Mission

The Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography, Art and Visual Culture was founded in 2004. The LGC is a joint collaboration between KU Leuven and UCLouvain. The centre is based both in the Faculty of Arts department at KULeuven and at the Institute of Research in Culture (INCAL) at UCLouvain. We closely collaborate with the research entities deep histories fragile memories (directed by Wendy Morris), Photography Expanded (directed by Liesbeth Decan) and several members of the research unit Intermedia (directed by Nicola Setari) at LUCA School of arts.

The aims of the LGC are:

Entangled Art Histories

Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna

20.11.2025

Lectures and book presentation Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna, M13a

Invitation to two lectures and a book presentation by Valérie Mavridorakis and Alexander Streitberger, organized by Sabeth Buchmann, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

17 h: Valérie Mavridorakis
Twilight of the idols: minimalism as a surface for ideological projections
18 h: Alexander Streitberger
Monotony, Symmetry, and Surprise. The Ambiguous Grid of Minimalism

19 h: Presentation of the reader Entangled Art Histories. The United States and the Two Germanies, 1960-1990
Edited by Valérie Mavridorakis, Alexander Streitberger, Hilde Van Gelder, Erik Verhagen

The study of photography, art and visual culture

The study of photography, art and visual culture at graduate and PhD level, including PhD’s in Curatorial Research related to this domain. This also includes the realization of applied and contract research on specific projects linked to the topics that we study (photography, art and visual culture).

The dissemination of research and scholarship

The dissemination of research and scholarship in order to make it profitable for the community (with an emphasis on organizing exhibitions and other presentational platforms). This includes the organization of conferences, lectures, seminars and workshops.

The publication of important scholarship

The publication of important scholarship in the field of photography, art and visual culture, both online (Image & Narrative), in a specialized book series (Lieven Gevaert Series, Leuven University Press), and through indiviual publications. of the LGC-members.

The development of a documentation centre