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Very Contemporary is a network of various art institutes located in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. On our website you can find out what happens in the region and learn more about the different art organisations. If you like to follow us you can find us on facebook and instragram or you can subscribe to our newsletter.


We are looking forward to meet you somewhere in one of our venues!

Here below you find the highlights of this months and there is more to find in the agenda section.

Time-images: performance of Nicholas Grafia

17.11.24, 14h at Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster (DE)


The Kunsthaus NRW is delighted to announce the world premiere of a new performance by Nicholas Grafia entitled “Meditationism III: Cut-throat & Demure”! In the performance, Nicholas Grafia negotiates contemporary trends and problems in the creative industry from an auto-fictional perspective. Referring back to European immigration stories such as those of James Baldwin and Josephine Baker, the artist discusses versions of the perceptions of reality by protagonists of the 20th and 21st century diaspora.

Studio visit with Ayo Akingbade and Apparatus 22

19.11.24, 18h at Ludwig Forum Aachen (DE)


The Ludwig Forum Aachen cordially invites you to a studio visit with the current ‘Borderland Residencies’ fellows Ayo Akingbade and the Apparatus 22 collective, who are exploring the specific context of the city, the surrounding region and the museum during their three-month residency in Aachen. While Akingbade is studying the history of Aachen’s thermal springs and water ecology for a new script, Apparatus 22 will continue their research for the long-term project Positive Tension (in the air), which aims to open up critical conversations and unusual thought-provoking, daydreaming and change processes on and about art institutions.

Art au Centre #15 - Special Edition

17.10 ⟶ 31.12.24 at Art au Centre Liège (BE)


This 15th edition is being produced in collaboration with the OLA network, a brand new association bringing together 22 art venues in Liège to work together to promote and support contemporary art, raise the profile of its members' activities and defend their common interests.