Stadsliving

Abby’s Stadsliving is an open house with many rooms. Alone, with friends or in a group, as an art enthusiast or a complete museum novice: feel welcome and make yourself at home. From art workshops and lectures to pop-up concerts and morning yoga sessions, from modest expos to large, participative projects: in the Urban living room you can not only attend a gamut of activities but you are also given the opportunity to conduct your own experiments, to grow and connect. 

Together we make Abby 
a welcoming, inspiring place.  

Abby's Living, Salon, Workshop and Gallery 
are open between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.

 

Rinus Van de Velde voor de Living in Abby, courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery
© Rinus Van de Velde, courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery

Living 

Welcome to Abby’s Living. Feel free to get comfortable in an easy chair. In the display case you’ll discover pieces from the collection selected by the artist. Read the paper for more details on the displayed artworks. Between 6 - 10 p.m. the Living room becomes part of Abby Café and visitors can enjoy a drink, inspiring conversations and a varied evening programme. 

Feel free to come home!

Discover the programme

Salon

Formerly the nuns’ sleeping quarters, now a haven for young and old to foster new dreams and ideas, collaborations and creative experiments. Abby’s Salon is radically participatory: it is open to anyone who wants to organise or exhibit something themselves and anyone who is eager to exchange thoughts on art and society, or wants to collaborate on a project. Are you in? 

Critical thinking is allowed!

detailbeeld van het Atelier in Abby

Workshop

“Everyone is born an artist. The challenge is to stay one,” Picasso once said. In the Workshop you can hone your drawing, painting and other creative skills in special workshops and spontaneous artwork sessions. You’re welcome to drop by, every open door is an invitation. Pull up a chair, come and discover how art is created or let your own imagination run wild. 

Feel free to join in!

Gallery

Do you also like a bit of art in your living room? In Abby’s Gallery you can discover works by budding artists and purchase pieces directly from them. The selection changes every three months and is determined in conjunction with the Abby Community Council.