Art x Research x City

October 2026 - Antwerp

The Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA) starts the academic year 2026-2027 with a month full of lectures, debates, performances, exhibitions, workshops and open classes on research in the arts. 

In October, ARIA puts the potential of research in the arts in the spotlight for both specialists and the general public.

14-23 October 2026

ARTICULATE 2026 | 'Absence / Presence' - Research Weeks at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp

What does it mean to be present today? The festival explores how absence can be just as powerful as presence — in the body of a performer, in collective memory, in digital spaces, in what art holds but cannot say outright. It also asks whose presence has historically been kept out of view, and how art can offer new ways of seeing and listening.

With ARIA PhD researchers Karin De Fleyt and others. More names to be confirmed.

19-30 October 2026

ARTICULATE 2026 | 'Absence / Presence' - Research Weeks at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp

What does it mean to be present today? The festival explores how absence can be just as powerful as presence — in the body of a performer, in collective memory, in digital spaces, in what art holds but cannot say outright. It also asks whose presence has historically been kept out of view, and how art can offer new ways of seeing and listening.

With ARIA PhD researchers Yuki Okumura, Kristof Timmerman, and others.

28 October - 1 November 2026

Sint Lucas Antwerpen Research Week

The SLARG research weeks present a view on the plurality of the research projects, processes, methods, experiments and propositions through workshops, presentations, seminars, performances, guided tours, and much more.

With ARIA PhD researchers Garine Gokceyan, Loraine Furter, Dimitri van den Wittenboer, Irma Foldényi, and others.

Public events with ARIA researchers

Full programmes soon to be published at:

• Articulate 2026 | Academy
• Articulate 2026 | Conservatoire
• Sint Lucas Antwerpen Research Week 2026