Curatoren

Hilde Teerlinck is an independent curator. She has gained a reputation for curating exhibitions with a strong international character. In 2022 she is curating the Belgian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale with artist Francis Alÿs. From 1994 to 1999, Teerlinck was artistic director of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, where she invited renowned artists such as Jeff Wall, Panamarenko, Ulrich Meister and Thomas Ruff to create site-specific interventions. Afterwards, she moved to Perpignan, France, to set up an art gallery there, where she organised several exhibitions of emerging international talent. In 2002 she became director of the Centre Rhénan d’Art Contemporain (CRAC Alsace) in Altkirch. From 2006 to 2014 Teerlinck was director of FRAC (Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain) Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk. In 2015 she was one of the four curators of Beaufort Outside the Borders. Currently she works as CEO for the Han Nefkens Foundation in Barcelona. 

Patrick Ronse (1962) lives in Bruges and works as artistic director and coordinator of Be-Part, Platform for contemporary art in South-West Flanders. He studied Art History and Archaeology at the University of Ghent and from 1990 to 1999 was the communications manager for the PMMK-Oostende (now: Mu.ZEE) and the Municipal Museums of Bruges. He was part of the communication team of Bruges 2002, Cultural Capital of Europe from 1999 to 2002. Ronse was responsible for the founding of Be-Part in 2004 and is to this day the driving force behind the platform, which since early 2018 has also been active in Kortrijk, in addition to Waregem. For Be-Part he curated solo exhibitions with Navid Nuur, Rinus Van de Velde, Ante Timmermans, Dirk Zoete, Pieter Vermeersch, Charif Benhelima and Polly Apfelbaum, among others. In 2015 he was co-curator of Beaufort and in 2018 he curated the first edition of the Triennial in Kortrijk (PLAY) together with Hilde Teerlinck. Since 2014 he has been a member of the Arts Commission of the Flemish Parliament.