Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp

Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp • Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp • School of Arts since 1663 • Every two years, drawing is celebrated during the 24-hour Drawing Marathon.

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp is an international meeting and working place and is world renowned. Its historic campus in Antwerp's city centre houses some 650 students from over 54 different nationalities annually. Founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, the Academy offers a wide range of graduation programmes: Costume Design, Fashion, Graphic Design, In Situ, Jewellery Design, Pai

nting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture as well as an Educational Master, in which our masters can immediately move on to the visual arts teacher training programme. With high-level artistic research and a packed cultural calendar, the Academy is a crossroads of thinking and doing, of action and reflection, of criticism and creation. HIGHLIGHTS:

STUDIO AS EPICENTER
The studio is the heart of the Academy, where students, teachers and peers meet and inspire, where feedback, research and experimentation are at the epicenter. DRAWING AS A UNIFYING THREAD
For 360 years, drawing has been a thread running throughout the programme. INTERNATIONAL BIOTOPE
The world on one campus: a stimulating environment where students from more than 50 different countries meet each other. ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BACHELOR AND MASTER
The Academy is the only Flemish school of arts that offers an English-language Master’s degree as well as a complete English-language Bachelor’s degree. It offers all students an excellent opportunity for international networking and career. ACTIVE PLAYER IN THE LOCAL CULTURAL FIELD
The Academy is embedded in the cultural field through collaborations with, among others, the recently reopened Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA), the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), the Middelheim Museum, the Fashion Museum (MoMu), and the Fotomuseum (FOMU). FASHION SHOW
For many years, our fashion show has been considered the fashion highlight of the year, bringing together more than 5,000 fashion lovers from Belgium and abroad each time while showing the designs of all fashion students. ARTISTIC RESEARCH
Besides teaching, the Academy also provides a platform for high-level artistic research with numerous research projects and doctoral research carried out by an international line-up of artists and designers. BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
One of the Academy's assets is also its central location and beautiful architecture by Pierre Bourla and others. The historic garden has been protected as a landscape since 1974 and was reactivated as an exhibition space in 2021 under the title Academy Open Air. INFRASTRUCTURE
The Academy has interesting infrastructure, including several exhibition rooms – De Lange Zaal, the Venushal, the Wintertuin and the Tempel – where students, teachers, researchers and external partners can organize exhibitions. In the MixLab, one can experiment with new techniques while customisation is possible in the wood studio, ceramics studio and print studio. The library houses an impressive catalogue of art books and the restaurant is situated in the former sculpture gallery. LECTURER AS ARTIST
Our lecturers are active as artists, designers or curator and share their personal experiences with the students. ALUMNI AS AMBASSADORS
Renowned alumni such as Henry Van De Velde, Panamarenko, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, the Antwerp Six and Demna Gvasalia spent their student days at the Academy. Legendary is the short passage of Vincent Van Gogh.

18/05/2026
Welcome to the Antwerp (Academy) Art Weekend 2026 — still on view today and tomorrow from 12:00 until 18:00!https://www....
16/05/2026

Welcome to the Antwerp (Academy) Art Weekend 2026 — still on view today and tomorrow from 12:00 until 18:00!

https://www.ap-arts.be/en/node/5583

Pictures by Alies Torfs

ANTWERP (ACADEMY) ART WEEKEND 2026→ opening: 14.5 → 12:00-21:00→ on view: 15-17.5 → 12:00-18:00EXHIBITIONS: info via lin...
11/05/2026

ANTWERP (ACADEMY) ART WEEKEND 2026
→ opening: 14.5 → 12:00-21:00
→ on view: 15-17.5 → 12:00-18:00

EXHIBITIONS: info via link in bio
→ Blooming from Ashes - [De Tempel]
→ Starters Prize - [De Lange Zaal]
→ Tasting Tendrils - [Mixlab]
→ FeedBAck - [Wintertuin]
→ Studio Stadswaag - [Stadswaag Studio]
→ Art on (Academy) Campus - [Academy garden and beyond]

WALKS, TALKS & PERFORMANCES:
Thursday 14.5
→ 14:50-14:55 - Performance by Delphine Wibaux (façade Tempel)
→ 16:00-16:20 - ‘Open Casting’ performance by Daan van Nunen & Erwin Van Gansen (Venushal)

Friday 15.5
→ 13:00-15:00 - Culinary intervention by Nik Naudts (Mixlab)
→ 15:33-15:38 - Performance by Delphine Wibaux (façade Tempel)
→ 16:00-16:20 - ‘Open Casting’ performance by Daan van Nunen & Erwin Van Gansen (Venushal)
→ 16:00-17:00 - Artist talk by Luca Conte (Mixlab)
→ 17:00-18:00 - Artist talk by Yemo Park (Mixlab)
→ 18:00-19:00 - Food by Rirkrit Tiravanija (Studio Stadswaag)
→ 19:00-21:00 - Book launch + performances by Brandon LaBelle, Emilia Schupp and BLESS (Studio Stadswaag)
→ 19:30-21:00 - Culinary intervention by Justine Grillet (Mixlab)

Saturday 16.5
→ 10:00-11:30 - Field trip to the dry docks and the Scheldt estuary with artists and scientists. Registration required (Stormkop)
→ 12:00-18:00 - All exhibitions open
→ 13:00-14:00 - Wild plant ice cream making by Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky and Sina Hensel (Tempel)
→ 14:30-15:30 - Meet the Blooming from Ashes artists at work (Eco Lab)
→ 16:00-16:20 - ‘Open Casting’ performance by Daan van Nunen & Erwin Van Gansen (Venushal)
→ 16:15-16:20 - Performance by Delphine Wibaux (façade Tempel)

Sunday 17.5
→ 15:00-16:00 - Artist talk by Brandon Ballengée (Eco Lab)
→ 16:00-16:20 - ‘Open Casting’ performance by Daan van Nunen & Erwin Van Gansen (Venushal)
→ 17:00-17:05 - Performance by Delphine Wibaux (façade Tempel)

See you there!

https://www.ap-arts.be/evenement/antwerp-academy-art-weekend-2026

07/05/2026

We are thrilled to invite you to our SHOW & EXPO 2026!

Brandon Wen:
“Get ready y’all! Fashion’s coming for you. This year has not been an easy one. The Ministry of Education has cut funding for international students, a lifeline of this institution, and the political state of the world has left a lot of people in fashion questioning their relevance, I’d be lying if I said we didn’t need everyone’s support right now. BUT DESPITE ALL THIS, the fashion department pushes forward stronger than ever, there is electricity in the joy of what we do. I’ve never had so much fun teaching and the creative energy of our students right now flows through all of us that have the privilege to work with them. Come be a part of this, people need to see why it is so important to defend beauty.”

Ticket sale starts NOW via

SHOW + EXPO 2026
5 + 6 JUNE
Waagnatie, Antwerp
www.showww.be

Visuals:
Direction + .torres.d
Silhouette .perfect.lovers
Photography
Make Up
Model
Graphic Design



'In een bergruimte van de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen zijn muurschilderingen van meer dan een ...
23/04/2026

'In een bergruimte van de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen zijn muurschilderingen van meer dan een eeuw oud ontdekt. Op de muren van een vroegere toiletruimte hebben beloftevolle kunstenaars aan het einde van de 19e en het begin van de 20e eeuw karikaturen en grappige bijschriften getekend.'

Welkom! -->> Zondag 26 april -->> Erfgoeddag

In een bergruimte van de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen zijn muurschilderingen van meer dan een eeuw oud ontdekt. Op de muren van een vroegere toiletruimte hebben beloftevolle kunstenaars aan het einde van de 19e en het begin van de 20e eeuw karikaturen en grappige bijschrifte...

ARTISTIC ENTRANCE EXAMS 2026* REGISTER until 27 May (except Fashion)* PORTFOLIO upload until 3 June (except Fashion)...
20/04/2026

ARTISTIC ENTRANCE EXAMS 2026
* REGISTER until 27 May (except Fashion)
* PORTFOLIO upload until 3 June (except Fashion)
* RESULTS PORTFOLIO as from 15 June (Fashion 5 May)
* ENTRANCE EXAMS between 1 and 7 July
* FINAL RESULTS as from 8 July

ARTISTIEKE TOELATINGSPROEVEN 2026
* REGISTREREN tot 27 mei (behalve Mode)
* PORTFOLIO uploaden tot 3 juni (behalve Mode)
* RESULTATEN PORTFOLIO vanaf 15 juni (Mode 5 mei)
* TOELATINGSPROEVEN tussen 1 en 7 juli
* FINALE RESULTATEN vanaf 8 juli

www.royalacademyantwerp.be


Photos Alies Torfs
Graphic design Ran De Vos

3BA Costume Design — midterm jury Pictures by Alies Torfs
30/01/2026

3BA Costume Design — midterm jury

Pictures by Alies Torfs

1BA Photography — midterm jury Pictures by Alies Torfs
29/01/2026

1BA Photography — midterm jury



Pictures by Alies Torfs

1BA Jewellery Design — midterm jury Pictures by Alies Torfs
28/01/2026

1BA Jewellery Design — midterm jury



Pictures by Alies Torfs

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