Colour News July 2025
Colour related news and events
Welcome to the July edition of ICA-Belgium Colour News where we bring you colour related news from Belgium and around the world.
We look into the latest news by our members, ICA-Belgium call for open positions, colour books, colour exhibitions and upcoming events.
We wish you a wonderful summer!
-your ICA-Belgium team
Looking back to a Walk & Talk / Meet & Learn event with Heleen Sintobin
On Sunday, 22nd of June, we visited the exhibition Colour. Seeing beyond pigment, taking place at Z33 - House for Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture in Hasselt, Belgium.
Our guide through the exhibition was Heleen Sintobin, a designer whose fascinating work was part of the exhibition.
We had the opportunity to learn about the research and painstaking process behind the mesmerising artwork, featuring structural colour in all its iridescent beauty.
Despite the heat wave that hit Belgium, we enjoyed seeing each other and discovering new aspects of colour together.
A big thank you to Heleen Sintobin for a wonderful tour!
Members’ News
Felix A. D’Haeseleer
S’aiguiser l’œil à la couleur - un ouvrage pour autodidactes
This short video is a presentation of the new book S’aiguiser l’œil à la couleur – un ouvrage pour autodidactes (Developing an Eye for Colour: A Self-Study Book) by Felix A. D'Haeseleer.
The book is a unique piece of work, both in its function and in its appearance and production. Each piece is unique, and is built to order. A maximum of twenty pieces can be built.
The book can be consulted by appointment: Felix.A.DHaeseleer@gmail.com
Vinciane Lacroix
Chromagenesis - new website (English / French):
Do colours have the power to fascinate you?
Do certain paintings appeal to you for their colours? What if we could free them from their form to capture their essence?
Chromagenesis, a process invented by Vinciane Lacroix, recomposes the colours of masterpieces to reveal their chromatic soul.
How should the pixels of a painting be organised? Which properties should be used? Vinciane has developed unique protocols, blending precise adjustments with manual interventions to surprise and enchant.
On her website she explains her process in detail. Rediscover painters such as van Gogh, Gauguin and Ensor through colour, with Chromageneses of a selection of their works.
Through Chromagenesis, Vinciane Lacroix explores the bridges between art, science, and technology.
More information: https://www.chromagenesis.net
Tina Stieger
Hidden Colour: A Colour Workshop
13 July and 14 September 2025, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Tina Stieger is hosting two colour workshops in the Netherlands - one on 13 July and another on 14 September 2025.
In these workshops, participants engage with their surroundings by collecting natural materials such as leaves, petals, bark, and flowers. These gathered elements form the basis for creating personal colour palettes and visual compositions.
The process encourages close observation — revealing the subtle variations of tone found in nature, whether in rural or urban environments — while also allowing space for an intuitive, sensory approach to colour.
A valuable aspect of the workshop is the exchange that takes place among participants. Each person brings a unique way of seeing, and these shared perspectives often lead to new insights and inspiration. The final presentations frequently spark fresh ideas and open up new ways of approaching colour.
For more information see: https://tinastieger.com/COLOUR-WORKSHOPS
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Join us and get to know other colour enthusiasts and professionals from all around the world (yes, we have international membership!), share about your work, develop opportunities for collaboration, build connections and contribute to a dynamic colour platform.
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ICA-Belgium Agenda
Our upcoming events, workshops and courses
We are working hard behind the scenes on preparing some exciting colour related events and workshops for the next 12 months.
There are Online Colour Talks, Colour Courses and Workshops, Walk & Talk / Meet & Learn events and studio visits on the Agenda.
Check the Agenda to save a date (but please keep in mind that some dates can still be subject to change).
https://www.ica-belgium.org/p/agenda
In the autumn we are starting a new project - Members’ Interviews, so we can get to know you and your colour related work better!
Call for volunteers
We are searching for volunteers in the following areas:
Video recording and editing
Social media
Colour News editor - colour related exhibitions
Colour News editor - books on colour
For a period of minimum 6 months, starting from September 2025.
Please get in touch with us at ica@ica-belgium.org for more information and let us know more about you and how you think you could contribute to ICA-Belgium.
Books on Colour
Exploring Colour in Contemporary Art – Epistemic Boundaries and Artistic Practices
by Harald Arnkil
This book is the result of exploring contemporary artists’ approaches to colour and comparing those approaches with notions of colour in colour philosophy, philosophy of art and artistic colour theories.
How do contemporary artists use colour in their works and artistic actions? What governs or guides their choice of colours? What is the relation of colour theories to contemporary art praxis?
Buy: https://shop.aalto.fi/p/2275-exploring-colour-in-contemporary-art/
Download for free: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/00156cf0-da5c-48c4-a614-bad2b79713cb
Colour Exhibitions
All Over
Horta Museum, Brussels, until 17 August 2025
From carpets to wallpaper, from upholstery fabrics to clothing patterns, ornamentation defines our daily lives and reflects the spirit of the times. The exhibition All Over explores and questions the evolution of patterns and colours in interior design between 1910 and 1940.
Organized into three chapters, the exhibition spans thirty years in Belgium and Europe, covering upholstery fabrics and fashion, carpets, and wallpapers.
Rare textiles and creations, whether signed or anonymous, that shaped the interiors of the time have been carefully selected, offering a fresh perspective on decorative arts in the early 20th century.
More information: https://hortamuseum.be/expositions-evenements
Trailblazers of the Abstract. De Stijl versus Modern Art Circle
KMSKA - Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, until 7 September 2025
The exhibition brings together the Antwerp avant-garde movement and De Stijl. Discover how geometric abstract art shaped the early 20th century and pursued cross-border ideals.
The exhibition showcases drawings, paintings, architectural designs, graphic works, and furniture by artists such as Theo van Doesburg, Cornelis van Eesteren, Jozef Peeters, and Vilmos Huszár. These works highlight how Antwerp’s community-based art and De Stijl complemented each other while also differing in their approach to abstraction.
More information and tickets: https://www.kmska.be/en/trailblazers-of-the-abstract-de-stijl-versus-modern-art-circle
The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House
Tate Modern, London, until 19 October 2025
Korean-born, London-based artist Do Ho Suh invites visitors to explore his large-scale installations, sculptures, videos and drawings in this major survey exhibition.
Is home a place, a feeling, or an idea? Suh asks timely questions about the enigma of home, identity and how we move through and inhabit the world around us.
With immersive artworks exploring belonging, collectivity and individuality, connection and disconnection, Suh examines the intricate relationship between architecture, space, the body, the memories and the moments that make us who we are.
Wander through the passages and thresholds of Suh's renowned fabric architectures. Discover his early installations, delicate works on paper and videos. Move across Seoul, New York and London through his life-sized replicas of past and present homes. Encounter sculptures that explore the tradition of monuments.
More information and tickets: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/the-genesis-exhibition-do-ho-suh
ColorShifts: A Virtual Exhibition
By Inter-Society Color Council
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