Every year, the Antwerp Art Weekend sheds a bright light on the city’s thriving art scene, underlining contemporary art’s continual essentiality to society.

Following the success of last year, we are continuing this high note with the same vibrant energy for this year’s edition! With over 70 venues all over the city and beyond, our participants are readying themselves to welcome you for a covid-proof, art-hopping experience.

The Antwerp Art Weekend runs from 26-29 May, 2022.

Discover this year's program on antwerpartweekend.be

Elk jaar werpt het Antwerp Art Weekend een helder licht op de bloeiende kunstscène van de stad en onderstreept het de essentie van hedendaagse kunst voor de samenleving.

Na het succes van vorig jaar trekken we dezelfde levendige energie door voor de editie van dit jaar! Met meer dan 70 locaties verspreid over de stad en daarbuiten, bereiden onze deelnemers zich voor om je te verwelkomen voor een covid-proof, kunst-hoppende ervaring.

Het Antwerp Art Weekend loopt van 26-29 mei 2022.

Ontdek het programma van dit jaar op antwerpartweekend.be

In the month of May, no fewer than three consecutive art events take place! Combine them and discover what Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp have to offer:

11-15 May: Amsterdam Art Week
18-22 May: Rotterdam Art Week
26-29 May: Antwerp Art Weekend

Click here to discover the complete programme.

In de maand mei vinden maar liefst drie opeenvolgende kunstevenementen plaats! Combineer ze, en ontdek wat Amsterdam, Rotterdam en Antwerpen je te bieden hebben:

11-15 mei: Amsterdam Art Week
18-22 mei: Rotterdam Art Week
26-29 mei: Antwerp Art Weekend

Klik hier om het volledig programma te ontdekken.

Academy Open Air

Imagine Ukraine

Roasted not Toasted
Bogenna Ivana

My Hair, My Soul, My Freedom
Sandro Miller, J.D. Okhai Ojeikere

Street Life
Vivian Maier

Ik, ik, ik, ik, ik, ik, ik, ik, ik, je, je, je, je, je, je, je, je, je, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I
Arne Bastien

Affiniteiten#4 Kasper De Vos ♽ Liesbeth Henderickx // Aglaia Konrad Ⓚ Willem Oorebeek
Kasper De Vos, Liesbeth Henderickx, Aglaia Konrad, Willem Oorebeek

White Cube Renzo Martens
Renzo Martens

Keep an eye shut
Hanayo

Shindai
Ilse Leenders

a concrete future for the past
Katleen Vinck

Toxic Sensitivity
Bert Huyghe

GROEPEMENT
Jelle Spruyt, Eva De Leener, David Maroto, Adrien Tirtiaux, Els Dietvorst, Yannick Ganseman, Maik…

Finissage Current Affairs - Marc Vanderleenen

THE POWER OF ILLUSION - THE ILLUSION OF POWER
Tatjana Gerhard

You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours
Amber Andrews

Wandering
Gijs Van Vaerenbergh

Exiting the Vampire Castle
Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys, Willem de Rooij, Mekhitar Garabedian, Pélagie Gbaguidi, Margarita …

Oswald My Boy
Jon Pilkington

George Rickey
George Rickey

Germaine Kruip, "Rehearsal"
Germaine Kruip

ARCHIVAL PRESENTATION: Marlow Moss
Marlow Moss

Chris Reinecke: Firemouse
Chris Reinecke

IN SITU: Tarik Kiswanson – Anamnesis
Tarik Kiswanson

MORPHO Open Studios 2022

MAKING FUN
Mohamed Alani, Paul Casaer, Jesse Cremers, Leon de Bruijne, Willem de Haan, Nikolaas Demoen, Fleu…

Artist Talk Diana Markosian
Diana Markosian

BENJAMINPLUSHETBOS
Benjamin Verdonck, Roxane Métayer, Aiko Devriendt, Boslabs, Bei Tan, Tristan & Titania (Orphan F…

Book Launch & Artist Talks: 'DE-AD' - Wim Cuyvers
Wim Cuyvers

C A S S T L Presents Vedran Kopljar: THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING New Teachings
Vedran Kopljar

Sick Girl
Sick Girl

Antwerp Art Weekend at the Academy
Louwrien Wijers, Berit Schneidereit, Students Academy, Lintfabriek

Fictional Ceramics for Failed Relationships
Aay Liparoto

ArneBastien
Arne Bastien

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

'els nouwen 2022'

Figure of Thought
Jaromír Novotný

New Habitat
Taisia Korotkova

Every cloud has a silver lining
Roeland Tweelinckx

Lover Boy
Christine Clinckx

Proof of Work, What's at Stake?
Beni Bischof, Yannick Val Gesto, Victor Verhelst, Nicholas William Johnson, Anne-Mie Van kerkhove…

CLASH
Nasan Tur

Look out the window. What you are seeing is called history.
Thomas Verstraeten

Heavenly Flowers
Andrew Webb

Entrance - Bodies of Work
Kristina Sedlerova Villanen

Nature - Nurture
Joseph Beuys, Wido Blokland, Denmark, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Carmine Iacolare, Hans Lemmen, Wim Nival,…

Public Figure #3
Mekhitar Garabedian

Bodies of Work
Kristina Sedlerova Villanen, Franciska Khamis Giacoman, Yuri Leiderman, Hamed Dehqan, Eva Giolo, …

BOOOOOKS in conversation: Peter Foolen and Sara De Bondt

Artist Talk Bertien van Manen
Bertien van Manen

BOOOOOKS x Frans Masereel Centrum: Wim Cuyvers – ‘DE-AD' – Book Presentation and Artist Talk

Chinese Spring #5
Chen Wei, Cai Dong Dong, Sun Yanchu, Sick Girl, Liang Xiu, Zhang Hai'er, Chuw Chun Fai, Jiang Zhi

Kramp and The Shakers
Stijn Wybouw

MIDNIGHT BLUE
Eva De Leener

Shen Chen
Shen Chen

Shiro Tsujimura
Shiro Tsujimura

"Now on its way to the ⸻" " Copy, one Alpha" "⸻ enduring laboratory in orbit"
Winnie Claessens

Altered States, Take me there
Ritsart Gobyn, Mevlana Lipp, Filip Vervaet, Roy Mordechay, Nelleke Cloosterman

nothing new under the sun
eva donckers

Open Call Klimaatfestival

Periphery
Meryem Bayram, CMMC, Maëlle Dufour, Mekhitar Garabedian, Geert Goiris, Imge Özbilge

Talking back to Ellsworth Kelly and Blinky Palermo: Guy Mees' cut-out horizon
Guy Mees

To the Bone
Claude Cattelain, Jot Fau

Open Call: 2023 Artist Residencies

Early Bird
Simon Laureyns

Jonathan Meese Self Portraits and Nudes
Jonathan Meese

TORSO
Clara Brörmann

Anthea Hamilton – Mash Up
Anthea Hamilton

Current Affairs
Marc Vanderleenen

Gilbert Swimberghe
Gilbert Swimberghe

16 Apr—15 May 2022

Raamblind
Rik De Boe

Epic Sentiment
Oleg Maslov

Hello, Oona Bovri
Oona Bovri

O₂
Riki Mijling

Temporary Autonomous Zone
Witold Vandenbroeck, Xander Faes

BENJAMINPLUSHETBOS
Benjamin Verdonck, Roxane Métayer, Aiko Devriendt, Boslabs, Bei Tan, Tristan & Titania (Orphan F…

Embodied light
Martha Scheeren

see me feel me touch me
Nienke Baeckelandt, Filip Collin, Jef Meyer, Fiona Koene

Ukrainian for Beginners - Curated by Nikolay Karabinovych - Fundraiser

Ann Veronica Janssens

40 YEARS Zeno X Gallery: the nineties
Dirk Braeckman, Anton Corbijn, Marlene Dumas, Johannes Kahrs, Mark Manders, Luc Tuymans, Cristof …

Fictional Ceramics for Failed Relationships
Aay Liparoto

Alexey Shlyk & Ben Van den Berghe
Alexey Shlyk, Ben Van den Berghe

ArneBastien
Arne Bastien

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

Guided tour (Made in X, To the Bone, Periphery)

INBOX: Gijs Milius - Poppen
Gijs Milius

Made in X
Sammy Baloji, CATPC, Yelena Popova, Raqs Media Collective, Monira Al Qadiri, Ghita Skali, Bert Vi…

Natural Renaissance
Chris Meulemans

Le jour se lève
Pélagie Gbaguidi

Chaos & Order

Hibernus #1
Pélagie Gbaguidi, Océane Vallot, Emmanuelle Quertain, Joris Van de Moortel