History

Everything that happened at DeNode, year by year: exhibitions, events and milestones — each linking to its own page.

2027

29.01MilestoneOpening of the exhibition Humain, trop humain — Act I — with the artists selected through the open call.

2026

12MilestoneSecond selection round of the open call — conversations and studio visits (late November – December 2026).

27.11EventG.AN.D.A. art route 2026 — Opening night Fri 27 November · weekends 28–29 November and 5–6 December 2026

27.11EventVestiges — album release Robrecht Kessels — Friday 27 November 2026 · 7.30 pm

18.11MilestoneDeadline open call Humain, trop humain — Act I (11.59 pm) — followed by a blind first reading round.

Today · 19.10.2026

16.10ExhibitionHumanimality — 16.10.26 – 20.12.26 · Monsieur Térez

16.10EventOpening — Humanimality — Friday 16 October 2026, 6 – 9 pm

24.09EventLife drawing on Thursday — next session: Thu 22 Oct · every two weeks, 7.30 – 9.30 pm

20.09EventBjörn Wandels — booktalk — Sunday 20 September 2026, 11 am – 1 pm

18.09MilestoneOpen call Humain, trop humain — Act I launches — call for artists for the first exhibition of the new cycle.

15.09EventBecome a Fabulist — artist residency — 15 September – 15 October 2026 · 5 free workshops, young and old

11.09Exhibitionallesgut — 11.09.26 – 04.10.26 · Björn Wandels

11.09EventOpening — allesgut — Friday 11 September 2026, 6 – 9 pm

29.08EventKat Bové at LARA Art Fest, Laarne — Weekends from 29 August 2026 · LARA Art Fest

15.07EventCutting Reality Workshop — Workshop 1: 15–16–17 July 2026 · Workshop 2: 22–23–24 July 2026

15.07MilestoneNew website — www.denode.be moves to its own fully self-managed trilingual site.

15.05ExhibitionKashi Rupé — unfolded — 15.05.26 – 26.07.26 · Nicolas Van Parys

15.05EventOpening — Kashi Rupé, unfolded — Friday 15 May 2026

25.03EventJohn Robinson IV: the Hemisphere of the Earth — Wednesday 25 March 2026, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

21.03EventKat Bové — Book Presentation — zaterdag 21 maart 2026, 17u – 22u

14.02ExhibitionPeople Ruin Paintings — 14.02.26 – 28.04.26 · John Robinson

13.02EventVernissage & exhibition — John Robinson — Friday 13 February 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

2025

27.12EventWorkshop Abstract Painting for Adults — zaterdag 27 december 2025, 14u – 17u

13.12EventWorkshop Abstract Painting for Children — zaterdag 13 december 2025, 14u – 17u

28.11ExhibitionMerel — 28.11.25 – 10.01.26 · Merel Jansen

28.11EventG&D-A — Ghent Antique Design Art — 28 – 30 november 2025

28.11EventVernissage 'MEREL' — vrijdag 28 november 2025, 18u – 21u

21.11MilestonePredikherenlei 3 and 4 become one — the wall between the two buildings is opened: one continuous gallery circuit.

11.10Exhibition(again) across the river — 11.10.25 – 11.11.25 · Lee Ranaldo

20.09EventVestiges — cello performance Robrecht Kessels — Saturday 20 September 2025

05.09ExhibitionVestiges — 05.09.25 – 28.09.25 · Chantal Pollier, Guillaume Van Moerkercke

08.08MilestoneExpansion with Predikherenlei 3 — the neighbouring building joins the Nodenaysteen.

10.07ExhibitionOkan-is-me — 10.07.25 – 03.08.25 · Okan Mentes

27.04EventKat Bové — Finissage — zondag 27 april 2025, 15u – 18u

15.03ExhibitionWho is your God, Where is She — 15.03.25 – 13.04.25 · Kat Bové

04.02MilestoneIncorporation of the DeNode private foundation — the foundation behind the art programme.

25.01ExhibitionBij de Meesters — 25.01.25 – 23.02.25 · Gipi (Pierre Gillis), Mikhail Bezverkhny

2024

07.12Exhibition(expo)nentieel — 07.12.24 – 12.01.25 · Chain-letter network — 49 artists

19.10ExhibitionVIER — 19.10.24 – 17.11.24 · Caroline Baek

01.06Exhibitionred lozenge passing — April – September 2024 · Björn Wandels

02.02ExhibitionTriple Cintre — 02.02.24 – 03.03.24 · Ines Claus

2023

27.10ExhibitionAI Universe — 27.10.23 – mid-January 2024 · Simon Van Parys

26.10MilestoneOpening of the Nodenaysteen — DeNode Foundation opens its art space on the Predikherenlei in Ghent.

2022

MilestoneRenovation of the Nodenaysteen — under the supervision of interior architect Isabel Soenen.

2021

01.07ExhibitionEXPOnential 0.1 — summer 2021 — from 1 July · Philippe Van De Velde

01.06MilestonePurchase of Predikherenlei 4 — the building that will become the Nodenaysteen.