Practice

Discover here some of the encounters and inspiring cases that cross our path, as well as the research projects in which CKV cooperates and contributes.

Unframing Walter Leblanc: an expanded conversation on the notion of archives

We warmly invite you to the symposium on contemporary artist Walter Leblanc, taking place on Thursay, October 9, 2025 in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Mapping

‘This female artist gifted with masculine qualities’. About mapping forgotten female artists

Internship student Anke Vermeulen reports on her research into forgotten female artists.

In practice

Cel Overberghe’s archive

Internship student Lisa Dierickx about opening up artist Cel Overberghe's archive

Publications

L’INTERNATIONALE – Stories and Threads: Perspectives on Art Archives

In practice

Research Trajectory: Jef Verheyen

A trajectory with a focus on both the archive and the oeuvre of an artist. How can we do this?

In practice

Research project: Archiving performance

How do you archive an ephemeral art form such as performance? CKV has a look at the possibilities.

Training and events

The Museum as Public Space: Symposium on Archiving Performance Art

A report of the symposium 'Archiving Performance: Between Artistic Poetics and Institutional Policy' that took place on May 16, 2022.

In practice

Raphaël Buedts: activating a legacy

The CKV gives advice with regard to the mapping of the lecagcy of Raphaël Buedts, focussing on the archive.

In practice

Representation: Hearing Voices in the (Counter-)Archive?

How do we decide today what is important for the future? A challenging question. Follow the webinar series "To imagine otherwise: future archives". On April 28 with Andrew Flinn.

Marc Holthof (links) met Hugo Roelandt, begin 1990

In practice

The Marc Holthof Archive: Media and Culture

Here you can get to know more on the archive of Marc Holthof

Enkele foto's uit het archief van Galerie Drieghe

In practice

The Galerie Drieghe Archive: A Peripheral Focal Point

Read more about the valuable archive that is carefully managed by the Drieghe family.

In practice

Flor Bex Archive

In the autumn of 2021, Flor Bex and Lieve De Deyne agreed with the CKV to donate Flor Bex's archive to the M HKA.

In practice

The Archive in its Many Forms: Ricardo Brey

Read more about the care for the archive of Ricardo Brey here, and also how documenting oeuvre requires special attention.

Training and events

SYMPOSIUM Archiving Performance: Between Artistic Poetics and Institutional Policies

The symposium 'Archiving performance: between artistic poetics and institutional policies' takes place on 16th of May. Organized by CKV and the Research Centre for Visual Poetics (University of Antwerp).

Training and events

Webinars ‘To imagine otherwise. Future Archives’

How do we decide today what is important to preserve for the future? A challenging question. Follow the webinar series "To imagine otherwise: future archives".

In practice

Against the Impotence of Art: the Ruimte Morguen Archive

In 2020-2021 the archive of Ruimte Morguen was transferred to the M HKA. CKV is working together with founder Marc Schepers to make this gallery archive accessible.

In practice

Outlined: Trajectory Oral History

Read more about our plans to use oral history in the service of archival care.

Een vrijwilliger aan het werk bij Stichting Pim De Rudder, Assenede. (c)CKV, 2020

In practice

(volunteer)WORK in archival care

How to involve students and volunteers in your organisation to take care of the archives of an artist or an art organisation?

In practice

Transfer: the Jozef Van Ruyssevelt photo archive

With the cooperation of CKV, a part of the legacy of the artist found a permanent repository in the Bibliotheca Wasiana.

In practice

Willy Van Eeckhout: the archive as autobiography

The M HKA has been responsible for preserving the archive of the Mechelen artist Willy Van Eeckhout since December 2018. Browse through a selection of pages from his archive files here.