Support the art. Help shape its future.
Behind every opportunity for an artist, there is someone who believes that art deserves to be seen, supported and given room to grow. In a world that moves faster every day, the time and skill behind a hand-painted work can easily go unnoticed. Supporting artists means making sure their work continues to have a place, an audience and a future.
The FiKVA Foundation stands for living artists working in contemporary realism and figurative art, wherever they are in the world. We want to give their work more visibility, create opportunities to learn and grow, and bring artists and art lovers closer together. Your support helps us make this happen through exhibitions, scholarships for students at art academies and artist residencies with our partner hosts in France and Spain.
And there is a bigger dream ahead. We want to build a home for contemporary realism in Antwerp: a FiKVA Museum where paintings can be experienced up close, where artists can meet their audience, and where future generations can discover the beauty and power of this art. A place like this cannot be built alone.
Whether you give a little or a lot, your contribution helps us take another step. Every donation goes directly to the FiKVA Foundation and helps turn these plans into something real.
If you believe that art deserves a future, we would love you to be part of ours.
Financial Donation
A gift of any size helps a painter get seen, a student get trained or a project get started.
You can donate in a few clicks with the Patron buttons below, or by bank transfer to:
FiKVA VZW
BE61 7340 5190 5517
BIC: KREDBEBB
Thinking of a larger gift? Our treasurer Roel Bervoets would love to hear from you at roel.bervoets@fikva.art. And if you have an idea for a project you would like to make possible, talk to us. You might become its godparent.
Donate Your Enthusiasm
Not every gift is money. Tell your friends about us, send the FiKVA Award to a painter who should enter, share our posts, write about the artists you discover here.
If you would like to volunteer at our exhibitions and events, write to our project manager Galia Veleva at galia.veleva@fikva.art. And if you spot a broken link on our website, tell us. That helps too.
Donate A Work Of Art
Our collection grows mostly with works by living painters, but we also welcome bequeathed collections and works by painters who are no longer with us. Every piece will one day hang in the FiKVA Museum.
Write to our curator at tanya.atanasova@fikva.art and we will arrange a time to see your work together.
Leave Something That Lasts
Some of the paintings we love most were made centuries ago. Someone made sure they reached us.
Art lasts because people decide it should. When you include FiKVA in your will, you become part of that story. Your gift can help young painters find their way, bring their work in front of new audiences and help build a future home for contemporary realism in Antwerp: the FiKVA Museum, where generations to come can experience these paintings for themselves.
It can be a sum of money, a share of your estate or a painting from your own collection. A gift like this can reach far beyond our own lifetime, giving future generations the chance to discover artists and works they might otherwise never have known.
Thinking about it? Talk to your notary, or write to our treasurer, Roel Bervoets, at roel.bervoets@fikva.art. No obligation, just a good conversation.
Make It Mean More
Flowers fade in a week. Art stays.
A birthday, an anniversary, a wedding, an opening, a retirement. Every big moment in life can become a gift to art. Ask your friends and family to give to FiKVA instead of flowers or presents, and your celebration will help a painter get seen, a student learn and a museum come to life.
Would you like to give in honour of someone who loved art? Tell us their name, and we will celebrate them with you.
Would you like to create a prize in your own name, or in honour of someone you love? Talk to us.
Programs & Events €5 - €250
International projects €250 - €2000
Scholarships and residencies €2000 - €10 000
New Home of the Arts €10 000 and more
Become a Patron
You can make a financial contribution by simply clicking the Patron-Buttons below or you may donate by a bank transfer at: BE61 7340 5190 5517, BIC code: KREDBEBB Account holder: FiKVA VZW
