Velvet Room is a place to enjoy and create art: an event location/co-working space, a physical and online art gallery, an underground cinema and a video/photo studio.

Host your screenings at our 26 seat movie theatre.

Velvet Room opens its doors.

The building at 29 Alpacastraat in Ghent has been the home for years to all sorts of creative projects, from the online art shop Artyish,...

First Edition Of The Ghent International Short Film Festival, An Instant Hit

Ghent, 28 March 2023 - Past week marked the inaugural edition of the Ghent International Short Film Festival, a new annual event that...

Award Winners Obskuur Ghent Film Festival 2022 Unveiled

Oct 10, 2022 - After a full week of evening screenings, last Saturday marked the closing night of the 2022 edition of the Obskuur Ghent...

New Film Festival To Screen Shorts From Around The World In One Of Belgium's Oldest Cities.

The Ghent International Short Film Festival will take place in March 2023 at different locations in one of Belgium's most beautiful and...

Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival announces the winners of a special and double edition.

After a last-minute canceled edition in 2020, the Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival was challenged for a second year in a row to adapt...

David Hockney: “I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.”

A major double exhibition marks the return of David Hockney (1937) to the Centre for Fine Arts after almost thirty years. Even today, the...

An interview with Stef De Brabander – "Observing art or listening to art, in its broadest form..."

“Observing art or listening to art, in its broadest form, as well as experiencing and investigating nature are my biggest sources of...

An interview with Luc Tuymans by Hilde Van Canneyt – “Painting is not just a pleasant experience”

These are translated extracts of Hilde Van Canneyt’s interview with Luc Tuymans (2011). It appears in her latest book 4321 vragen aan 123...

An interview with Arne Quinze by Hilde Van Canneyt –"Through my sculptures I fight to turn cities.."

“Through my sculptures I fight to turn cities into open air museums” This is a translated extract of Hilde Van Canneyt’s interview with...