What’s the Story? is all about the dialogue between the collection and contemporary artists. Curators Nico Van Hout and Erno Vroonen have arranged the works in themed ensembles in a free and associative manner so that visitors can discover for themselves links between modern-day artists and their kindred spirits from the past.
The KMSKA loves nothing better than to spark a dialogue between artworks that range widely in date. Artists past and present influence our ideas about universal subjects we consider important today. The presentation shows how the same themes change over the centuries and how artists build on each other’s work. Shown together, the artworks tell a shared story. Our interpretation of them is not set in stone however. What’s the Story? invites you to discover stories behind the works.

Each of the galleries immerses you in a different theme. In this second part, the themes are life and death, seduction and storytelling.

Artists: Maen Florin, Kati Heck, Evelyne Axell, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Liliane Vertessen, Rinus Van de Velde, Jozef Legrand