IN-SPIRATION (scroll down to use the form for the registration)
NQ Gallery and Caspar Berger present IN-SPIRATION, on view from 8 to 26 February at NQ Gallery in Antwerp. The exhibition features CARVED TIME, series of contemporary prayer nuts, previously shown at PAN Amsterdam and now presented in Antwerp.
In parallel with the exhibition, a lecture series takes place at Samenloop (Maagdenhuis), bringing together leading journalists, curators and thinkers in moderated conversations on art, spirituality and society.
Lecture programme
LOCATION Samenloop – Lange Gasthuisstraat 33, Antwerp
DOORS 1:30 PM · START 2:00 PM
8 February
MODERATOR | NICKY AERTS – Presenter of the cultural program Pompidou on Klara.
SPEAKER | BERT DE VROEY – Journalist for the VRT News Service.
SPEAKER | YASMIEN NACIRI – Entrepreneur, marketer, speaker, and author in various media.
15 February
MODERATOR | GIE GORIS – Freelance journalist and former editor-in-chief of MO* Magazine.
SPEAKER | CHRIS BRYSSINCKX – Former director of GATAM vzw, co-founder of ReAntwerp and Samenloop.
SPEAKER | JAN VANHEUKELOM – Activist, former head of Belgian development cooperation and UN advisor.
22 February
MODERATOR | PHILIP HEYLEN – Chief International Relations & Corporate Affairs Officer at Ackermans & van Haaren and Honorary Alderman of the city of Antwerp
SPEAKER | MIRJAM HOIJTINK – Cultural historian, researcher, research fellow at the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture, University of Amsterdam (UvA).
SPEAKER | EMILE VAN BINNEBEKE – Curator of sculpture at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels.
After each lecture, we walk together to NQ Gallery for an exclusive exhibition visit, with a drink and a light bite by Samenloop under the supervision of chef Wouter Keersmaekers
Please confirm your presence (free) through the form below
A short film about the Contemporary Prayer Nuts can be viewed here (or below the form).