An artistic commission headed by Phillip Van den Bossche, curator for Beaufort04, and intendant Jan Moeyaert made a studied selection of European contemporary artists. With new or existing works, the artists respond to the environment outside the museum and share an imaginative and imaginary world with the visitors of the coast.

Participating Artists:

Magdalena Abakanowicz (Poland) / Norbert Francis Attard (Malta) / Marco Casagrande (Finland) / Gregory & Cyril Chapuisat (Switzerland) / Melita Couta (Cyprus) / Folkert De Jong (The Netherlands) / Ivars Drulle (Latvia) / Nick Ervinck (Belgium) / Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil (Luxemburg/France) / Collectie FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais (France) / Michal Gabriel (Czechoslovakia) / Adrian Ghenie (Romania) / Dalila Goncalves (Portugal) / Paolo Grassino (Italy) / Jeppe Hein (Denmark) / Michael Johansson (Sweden) / Flo Kasearu (Estonia) / Zilvinas Kempinas (Lithuania) / Jannis Kounellis (Greece) / Lucy McKenzie & kunstenaarscollectief (Great Britain) / Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth (Germany) / Hans Op de Beeck (Belgium) / Jaume Plensa (Spain) / Arne Quinze (Belgium) / Nedko Solakov (Bulgaria) / Stefan Sous (Germany) / Erwin Wurm (Austria).

Beaufort04 takes place from March 31, until September 30, 2012 in:

De Panne – Koksijde/Oostduinkerke – Nieuwpoort – Middelkerke/Westende
Ostend – Bredene – De Haan/Wenduine – Blankenberge – Zeebrugge