Contemporary art creations in public spaces

Temporary and (semi-)permanent interventions.

De Sokkel

Since 2011, Antwerp’s Central Park

The Klein Antwerpen community association and the Middelheim Museum have added a cultural touch to Antwerp’s central park with this project since 2011.

Light sculpture, Elias Derboven

Driesnellenstraat, 2060 Antwerp

Head over to Driesnellenstraat in Antwerp’s ‘den Dam’ neighbourhood to see an original artwork: a light sculpture with a text in the form of a bird. The artwork was installed at the neighbourhood’s request and enhances the street’s appearance.

Restorations / cleaning statues in the city

The Middelheim Museum is responsible for the maintenance and conservation of the city’s sculpture heritage.

Ângela Ferreira

Ângela Ferreira was born in Maputo (Mozambique) in 1958, settled in Cape Town (South Africa) in 1975, moved to Lisbon (Portugal) in the early 1990s and now commutes between Cape Town and Lisbon.

Bodys Isek Kingelez

Born in 1948 in Kimbembele Ihunga in the Belgian Congo, moved to Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1970, where he passed away in 2015.

Hank Willis Thomas

Hank Willis Thomas was born in 1976 in New Jersey (United States), he lives and works in New York (United States).

Ibrahim Mahama

Born in 1987 in Tamale (Ghana), lives and works in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale (all in Ghana).

Jean Katambayi

Born in 1974 in Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo), lives and works in Lubumbashi.

Pélagie Gbaguidi

Born in 1965 in Dakar (Senegal), of Benin descent, lives and works in Brussels (Belgium).