Arts database

End of the Arts Database

From 2027, due to a lack of funding, our Arts Database will be closed. What does this mean in practice?

• The data in this database will no longer be updated.
• The data on this website will remain accessible until the end of 2026; until then, Flanders Arts Institute will continue to actively seek solutions.

Do you have any questions about this? Please contact our colleague Tom. You can find more information about the impact of the budget cuts at Flanders Arts Institute here.

Audiovisual and visual arts

Dive in our overview of artists, curators, critics and essay writers, but also art organisations and art book publishers, project spaces, residency programs, …

Go to the database of audiovisual and visual arts in Flanders

Performing arts

Discover our overview of theater for young audiences, festivals, residency programs and more.

Go to the database of performing arts in Flanders

Classical music

Dive in our overview of artists and groups and the classical music sector or browse an overview of music releases.

Go to the database of classical music in Flanders

Transdisciplinary

A lot of artists and organisations develop practices that cannot necessarily be situated within a single discipline. In transdisciplinary arts, the different disciplines are so intertwined that they are no longer separately identifiable in the end result.

For arts across disciplines, you can consult these two overviews:

• Discover all participatory arts practices under the field guide participation.
• Residencies and work spaces: discover all workshops, ateliers, rehearsal spaces and residencies in Flanders and Brussels.

Flemish collections and archives for the arts

Flanders Arts Institute started in 2015 as a merger organisation of the former support centres for visual arts (BAM – Institute for Visual, Audiovisual and Media Arts), for music (Music Centre Flanders) and for performing arts (VTi – Flemish Theatre Institute). The collections of these organisations have since been moved to new destinations with due care: below is an overview of their former archives.

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