

Network event on solidarity, 11.11.11, Genk (BE), 11th feb 2023
The 4th Pillar organizations from Limburg, partner of 11.11.11, invites Koen Vanmechelen to go into conversation with Els Hertogen, director of 11.11.11, on the topic of international solidarity during their network event on 11th February 2023 in the town hall of Genk (BE). Vanmechelen will present his take on international solidarity based on his numerous projects and yearlong experience. As an artist, he set up interdisciplinary community projects all over the globe – such
Expo Cosmopolitan Renaissance, Knokke, Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, 29 October 2022 - 15 January 2023
From 29 October 2022, Koen Vanmechelen (°1965, Sint-Truiden) is omnipresent in Knokke-Heist and in Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord with a major exhibition. With Cosmopolitan Renaissance, he presents an out-of-the-box exhibition that unfolds as a total experience. Besides drawings, paintings, sculptures, installations and videos in the upper and lower hall of Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, the show also includes performances, outdoor installations, lectures and crossovers with MAAK – Op


Happy 2023!
We ended last year promising to start 2022 with a big bang while secretly preparing for the Seduzione exhibition in the Uffizi. There, between the Old Masters, my works launched a global call to discover the new and the unthinkable, and map an international route of hope through a Cosmopolitan Renaissance. The message was unequivocal: we must collectively search for a new reality; we must make a world in which we can live together in symbiosis and harmony: we must aspi