IKOB International Art Centre East Belgium, Art museum in Eupen, Belgium
IKOB International Art Centre East Belgium is a contemporary art museum in Eupen, housed in a converted former abattoir on Rotenbergplatz. The building presents stacked pale-grey concrete volumes stepped back from the lower floors, banded by long horizontal window strips; the sign "ikob" appears in dark lowercase letters on the lower left facade, beside a cluster of tilted red, white and blue panels on thin poles. A balcony with a dark metal railing runs above the sign, and the topmost block is set back with an angled roofline.
The centre was created in the 1990s from the conversion of a former slaughterhouse at Rotenbergplatz and opened in 1993 under Francis Feidler's direction. This transformation of an industrial building into an art museum brought new cultural activity to the region.
The centre hosts works by artists from around the world and plays a role in the international contemporary art scene. Visitors experience firsthand how current artistic movements are presented and discussed through exhibitions.
The museum occupies a converted warehouse on Rotenberg street, opposite the old Eupen abattoir at Rotenbergplatz. Its 2010 expansion created room for the permanent collection alongside the annual temporary exhibitions, so allow time for both. Workshops, family Sundays, film screenings, readings and lectures run alongside the shows.
The IKOB art prize has been awarded every three years since 2005 and every four years from 2011, not annually. In 2019 it became the world's first prize for feminist art open to both women and men; the first winner was English video artist Helen Anna Flanagan.
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