Flemish Centre for Art Archives

The Flemish Centre for Art Archives is a hub for the distributed care of art archives and legacies. The organisation works autonomously at M HKA and focusses on the conservation, sustainable public access and effective field development of visual art archives under public and private management. Find out more about CKV’s development, mission, and vision here.

Learnings from the field

How to archive performances: Otobong Nkanga

Based on the archive of artist Otobong Nkanga, CKV is investigating together with the University of Antwerp what can be a good practice for preserving performances in the visual arts.

In practice

WORKSHOP – art archive do’s and don’t’s

CKV was a guest at the Kunsthal Ghent. Together we talked about what an archive makes, about why archiving, about how to structure and organize, about acid-free packaging, about digitization and much more!

Learnings from the field

The Johan Van Geluwe Foundation

CKV paid a visit to the Johan Van Geluwe Foundation, a foundation that has represented the interests of the artist and his impressive archive for over ten years.

In practice

Jef Lambrecht’s Legacy

Following Jef Lambrecht’s death in 2016, his family and friend began sorting and inventorying his literary and artistic archive. CKV is supervising the last, critical phase of the (re)purposing of a significant segment of this archive.

In practice

Jef Verheyen Archive

CKV started working with the Jef Verheyen Archive in 2019 to gear up for the opening of artist Jef Verheyen’s (1932-1984) oeuvre and archive to the public. This is a must for obtaining an impression of Verheyens’ flow of ideas.

Affiche voor Post-Performance Project 3, Vleeshal Middelburg, Nederland, 1981.

In practice

Hugo Roelandt Archive

The CKV is opening the archive of Belgian artist, Hugo Roelandt (1950-2015) – one of Belgium’s preeminent pioneers of performance art in the 1970s and 80s.

In practice

Frans Van Roosmaelen Archive

Complete archives aren’t the only ones worth conserving and exhibiting. The CKV is handling a few fascinating remnants of the Frans Van Roosmaelen archive.

In practice

Luc Deleu Archive / T.O.P. Office

The CKV and the Flemish Architecture Institute (VAi) are looking into how to take care of the archive, knowledge and ideas of Luc Deleu / T.O.P Office sustainably.