KMSKA LATE Talks – Irma Janssens in collaboration with SECONDroom

KMSKA is a place of tension and encounter: where old and modern masters challenge one another and new voices find resonance. In that spirit, we present a special series of talks: LATE TALKS.

During LATE TALKS promising artists are in the spotlight. In an intimate setting, they discuss their practice, their motivations, and the role of art today. How do they relate to tradition? What traces do the Old and Modern Masters leave in their work? And how do they translate that legacy into a contemporary visual language? LATE TALKS creates space for exchange and deeper exploration. No detached lectures, but lively conversations where ideas clash, perspectives shift, and new insights emerge. 
Here you’ll meet artists at a turning point in their careers: passionate, inquisitive, and in dialogue with a rich past.With this series, KMSKA offers a platform to a new generation of artists and strengthens its connection to the contemporary art field. LATE TALKS bridges the gap between eras, between practices, and between people.

During this edition, curator Siska Baeck will be in conversation with Irma Janssens and Tamara Beheydt, prompted by the exhibition on 14 November 2026 at SECONDroom.

Irma Maria Marcel Janssens (b. 1996) is a multidisciplinary artist from Antwerp. She graduated in 2020 with a Master’s degree in Graphic Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Janssens’ work is fuelled by life itself. There is no clear distinction between her artistic practice and her daily life: her work emerges amidst the continuous flow of professional and social activities. The process takes precedence, and her works are often ephemeral and fragile.
From her perspective as a woman, Janssens explores themes such as physicality, visibility, transience, sex and sensuality, and how these help shape her identity and relationship with the world. Her practice operates on the boundary between the private and the public, between inside and outside, and in recent years has increasingly moved towards installation, sculpture and performance.

SECONDroom is an artist-run art space in Antwerp that organises one-day exhibitions with a focus on experimentation, diversity and encounter. Hospitality is paramount in creating an open and welcoming environment in which art and the public can engage with one another.
www.secondroom.org