Activities

  • Club MiRAnda

    friday 16 & 30.01 - 13 & 27.02 - 13 & 27.03.2026

    Club MiRAnda is the biweekly studio of Lucinda Ra in the Winter Garden of the Dr. Guislain Museum. Every two weeks on friday, we invite anyone from the area who feels like it to come and work in our studio. We don’t give assignments or workshops, but you’re welcome to make use of our company, our coffee, our tables, our chairs, our drawing materials, our paper, our paint, our sewing machine, our opinions, or simply bring your own materials!

  • Slow art - an outsider in our midst

    sunday 22.02 - 22.03 - 26.04 - 24.05 - 28.06.2026

    This workshop is given in DutchSlow art is a way of looking in which you take the time to truly experience an artwork. You discover details, emotions and stories you would otherwise miss. It feels meditative: art that isn’t just seen, but lived.
    (This workshop is given in Dutch)

  • Supported Studio Master Classes – from Creation to Presentation

    25.03.2026 / 09u - 17u

    ⚲ LUCA campus Brussels / Sint-Lukas
    One-day master class for artists, curators and facilitators working with artists in care contexts.

  • Ballenesque.! An artist talk by Roger Ballen

    saturday 4.04.2026

    The American photographer Roger Ballen is considered one of the most influential art photographers of the 21st century. Over a career spanning more than fifty years, he has developed a completely unique visual language —so distinctive that it has become known as “Ballenesque.” On Saturday, April 4, he will discuss the evolution of his artistic style from the 1960s to today at Museum Dr. Guislain.

  • Voices from Belarus

    friday 24.04.2026

    Under the regime of Lukashenko, freedom of literary expression has become a distant ideal in Belarus. Writers are persecuted, imprisoned, or forced into exile.

  • Too mad to be true IV

    14 - 15.05.2026

    The fourth edition of Too Mad to be True will take place on May 14 and 15, 2026, once again in the magnificent Dr. Guislain Museum in Ghent. This year's theme is Madness and its Expressions.

  • Conference of Culture & Mental Health 2026

    26 - 27.11.2026

    On 26 and 27 November 2026, the third International Conference on Culture & Mental Health will take place in Ghent, with a central focus on youth. The conference explores how culture and art can strengthen the mental health and resilience of young people, and is part of the celebration of 40 years of the Dr. Guislain Museum.

Save the Date

  • Thursday Late

    5.02 - 5.03 - 2.04 - 7.05 - 4.06.2026

    Every first Thursday of the month, Ghent’s museums keep their doors open a little longer - and we’re also participating. On Thursday Late you can enjoy our current exhibitions until 10 p.m. (Except in January, July, August and September)

  • Psycho Jazz IV

    3-4-5.07.2026

    Edition 4? Yes, sir.

  • Flea Market

    zaterdag 15.08.2026

    Come browse through hidden treasures!

  • Museum Night

    Thursday 3.12.2026

    Once again our doors stay open until the early hours on Museum Night. Come and discover our exhibitions
    for free until 1am.