Fellows selected for Young Curators Programme 2026
The Young Curators Programme (YCP) is a fellowship designed to provide opportunities for emerging curators based in the Flemish and French communities. Participants benefit from stays in Venice, during which they develop research activities while gaining experience through active participation in the life of the Belgian Pavilion at the International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. This initiative represents a unique and rare learning opportunity within the context of a major international art event. It focuses on the transmission of curatorial expertise and exchange with international professional circles, while also providing mediation for the Belgian national pavilion, where emerging curators actively take on the role of hosts and cultural mediators for the public.
Curatorial Studies at KASK & Conservatorium (HOGENT – Howest) is among the main partners of the project and, as such, reserves half of the available places for its students and alumni. The fellows for the 2026 Biennale are Natalija Gucheva, Eline Ringhausen, Anna Laganovska, Carla Robin, Claris Ramnoux, Maartje Claes. They will provide mediation for It Never Ssst by Miet Warlop in the Belgian pavilion during the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (9.05 – 22.11.2026).
Curator It Never Ssst
Caroline Dumalin
Coordination
Laila Melchior
Main partners
- Curatorial Studies, KASK & Conservatorium: Laura Herman, Isabel Van Bos, Dries De Wit, Herlinde van Langenhove
- ArBA-EsA – Académie royale des Beaux-Arts: Christine Bluard, Aurélie Gravelat, Dana Trama
- Flemish Community: Stan Van Pelt, Robert Michel
- Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: Max Godefroid, Pascale Viscardy
- Bureau International de la Jeunesse: Laurence Hermand, Marie-Sophie Wéry
In collaboration with
MORPHO, Kanal-Centre Pompidou and Scuola Piccola Zattere
Selection
Caroline Dumalin, Antoinette Jattiot, Eliel Jones, Laila Melchior (jury); Dirk De Wit and Kunstenpunt (space)
Preparatory sessions
Marie-Julie Dellaert, Kwinten Lavigne, Juli Bierich, Eliel Jones, Stefaan Willems, Martin Bailly and Laure Decock
Pavilion manager
Giulio Piovesan