Visual Arts

Flanders has a centuries-old tradition of imagining and developing new visual languages with international resonance. Today it is no different.

The visual arts in Flanders is first and foremost a rich network of artists and artists’ initiatives dedicated to creation and experimentation. Together they contribute to the growth and recognition of visual arts in Flanders, Belgium and far beyond the country’s borders.

Who's who in the visual arts? Discover our guides by discipline

Let me be your guide: contemporary visual art in Flanders

How did the visual arts scene in Flanders and Brussels come about? And who are the key players?

Let me be your guide: Artists' Moving Image in Flanders

What does Flanders have to offer in terms of artists’ films?

Photography in Flanders: A multifaceted and full-fledged artistic medium

Discover an overview of key developments in Flemish photography and a state of the industry today.

Let me be your guide

Let me be your guide: Sound Art in Flanders

Since the 1990s, and in tandem with international impulses, sound art in Flanders has continued to expand, and has now become a dynamic scene with its own specialist makers.

Let me be your guide: Media art in Flanders

The output of media art consists of infinite variations on audiovisual installations, virtual artworks and multimedia performances.

Upcoming events

Learning path for audience development - Visual Arts 2: thresholds and access

06 May 2025 workshop Kunsthal Gent

Network meeting Neighbouring Frequencies

16 May 2025 Network meeting Leuven

Network meeting ‘Emerging Digital & New Media Arts Practices'

17 May 2025 Network meeting Leuven

Discover more

Past meetings and visitors programmes

Neighbouring Frequencies 2024

Flanders Arts Institute and DutchCulture invited sound art professionals during FIBER Festival.

Art Anderlecht 2024

A series of professional meetings with various artists, exhibitions and public conversation.

Vera Mey & Philippe Pirotte, Busan Biennale 2024

The co-curators of the Busan Biennale 2024 (South Korea), Vera Mey and Philippe Pirotte visited artists in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent.

Moving Image: Contour Biennale 2023

Together with arts centre nona, we organised a visitor programme as part of Contour Biennale.

Visitors programme Liu Ding

Flanders Arts Institute invited the curator of the Yokohama Triennale to get to know the Flemish contemporary visual arts scene.

Ménage à trois – part V

Ontmoeting met de Limburgse beeldende kunstscène in november 2023.

Focusgroep loopbanen beeldend kunstenaars

NICC en Kunstenpunt buigen zich over duurzame loopbanen in de beeldende kunstensector. Wat betekent fysiek en mentaal welzijn in een omgeving met veel druk?

Open Calls & Opportunities

Kunstpodium T & Cas-co: mentoring opportunities to graduating students from art academies from 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 and 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺

Deadline 01 May 2025 Call

OPEN CALL: Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2025 – METAMORFOSE

Deadline 23 May 2025 Residency

International Art Prize 2025

A free to enter open call for drawing and painting

Price

Open Call – An Institution is not an Island

Deze open call nodigt kunstenaars en collectieven uit om in te grijpen in de ruimtes van KASK & Conservatorium

Deadline 11 Apr 2025 Open call

Discover all

Who's who in the visual arts? Discover our guides by discipline

Let me be your guide: contemporary visual art in Flanders

Let me be your guide: Artists' Moving Image in Flanders

Photography in Flanders: A multifaceted and full-fledged artistic medium

Let me be your guide: Sound Art in Flanders

Let me be your guide: Media art in Flanders

Upcoming events

Learning path for audience development - Visual Arts 2: thresholds and access

Network meeting Neighbouring Frequencies

Network meeting ‘Emerging Digital & New Media Arts Practices'

Past meetings and visitors programmes

Neighbouring Frequencies 2024

Art Anderlecht 2024

Vera Mey & Philippe Pirotte, Busan Biennale 2024

Moving Image: Contour Biennale 2023

Visitors programme Liu Ding

Ménage à trois – part V

Focusgroep loopbanen beeldend kunstenaars

Open Calls & Opportunities

Kunstpodium T & Cas-co: mentoring opportunities to graduating students from art academies from 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 and 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺

OPEN CALL: Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2025 – METAMORFOSE

International Art Prize 2025

Open Call – An Institution is not an Island

Advice

Research

Who's who in the visual arts? Discover our guides by discipline

Let me be your guide: contemporary visual art in Flanders

Let me be your guide: Artists' Moving Image in Flanders

Photography in Flanders: A multifaceted and full-fledged artistic medium

Let me be your guide: Sound Art in Flanders

Let me be your guide: Media art in Flanders

Upcoming events

Learning path for audience development - Visual Arts 2: thresholds and access

Network meeting Neighbouring Frequencies

Network meeting ‘Emerging Digital & New Media Arts Practices'

Past meetings and visitors programmes

Neighbouring Frequencies 2024

Art Anderlecht 2024

Vera Mey & Philippe Pirotte, Busan Biennale 2024

Moving Image: Contour Biennale 2023

Visitors programme Liu Ding

Ménage à trois – part V

Focusgroep loopbanen beeldend kunstenaars

Open Calls & Opportunities

Kunstpodium T & Cas-co: men­to­ring oppor­tu­ni­ties to gra­du­a­ting stu­dents from art aca­de­mies from 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 and 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺

OPEN CALL: Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2025 – METAMORFOSE

International Art Prize 2025

Open Call – An Institution is not an Island

Advice

Research

Kunstpodium T & Cas-co: mentoring opportunities to graduating students from art academies from 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 and 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺