Art openings, performances &amp; talks

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Portrait of multidisciplinary artist Irma Janssens.

Talk · PerformanceThu 12 NOV · 19:00–19:45

Irma Janssens × SECONDroom

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Lee Bul installation at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, in 2016.

Opening · PerformanceThu 12 NOV · 20:00–23:00

Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now — public opening

M HKA · Zuid

Free

Visitors making sound together at Project Klank’s illuminated interactive table.

PerformanceFri 13 NOV · 19:00–23:00

MoMu Takeover: As Within, So Without — Layers of You

MoMu · Historic Centre

€13, reductions available

Venue photograph: musicians on Den Hopsack’s warmly lit café stage.

PerformanceFri 13 NOV · 20:00

International Spoken Word & Music Night

Art Gallery Rik Rosseels · Zuid

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Artwork photograph from the official Common Ground exhibition announcement.

OpeningSat 14 NOV · 13:00–18:00

Anthony Duffeleer & Joost Pauwaert — Common Ground

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Artwork image from the official PEDRULJE exhibition announcement.

OpeningSat 14 NOV · 14:00–19:00

PEDRULJE — group exhibition opening

valerie_traan gallery · Historic centre

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PerformanceSat 14 NOV · 15:00 + 17:00 · 20 min each

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

€13 / €8 concession

Visitors looking at photographs inside FOMU; venue photograph.

TalkMon 16 NOV · 09:30–17:00 · artist conversations from 11:15

Playing the Photogram: artist conversations

FOMU · Antwerpen-Zuid

Free

Music · PerformanceMon 16 NOV · 20:00–23:00

The Art of Insanity meets Persephone

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PerformanceThu 19 NOV · 18:45 + 20:00 · 45 min

Mayken

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Brandon Ballengée looking into an illuminated display.

TalkThu 19 NOV · 19:30

Looking into LUCAE #1: Who has a say? And who listens?

Tique · Historic Centre

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Music · PerformanceThu 19 NOV · 20:00–22:00

Thomas Jillings — free music

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A performer in blue-purple light with layered fabric and suspended objects in The Singer.

PerformanceThu 19 NOV · 20:30

WOEKER: Performing Priscilla / The Singer

hetpaleis · Historic Centre

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Zigghurath wearing headphones and operating electronic sound equipment in a wooden outdoor shelter.

PerformanceFri 20 NOV · 20:00 Zigghurath · 21:00 Sequences + VCTR

DENOISED: Zigghurath / Sequences + VCTR

Blikfabriek · Hoboken

two-day pass €75; limited €25 education/social

PerformanceFri 20 NOV · 20:15–21:15

SEW WHAT

€9–18, social €3

PerformanceSat 21 NOV · 15:00 + 17:00 · 20 min each

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

De Studio · Historic Centre

€13 / €8 concession

PerformanceSat 21 NOV · 16:30

Même de Nuit

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PerformanceSat 21 NOV · 19:15–20:15

SEW WHAT

hetpaleis · Historic Centre

€9–18, social €3

PerformanceSat 21 NOV · 21:00–23:00

Le Cabinet des Indécis

Annie Gentils Gallery · Antwerpen-Zuid

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The yellow-framed windows and brick facade of Annie Gentils Gallery; venue photograph.

TalkSun 22 NOV · 15:00–18:00 · event window

Jacqueline Peeters: The Painting Lesson — artist talk

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PerformanceSun 22 NOV · 15:15–16:15

SEW WHAT

hetpaleis · Historic Centre

€9–18, social €3

A dreamlike fluorescent landscape from SONDI’s Mbombo: Dream Echoes.

PerformanceSun 22 NOV · 16:30

How Can We Dream If We Don’t Sleep

De Studio · Historic Centre

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OLGA in motion, seen through layered reflections and a diagonal beam of light.

Music · PerformanceThu 26 NOV · 18:30–21:30

OLGA × TRIX

Letterenhuis · Historic Centre

Free

PerformanceThu 26 NOV · 20:00–21:00

Wat is een moeder eigenlijk?

€12, reductions available

PerformanceFri 27 NOV · 20:30 · 1h30

Spirit Plastic

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PerformanceSat 28 NOV · 15:00 + 17:00 · 20 min each

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

€13 / €8 concession

Music · PerformanceThu 3 DEC · 18:30–21:30

Alison Jutta × TRIX

Free

Stig De Block beside a large framed photograph at an art fair.

TalkThu 3 DEC · 19:00–19:45

Stig De Block: East Los — artist talk

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People gathered on the stepped amphitheatre around Théâtre Source in Douala.

TalkThu 3 DEC · 20:00–21:00

Théâtre Source: Philip Aguirre y Otegui

Troubleyn/Laboratorium · Antwerpen-Noord

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A performer in yellow poses amid glitter during HARAKIRI.

PerformanceFri 4 DEC · 20:30–22:00

HARAKIRI (A political and incorrect performance)

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A bilingual diagram about local economic mechanisms from The Question of Funding’s Dayra project.

TalkSat 5 DEC · 15:00–16:30

FRONT ROW: The Question of Funding

M HKA · Antwerpen-Zuid

Free

PerformanceSat 5 DEC · 15:00 + 17:00 · 20 min each

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

€13 / €8 concession

A staged collage of female performers, acrobatic bodies and archival stunt imagery.

PerformanceThu 10 DEC · 20:30

Stuntwoman!

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PerformanceSat 12 DEC · 15:00 + 17:00 · 20 min each

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

Troubleyn/Laboratorium · Antwerpen-Noord

€13 / €8 concession

Two performers moving beside a red sculptural figure in La poésie de la résistance.

PerformanceSat 12 DEC · 18:30–21:30

A Night of Art @ Troubleyn/Laboratorium

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Performers dance before William Kentridge’s projected drawings in Sibyl.

Music · PerformanceSat 12 DEC · 20:00 · 1h25

William Kentridge: Sibyl

DE SINGEL · Antwerpen-Zuid

€10–55

Portrait of artist Ugo Woatzi standing in a doorway.

Talk · PerformanceSun 13 DEC · 14:30–15:30

Artist Tour: Ugo Woatzi in Families

FOMU · Antwerpen-Zuid

€5 + museum ticket

A black swan inside a red circular mark for FRED&FERRY’s Swan Songs farewell exhibition.

PerformanceSun 13 DEC · 16:00–18:00

Swan Songs closing: Lydia Hannah Debeer

FRED&FERRY · Historic Centre

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PerformanceThu 17 DEC · 18:00–21:00 · timed sets

Collection and Comedy

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A small illustrated image suspended in a blue cinematic field from The Story of Lung-Ta.

PerformanceFri 18 DEC · 20:30

Nausicaa: The Story of Lung-Ta

Rataplan · Borgerhout

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PerformanceSat 19 DEC · 15:00 + 17:00 · 20 min each

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

€13 / €8 concession

A hand holds a small paper figure in green before a softly focused interior.

PerformanceSat 19 DEC · 18:00 · 45 min

Holly doet dienst: public presentation