RATIO: guided tour, lecture and book launch
6 Jun 2026
Discover RATIO during an afternoon with a guided tour, a lecture by Sandrine Colard and the launch of Circuits, Jean Katambayi Mukendi’s first monograph.
In RATIO, Jean Katambayi Mukendi explores the dualities that shape our world: the natural and the artificial, growth and destruction, desired and discarded materials, and the relationship between resources and power. Conceived for IN SITU, the exhibition brings together newly produced drawings, paintings, and large-scale sculptures.
The activity takes place in English. Admission is free.
Programme
14:30 — Guided tour of RATIO with artist Jean Katambayi Mukendi and curator Anne-Claire Schmitz.
15:00 — Jean Katambayi Mukendi. Circuits: book launch.
Introduction by Johannes Muselaers and Stéphane Symons.
Lecture by Sandrine Colard.
Drawing from her essay The Power Objects of Jean Katambayi Mukendi, written for Circuits, Sandrine Colard explores how the artist transforms recycled materials, electrical systems, and mathematical structures into poetic works shaped by histories of mining, energy, and extraction in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
16:00 — Book signing by Jean Katambayi Mukendi.
Participants
Sandrine Colard is curator at Kanal–Pompidou Museum in Brussels and Associate Professor of Art History at Rutgers–Newark University. Her research focuses on African modern and contemporary art and the history of photography.
Jean Katambayi Mukendi is a visual artist based in Lubumbashi, working across drawing, painting, and installation.
Johannes Muselaers is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven.
Anne-Claire Schmitz is senior curator at M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp.
Stéphane Symons is professor of aesthetics and philosophy of culture at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven.
Practical information
Date: Saturday 6 June 2026
Time: 14:30–16:00
Location: M HKA, Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp
Starting point: reception
Language: English
Admission: free
The guided tour, lecture and book launch form one programme. Visitors are welcome to attend the full programme or join individual parts.
Books will be available throughout the day at a special launch price of €25.
About RATIO and Circuits
The exhibition is accompanied by Circuits, the artist’s first comprehensive monograph, published by Leuven University Press in partnership with the Contemporary Art Committee KU Leuven, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, and M HKA.
RATIO is co-produced with KW Institute for Contemporary Art and marks the artist’s first solo museum presentation.