Art & Research - Academy
@research-academy.bsky.social
Artistic research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
PhD defence by Nicolas Baeyens
"The medium is the memory, the support the souvenir"
→ Saturday 13 December 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ph...
"The medium is the memory, the support the souvenir"
→ Saturday 13 December 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ph...
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
PhD defence by Nicolas Baeyens
"The medium is the memory, the support the souvenir"
→ Saturday 13 December 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ph...
"The medium is the memory, the support the souvenir"
→ Saturday 13 December 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ph...
Inês Neto dos Santos & Sina Hensel
→ Duo exhibition
→ Opening Thu 13 November, exhibition until 20 November 2025
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/in...
→ Duo exhibition
→ Opening Thu 13 November, exhibition until 20 November 2025
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/in...
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Inês Neto dos Santos & Sina Hensel
→ Duo exhibition
→ Opening Thu 13 November, exhibition until 20 November 2025
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/in...
→ Duo exhibition
→ Opening Thu 13 November, exhibition until 20 November 2025
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/in...
PhD defence by Bart Van Dijck
ÎNTERZONE (architecture of the ritual space)
→ Friday 7 November 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/phd...
ÎNTERZONE (architecture of the ritual space)
→ Friday 7 November 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/phd...
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
PhD defence by Bart Van Dijck
ÎNTERZONE (architecture of the ritual space)
→ Friday 7 November 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/phd...
ÎNTERZONE (architecture of the ritual space)
→ Friday 7 November 2025
→ at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/phd...
Vibrant Death
Lecture-performance by Nina Lykke
→ Mon 20 October, 16:00
→ Research Room @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/vi...
Lecture-performance by Nina Lykke
→ Mon 20 October, 16:00
→ Research Room @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/vi...
October 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Vibrant Death
Lecture-performance by Nina Lykke
→ Mon 20 October, 16:00
→ Research Room @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/vi...
Lecture-performance by Nina Lykke
→ Mon 20 October, 16:00
→ Research Room @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/vi...
Streets on Fire
→ Mon 13 October, 16:00
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Artists Harry Gamboa Jr., Marc Bertel, and Rudolph Drayton Jr. discuss their diverse practices in public space.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/st...
(image: Harry Gamboa Jr, 2025)
→ Mon 13 October, 16:00
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Artists Harry Gamboa Jr., Marc Bertel, and Rudolph Drayton Jr. discuss their diverse practices in public space.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/st...
(image: Harry Gamboa Jr, 2025)
October 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Streets on Fire
→ Mon 13 October, 16:00
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Artists Harry Gamboa Jr., Marc Bertel, and Rudolph Drayton Jr. discuss their diverse practices in public space.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/st...
(image: Harry Gamboa Jr, 2025)
→ Mon 13 October, 16:00
→ @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Artists Harry Gamboa Jr., Marc Bertel, and Rudolph Drayton Jr. discuss their diverse practices in public space.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/st...
(image: Harry Gamboa Jr, 2025)
ANTWERP ACADEMY ART BOOK FAIR
11 October 2025 → 10:00-18:00
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Happy to share that our publishing house Track Report will be represented by @tiqueart.bsky.social at the annual Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair!
www.ap-arts.be/track-report
11 October 2025 → 10:00-18:00
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Happy to share that our publishing house Track Report will be represented by @tiqueart.bsky.social at the annual Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair!
www.ap-arts.be/track-report
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
ANTWERP ACADEMY ART BOOK FAIR
11 October 2025 → 10:00-18:00
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Happy to share that our publishing house Track Report will be represented by @tiqueart.bsky.social at the annual Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair!
www.ap-arts.be/track-report
11 October 2025 → 10:00-18:00
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Happy to share that our publishing house Track Report will be represented by @tiqueart.bsky.social at the annual Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair!
www.ap-arts.be/track-report
Beyond Binary
Non-Dual Perspectives on Art and Technology
→ Thu 23 & Fri 24 October, 09:30 – 17:00
→ MEDAA, Brussels
Two-day seminar
Organised by Kristof Timmerman & Steven Humblet
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
with ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/be...
Non-Dual Perspectives on Art and Technology
→ Thu 23 & Fri 24 October, 09:30 – 17:00
→ MEDAA, Brussels
Two-day seminar
Organised by Kristof Timmerman & Steven Humblet
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
with ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/be...
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Beyond Binary
Non-Dual Perspectives on Art and Technology
→ Thu 23 & Fri 24 October, 09:30 – 17:00
→ MEDAA, Brussels
Two-day seminar
Organised by Kristof Timmerman & Steven Humblet
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
with ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/be...
Non-Dual Perspectives on Art and Technology
→ Thu 23 & Fri 24 October, 09:30 – 17:00
→ MEDAA, Brussels
Two-day seminar
Organised by Kristof Timmerman & Steven Humblet
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
with ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/be...
Ancestral Voices
Landscape of Resonance
→ Fri 10 October, 16:00 – 18:30
→ Abbaye de la Cambre, Brussels
Open symposium organised by Léonard Pongo, on the links between landscapes in the DRC, artistic representations and cultural meanings.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/an...
Landscape of Resonance
→ Fri 10 October, 16:00 – 18:30
→ Abbaye de la Cambre, Brussels
Open symposium organised by Léonard Pongo, on the links between landscapes in the DRC, artistic representations and cultural meanings.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/an...
October 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Ancestral Voices
Landscape of Resonance
→ Fri 10 October, 16:00 – 18:30
→ Abbaye de la Cambre, Brussels
Open symposium organised by Léonard Pongo, on the links between landscapes in the DRC, artistic representations and cultural meanings.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/an...
Landscape of Resonance
→ Fri 10 October, 16:00 – 18:30
→ Abbaye de la Cambre, Brussels
Open symposium organised by Léonard Pongo, on the links between landscapes in the DRC, artistic representations and cultural meanings.
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/an...
Conceptual, Performative, Pedagogical
Teaching Artist Conference
→ Mon 20 & Tue 21 October, 18:00 – 20:00
→ Lange Zaal @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Organised by Yuki Okumura
With Simon Asencio, Feiko Beckers, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, and Luka Savić
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/co...
Teaching Artist Conference
→ Mon 20 & Tue 21 October, 18:00 – 20:00
→ Lange Zaal @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Organised by Yuki Okumura
With Simon Asencio, Feiko Beckers, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, and Luka Savić
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/co...
October 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Conceptual, Performative, Pedagogical
Teaching Artist Conference
→ Mon 20 & Tue 21 October, 18:00 – 20:00
→ Lange Zaal @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Organised by Yuki Okumura
With Simon Asencio, Feiko Beckers, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, and Luka Savić
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/co...
Teaching Artist Conference
→ Mon 20 & Tue 21 October, 18:00 – 20:00
→ Lange Zaal @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Organised by Yuki Okumura
With Simon Asencio, Feiko Beckers, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, and Luka Savić
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/co...
What if…? ARTICULATE 2025
10th edition of our annual research festival
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
9 – 24 October 2025
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
10th edition of our annual research festival
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
9 – 24 October 2025
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
September 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
What if…? ARTICULATE 2025
10th edition of our annual research festival
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
9 – 24 October 2025
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
10th edition of our annual research festival
@royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
9 – 24 October 2025
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
Welcome (back) researchers!
We’re kicking off another inspiring Art & Research year ☀️
We’re kicking off another inspiring Art & Research year ☀️
September 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Welcome (back) researchers!
We’re kicking off another inspiring Art & Research year ☀️
We’re kicking off another inspiring Art & Research year ☀️
OPEN CALL for research projects!
→ Apply for a one- or two-year research project
→ At the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
→ Starting in September 2026
🖊 Apply before 3 November 2025
🔗 More info
www.ap-arts.be/en/submit-re...
→ Apply for a one- or two-year research project
→ At the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
→ Starting in September 2026
🖊 Apply before 3 November 2025
🔗 More info
www.ap-arts.be/en/submit-re...
September 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
OPEN CALL for research projects!
→ Apply for a one- or two-year research project
→ At the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
→ Starting in September 2026
🖊 Apply before 3 November 2025
🔗 More info
www.ap-arts.be/en/submit-re...
→ Apply for a one- or two-year research project
→ At the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
→ Starting in September 2026
🖊 Apply before 3 November 2025
🔗 More info
www.ap-arts.be/en/submit-re...
☀️Have a great summer!
Save the date for the 10th edition of our annual research festival ARTICULATE
What if…?
9 – 24 October 2025
at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
See you back in September!
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
Save the date for the 10th edition of our annual research festival ARTICULATE
What if…?
9 – 24 October 2025
at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
See you back in September!
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
July 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
☀️Have a great summer!
Save the date for the 10th edition of our annual research festival ARTICULATE
What if…?
9 – 24 October 2025
at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
See you back in September!
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
Save the date for the 10th edition of our annual research festival ARTICULATE
What if…?
9 – 24 October 2025
at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
See you back in September!
www.ap-arts.be/evenement/ar...
The research project 'Constructed Landscape' by Dušica Dražić explores a (hu)man-made forest in Yugoslavia, created over ten years through collective volunteer labour. How can the ecological and ideological processes help us understand the contemporary world?
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
July 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The research project 'Constructed Landscape' by Dušica Dražić explores a (hu)man-made forest in Yugoslavia, created over ten years through collective volunteer labour. How can the ecological and ideological processes help us understand the contemporary world?
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
'God Save the Queer(s)' is a continuation of Denys Shantar's first research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
It explores religious spaces and saints outside the church context tying together politics, his own identity, reflection and healing.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
It explores religious spaces and saints outside the church context tying together politics, his own identity, reflection and healing.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
June 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
'God Save the Queer(s)' is a continuation of Denys Shantar's first research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
It explores religious spaces and saints outside the church context tying together politics, his own identity, reflection and healing.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
It explores religious spaces and saints outside the church context tying together politics, his own identity, reflection and healing.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
Frankie Anh Le will begin a one-year research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
They will explore the concept of personal space in today’s interconnected world, seeking to confront modern isolation, intimacy, and human interaction.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
They will explore the concept of personal space in today’s interconnected world, seeking to confront modern isolation, intimacy, and human interaction.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
June 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Frankie Anh Le will begin a one-year research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
They will explore the concept of personal space in today’s interconnected world, seeking to confront modern isolation, intimacy, and human interaction.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
They will explore the concept of personal space in today’s interconnected world, seeking to confront modern isolation, intimacy, and human interaction.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
Khristine Gillard will soon begin a research project at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
'Vivid Tales' explores how rethinking death and mourning rituals can foster a deeper connection with our ecosystems and activate new practices, collaborations, and narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
'Vivid Tales' explores how rethinking death and mourning rituals can foster a deeper connection with our ecosystems and activate new practices, collaborations, and narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
June 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Khristine Gillard will soon begin a research project at @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
'Vivid Tales' explores how rethinking death and mourning rituals can foster a deeper connection with our ecosystems and activate new practices, collaborations, and narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
'Vivid Tales' explores how rethinking death and mourning rituals can foster a deeper connection with our ecosystems and activate new practices, collaborations, and narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
✨ Congratulations to Edu Tarín
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
June 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
✨ Congratulations to Edu Tarín
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
✨ Congratulations to Eline De Clercq
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/project/who-...
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/project/who-...
June 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
✨ Congratulations to Eline De Clercq
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/project/who-...
new PhD researcher at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social and ARIA / UAntwerp
www.ap-arts.be/project/who-...
Tree grates completed at the Stadswaag!
By students and alumni of the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Photos by Alies Torfs
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
By students and alumni of the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Photos by Alies Torfs
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
June 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Tree grates completed at the Stadswaag!
By students and alumni of the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Photos by Alies Torfs
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
By students and alumni of the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
Photos by Alies Torfs
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
During Antwerp Art Weekend, we celebrate the opening of the art integration at the newly renovated Stadswaag square.
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
May 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
During Antwerp Art Weekend, we celebrate the opening of the art integration at the newly renovated Stadswaag square.
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
Karl Joonas Alamaa will soon start a two-year research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
`Home, carried` explores the essence of belonging, with a focus on marginalized histories that have often been forgotten or excluded from mainstream narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
`Home, carried` explores the essence of belonging, with a focus on marginalized histories that have often been forgotten or excluded from mainstream narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
May 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Karl Joonas Alamaa will soon start a two-year research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
`Home, carried` explores the essence of belonging, with a focus on marginalized histories that have often been forgotten or excluded from mainstream narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
`Home, carried` explores the essence of belonging, with a focus on marginalized histories that have often been forgotten or excluded from mainstream narratives.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
New publication!
“Know how to now it’s that you’re learning the segments That aren’t sentences at all and converse with each other
Readings, sounds and performances on the poetics of measure
Edited by Andrea di Serego Alighieri
www.ap-arts.be/en/publicati...
“Know how to now it’s that you’re learning the segments That aren’t sentences at all and converse with each other
Readings, sounds and performances on the poetics of measure
Edited by Andrea di Serego Alighieri
www.ap-arts.be/en/publicati...
May 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
New publication!
“Know how to now it’s that you’re learning the segments That aren’t sentences at all and converse with each other
Readings, sounds and performances on the poetics of measure
Edited by Andrea di Serego Alighieri
www.ap-arts.be/en/publicati...
“Know how to now it’s that you’re learning the segments That aren’t sentences at all and converse with each other
Readings, sounds and performances on the poetics of measure
Edited by Andrea di Serego Alighieri
www.ap-arts.be/en/publicati...
During Antwerp Art Weekend, we celebrate the opening of the art integration at the newly renovated Stadswaag square.
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
May 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
During Antwerp Art Weekend, we celebrate the opening of the art integration at the newly renovated Stadswaag square.
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
Eight student–alumni duos from @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social designed custom tree grates for the square.
Inauguration: Saturday 31 May, 13:30
www.ap-arts.be/en/event/ant...
In September 2025, Liza Goncharenko will begin a two-year research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
This research investigates the role of artistic practices in contributing to the recovery of war-impacted landscapes in Ukraine.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
This research investigates the role of artistic practices in contributing to the recovery of war-impacted landscapes in Ukraine.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
May 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In September 2025, Liza Goncharenko will begin a two-year research project at the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
This research investigates the role of artistic practices in contributing to the recovery of war-impacted landscapes in Ukraine.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...
This research investigates the role of artistic practices in contributing to the recovery of war-impacted landscapes in Ukraine.
www.ap-arts.be/en/research/...