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Contemporary art

Ghent still boasts lots of medieval splendour, but contemporary art enthusiasts can also indulge themselves here. You can admire modern and contemporary art in a number of museums, the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K.) being the most specialised one, but also in art galleries. And in public spaces you can also see street art and other  contemporary art forms.

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  • S.M.A.K.: contemporary art in Ghent

    Idiosyncratic and contemporary art museum
    People looking at art
    Museums
  • Barbé Urbain gallery

    Antiques, collectibles are art all around
    Barbé Urbain gallery
    Art galleries
  • Boekbar De Loo

    A treasure trove of art books
    Facade
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  • Cecilia Jaime Gallery

    Art gallery at Patershol
    kamer met foto's aan de muren, ramen die uitkijken op de straat
    Art galleries
  • D & Art Galerie

    From graphic design to contemporary sculptures
    D & Art Galerie Gent
    Art galleries
  • Galerie Rufus

    Contemporary art at Dampoort railway station
    witte kamer met een gele draaitrap, een oranje rekje, schilderijen aan de muur
    Art galleries
  • Galerij huishuis

    Contemporary art behind an 18th-century façade
    Huishuis bvba Gent
    Art galleries
  • Herbert Foundation

    Avant-garde art in Ghent
    Exhibition “Distance Extented Part II”
    Art galleries
  • Kiosk

    Space for contemporary visual art
    Lisa Vlaemminck, Morph Allure (2022)
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  • Kunsthal Gent

    Platform for contemporary art in Ghent
    Kunsthal Gent
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  • Among Friends

    Ode to donors and legatees
    Léon Spilliaert, 'Nachtelijk strandgezicht', 1905, MSK Gent
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  • Het Brievenproject

    Joseph Willaert
    Impressions of the exhibition
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  • Jan Van Imschoot

    The End is Never Near
    La Piconera (La trahison conjugale)
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  • Karlo Kacharava

    europalia georgia
    Karlo Kacharava
    Exhibitions
  • Marc De Cock

    An imaginary portrait in works of art
    Installation image of the exhibition
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  • Motel Corona

    Acquisitions by the Flemish Community to aid the recovery of artists and museums after Covid-19
    Artwork at the S.M.A.K.
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