De Zwarte Panter
De Zwarte Panter is an art gallery in Antwerp’s old city centre, near the Grote Markt and busy pedestrian streets. Other galleries, terraces, shops, restaurants, and antique stores surround it.
Founded by academy student Adriaan Raemdonck in 1968, it moved into the historic Sint Julianus complex in 1970. A historic chapel anchors the complex’s old architecture. Modern and contemporary exhibitions bring together artists rooted in painting, including Marc Kennes and Fred Bervoets. Kennes’s seascapes move between expressive brushwork, abstraction, and surreal fish.
Bibliophile editions also connect visual art with literature, as André Goezu’s aquatints accompany Jean François Turenne’s texts about nature. Water, rivers, forests, and environmental fragility shape that collaboration. Since 1968, the gallery has remained Belgium’s oldest active art gallery and a meeting point for Antwerp’s art scene. The chapel gives your visit its clearest visual memory.
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