Kortrijk Art

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Deja­ge­re Aerts Collection

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24.October.2025​-17.April.2026

Analyses

Didier Vermeiren, Lili Dujourie, Joseph Beuys + MEER

Address: Doornstraat 10, 8500 Kortrijk
Opening Hours: op afspraak en tijdens lopende expo’s (zie website)

About the location

Amidst a row of faded indu­stri­al buil­dings from a bygo­ne era, num­ber 10 stands out with its trio of blue-green doors — a stri­king splash of color in the Doorn­straat. This is whe­re you step into the DA Collection.

In the various exhi­bi­ti­on spa­ces – Doorn and Noord – a selec­ti­on of the col­lec­ti­on is pre­sen­ted through rota­ting exhi­bi­ti­ons. This col­lec­ti­on, dri­ven by the power of the ima­ge, spans from the 17th cen­tu­ry to the pre­sent day, reve­a­ling itself to visi­tors in ever-evol­ving forms. It is a living col­lec­ti­on, con­ti­nu­al­ly reima­gi­ned through new com­bi­na­ti­ons and the­ma­tic explo­ra­ti­ons. Some works may feel fami­liar; the col­lec­ti­on is acti­ve­ly invol­ved in len­ding pie­ces to exhi­bi­ti­ons both nati­o­nal­ly and internationally.

You enter the col­lec­ti­on through a lar­ge exhi­bi­ti­on spa­ce cur­rent­ly hos­ting a show on struc­tu­res. This exhi­bi­ti­on explo­res struc­tu­res in visu­al art in various forms — from geo­me­tric fra­me­works to the under­ly­ing struc­tu­res of visu­al art itself.
From the­re, a walk through the herb gar­den leads you to the second part of the col­lec­ti­on. Here, three exhi­bi­ti­on rooms cur­rent­ly pre­sent The Hand Fol­lows The Mind, a show dedi­ca­ted to works on paper — ran­ging from dra­wings and sket­ches to selec­ted grap­hic works. This exhi­bi­ti­on takes the devel­op­ment and dis­se­mi­na­ti­on of ide­as as its star­ting point.
A visit to this exhi­bi­ti­on lea­ves a las­ting impres­si­on of the asto­nis­hing power of both the visu­al and the con­cep­tu­al within the visu­al arts.

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