Since 2019, S.M.A.K. has had an exhaustive inventory of the museum collection published in a seven-volume publication. In six of the seven volumes, all the works of art from the collection can be found in alphabetical order, each time with an image and all the accompanying basic information about each work of art.
Not only visual material of these 2,000 works was included in this publication, but also text material about the slightly more than 300 most important artists from the collection, written by various authors over the past five years. Contributions were made by Katrien Blanchaert, Jo Coucke, Isabelle De Baets, Marie Decoodt, Ory Dessau, Wouter De Vleeschouwer, Lotte Devoeght, Martin Germann, Julie Verheye and Thibaut Verhoeven.
The seventh part is a text section with illuminating contributions on the history and current state of affairs of the S.M.A.K. collection, written by Philippe Van Cauteren and Thibaut Verhoeven.
The integral collection inventory describes all the works of art that the S.M.A.K. has in its keeping and of which it is assumed that they will never leave the collection. Works of art on long-term loan with no prospect of acquisition for the collection are not included.
