Ménage à trois – part VII: Solidarity Matters
Ménage à trois is an annual programme organised by Flanders Arts Institute and the Direction des Arts visuels of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, with the aim of creating a space for dialogue between artists and art professionals from Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders.
Ménage à trois #7
This year, we are reflecting on working conditions and the way in which we organise ourselves as a sector. We find ourselves in a crisis situation, characterised by mounting pressure on the visual arts sector and a government that is increasingly withdrawing its support – in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia – which makes the visual arts ecosystem particularly vulnerable.
That is why we want to look towards the future together: how can we organise and strengthen our work differently? How do we remain resilient, and with what resources? How do we tackle the challenges we face, and how can we build new forms of solidarity?
For this edition, we are bringing together artists, arts professionals and organisations to share ideas, experiences and opportunities, to gain a better understanding of one another and to work together towards stronger and more sustainable forms of solidarity within our sector.
Programme
10am - Welcome at Extra City
10.30am - The current state of the visual arts sector in Flanders by Simon Leenknegt (Flanders Arts Institute)
10.50am - The current state of the visual arts sector in Wallonia-Brussels by Tiphanie Blanc and Alexis Deconinck (laFAP) and Julie Nicod (ASAP)
11.10am - Q&A
11.30am - Voices of the field with M HKA (Anne-Claire Schmitz), Centrale for Contemporary Art (Tania Nasielski), Lichtekooi (Nadia Bijl), Komplot (Pauline Salinas, Thibaut Leplat en Camille Van Meenen), Etablissement d'en face (Nina Janssen and Stefanie Snoeck), Jubilee (Ronny Heiremans), Mouvements Sans Titre asbl - Art au Centre (Maxime Moinet), Mac’s (Jérôme André), & HISK (Johan Pas en Ann Laenen)
1pm - Lunch and exhibition visit
2pm - Walk to the M HKA
3pm - Forward-looking and speculative proposals by, among others, Sorana Munsya (independent curator), Vedran Kopljar (artist), Antony Hudek (artistic coordinator of Extra City), Grégory Castera (curator-at-large and head of “Learning from the Commons” at Kanal)
4pm - Open discussion
5pm - Networking drink and exhibitions visit
8pm - Opening .tiff exhibition at FOMU
When and where
Friday 26 June 2026, van 10am until 6pm in Kunsthal Extra City (until 2pm), afterwards in M HKA.
The conversations will be held in English and French.
Register now
Participation is free upon registration before 19 June.
More information
This programme is a collaboration between Flanders Arts Institute, Direction des Arts visuels of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, NICC, Kunsthaloverleg, laFap, ASAP, and is aimed at artists, art professionals and organisations working in the visual arts.
Do you have questions? Contact our colleague Lissa.
Image: Jochen Verghote
