Our Values

Kanal wants to be a place where everyone can feel welcome. With doors wide open for encounters, with ideas that grow, stories that are challenged and ample room for new voices. Always in motion and in the making but never finished.

Inclusivity

Designs welcoming environments for all audiences reinforcing universal access to art 

Investment

Offers technical solutions (ramps, guided services) and adaptive programs to ensure no one is excluded

Collaboration

Develops programming through roundtables, partnerships with local organizations, schools, and active cultural mediation

Community Cohesion

Hosts events that use art to stimulate social harmony and peaceful coexistence across diverse communities

Cultural Participation

Fosters joint creation through workshops, guided tours, talks and internships, deepening public engagement with art

Urban Integration

Extends into the city by activating public spaces and turning neighbourhoods into cultural stages

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  • Mission and Vision

    KANAL–Centre Pompidou aims to be a welcoming hub uniting people through art and creative exchange

  • Team & Directors

    Led by Yves Goldstein and Kasia Redzisz, a multidisciplinary team shapes KANAL’s direction

  • History of the Building

    Built in 1934 as a 21m-high Citroën garage, this modernist landmark is now a 40,000 m² cultural centre

  • About us

    A former Citroën garage becomes KANAL: a space for modern art, architecture, and urban life

  • Partners

    A cultural project by Fondation KANAL, Centre Pompidou (Paris), and Brussels-based architecture centre CIVA

  • Activity Reports

    KANAL engages broad publics through workshops, tours, and inclusive programming across the city

  • Sustainability statement

    KANAL engages broad publics through workshops, tours, and inclusive programming across the city