the visual arts, the performing arts and classical music. For all who work in the arts, Flanders Arts Institute aims to be an inspiration, an available and reliable source of knowledge, a data provider and fact-checker, a source of support, a facilitator and an innovator.


Flanders Arts Institute: For whom?

For all who are professionally active in or around the visual arts, the performing arts and classical music, seen broadly. We work for:

  • artists and other art workers, in the profit and non-profit sectors;
  • policy and government professionals active in arts and culture, or in adjacent social domains such as economics, tourism and foreign affairs;
  • players from education, academia, the press and public opinion;
  • international art workers with an interest in Flanders and Brussels


Research and development

Which areas of focus will determine the future of the arts in Flanders and Brussels? What are the current research projects of Flanders Arts Institute envisioning the development of the arts sector?

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