S.M.A.K.
Museum of contemporary art in Ghent, with a collection of more than 3,000 works from after the Second World War and changing exhibitions.
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Om museet
The roots of S.M.A.K. go back to 1957, when Karel Geirlandt and other art lovers founded the Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst. They wanted an independent museum for contemporary art and bought works in the meantime. In 1975 the Ghent Museum of Contemporary Art opened, the first Belgian museum devoted to contemporary art. It was housed in the Museum voor Schone Kunsten, and Jan Hoet became its first director.
For more than twenty years the museum was housed in makeshift conditions, so the collection could only be seen in changing and fragmentary displays. In 1996 “De Rode Poort” opened as the first exhibition of a temporary location in a converted side wing of the old trade-fair complex. In 1999 the museum got its own building, a converted former casino opposite the Museum voor Schone Kunsten, and the name S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst). Since then the two museums have formed a museum island on the edge of the Citadelpark. In 2005 Philippe Van Cauteren succeeded Jan Hoet as artistic director.
The collection comprises more than 3,000 works from after the Second World War to the present. Alongside art movements such as Cobra, pop art, minimal art, conceptual art and arte povera, it also includes work by many artists who have since become international references. The museum shows works from the collection and presents exhibitions by contemporary artists. Together with the Flemish government, the city is working on plans for a new museum building with more storage space.
Højdepunkter
- Collection of more than 3,000 works from after the Second World War
- Marcel Broodthaers, Grande Casserole de Moules
- Ann Veronica Janssens, Untitled (blue glitter), rebuilt each time
- Works of Cobra, pop art, minimal art, conceptual art and arte povera
- Museum café Wilde Weide in a green setting
- Grundlagt
- 1975
- Ejer
- AGB Kunsten en Erfgoed (Stad Gent)
- Ledelse
- Philippe Van Cauteren
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 17 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 12 €Residents of Ghent and UiTPAS Gent region card holders |
| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 18 år · Free up to and including 18 years. |
| Personer med handicap | –ledsager gratis · Companions of people with a disability enter free (with the European Disability Card); people with a disability pay for their own admission. |
| Studerende og elever | 8,50 €Young people aged 19 to 25 and students of colleges and universities. |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 14,50 € pr. personGroups from 15 people; the same rate applies to holders of a Lerarenkaart or Sodigent card. |
| Vrijetijdspas or UiTPAS Gent region with reduced rate, Vakantieparticipatie support point | 3,40 € |
Gratis entré: Residents of Ghent (with identity card): on Late Thursday, on the first Sunday of the month and during the Gentse Feesten.
The ticket gives access to all current temporary exhibitions. Free admission with, among others, the ICOM card, press card, museumPASSmusées, CityCard Gent (48 or 72 hours) and for Friends of S.M.A.K. A deferred-entry ticket (Applaus! van Enchanté) is sold at the desk for €6.60. During the set-up and take-down of exhibitions the online ticket module may temporarily be offline; tickets are then sold at the desk.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
The museum is fully accessible for wheelchair users. Assistance dogs are welcome. For visitors with a disability you can book an adapted guided tour (up to 8 people, 1.5 hours), with attention to, among others, visual or hearing impairments, intellectual disabilities, dementia or autism.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 18 år |
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- Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
S.M.A.K. was recognised by museumPASSmusées as a museum approved by and for children. On the website you can find downloadable discovery trails with tasks, a section with answers to difficult questions about art, and the stories of the Smakrovers, who play in the museum’s storage depot.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
From Gent-Sint-Pieters station it is a 10 to 15 minute walk to the museum. You can also come by De Lijn bus.
I bil
Parkering muligt
There is sufficient parking provided for the museum, in the yellow (paid) zone. You can also park in the underground car park Sint-Pietersplein, about a ten-minute walk away.
The museum is opposite MSK Gent on Jan Hoetplein, outside the ring road: the low-emission zone and traffic plan do not apply. From the E17, follow the signs for Ghent centre and then the Citadellaan. Blue-bikes can be hired at Gent-Sint-Pieters station.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Café
- Museumsbutik
Museum café Wilde Weide serves coffee, cake, home-made lemonade and lunch; it is open during the museum hours, and the kitchen is open daily from 10:00 to 15:00. There is also a bookshop in the museum.
Arrangementer & udlejning
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 1,5 t. |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Groups of 15 people or more, with or without a guide, book via Museum Bookings Ghent (+32 9 210 10 75). For large exhibitions there are also guided tours for individual visitors; the dates are in the agenda. |
