Discover the Museum of the History of the Earldom of Watou during a guided tour led by Ulrike Lindmayr of the Guillaume Bijl Estate.

The museum is part of Guillaume Bijl’s installation In Remembrance of the Earldom of Watou (2002), currently on view at Kunsthal Extra City. During the tour, Ulrike Lindmayr will guide visitors through this fictional museum, offering insight into the work and the world Bijl created within it.

Pratical information

• Location: gather at the reception of Kunsthal Extra City
• Language: Dutch
• Admission: pay what you can, but registration required.
  
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About the speaker

Ulrike Lindmayr worked in Vienna as an editor for international art magazines and newspapers. She has also worked as an exhibition curator and coordinator for various institutions in Belgium and abroad, and spent several years advising the Flemish government on public art. In 2007, she founded LLS 387, a non-profit space for contemporary art in Antwerp, where she served as artistic director until 2017. In 2011, she co-founded ESCAUTVILLE in Antwerp with artists Koen Theys, Frank Theys, Ria Pacquée, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, and Wim Catrysse. The organisation is dedicated to the production and distribution of audiovisual art. Since Guillaume Bijl’s passing in June 2025, she has co-managed the Guillaume Bijl Estate with their daughter, Nadia Bijl.