When walking through Oudburg in Ghent, which I do quite often, I have noticed a number of small changes over the years. Signs disappear. Façades are repainted. Businesses move on. New lettering takes their place.
None of these changes is particularly dramatic. But together they tell us something about how the visual identity of a street evolves.
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1.AEPM conference 2026 at the Museum Plantin-Moretus, 10 - 12.12.2026 - link
2. Illustratieve + grafische schedels in het bos, 24.10.2026 - link
3. Drukkunstbeurs, 24 - 25.10.2026, Amersfoort - link
4. Call for Papers / Call for Works. Between the arts / The 36th annual international conference on Virginia Woolf. Deadline 15.10.2026 - link
1.Expo. Chaos Makes The Muse. 26.09 – 11.10.2026, Hofke van Chantraine, Turnhout - link
2. Nederlandse beurs voor grafische kunst, 18.10.2026, ‘s-Hertogenbosch - link
3. Open Call for the first edition of the Bucharest miniCOLLAGE Biennale, deadline: 23.09.2026 - link
4. Expo. Papier Biënnale 2026 | Familielijnen, 20.09.2026 - 28.02.2027 - link
1.Druk op Straat in het Industriemuseum, 26.09.2026 - link
2. Juvenilia. 100 ans de typographie et de livres à La Cambre, 16.10.2026 - 14.02.2027 - link
3. Booksigning of graphic novel ‘Anxiety Land’. Meet Gemma in person! Drink & draw with MC @jango_jim & prints release, Grafik (Brussels), 29.09.2026 - link
4. Expo ‘herbarium:algæ’ by Peter De Roy in Post:space (Gent), 19 - 27.09.2026 - link
1.Call for applications. This residency will allow the selected artist to collaborate with Strasbourg-based lithographic printer Florencia Escalante. Deadline 20.09.2026 - link
2. PUIK Party in PUIK atelier voor Print en (ver)binding, 28.08.2026 vanaf 19 uur, Melkvoetstraat 72, Hasselt (frisse pintjes en live gedrukte printjes) - link
3. Grafiekatelier: Workshop Linografie, Italiaanse affiche maken, 28 - 29.08.2026, artA, Sint-Truiden - link
4. The BIG Type Festival in National Museum. Three-day festival of print, typography, design and creativity to take place in Dublin from 4 – 6 September 2026 - link
1.Expo in de Nottebohmzaal. Verbeelding gebonden, 19.06 - 30.08.2026 - link
2. Portside Graphics from Ghent organises 3 lithography workshops in August - link
3. Expo. Lijnen van Verbeelding, 28.06 - 13.09.2026, Veurne - link
4. 'Druk! Druk! Druk!' zet de Ieperse drukkersgeschiedenis in de kijker, 02.07 - 31.10.2026, Yper Museum, Ieper - link
A couple of weeks ago, during the annual flea market on Lange Violettestraat, I found myself doing what I probably do too often: looking up.
While most people were browsing records, ceramics and old books, my attention drifted towards the façades. That's when I noticed it. Barely visible beneath layers of age and weather, a painted sign slowly emerged from the brickwork.
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