Exhibitions archive

The Design museum Gent has a busy exhibition programme. Here too, the emphasis is on 20th-century design. The themes vary from Art Nouveau to contemporary design, thereby maintaining the link with the collections. Special programmes are often worked out within the framework of these exhibitions.

The exhibitions of the moment are on the page with the exhibition programme 2010

2009

Artel: 31 October > 7 February 2010
Siegfried De Buck: 31 October > 7 February 2010
Schoonhoven Silver Award: 4 July > 13 September 2009
Ceramics by Raoul Dufy: 4 July > 11 October 2009
Yrj� Kukkapuro: 4 July > 11 October 2009
Connections: 20 march > 1 june 2009
Henry van de Velde - Book design: 20 march > 1 june 2009
Cool Dozen+: 20 march > 1 june 2009

2008

100 years Demeyere: 8 November 2008 > 8 Februari 2009
Hermann Jünger: 8 November 2008 > 25 January 2009
Hella Jongerius: 6 September > 12 October 2008
Helena Schepens: 11 July > 31 Augustus 2008
Hans Wegner: 11 July > 12 October 2008
Design with a smile: 11 July > 12 October 2008
Design of Fifties & Sixties: 11 July > 12 October 2008
Conversation-conservation: 17 May > 22 June 2008
Glas of the collection Dirk Schrijvers: 17 May >22 June 2008
Voices - Contemporary Ceramic Art from Sweden: 17 May > 22June 2008
20 years Theo-design: 9 February 2008 > 27 April 2008
Times through Teaware: 9 February 2008 > 27 April 2008
Nedda El-Asmar: 9 February 2008 > 27 April 2008
Challenging the châtelaine!: 9 February 2008 > 27 April 2008

2007

Ettore Sottsass: 13 October > 13 January 2008
Christopher Dresser: 13 October > 13 January 2008
Henry van de Velde - architecture: 14 July > 30 September 2007
Esthétique Domestique: 17 June > 30 September 2007
Tribute to Charles Eames : 17 June > 30 September 2007
Kitsch, Camp of Design: 28 April > 24 June 2007
Ajour - Juweel uit beeld: 16 December 2006 > 9 April 2007
Dark: 16 December 2006 > 9 April 2007
Marimekko: 16 December 2006 > 9 April 2007
Wolfers: 16 December 2006 > 9 April 2007

2006

Compasso d'Oro: 7 October 2006 > 26 November 2006
Communication: 8 July 2006 > 26 November 2006
Borek Sípek: 8 July 2006 > 24 September 2006
Maréchal, Perignem en Amphora: 28 April 2006 > 25 June 2006
Toyo Ito: 28 April 2006 > 25 June 2006
Enthoven Associates: 28 April 2006 > 25 June 2006
Geo Henderick: 11 February 2006 > 17 April 2006
Nanny Still: 11 February 2006 > 17 April 2006
Packedup - Unpacked: 28 October 2005 > 23 April 2006

2005

Flemish Cabinet: 22 October 2005 > 15 January 2006
Extreme North: 28 October 2005 > 8 January 2006
Fantasy Design: 2 July > 25 September 2005
Tupperware: 2 July > 25 September 2005
Airworld: 18 March > 19 June 2005
marchen Van Severen: 18 December 2004 > 27 february 2005

2004

Jo Crepain: 9 October > 28 November 2004
Electrolux Design Laboratory: 12 October > 28 November 2004
Scandinavian design: 2 July > 19 September 2004
The light of silver: 2 July > 19 September 2004
Work by Tine De Ruysser and Ben Van Orshaegen: 2 July > 19 September 2004
Tea & Coffee Towers: 20 March > 6 June 2004
100 years - 100 people - 100 objects: 20 December 2003 > 29 February 2004

2003

David Huycke - Korpus: 31 October > 7 December 2003
Frantisek Vizner: 31 October > 7 December 2003
Gaston Eysselinck: 31 October > 7 December 2003
Claire Bataille & Paul ibens: 29 March > 9 June 2003
Gustav Beran - designs in silver: 29 March > 9 June 2003
From Bakelite to Composite: 9 November 2002 > 23 February 2003

2002

100% vases: 21 June > 15 September 2002
Unika: 22 March > 5 May 2002
Tapio Wirkkala: 22 March > 5 May 2002
Third design triennal: 15 December 2001 > 24 February 2002

2001

Carel Begeer - director and artist: 6 October > 2 December 2001
The scroll in oriental lacquer art: 6 October > 2 December 2001
Belgium - The Netherlands, 50 years of jewelry design: 13 July > 9 September 2001
250th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent: 27 April > 17 June 2001
Konstantin Melnikov and the architecture in Moscow: 27 April > 17 June 2001

2000

Belgian Excellence - designing flavour: 23 September > 17 December 2000
Glass - a collector's unusual choice: 1 April 1999 > 14 May 2000
5XA/V - Contempory architecture in Flanders: 1 April 1999 > 14 May 2000
Dansk Design: 15 January > 27 February 2000

1999

Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, art nouveau keramist: 8 October > 31 December 1999
The successes of Leerdam - a historical survey: 26 June > 12 September 1999
5 x 5 chairs - the classics of Finnish modernism: 26 June > 12 September 1999
The noble labour - silverware: 26 June > 12 September 1999
Peter Opsvik movement: 1 May > 6 Juni 1999
Modern glass from L'Anverre studio: 13 March > 18 April 1999
Andrea Branzi - Silver and Gold: 19 December 1998 > 28 February 1999
Second Triennal of design in Flanders - Industrial design: 19 December 1998 > 28 February 1999

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