An important milestone for the world of design | The Klassik Stiftung Weimar publishes an online catalogue raisonné of Henry van de Velde's furniture designs

After more than twenty years of research, 1,657 designs created between 1891 and 1941 by the Belgian designer are now available to the public via a free digital catalog.

This catalog lists all known works in metal, textiles, ceramics, wood, etc. created by Henry van de Velde throughout his career. Each entry documents the date of design, dimensions, technique used, materials, production, clientele, provenance, and preserved examples.

The online edition includes, for the first time, a presentation of 377 models of chairs, leisure furniture, and wicker furniture.The initiative builds on the previous publication of three volumes devoted to van de Velde's works, published between 2009 and 2016. The catalog entries published in book form include 825 metal works, 196 textiles, and 256 ceramics, accompanied by more than 2,700 photos. The online edition is designed as a dynamic platform that greatly simplifies research on Henry van de Velde and can be enriched with new content as needed. By 2027, some 700 entries on tables, storage furniture, and small furniture, as well as additional sources, are planned.

The project was carried out with the support of several international partners: the Henry van de Velde Fund ASBL (Brussels), the Archives and Museums of Literature and the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) in Brussels, the Ghent University Library, and the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

From September 19 to 28, ENSAV La Cambre takes over the Espace Vanderborght for the exhibition of its Master’s 2025 projects. Installations, videos, artworks, and performances... An opportunity to discover the practices, research, and worlds of a new generation of artists.

Une exposition pour célébrer les 100 ans de La Cambre

Masters of Ceramics exhibition at the Boghossian Foundation

With: Simon Aubry Picaudot, Hovic Der Sarkissian, Simone Machuel

The ‘Backyards’ exhibition showcases the graduation work of three young artists from La Cambre's Ceramics studio. The exhibition, which takes place in the studio and garden at the rear of the Villa Empain, bears witness to the diversity of contemporary ceramic creation. Discover the chimerical territory of Hovic Der Sarkissian, created from ornaments taken from Armenian culture. Simon Aubry Picaudot will take you on a journey through an installation inspired by a backroom, where objects and pieces of furniture fan the flames of desire. As for Simone Machuel, she invites you to a garden party with royal poodles, a glass of dry martini in hand.

Enter the backyard of this eclectic trio, a space that, for a weekend, opens doors to new adventures.

On 27 June, La Bellone will be hosting ‘Times for New Roman’, a series of readings put on by the Masters of the Texts and Literary Creation department.

These readings, the high point of the course, bring to life texts shaped over the course of the academic year. They also mark the opening of a path of writing and creation, the beginning of an adventure in the literary and artistic world.

The event is free and open to all.

To coincide with the 2025 juries, the Textile Design, Drawing and Industrial Design departments are presenting ‘Tisser, tracer, transformer’ on 25 June at Citydev.

At the crossroads of thread, line and form, the exhibition brings together the work of the Masters students, who have developed singular approaches and thought-provoking reflections on the languages of design, materials and objects.

Opening on Wednesday 25 June, 6pm.

Exhibition of graduation work by Louise Cauchy, Jana Di Leva, Inès Guillen Coste and Dieuwke Raymaekers.

Opening: Friday 20 June, 6-9pm.

L'Atelier Accessoires is taking over MAD Brussels to present its Master collections.
The exhibition is conceived as much as a moment of passage as a gesture of unveiling: that of patiently elaborated research, forms and materials. Each project develops a way of thinking about the object - worn, carrying, signifying - that resonates with contemporary issues of the body, image and clothing.
Between rigorous gesture and plastic freedom, the proposals question the boundaries between the functional, the symbolic and the sculptural. Here, accessories become language.


Master 1
Martin Deman - Aria Lehovetzki De Runz - Simone Teseo

Master 2
Clément Benoît - Alyssa Cartaut - Romy Hanniquet - Florentin Mathon

The Master 2 students at the Atelier de Communication Visuelle et Graphique invite you to discover their final projects. This key moment in their careers is the culmination of two years of research, experimentation and creation.

Through a variety of approaches, each artist sets out his or her vision, approach and commitments, in a demanding dialogue between graphic design, society and culture.

Tuesday 17 June, exhibition of final year work from the Painting workshop.

The Interior Architecture and Typography departments are presenting ‘No Obligation to Buy’, a public exhibition of final-year projects.

At the crossroads of space, language and critical thinking, this evening promises singular and committed approaches.

At the end of two years of choreographic investigations, the students in the Master's programme in Dance and Choreographic Practices invite you to a public presentation of their personal projects.
This moment of sharing reveals singular paths, embodied thoughts and choreographic forms that reflect an in-depth relationship with the body, movement and the resonances of the world - all approaches that outline the choreographic creation of tomorrow.

On 13 June, LaVallée will be hosting a public presentation of the final projects of the Scenography department.

It's an opportunity to discover the richness and diversity of the approaches taken by the new generation of set designers, and to discuss their creative worlds and design processes with them.

Whether you're a professional or an amateur, a regular or an occasional visitor, or an art enthusiast, you're warmly invited to come and meet these young talents.

On 13 June, La Cambre Mode[s] unveils its 2025 show.
Under the neon lights of a stage that has become a laboratory, the Masters from La Cambre's Fashion Design and Creation workshop reveal inspired, intimate and resolutely innovative silhouettes.
Each passage is a narrative, each creation a signature.

Between two points brings together the work of the Masters students in the Photography department.

Conceived as a space for reflection as much as sensibility, the exhibition highlights the many ways in which the photographic medium is viewed. From critical engagement to poetic exploration and formal experimentation, the works on show explore the contours of the image and its narrative potential.

Don't miss the opening of the Master's juries for the Urban Space and Sculpture departments on 12 June at Citydev Brussels.

The projects presented are the culmination of two years of artistic and critical research. Between public space, volume and installation, the students explore committed forms and approaches, rooted in contemporary creative issues.

La Cambre’s public juries will take place from May 26 to June 27, 2025.
They offer a unique opportunity to discover the work and projects developed by our students.

The Graduation Show, showcasing the final Master’s projects, will be held from September 18 to 28, 2025, with an opening night on September 18.
More information to follow.

ENSAV La Cambre is looking for an Information Systems Manager.

Please see the attached job description (in french).

In partnership with Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain / Casino Display, a new European post-Master's programme will be offered from the academic year 2025-2026. This programme is the fruit of collaboration between four higher art education establishments from three European countries: the École Nationale Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Nancy (ENSAD Nancy - FRANCE), ENSAV La Cambre (Brussels - BELGIUM), the Haute École des Arts du Rhin (La HEAR - Strasbourg/Mulhouse - FRANCE) and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK - The Hague - NETHERLANDS).

This artistic research laboratory is a programme that encourages collective and transdisciplinary artistic research within an experimental and process-oriented framework. It offers emerging artist-researchers a platform to explore new methodologies, engage in collaborative research and rethink traditional notions of authorship and knowledge creation. Operating in a para-academic and para-institutional mode, the lab emphasises deceleration, open exploration and the evolution of artistic practices rather than the production of finished works. Over a series of research weeks, the programme provides financial support for participants' projects, access to technical facilities and support from an international network.

Participants will be responding to the conceptual theme of ‘folds’, approached as a tool for exploring complexity, relationality and narrative potential in artistic practice.

All the practical information, including how to apply, can be found in the attached document and on the Casino Luxembourg website.

Deadline for applications: 6 June 2025

Considering that article 3§3bis of the law of 29 May 1959 amending certain provisions of the legislation on education provides, in paragraph 5, that: ‘Each establishment may authorise the use of its premises by non-commercial associations, in particular cultural or sporting associations, provided that the use made of the premises by such associations is not detrimental to the good organisation, reputation, neutrality or material interests of the establishment’,

Considering that a project to renovate the buildings of the Abbey is underway and that a programme of occupation of the buildings prior to the works has been developed in order to ensure their maintenance and conservation,

ENSAV - La Cambre is looking for a partner to occupy the premises (building H) in the main courtyard of the Abbaye de La Cambre in Brussels as part of a temporary occupation (for a period of 2 years), in order to organise an artist residency.

(More info in the attached call in French)