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Discover the secret art treasures of Flanders

“That’s where visual art begins and ends: in its ability to capture a world of meaning in one image, like an infinite puzzle about… well, everything. Art is not what it is. It is what it becomes.” – Koenraad Jonckheere

Of the 40,000 pieces that make up the Collection Flemish Community, only a small portion hangs in the halls of major museums. Most of the collection is out of sight of the general public.

Reflections – Views on the Collection Flemish Community reveals for the first time the result of years of collecting and unveils the diversity of art in Flanders. Masterpieces are placed alongside unknown treasures. Present and past are interwoven in marvelous combinations. The result is not only a feast for the eyes but also offers a surprising insight into the multitude of approaches with which one can look at art and demonstrates how unique the collection is.

Koenraad Jonckheere is a professor of art history at Ghent University and the author of the bestseller Another History of Art – 2,500 Years of European Art History.

Lien Vandenberghe studied art sciences at Ghent University, where she has been a teaching assistant since 2022.