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Twice a year, Z33 works out a social theme in its exhibitions and accompanying programme. Attention is paid both to the imagination of visual artists and to applied and concrete solutions by designers and architects. Some major exhibitions from the past are:
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Contemporary Art, evolved out of the PCBK. From then on, the art centre brings contemporary art and design together in thematic projects, with presentations in the beguinage houses and the modernist exhibition building
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The interior consists of a cluster of surprising spaces that turn light red in the sunlight. The slope of the walls at the entrances is 58 degrees, referring to the existing building called
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