BLANCO
BLANCO is NUCLEO’s platform. It provides a window on the work of artists at NUCLEO, with a focus on experimentation, reflection, social gathering and presentation.
With a research and presentation venue in one of the studio buildings, BLANCO is dedicated to supporting the initiative of artists. BLANCO is also active outside the walls of the studio buildings. BLANCO seeks outempty zones in the city and invites artists to make use of them.
In this way, NUCLEO encourages artists to present their work in dialogue with the world outside their studio.
Zaal C15
The BLANCO space at Convent 15 is a place for research and presentation for NUCLEO residents. The space is conceived as a large temporary studio — an extension of the artist’s own studio, so to speak. Artists can use it for exhibitions, experiments, test installations, lectures or try-outs, with or without an audience. In this way, we actively encourage artist-led initiatives, dialogue with the outside world, and collaborations with artists and curators from outside NUCLEO.
Groot Begijnhof 15, 9040 Ghent
BLANCO is located on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible. Please note that the streets within the Groot Begijnhof are cobbled. More information on accessibility and how to get there can be found here.
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Hoogpoort
Hanging on the side wall of Ghent’s city hall are a number of former display cases for sharing notices with the public. BLANCO took over their use in 2016. The cases now offer artists the opportunity to formulate a message or visual communication for the public.
City hall side wall, Hoogpoort, Ghent
Sphinx
BLANCO takes over Sphinx Café, a place where art is already very much at home, inviting artists to engage with the space and its visitors through site-specific interventions.
Sint-Michielshelling 3, 9000 Gent
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ICC
The ICC is a convention centre on the perimeter of Ghent’s Citadelpark. In May 2020, BLANCO turned a wall of the ICC into a canvas for artists. The resulting works enter into dialogue with the brutalist architecture of the building and with the park itself.
ICC side wall, Citadelpark, Ghent
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Tweebruggen
In 2016, BLANCO came up with an artistic use for the facade of Hotelschool Gent on Tweebruggenstraat. Every few months, an artist is invited to make the wall their canvas.
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Stadhuissteeg
In December 2021, we took over the use of the wooden display cases in Stadhuissteeg. Now they serve to complement the Hoogpoort display cases. On a sporadic basis, artists are commissioned to make use of them for artistic purposes.
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Kunstletters
Kunstletters is the quarterly magazine of Kunstwerkt. Under the banner of Carte Blanche, BLANCO selects a different artist to fill two blank pages of each edition of the magazine. The artists are selected together with partners from UFO, the umbrella organisation for studio organisations in Flanders and Brussels.
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