Antwerp Art Weekend & Contour Biennale Visitor’s Programme
Het Bos - Antwerp Art Weekend 2018
The Antwerp Art Weekend & Contour Biennale Curators Programme is a tailor-made programme for a small group of international curators, focussing on artist studio visits and visits of galleries, art spaces and museums as well as professional social events.
The Antwerp Art Weekend is a four day, citywide manifestation, where art venues in and around Antwerp put their hands together to celebrate contemporary art. This is the best time to experience the city and its flourishing art scene, with an abundance of galleries, art spaces and museums to visit and artists to meet. This year the Antwerp Art Weekend coincides with the second weekend of Contour Biennale 9 in Mechelen, curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, which will also feature in the programme.
Organised by Flanders Arts Institute in close collaboration with AAIR, Antwerp Art, and NICC.
Programme
Wednesday 15 May
17:00 Meeting and introduction
18:00 Official launch of AAIR followed by an introduction to the new artistic programme
Location: AAIR, Ploegstraat 27, 2018 Antwerp
20:00 Reception and dinner with guests
Thursday 16 May
10:00 Individual programme of artists studio visits facilitated by AAIR and NICC
20:00 Private dinner with guests hosted by NICC
Location: Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, Blindestraat 35, 2000 Antwerp
Friday 17 May – Antwerp & Mechelen
10:00 Visit of exhibitions in Antwerp (open choice)
14:38 Train from Antwerp-Central to Mechelen
15:30 Contour Biennale 9: Meeting with and introduction by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez (curator) and Fleur Van Muiswinkel (artistic coordinator)
Location: NONA, Begijnenstraat 19, 2800 Mechelen
16:00 Presentation of Dutch Cabinet by Sara Seijn Chang
Location: Mechelen Academy, Minderbroedersgang 5, 2800 Mechelen
17:00 Visit of the solo exhibition by Hadassah Emmerich
Location: De Garage, Minderbroedersgang 5, 2800 Mechelen
Option: The Wasp and the Weather poetrywalk by Robin Vanbesien
18:00 Guided tour of the Contour Biennial 9 exhibition with Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez
19:00 Première of The Empire of Law by Daniela Ortiz
Location: NONA, Begijnenstraat 19, 2800 Mechelen
20:30 Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu
21:15 Talk about Your Queen is A Reptile
21:30 Solo clarinet performance by Shabaka Hutchings
22:00 Train to Antwerp-Central
Saturday 18 May
10:00 Antwerp Art Weekend Brunch hosted by Antwerp Art
Location: Fosbury & Sons, Mechelsesteenweg 271, 2018 Antwerp
13:00 Visits of galleries, art spaces and museums facilitated by Antwerp Art team
12:30 Extra City Kunsthal
13:30 Tim Van Laere Gallery, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
14:30 Antwerp Art Pavilion
15:30 Galerie Geukens & Devil, Marion De Cannière
16:30 Zeno-X Gallery, Ballroom-project, Base-Alpha Gallery
22:00 Antwerp Art Weekend Visual Arts Night & Party
You will find the full programme on antwerpart.be/weekend
Sunday 19 May
Departures from Antwerp to Brussels Airport or Brussels-Midi station
More information
Contact Lissa Kinnaer for further questions.
