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Convent is a new non-profit space for contemporary art in Ghent, Belgium. With a focus on international contemporary art, Convent aims to complement the programs of the already existing spaces in the city. Through about four accessible exhibitions annually, Convent aspires to show recent developments in international contemporary art to a wide–ranging audience.
The current exhibition space in the Tennisbaanstraat 74 is located next to the courtyard of an old convent school that was designed by the Ghent architect Roger Warie (1901, Ghent–1991, Oudenaarde). He was the father of the conceptual artist Jean Warie, better known as Jean Schwind (1935, Ghent–1985, Grasse). The former school is currently also used as an office building.