Belgian art of the long eighties transitioning from the regional to the international: Aspects of the Ghent art scene, 1976-1992. Ghent University
This project focuses on the Ghent art world of the 1980s, an understudied part of art history. During this period, there was a clear motive towards placing Belgian art on the map. An international narrative became increasingly dominant in catalogues, the popular press and politics, becoming a societal phenomenon. Ghent played a decisive role in this process, for example by establishing the first Belgian museum for contemporary art, with Jan ...