A month-long extravaganza of art, this year curated by Wim Waelput, director of the Ghent Centre for Contemporary Art. Besides the central exhibition - which features several hundred works of art from artists from all over the world - the festival will once again try to bring art into the public sphere via numerous guided tours, children’s events, book launches, lectures and presentations. This year's highlights include an exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Stefan Luchian, the Romanian impressionist and post-impressionist painter. A large number of Luchian's masterpieces have been brought together from museums and private collections across the globe.