Late Thursday with Joëlle Léandre and Meg Stuart

Choreographer, director, and dancer Meg Stuart and her company Damaged Goods shape a weekly rhythm of workshops, performances, and spontaneous interventions throughout the museum during their seven-week residency at S.M.A.K. Rather than presenting finished performances, these public moments offer glimpses into an ongoing artistic process.

• From 18:00 to 20:30
• Included in the entry ticket

A guide takes you through the current exhibitions at S.M.A.K.

• Start at 19:00 at the reception desk.
• Duration: 1,5 hours.
• Places are limited, please register via reservation@smak.be (max. 4 registrations p.p.).
• Price: entree ticket + 6,5 euro per person (also children & Ghent citizens)

On the occasion of her solo exhibition Keep a Promise, Carole Vanderlinden invites renowned double bassist Joëlle Léandre for an improvisation alongside various artworks in the museum galleries.

Carole Vanderlinden and Joëlle Léandre share a deep, mutual appreciation for each other's work. Léandre performed a first improvisation in Vanderlinden's studio in 2024. She drew inspiration for her compositions from several paintings, engaging in a direct dialogue with them. For the compilation of her first monograph Bad Manners (2026), Vanderlinden in turn called upon Léandre. Intrigued by the shared terminology in music and visual arts (such as colors, tone, tonality, movement, and the body), the two artists engaged in a conversation about the connections between both art forms.

"We both want to merge our art further, and we are actively working towards that," Carole Vanderlinden wrote in her monograph about her relationship with Joëlle Léandre. The improvisation at S.M.A.K. aims to make a new contribution to this shared goal.

• At 20:30
• In the exhibition Keep a Promise by Carole Vanderlinden
• Included in the entry ticket
• Register via reservation@smak.be