Tag: Art Brussels

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24 things to do in Belgium this weekend

24 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Art marathons in Brussels, spacebubbles in Antwerp and minimal jazz in Ghent.

Art Portfolio reports

The opaque realities of Simon Asencio’s “The Book of Rumours”

The opaque realities of Simon Asencio’s “The Book of Rumours”

The French artist reveals his newest book project, as part of his residency at Bureau des Réalités.

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Ten Belgian galleries on Art Brussels

Ten Belgian galleries on Art Brussels

We talk location location location with 10 Belgian galleries showing at Art Brussels.

Art The art throwaway project

17 post-its and 17 gallerists

17 post-its and 17 gallerists

Les bulles by Albert Baronian (Albert Baronian) Warm by Anne-Claudie Coric (Daniel Templon) Silence by Roger Szmulewicz (Gallery51) innit! by Jerome Jacobs (Aeroplastics) Fresh by Antoine Ferrand (Almine Rech) Diversification by Greta Meert and Frédéric Mariën (Greta Meert) Brussels! by Louis Philippe Van Eeckhoutte, Wim Peeters and Marie Denkens (Office Baroque) First time by Sofie […]

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A night at Art Brussels

A night at Art Brussels

We take a midnight march through Art Brussels, enjoying unobstructed views of some of the best contemporary art in the world.

Music Exclusive mixes

Different Fountains

Different Fountains

Brussels based outfit Different Fountains concocts a sweet and sour savoury mix for us.

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The big bang of satellite fairs

The big bang of satellite fairs

Some call them parasites, others an affordable alternative. Whatever way you look at them, their number has mushroomed in the past decade

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Art Brussels with Aeroplastics gallery

Art Brussels with Aeroplastics gallery

Brussels-based gallery Aeroplastics continues our series of throwaway projects today. Kitted out with their very own plastic snap box for Art Brussels, here's their staff's behind-the-scenes diary at Belgium's biggest art fair.

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Art Brussels with Bodson-Emelinckx gallery

Art Brussels with Bodson-Emelinckx gallery

As part of our Art Brussels coverage, we've craftily equipped three Belgian galleries with nifty little throwaway cameras for a behind the scenes gander at the country's biggest art fair. Today: Brussels-based Bodson-Emelinckx.

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Xavier Hufkens

Xavier Hufkens

In the very last installment of our interview series with Belgian gallery owners, we have a chat with Brussels-based Xavier Hufkens about this year's Art Brussels gig and art fairs in general.

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Art Brussels’ 30th edition

Art Brussels’ 30th edition

The 30th edition of Art-Brussels opened last night and we were there to take the temperature and give you our pick of must-sees.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing

The weekend in Belgium 19.04

The weekend in Belgium 19.04

Here's our pick of somethings for your Belgian weekend, lovingly laid out with Art Brussels sitting pretty at the top of the pile with expos by Roe Ethridge and Felicia Atkinson, 40 murals by Invader, and some art fair side-shows.

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Rodolphe Janssen

Rodolphe Janssen

Art is in the air in Brussels today as the city's big art bash kicks off. We had a sit down with gallery owner Rodolphe Janssen to speak about his show at the prestigious Art Brussels fair and his job as juror.

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Tim Van Laere

Tim Van Laere

This weekend sees Belgium's art event of the year roll into Brussels, and we've sat down to get the view from gallery owner Tim Van Laere on his upcoming show at Art Brussels.

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Baronian Francey

Baronian Francey

In the second part of our ongoing interview series with Belgian gallery owners, we speak to Baronian Francey founder Albert Baronian about his plans for Art Brussels.

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Alice Gallery

Alice Gallery

We kick off a week of Art Brussels coverage with an interview with Alice van den Abeele and Raphaël Cruyt, the creative geniuses behind Brussels' Alice Gallery.

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Art Brussels: The way we look at art

Art Brussels: The way we look at art

Are you the “hands in the back” or more of a “chin-stroker” kind of person? The type to frown and focus or simply smile? Our photography intern Joke went to the opening of annual contemporary art fair Art Brussels last week to find out how different people look at art in different ways. Photography Joke […]

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Art Brussels: The gallerists

Art Brussels: The gallerists

With over 170 participating galleries, 80% of which come from abroad, Art Brussels is as international as it gets. Following one of many office discussions, where the topic du jour was gallerists dress sense (bright and bold colours vs plain black), Joke settled the debate, capturing local and European gallery owners as well as others coming […]

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In progress: Paul McCarthy’s solo show at Brussels’ Charles Riva Collection

In progress: Paul McCarthy’s solo show at Brussels’ Charles Riva Collection

With only a week to go before the opening of Charles Riva Collection’s solo show of American provocative prankster Paul McCarthy, we dropped by the loft-like gallery to get a preview of the show’s preparations. Amongst the boxes, bubble wrap and brown tape, the first signs of a show slowly begin to appear: McCarthy’s “Silver […]

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The Word magazine

Exhibition: You are here!

Tomorrow will see the opening of You Are Here!, and exhibition that gathers contemporary artists whose works explore the notion of territory and is part of the Brussels Art Fair’s side program. The ideas of maps, trails, space, borders, landscapes and explorations are evoked through photographs, videos, drawings, paintings or sculptures by artists Caspar, Katie Holten, Dan Graham, […]