Casino Display

A place of work, of research, of exchanges and orientation, with the aim of encouraging and supporting young creatives. The programme at Casino Display is arranged by Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain.

By agreement with the Ministry of Culture and with the aim of expanding its reach, from February 2021 Casino Luxembourg has taken over managing the programme for the Konschthaus Beim Engel gallery, now known as Casino Display.

In the absence of art schools in Luxembourg and of relatively institutionalised contemporary art, it was vital to create a platform aimed at promoting the freshest creativity and of supporting the young creatives of today and tomorrow.

One of the roles of Casino Display will be to offer orientation for young people, enabling them to familiarise themselves more easily with the range of creative courses on offer in art schools and the variety of opportunities out there. With this in mind, the Casino Display programme particularly envisages encouraging cross-fertilisation between practices and interdisciplinary encounters.

In parallel with this, a talent search will be undertaken throughout the year in the four schools of art with which Casino Luxembourg has forged partnerships (ÉSAL – École supérieure d’art de Lorraine, Metz/Épinal; ENSAD – École nationale supérieure d’art et de design, Nancy; HEAR – Haute École des arts du Rhin, Strasbourg/Mulhouse; HBKsaar – Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken). This talent search and dialogue will be conducted with, at its heart, the possibility for the selected students to exhibit at Casino Display.

The Artistic Research Lab is a European Post-Master’s programme that fosters collective, transdisciplinary artistic research through an experimental and process-driven framework. It offers emerging artist-researchers a platform to explore new methodologies, engage in collaborative inquiry, and rethink traditional notions of authorship and knowledge creation. Operating in a para-academic and para-institutional mode, the Lab emphasizes deceleration, open-ended exploration, and the evolution of artistic practices over the production of finished works. Throughout a series of research weeks, the program provides financial support for participants’ projects, access to technical facilities, and the backing of an international network. 

Participants respond to the conceptual theme of “folds,” approached as a tool for exploring complexity, relationality, and narrative potential in artistic practice. 

More information can be found in the call document downloadable here:

What is covered? 

• Travel costs to Luxembourg and back within Europe 

• Accommodation and per diem in Luxembourg during the research weeks 

• Production budget of EUR 2,000 per participant 

• Access to the technical facilities and materials of Casino Display 

Who is eligible? 

Eligible candidates must meet the following criteria: 

• Hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) 

• Reside within the European Union 

• Have completed their degree within the six academic years preceding the 2025–2026 academic year 

Research Weeks 

• 29 September to 3 October 2025 

• 17 to 22 November 2025 

• 26 to 30 January 2026 

• 23 to 28 February 2026 

• 20 to 24 April 2026 

• 25 to 30 May 2026 

How to apply? 

• To submit your application or for any further questions, please contact: Charles Rouleau – project coordinator 

  charles.rouleau@casino-luxembourg.lu 

Please include in your application: 

• A short text (200–300 words) or a page of visual thinking reflecting your perspective on the topic “FOLDS” 

• Portfolio 

• CV 

Key dates: 

• Application deadline: 6 June 2025 

• Shortlist announced: 13 June 2025 

• Interviews: Date to be determined 

• Final cohort announced: 27 June 2025 

The jury for selection will be composed of Casino Display’s team and one juror from each of the partner schools. 

This Post-Master programme is a collaboration between Casino Display, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, École Nationale Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Nancy, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre, Haute École des Arts du Rhin, and Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten. 

Casino Display also offers a six-month artist residency. It is part of the natural evolution and continuous development of the residency programme that Casino Luxembourg has pursued since 2010. The residency at Casino Display is primarily intended as a time of research and dialogue. The outcome of the residency can be an exhibition, but in essence, no finished results are obligatory.

04.11.24 - 28.02.25: Serene Hui

Serene Hui is an artist based in the Netherlands and Hong Kong. Her practice is currently invested in epistemological colonialism for the ways it affects social structures, languages, psychology, and its potential susceptibility for manipulation. Hui’s works are research-focused and multifaceted, engaging primarily with installation, audio and live works, printmaking and text.  

March - August 2025: Sam Krack

Sam Krack is a Luxembourgish artist who takes an interest in images showing ordinary details of everyday life which he then translates into paintings. His approach constitutes a political resistance to the acceleration of time, questioning contemporary issues linked to technology and the circulation of images.  

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