On Sunday 14 September, the FelixArchief opened the exhibition ‘100 Years of Art Deco in the Archive, 1925–2025‘ as part of Open Monument Day 2025. The show highlights the rich history of art deco in Antwerp and can be visited free of charge until 8 January 2026. Students from Kunstkaai are also working on the theme of art deco this semester, in collaboration with the FelixArchief.

The FelixArchief has teamed up with Kunstkaai, a school located on the Eilandje near the city archive, to explore the world of art deco in greater depth. Several classes will spend an entire semester engaging with the theme. 

As part of the project, students will visit the exhibition ‘100 Years of Art Deco in the Archive’, attend workshops where they learn how to search Antwerp’s archives, and take part in guided tours of the FelixArchief to better understand its role as a repository of the city’s heritage.

The theme of art deco offers numerous possibilities within the school’s creative curriculum. Through this collaboration, students gain a unique chance to immerse themselves in the subject by combining archival research with artistic practice. 

On Monday 22 September, the first classes will follow an introductory session on how to search in the archives.

The work will culminate in a new exhibition, in which students from different study tracks present their own interpretations of art deco. 

From 29 January to 26 April 2026, visitors to the FelixArchief will be able to discover how the students have transformed their research and insights into artistic creations.

The collaboration underlines the importance of heritage education. The project not only sheds light on the history of art deco but also stimulates the students’ creativity. Their exhibition will build on the original show and demonstrate how art, education and heritage can come together in inspiring ways.

The exhibition ‘100 Years of Art Deco in the Archive’, 1925–2025 runs from 14 September 2025 to 8 January 2026. 

Afterwards, Kunstkaai students will present their own work from 29 January to 26 April 2026. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Art and museums in Antwerp

• ANTWERP | Museum Plantin-Moretus highlights 300 years of women’s stories in ‘Women’s Business / Business Women’.
• Antwerp fashion museum MoMu will mark 40 years of The Antwerp Six with exhibition.
• ANTWERP | Museum Mayer van den Bergh opens exhibition ‘Public Favourites’, from Mad Meg to Delft Blue, look at art through other people’s eyes.
• ANTWERP | Museum Night 2025 on Saturday 2 August.
• ANTWERP | Middelheim Museum celebrates 75 years with a summer full of new ways to experience the art park.
• M HKA 2025 |​ Bruno Zhu – Panamarenko – ‘The Situation is Fluid’ – Today’s Place – Hugo Roelandt.
• ANTWERP | ‘These Branching Moments’ – ‘.tiff 2025′ – ”OM/MOTHER’: 3 new exhibitions at FOMU, from 28 June 2025.
• ANTWERP | ‘Panamarenko. Infinite Imagination’ exhibition until 4 May 2025 at KMSKA.
• ANTWERP | ‘Compassion’ in the MAS: the many faces of compassion.
• 2025 at the museums of Antwerp.
• 2025 at Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp (KMSKA): René Magritte, Marthe Donas, Panamarenko, Hans Op de Beeck.
• ANTWERP | Graphics Museum De Reede ft. Francisco Goya, Edvard Munch, Félicien Rops and Albrecht Dürer.
• ANTWERP | Rubens Experience and Rubens Garden at Rubenshuis.
• Antwerp will have a new Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp M HKA.
• ANTWERP | Innovations in the Middelheim Museum provide a completely new visitor experience.
• A visit of the Flemish Tram and Bus Museum – Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum (VlaTAM) in Antwerp.
• ANTWERP | Discovering queer(ed) art with the Queer Tour at the KMSKA fine arts museum.
• REVIEW | Illusion Antwerpen, an active and photogenic museum.
• Antwerp museums and sports facilities team up with European Disability Card for accessible leisure activities.
• Museum Mayer van den Bergh.
• ANTWERP | Inside Rubens House.
• Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp.
• ANTWERP | Museum Vleeshuis up for restoration.
• BOOK | ‘Antwerp. An Archaeological View on the Origin of the City’ by Tim Bellens.
• Red Star Line Museum.
• Paleis op de Meir. 
• DIVA, Antwerp Home of Diamonds.
• ANTWERP | Red Star Line Museum of (e)migration.