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.

In practice

The archive in its many forms. At the Studio of Ricardo Brey.

A behind-the-scenes look at Studio Ricardo Brey.

In conversation

More than ‘Performan’: Danny Devos’s multifaceted career

Jeroen Staes in conversation with Danny Devos.

In conversation

Antwerp to Manhattan and back: the archive and career of Raymond Barion

Jeroen Staes in conversation with Raymond Barion.

Mapping

Research in development: artists’ archives since the 1970s

Read more about the research of our colleague Jeroen Staes.

Mapping

Research in development: Field Analysis of Post-War Visual Arts Organisations in Flanders and Brussels

Read more about the research of our colleague Paula Rodríguez Sardiñas.

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.

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

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?