Happy holidays from Studio Koen Vanmechelen!
We made a video with the highlights of 2017, to wish you all happy holidays!
Cosmocafé opens as hatchery for the world
Artist Koen Vanmechelen opens café as continuously evolving living art work. The cosmocafé straddles local and global. It is a small café, but it has its eyes on the world. It is an authentic city café, an innovative catering business, and a living work of art. The cosmocafé wants to stimulate conversations. It brings the world to Sint-Truiden, and Sint-Truiden to the world. A place where you can not only meet people, but actually join in the conversation. Where words and id
Preparing for the land art installation of CWRM
Since 2014, almost 570 000 sculptures have been produced in different workshops. Today, we are confident that we will reach our goal of 600.000 sculptures by Mach 2018. This fall we start to prepare the site at the provincial domain Palingbeek in Ypres for the implementation of the land art installation. In February and March 2018 we will then place the 600.000 sculptures in the land art installation of artist Koen Vanmechelen. From March 30th 2018 until November 11th 2018 th
Mario Botta visiting LABIOMISTA
Architect Mario Botta visited LABIOMISTA, the new studio of Koen Vanmechelen, designed by the Swiss architect. Since his last visit, we worked hard, installing artworks, unpacking boxes and developing the different spaces. The architect was happy to see the evolution and is curious for what is yet to come.
Support De Warmste week and stand chance to win an original Koen Vanmechelen
Vier kunstenaars die meewerken aan het televisieprogramma Gek en geniaal - Lieve Blancquaert, Lize Spit, Willem Vermandere en Koen Vanmechelen - maken speciaal voor De Warmste Week een kunstwerk en geven dit weg voor het goede doel. Dat goede doel is Te Gek!?, een initiatief dat psychische problemen bespreekbaar wil maken in Vlaanderen. Steun Te Gek!? en win een kunstwerk Wil jij kans maken op een gesigneerd werk van Koen Vanmechelen? Waag dan nu je kans en verstuur die sms (
