Shared Lines
Esther Ferrer and Walter Leblanc
13 October – 19 December 2025 Opening: Monday, 13 October 2025, 5–8pm Presented as part of Europalia España, Shared Lines brings the work of pioneering Spanish artist Esther Ferrer (San Sebastián, 1937) in dialogue with the legacy of Belgian artist Walter Leblanc (Antwerp, 1932–1986). Grounded in a
Unframing Walter Leblanc
An expanded conversation on artist archives
We are pleased to present a symposium at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, on Thursday, 9 October 2025. Walter Leblanc’s legacy continues to unfold, not only through his artworks but also through the documents, ideas and networks that shaped his practice. Taking place at the Royal Academy of
Terra Agônica
Marlene Almeida and Walter Leblanc
28 May – 19 September 2025 The Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation is pleased to announce Terra Agônica, a two-person exhibition bringing together Brazilian artist Marlene Almeida and Belgian artist Walter Leblanc in a striking dialogue on materiality, gesture, and process. Opening 26 May 2025, the
Insights: Karima Boudou
Continuous Signals. On the Photographs of Nicole Leblanc
We are delighted to invite you to an evening dedicated to the photographs of Nicole Leblanc, hosted by art historian and curator Karima Boudou. During the event, she will present her latest research conducted during a residency at the Foundation, exploring and reflecting on this remarkable
Threads of Attention
A workshop on writing and/as weaving with Vivian Sky Rehberg
Please join us for Threads of Attention , a two-day writing workshop with art writer, researcher, and educator Vivian Sky Rehberg, on Saturday 8 March and Saturday 15 March, 2pm–4.30pm. Affinities between the written word and the spun cloth are interwoven in the shared Latin root— texere —of the
New artistic residency in collaboration with the Pontevedra Museum and Matadero Madrid
We are honoured to announce a new collaboration with the Pontevedra Museum for two artistic residencies that will take place between February and April 2025. This collaboration marks an exciting new step in the Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation artist residency programme launched in 2023. Focusing
Archival internship position available
The foundation is looking for an archivist intern to organise, digitise and analyse an unexplored part of Walter Leblanc's archive, as part of the pilot project “Meervoudige perspectieven: onderzoek, classificatie, digitalisering, analyse en publieke ontsluiting van de archieven van Walter Leblanc
Karima Boudou joins our 2024 – 2025 residency program
We are thrilled to welcome Karima Boudou, a French art historian and curator based in Brussels, to the Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation as part of our 2024 – 2025 residency program! During her residency, Karima will delve into the Foundation’s extensive archives, exploring and reinterpreting the
Walter Leblanc in Geneva
To celebrate the acquisition of a new work of Walter Leblanc, the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva will dedicate a special evening to the artist on Thursday, 12 December 2024. 6.45 pm: presentation of Twisted Strings, Progression, 1973 by María Inés Rodríguez, director of the Walter &
Multiple perspectives: research, classification, digitization, analysis and public access to the archives of Walter Leblanc (1958-1970)
We are honored to announce that the Fondation Walter & Nicole Leblanc has been selected to receive support from the Flemish government to launch the project ‘Meervoudige perspectieven: onderzoek, classificatie, digitalisering, analyse en publieke ontsluiting van de archieven van Walter Leblanc (1958