What STUK loved in 2022

You can't end the year without end-of-year lists, right? That's why we asked the STUK team what touched, moved and overwhelmed them in 2022 - in museums and on stages, on screens, through headphones and on paper.

SOUND

The albums, songs and concerts of the year in one nifty playlist - in alphabetical (titel) order.

EXPO

Aglaia Konrad (FOMU, 16.09.22 - 15.01.23)

Anselm Kiefer (Palazzo Ducale, 26.03.22 - 06.01.23). Curators: Gabriella Belli & Janne Siren

Charging myths. On-trade-off. (Z33, 06.03.22 - 21 .08.22)

Christian Dotremont (KMSK, 24.04.22 - 07.08.22)

Collective Act - Dreamachine

Die Damen (Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 11.06.22 - 11.09.22)

Documenta fifteen (18.06.22 - 25.09 2022)

Els Dietvorst + BARЯA MOVEMENT - this is what you came for (Centrale, 28.04.22 - 18.09.22)

Faith Ringgold - American People (The New Museum, 17.02.22 - 05.06.22)

Gabriel Chaile - Where are the Heirs of these Forms (deSingel, 25.09.22 - 30.10.22)

Guido Van der Werve - Tastbare futiliteit (EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, 12.02.22 - 29.05.22)

Hito Steyerl - I will survive (Stedelijk Amsterdam, 29.01.22 - 12.06.22)

In the Black Fantastic (Hayward Gallery, 29.06.22 - 18.09.22), nu in Kunsthal Rotterdam (19.11.22 - 19.04.23)

No Master Territories — Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 19.06.22 - 28.08.22)

Louise Bourgeois - The Woven Child (Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, 22.07.22 - 23.10.22)

Lucy Raven - Another Dull Day (Wiels, 27.04.22 - 14.08.22)

Rinus Van de Velde - Inner Travels (Bozar, 18.02.22 - 15.05.22)

Venice Biennale - The milk of dreams (23.04.22 - 27.11.22)

Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as it’s kept (06.04.22 - 16.10.22)

STAGE

New talents, unforgettable performances or unique concepts: these were some of the STUK stage favourites.

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Némo Flouret / Rosas — FORÊT (Louvre Parijs, 23.11.22 - 10.12.22)

Eli Mathieu Bustos


Gouvernement/Decoratelier — NIGHT SHIFT (TAZ Oostende, 26.07.22 - 28.07.22)

Kim Noble / CAMPO — Lullaby for Scavengers

Luisa Saraiva — Tirana

BOOK

Amia Srinivasan - The Right to Sex

Bregje Hofmans - Drift

Claudio Morandini - Snow, Dog, Foot

Elizabeth Strout - Oh William!

Lize Spit - Ik ben er niet

Michael Pollan - This Is Your Mind on Plants

Persis Bekkering - Exces

Sarah Moss — The Fell

Victoria Kielland — Mijn mannen

SCREEN

Cinema or series, Netflix or VRT.MAX: some of the best things we saw on screen in 2022.

Christian Tafdrup — Speak No Evil

Christopher Storer — The Bear

Francis Alÿs — Spel zonder grenzen

Joachim Trier — The Worst Person In The World

Lenny Abrahamson & Leanne Welham — Conversations with friends

Lukas Dhont — Close

Mike White — The White Lotus

Ryusuke Hamaguchi — Drive My Car