On Thursday 5 October 2023, S.M.A.K. and the other Ghent museums will keep their doors open until 10pm. Come along for an evening visit to the ongoing exhibitions, live music and a drink.
Together with our guide, discover the new acquisitions that came into the S.M.A.K. collection via an unusual route. For example, in Motel Corona we show the Flemish Government's relance acquisitions and in Marc De Cock, an imaginary portrait in works of art you will find a selection of the Matthys-Colle collection that S.M.A.K. has on long-term loan.
Curators connect communities with cultural institutions. They engage with communities, ensure accessibility, address social issues and build trust between different stakeholders. Jessy Koeiman opens this academic year's Curatorial Lecture series with the theme Working with Communities
What is the role of curating in shaping communities and relationships? How can curatorial work expose power dynamics and offer alternative social representations?
In Motel Corona, S.M.A.K. is showing new works of art that came into the museum's collection via an unusual route. To compensate for the distress suffered during the 2020 lockdown, the Flemish Community exceptionally made an amount of 3.75 million euros available for the purchase of works by visual artists. 42 of the artworks purchased came on loan from S.M.A.K.
Using works from the Matthys-Colle Collection and S.M.A.K., we depict the portrait of Marc De Cock. In 1979, he was president of the Association for the Museum of Contemporary Art, the organisation at the origin of today's S.M.A.K. The museum received an impressive selection of artworks on long-term loan from the collector couple Hilda Colle and Roger Matthys.
