This year marks the 360th anniversary of the Academy, kicking off a 360° programme in which the art school reflects on its role in contemporary society. During the Antwerp Art Weekend, the Academy reaches out to a wider art community beyond its walls, with an exhibition on the avant-garde set designer Lon Landau, a student exhibition, the launch of the book ‘Graphic Design of Scheld’apen’, the annual Academy Open Air, and more artistic interventions throughout the Academy’s building and garden.

Exhibitions on view:

― GRAPHIC DESIGN OF SCHELD'APEN
― 360° ACADEMY OPEN AIR
― LON LANDAU
― MYTHICAL TRUTHS - YORGOS MARAZIOTIS
― STUDENT COUNCIL
― 10 EDITIONS, ART ON CAMPUS, IN SITU
― THE SYMPOIESIS GARDEN

Opening Program (18.05)

― 12:00 opening exhibitions
― 18:00 opening speech by Johan Pas (Tempel) + book launch 'Graphic Design of Scheld’apen’ by Johan Pas, Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx and Bent Vande Sompele (Tempel)
― 18:30 – 19:30 guided walk through ‘Mythical Truths’ by Yorgos Maraziotis (starting in the Garden)
― 18:30 – 22:00 Scheld’apen DJ’s Dennis Tyfus & Jan Matthé, Disko Bambrieno, and RAPHAËL (Tempel)