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MusicSat 14 NOV · 20:30–21:30

Johannes Is Zijn Naam

CASA SAGA · Borgerhout

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Portrait of poet and performer Myriem El-Kaddouri.

Talk · PerformanceThu 12 NOV · 11:00–12:00

Kom dichter: Myriem El-Kaddouri

Letterenhuis · Historic Centre

€5, reductions available

A figure covered in layered black and white feathers crouches beside a white brick wall.

PerformanceThu 12 NOV · 18:30–20:30

Rebecca Lenaerts: Still a Bird

KMSKA · Antwerpen-Zuid

museum ticket

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

Artwork photograph from the official Common Ground exhibition announcement.

OpeningSat 14 NOV · 13:00–18:00

Anthony Duffeleer & Joost Pauwaert — Common Ground

Art Gallery Rik Rosseels · Zuid

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

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

Kunsthal Extra City · Antwerpen-Centraal

€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

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

Mayken

KMSKA · Antwerpen-Zuid

museum ticket

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

PerformanceFri 13 NOV · 20:00

International Spoken Word & Music Night

Den Hopsack · Historic Centre

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

The Art of Insanity meets Persephone

Den Hopsack · 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

Fri 11 DEC · 20:30–21:40

Sketch 2

CASA SAGA · Borgerhout

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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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Black-and-white portrait of the three musicians of Wajdi Riahi Trio standing close together outdoors.

MusicTue 17 NOV · 20:00 · doors 19:00

Wajdi Riahi Trio: Zabonprés Sessions

Bernaerts Platform · Antwerpen-Zuid

€15–22

Wing-Fi event publicity image of a musician working with electronic equipment in blue light.

MusicThu 19 NOV · 20:30–22:00

Wing-Fi: Dago Sondervan & Andrew Claes

Blikfabriek · Hoboken

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Abel Ghekiere in a dark suit and white shirt against a pale blue background.

MusicSun 29 NOV · 11:00–13:00 · finissage window

Abel Ghekiere: Follie residency concert

Follie · Park Den Brandt

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Anne van de Star playing two suspended black sculptural percussion instruments with a mallet.

MusicThu 26 NOV · 20:30

Anne van de Star + Skordatura

Het Bos · Antwerpen

ticketed

MusicFri 27 NOV · 20:30

OLA TUNJI / Stann

Rataplan · Borgerhout

Spiritual free jazz / granular electronics

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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Thu 19 NOV · 20:00

The Golden Stool

Bourlaschouwburg · Historic Centre

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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

Monty · Antwerpen-Zuid

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PerformanceFri 20 NOV · 20:15–21:15

SEW WHAT

hetpaleis · Historic Centre

€9–18, social €3

PerformanceSat 21 NOV · 16:30

Même de Nuit

De Studio · Historic Centre

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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

Annie Gentils Gallery · Antwerpen-Zuid

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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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PerformanceThu 26 NOV · 20:00–21:00

Wat is een moeder eigenlijk?

Letterenhuis · Historic Centre

€12, reductions available

A dancer in a silver costume runs across a white studio floor.

Fri 27 NOV · 18:00 · 1h

(based on a true story)#14: Death of a Disco Dancer

DE SINGEL · Antwerpen-Zuid

€10–25Sold out

PerformanceFri 27 NOV · 20:30 · 1h30

Spirit Plastic

Monty · Antwerpen-Zuid

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Sat 28 NOV · 20:00

La Noche de Aparición

Bourlaschouwburg · Historic Centre

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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)

Troubleyn/Laboratorium · Antwerpen-Noord

ticketed

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

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

Troubleyn/Laboratorium · Antwerpen-Noord

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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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