EXHIBITORS NEWS
20/06/2025
Galerie Dina Vierny - Marcel∙la Barceló, Still Waters Run Deep
Marcel∙la Barceló, Still Waters Run Deep from 20 June to 19 July at 53 rue de Seine
Galerie Dina Vierny presents Marcel∙la Barceló's first solo exhibition in its new space at 53 rue de Seine. Bringing together a range of recent works - between aquatic myths, bodily memory and natural metamorphoses - this exhibition explores a dreamlike universe where female figures are reflected and liquefied, becoming landscapes, and where water, an archaic fluid, guides a narrative that is both intimate and universal. Marcel∙la Barceló (born 1992 in Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish painter and draughtswoman based in Paris. Divided between the Balearic Islands and the French capital, she has developed an imagination nourished by her dual geographical and cultural origins. The exhibition takes its title from the eponymous painting "Still Waters Run Deep", depicting an island-woman lying on the horizon of a sea populated by fish. "Still Waters Run Deep" can be translated as "Beware of sleeping water" or "Still waters are often the deepest"...
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www.galeriedinavierny.frGalerie Dina Vierny presents Marcel∙la Barceló's first solo exhibition in its new space at 53 rue de Seine. Bringing together a range of recent works - between aquatic myths, bodily memory and natural metamorphoses - this exhibition explores a dreamlike universe where female figures are reflected and liquefied, becoming landscapes, and where water, an archaic fluid, guides a narrative that is both intimate and universal. Marcel∙la Barceló (born 1992 in Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish painter and draughtswoman based in Paris. Divided between the Balearic Islands and the French capital, she has developed an imagination nourished by her dual geographical and cultural origins. The exhibition takes its title from the eponymous painting "Still Waters Run Deep", depicting an island-woman lying on the horizon of a sea populated by fish. "Still Waters Run Deep" can be translated as "Beware of sleeping water" or "Still waters are often the deepest"...
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20/06/2025
Ingert - Charles-Élie Delprat | Quelques endroits de la terre et du ciel
Charles-Élie Delprat | Quelques endroits de la terre et du ciel / Solo show, 20 June - 1 August 2025
46 rue Madame, 75006 Paris, France
+33 (0)1 42 79 84 57
ingert.fr
Charles-Élie Delprat (born in 1987) is a travelling painter, and precisely a walking painter. He represents landscapes but also crosses them, roams them, lets them mold him. His landscapes, or rather his views, are pictures chosen by a gaze which, at a certain point, stops, held back by a light, attracted by a perspective. This gaze, whose presence and quest are immediately felt, has retained something of its initial training: the work of an architect who studies buildings and spaces, sketching them tirelessly to assimilate the laws of constructions and perspective. A meteorological dimension can also be seen: a meticulous attention paid to the quality of the light, to the sky and shadow tint, to the degree of dryness or humidity in the air. This apprehension of the world is the one of someone who confesses ‘a small guilty passion for clouds’, for a certain daydream, something more flowing and ethereal. The artist has a rigorous technique, using traditional mediums, as close as possible to craft, in order to understand and explore all the combinations and possibilities. This explains a particular attention paid to the choice of the paper and to the preparation of the backgrounds, which have become essential in his work. Charles-Élie Delprat talks about an ‘exploratory dimension’. Therefore, each work of art tends to become a spiritual exercise of the gaze, the emergence of a deep connection with a place. This often takes the form of a process of images transformation which, as they are reworked or remembered, change, intersect and come together to form a landscape with the intense reality of a memory, without being, strictly speaking, real. Uninhabited, this world may be seen without projecting any other affect than one’s in order to ‘confront it on site, without preexisting value judgment, and simply represent them as a component of the contemporary world’.
Picture: Charles-Élie Delprat
Le Petit Nice, bassin d'Arcachon — 2024
Fusain, pierre noire et pastel sur papiers teintés et collés
59,5 x 91 cm | 23.4 x 35.8 in.
IngertPicture: Charles-Élie Delprat
Le Petit Nice, bassin d'Arcachon — 2024
Fusain, pierre noire et pastel sur papiers teintés et collés
59,5 x 91 cm | 23.4 x 35.8 in.
46 rue Madame, 75006 Paris, France
+33 (0)1 42 79 84 57
ingert.fr
19/06/2025
Stern Pissarro Gallery - Carlos Nadal, Joie de Vivre
Stern Pissarro Gallery is pleased to announce Carlos Nadal: Joie de Vivre, an exuberant exhibition celebrating the vision of the French-born Spanish painter Carlos Nadal (1917-1998).
Private View: 19 June, 6-8pm - To mark the occasion, Alessandro Nadal, the artist’s son, will give a talk at the opening, offering insight into his father’s life.
Running from 19 June to 26 July, the show gathers thirty works - many never before seen - drawn from an important private collection alongside pieces previously exhibited internationally. Born in Montmartre to Spanish parents, Nadal grew up under the easy camaraderie of the Parisian avant-garde. Frequent visitors to his father’s studio included Braque, Léger, Dufy, Picasso and Utrillo, whose encouragement shaped his earliest paintings. After serving in the Spanish Civil War, Nadal returned to Barcelona, remaining in close contact with Picasso, who continued to mentor the younger artist throughout his career. An eminent critic coined Nadal 'the last of the Fauves' in 1996, a testament to his direct lineage from that radical circle of early-20th-century Expressionists. His work—whether riotous interiors, sun-drenched landscapes or animated coastal scenes—radiates a naïve-expressionist immediacy. Viewers will recognise affectionate nods to Matisse, Léger or Picasso tucked inside his lively salons, yet Nadal’s inimitable palette and sweeping lines deliver pure, unfiltered joy.
Read the press release for more information or view the e-catalogue here. The online catalogue showcases all thirty works from the exhibition, drawn from a significant private collection alongside pieces previously displayed internationally.
www.pissarro.art
Picture: Salon Rojo, 1992, oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm (35 x 45 ⁵/₈ inches)
Private View: 19 June, 6-8pm - To mark the occasion, Alessandro Nadal, the artist’s son, will give a talk at the opening, offering insight into his father’s life.
Running from 19 June to 26 July, the show gathers thirty works - many never before seen - drawn from an important private collection alongside pieces previously exhibited internationally. Born in Montmartre to Spanish parents, Nadal grew up under the easy camaraderie of the Parisian avant-garde. Frequent visitors to his father’s studio included Braque, Léger, Dufy, Picasso and Utrillo, whose encouragement shaped his earliest paintings. After serving in the Spanish Civil War, Nadal returned to Barcelona, remaining in close contact with Picasso, who continued to mentor the younger artist throughout his career. An eminent critic coined Nadal 'the last of the Fauves' in 1996, a testament to his direct lineage from that radical circle of early-20th-century Expressionists. His work—whether riotous interiors, sun-drenched landscapes or animated coastal scenes—radiates a naïve-expressionist immediacy. Viewers will recognise affectionate nods to Matisse, Léger or Picasso tucked inside his lively salons, yet Nadal’s inimitable palette and sweeping lines deliver pure, unfiltered joy.
Read the press release for more information or view the e-catalogue here. The online catalogue showcases all thirty works from the exhibition, drawn from a significant private collection alongside pieces previously displayed internationally.
www.pissarro.art
Picture: Salon Rojo, 1992, oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm (35 x 45 ⁵/₈ inches)
15/06/2025
Bernier/Eliades Gallery Athens, Ximena Maldonado Sánchez
Ximena Maldonado Sánchez, cardón, carmín y ola
Running until JULY 10, 2025
Caption: Ximena Maldonado Sánchez, terracotta, 2025 | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 180 x 130 cm | 70.9 x 51.2 in | Photo credits: Courtesy of the artist
Athens
11 Eptachalkou, 11851 Athens, Greece
tel: +302103413935-7 - email: bernier@bernier-eliades.com
Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 11:00-18:30 I Saturday: 12:00-16:00
www.bernier-eliades.com
Running until JULY 10, 2025
The Bernier/Eliades Gallery is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of Ximena Maldonado Sánchez, “cardón, carmín y ola”, in Athens. Ximena Maldonado Sánchez’s paintings explore the relationships between humans and ecosystems, focusing on the textures, colours, and rhythms of plants and mineral formations. Her work is inspired by sensory experiences in the landscape and engages with themes of interconnection, ecological reciprocity, and the hidden dynamics within topography. Ximena Maldonado Sánchez’s artistic process begins with observing landscapes and evolves into a practice that engages the entire body while painting. Through a fluid weaving of figuration and abstraction, she conjures new and unfamiliar environments, navigating the realms where the two softly converge...
Born in 1999 in Irapuato, Mexico, Ximena Maldonado Sánchez earned her Master’s degree in Painting from ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels, Belgium, where she now lives and works.
Born in 1999 in Irapuato, Mexico, Ximena Maldonado Sánchez earned her Master’s degree in Painting from ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels, Belgium, where she now lives and works.
Caption: Ximena Maldonado Sánchez, terracotta, 2025 | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 180 x 130 cm | 70.9 x 51.2 in | Photo credits: Courtesy of the artist
Athens
11 Eptachalkou, 11851 Athens, Greece
tel: +302103413935-7 - email: bernier@bernier-eliades.com
Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 11:00-18:30 I Saturday: 12:00-16:00
www.bernier-eliades.com
14/06/2025
Axel Vervoordt, Shi Zhiying, All Things in Kinship - Curated by Dr. Shen Qilan
Terrace Gallery, Kanaal, June 14 - September 6, 2025
Opening in presence of the artist on Saturday, June 14 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Europe by Chinese artist Shi Zhiying (b. 1979, Shanghai) titled, All Things Kinship. Shi Zhiying’s seascapes and intricate depictions of rocks and gemstones convey the philosophical tension between emergence and concealment. Drawing inspiration from both Eastern and Western art tradition, she adeptly captures the life-movement of the spirit through the rhythm of things and the inner logic of breath emphasised in Chinese painting, utilizing colour, texture, and brushstrokes. In the recent years, she has focussed on colour experimentation to explore concepts of ephemerality and permanence through the interplay of abstraction and figuration.
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Opening in presence of the artist on Saturday, June 14 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Europe by Chinese artist Shi Zhiying (b. 1979, Shanghai) titled, All Things Kinship. Shi Zhiying’s seascapes and intricate depictions of rocks and gemstones convey the philosophical tension between emergence and concealment. Drawing inspiration from both Eastern and Western art tradition, she adeptly captures the life-movement of the spirit through the rhythm of things and the inner logic of breath emphasised in Chinese painting, utilizing colour, texture, and brushstrokes. In the recent years, she has focussed on colour experimentation to explore concepts of ephemerality and permanence through the interplay of abstraction and figuration.
13/06/2025
Helene Bailly Gallery - Montparnasse & L'Ecole de Paris, histoires d'ateliers
Du 13 juin au 06 septembre 2025, la galerie HELENE BAILLY présente un dialogue artistique entre plusieurs générations, en rendant hommage à Paris, capitale des arts, et à ses ateliers emblématiques, du Montparnasse historique à la scène contemporaine actuelle. Sous le commissariat d’Armand Camphuis, cette exposition s’intéresse à ces lieux iconiques de l’histoire de l’art moderne et contemporain. L’exposition met en lumière les grandes figures de l’École de Paris qui ont fait de Montparnasse un véritable foyer de la modernité artistique au XXème siècle.
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La Ruche, la Grande Chaumière, la Cité Falguière… autant de lieux de vie et d’ébullition où naissent les chefs-d’œuvre de Kisling, Léger, Modigliani, et bien d’autres. Ces artistes venus du monde entier ont partagé ateliers, idées et amitiés, dans un élan créatif sans précédent.
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En dialogue avec ces icônes de la modernité, la galerie invite quatre artistes contemporaines de POUSH à investir l’espace de la galerie. Valentina Canseco, Juliette Minchin, Lisa Ouakil et Dune Varela incarnent cette nouvelle génération inspirée et audacieuse.
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De Montparnasse à Aubervilliers, de l’École de Paris aux expériences contemporaines, cette exposition met en lumière l’importance des ateliers d’artistes pour les avant-gardes parisiennes d’hier et d’aujourd’hui.
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La galerie HELENE BAILLY est heureuse de présenter ce dialogue entre deux générations, de souligner les ruptures et les intuitions communes qui jalonnent un siècle de création. De 1900 à 2025, l’histoire de l’art s’écrit toujours dans les ateliers parisiens.
www.helenebailly.com
www.helenebailly.com
12/06/2025
Galerie Hadjer, From Metal to Wool: Calder’s Tapestries Rise Again
Galerie Hadjer sets Calder’s Tapestries in the spotlight
Alexander Calder, a pioneer of modern art, is gaining renewed recognition for his vibrant textile works. Long overshadowed by his mobiles, his tapestries -created with the Aubusson workshops - are now featured in top museums and international art fairs. At the Norton Museum of Art, Calder’s Art Car was recently shown beneath a monumental tapestry, highlighting his cohesive vision across mediums. The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art also showcases key pieces, affirming the importance of Calder’s textile legacy. Galerie Hadjer, a longtime advocate of Calder’s tapestries, continues to promote their artistic significance at global fairs like Art Basel, TEFAF and BRAFA-Brussels, revealing the bold, graphic beauty of his woven masterpieces.
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Picture from the Betchler Museum
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Alexander Calder - ICE RINK , Collection HADJER
10/06/2025
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud celebrates its 10th year
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud is celebrating its 10th anniversary: a unique opportunity to bring together clients, friends and family to celebrate this milestone in the life of a gallery owner. Festive evening on Thursday 5 June from 6pm at 205, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
Exhibition from 6 June to 12 July 2025
Exhibition from 6 June to 12 July 2025
Nicolas Bourriaud remembers: …my first Bugatti, Il y arrivera, my first Rodin, L'âge d'airain cast by Alexis Rudier, followed by a rare Panthère noire by Pompon, or Barye's exceptional sculpture, Angélique et Roger montés sur l'hippogriffe (bouche ouverte), of which only three exist... And these carefully chosen works have met their collectors through wonderful exchanges, new friendships and unforgettable moments of shared passion… Museums and institutions also play an important role in the gallery's reputation. For example, the Musée Rodin was able to acquire the Buste de jeune femme aux roses dans les cheveux by the eponymous master, which I presented to them, and more recently, the Étude pour le vase, sujet pastoral by Henry Cros, which joined the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs… Finally, for the past ten years, we have been organizing exhibitions on major themes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century sculpture, illustrated by often unique masterpieces, such as Les sculpteurs du Jardin des Plantes; Le Groupe des Douze; Rodin, maître, praticiens et amis... In this way, I also seek to highlight artists who are particularly important to me, such as Antoine-Louis Barye, of course, but also Jules Dalou, for whom there hasn't been an exhibition since the Petit Palais in 2013, and Georges-Lucien Guyot…
08/06/2025
Galerie Dina Vierny - Judit Reigl, Spasme avec le feu
Judit Reigl - Spasme avec le feu — jusqu'au 14 juin au 53 rue de Seine — jusqu'au 2 août au 36 rue Jacob
La Galerie Dina Vierny est heureuse de présenter Judit Reigl – Spasme avec le feu, troisième exposition monographique consacrée à l’artiste depuis 2021. Cet événement marque un nouveau chapitre pour la galerie, avec l’ouverture d’un second espace au 53 rue de Seine, et donne lieu à une rétrospective d’envergure grâce à la conjugaison des deux lieux. Il s’agit de l’exposition la plus complète dédiée à Reigl en galerie depuis près de dix ans, réunissant près de 30 œuvres couvrant sept décennies de création.
Judit Reigl est une peintre qui fut tour à tour surréaliste, abstraite ou figurative. Arrivée en France en 1950 après huit tentatives clandestines pour franchir le rideau de fer, Judit Reigl retrouve à Paris son compagnon d’études aux Beaux Arts de Budapest, Simon Hantaï... Lire plus
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La Galerie Dina Vierny est heureuse de présenter Judit Reigl – Spasme avec le feu, troisième exposition monographique consacrée à l’artiste depuis 2021. Cet événement marque un nouveau chapitre pour la galerie, avec l’ouverture d’un second espace au 53 rue de Seine, et donne lieu à une rétrospective d’envergure grâce à la conjugaison des deux lieux. Il s’agit de l’exposition la plus complète dédiée à Reigl en galerie depuis près de dix ans, réunissant près de 30 œuvres couvrant sept décennies de création.
Judit Reigl est une peintre qui fut tour à tour surréaliste, abstraite ou figurative. Arrivée en France en 1950 après huit tentatives clandestines pour franchir le rideau de fer, Judit Reigl retrouve à Paris son compagnon d’études aux Beaux Arts de Budapest, Simon Hantaï... Lire plus
www.galeriedinavierny.fr
07/06/2025
De Brock - 3rd solo show with Beth Letain
De Brock is pleased to present its third solo exhibition with Beth Letain. Beth Letain is a painter whose palette engages with the history of color and abstraction. She developed a minimalist language in the legacy of Agnes Martin, Mary Heilmann and the Bauhaus theories of color. Her vivid compositions feature dissonant yet harmonious lines and geometric structures that explore themes of logic, system and shape.
Beth Letain (b. 1976, Canada) lives and works in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Peres Projects, Berlin (2024); Peres Projects, Milan (2023); Leeahn Gallery, Seoul (2022); L21, Palma de Mallorca (2021); De Brock, Knokke (2020); Peres Projects, Berlin (2019) and Pace Gallery, London (2018).
Picture: Beth Letain, People Person, 2024, oil on canvas, 190 x 170 cm
The opening reception will be held in presence of the artist on June 7 from 6 till 8 pm.
www.debrockgallery.com
Beth Letain (b. 1976, Canada) lives and works in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Peres Projects, Berlin (2024); Peres Projects, Milan (2023); Leeahn Gallery, Seoul (2022); L21, Palma de Mallorca (2021); De Brock, Knokke (2020); Peres Projects, Berlin (2019) and Pace Gallery, London (2018).
Picture: Beth Letain, People Person, 2024, oil on canvas, 190 x 170 cm
The opening reception will be held in presence of the artist on June 7 from 6 till 8 pm.
www.debrockgallery.com
05/06/2025
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud - Les 10 ans du faubourg
Jeudi 5 juin à partir de 18h pour le vernissage de notre exposition "Les 10 ans du faubourg "
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud, 205, rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 75 008 Paris
Exposition : vendredi 6 juin au samedi 12 juillet 2025
CARPEAUX Jean-Baptiste (1827-1875), Le Prince impérial et son chien Néro (1865)
Bronze à patine brun nuancé, signé « JBte Carpeaux ». Numéroté « 1 »
Fonte au sable sans marque de fondeur. Porte le cachet au « F » couronné
H. 45.5 x L. 22 x P. 20 cm
Circa 1870
DESBOIS Jules (1851-1935), Léda étendue sur le cygne (avant 1915)
Terre cuite d’édition signée « J. Desbois »
H. 18 x L. 25,5 x P. 22 cm
Circa 1915
SEGOFFIN Victor (1867-1925), La suppliante
Bronze à patine brun nuancé, signé « V Segoffin » et daté « 1899 »
Fonte de Alexis Rudier, porte l’inscription « .ALEXIS. RUDIER.Fondeur.Paris. », porte le monogramme de l’artiste et le numéro « 15 »
H. 58,5 x L.18 x P. 18,7 cm
Circa 1910
SANDOZ Édouard-Marcel (1881-1971), Hibou
Bronze à double patine brun rouge et brun vert nuancé signé « Ed. M. Sandoz »
Fonte de Susse, porte la marque du fondeur « Susse Frs Edts Paris »
H. 11,5 x L. 4,5 x P. 5,5 cm Socle en bronze à patine noir nuancé
Circa entre mai 1922 et mars 1927.
PRINCE Paul TROUBETZKOY (1866-1938), La Pensée
Bronze à patine vert antique nuancé, signé et daté « Paul Troubetzkoy »
Fonte d’Attilio Valsuani, porte le cachet du fondeur « CIRE PERDUE A. VALSUANI »
Porte une plaque en bronze « La Pensée / cire perdue / par Paul Troubetzquoy / San-Francisco 1928 ».
H. 45 x L. 38 x P. 24 cm
Socle en plâtre et plaques de marbre brèche d’Alep
Circa avant 1928
BOUCHARD Henri-Louis (1875-1960) Le sculpteur (1924)
Bronze à patine brun noir nuancé, signé « H. BOUCHARD »
Fonte de Bisceglia, porte le cachet du fondeur « BISCEGLIA CIRE PERDUE »
H. 72 x L. 30 x P. 21 cm
Circa 1930
www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud, 205, rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 75 008 Paris
Exposition : vendredi 6 juin au samedi 12 juillet 2025
CARPEAUX Jean-Baptiste (1827-1875), Le Prince impérial et son chien Néro (1865)
Bronze à patine brun nuancé, signé « JBte Carpeaux ». Numéroté « 1 »
Fonte au sable sans marque de fondeur. Porte le cachet au « F » couronné
H. 45.5 x L. 22 x P. 20 cm
Circa 1870
DESBOIS Jules (1851-1935), Léda étendue sur le cygne (avant 1915)
Terre cuite d’édition signée « J. Desbois »
H. 18 x L. 25,5 x P. 22 cm
Circa 1915
SEGOFFIN Victor (1867-1925), La suppliante
Bronze à patine brun nuancé, signé « V Segoffin » et daté « 1899 »
Fonte de Alexis Rudier, porte l’inscription « .ALEXIS. RUDIER.Fondeur.Paris. », porte le monogramme de l’artiste et le numéro « 15 »
H. 58,5 x L.18 x P. 18,7 cm
Circa 1910
SANDOZ Édouard-Marcel (1881-1971), Hibou
Bronze à double patine brun rouge et brun vert nuancé signé « Ed. M. Sandoz »
Fonte de Susse, porte la marque du fondeur « Susse Frs Edts Paris »
H. 11,5 x L. 4,5 x P. 5,5 cm Socle en bronze à patine noir nuancé
Circa entre mai 1922 et mars 1927.
PRINCE Paul TROUBETZKOY (1866-1938), La Pensée
Bronze à patine vert antique nuancé, signé et daté « Paul Troubetzkoy »
Fonte d’Attilio Valsuani, porte le cachet du fondeur « CIRE PERDUE A. VALSUANI »
Porte une plaque en bronze « La Pensée / cire perdue / par Paul Troubetzquoy / San-Francisco 1928 ».
H. 45 x L. 38 x P. 24 cm
Socle en plâtre et plaques de marbre brèche d’Alep
Circa avant 1928
BOUCHARD Henri-Louis (1875-1960) Le sculpteur (1924)
Bronze à patine brun noir nuancé, signé « H. BOUCHARD »
Fonte de Bisceglia, porte le cachet du fondeur « BISCEGLIA CIRE PERDUE »
H. 72 x L. 30 x P. 21 cm
Circa 1930
www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com
05/06/2025
DIE GALERIE is delighted to show Pierre Alechinsky and his artist friends
Pierre Alechinsky and his artist friends: Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Corneille, Constant, Jacques Doucet, Karl Otto Götz, Lucebert, Reinhoud, Christian Dotremont, Theo Wolvekamp
DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt am Main
5. Juni – 10. September 2025 ∙ June 5 – September 10, 2025
Vernissage ∙ Opening: 5. Juni 2025 ∙ June 5, 2025
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Based on personal friendships and connections, DIE GALERIE has long been committed to the artists of the CoBrA group. To this day, there is a particularly strong bond between gallery owner Peter Femfert and Pierre Alechinsky, one of the most influential networkers of CoBrA and, at 97 years of age, the last living representative of this group.
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DIE GALERIE
Grüneburgweg 123, DE-60323 Frankfurt am Main
t. +49 (0)69 971 47 10 | m. +49 (0)171 81 33 125
info@die-galerie.com | www.die-galerie.com
DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt am Main
5. Juni – 10. September 2025 ∙ June 5 – September 10, 2025
Vernissage ∙ Opening: 5. Juni 2025 ∙ June 5, 2025
On 6 June 2025, DIE GALERIE will ring in the summer with an exhibition that is diverse, colourful, spontaneous and a little loud. This is how CoBrA, the mid-20th century artists' group, was - young, wild, immediate and impulsive. Although the group quickly disbanded and its members went on to important international careers, CoBrA's ideas were enduring and groundbreaking. Many of the artists remained friends and collaborators for decades.
Pierre Alechinsky, Vin versé, 1957, Oil on canvas, 80 x 126 cm, Signed, entitled and inscribed verso
Based on personal friendships and connections, DIE GALERIE has long been committed to the artists of the CoBrA group. To this day, there is a particularly strong bond between gallery owner Peter Femfert and Pierre Alechinsky, one of the most influential networkers of CoBrA and, at 97 years of age, the last living representative of this group.
Born in Brussels in 1927, he became the youngest member of the CoBrA group in 1949, after studying book illustration and typography in his home town. As a young painter, Pierre Alechinsky embraced CoBrA's ideas of spontaneity and direct expression; after the group disbanded in 1951, he quickly developed his own style, concentrating on drawing and studying Asian calligraphy. He travelled to Japan for the first time in 1955. Since then, his work has oscillated between East Asian art and aesthetics and Western visual understanding... Read more in press release.
Grüneburgweg 123, DE-60323 Frankfurt am Main
t. +49 (0)69 971 47 10 | m. +49 (0)171 81 33 125
info@die-galerie.com | www.die-galerie.com
05/06/2025
Galerie Nathalie Obadia Bruxelles - Vertiges croisés
La Galerie Nathalie Obadia est heureuse à Bruxelles de présenter du jeudi 5 juin au samedi 12 juillet Vertiges croisés, une exposition en deux volets qui met en dialogue des peintres figuratifs de la jeune création contemporaine avec des artistes plus établis de la scène internationale. Cette nouvelle exposition révèle la richesse d’un paysage pictural porté par une énergie créative toujours renouvelée.
Au premier étage, les peintures de Sacha Cambier de Montravel, Laslo Familari Roy, Daniel Fleur, Léo Kpodzro, Renske Linders, Clément Poplineau et Alexander Skats incarnent une nouvelle génération de la peinture figurative contemporaine. Réunies pour la première fois à Paris à l’occasion de l’exposition Guilty Pleasures, sous le commissariat de Pierre El Khoury, ces œuvres explorent la thématique des plaisirs coupables, où désir et transgression s'entrelacent. Entre imageries luxuriantes et sensualité assumée, elles sondent avec acuité les tensions de notre époque. Le kitsch, par ses excès et ses artifices, envahit l’espace non comme simple ornement, mais comme reflet critique d’une société saturée d’images et de désirs contradictoires.
Au deuxième et troisième étage, l’exposition se prolonge avec une sélection d’artistes représentés par la galerie. Valérie Belin présente des portraits lisses, brillants - et presque glacés - qui oscillent entre présence spectrale et perfection artificielle. Les figures maquillées se parent de fleurs colorées, interrogeant la place du corps et de l’apparence dans notre société contemporaine. Ces ornementations florales entrent en écho avec les Magnolias (37) de Caroles Benzaken ou encore les glaïeuls (Gladiolus) de Robert Kushner. Jeux de transparence par feuilleté de verre, couleurs criardes et éclats dorés se déploient au coeur de l’exposition. Parmi ces œuvres, certaines dissolvent progressivement la figuration au profit de l’abstraction. Tandis que Wang Keping et Guillaume Leblon moulent et sculptent la matière pour en faire émerger des formes, Romana Londi, Victoria Palacios et Fiona Rae investissent la surface picturale comme un terrain d’expérimentation, où les formes et les mots se transforment dans une expressivité libre. [...]
Au premier étage, les peintures de Sacha Cambier de Montravel, Laslo Familari Roy, Daniel Fleur, Léo Kpodzro, Renske Linders, Clément Poplineau et Alexander Skats incarnent une nouvelle génération de la peinture figurative contemporaine. Réunies pour la première fois à Paris à l’occasion de l’exposition Guilty Pleasures, sous le commissariat de Pierre El Khoury, ces œuvres explorent la thématique des plaisirs coupables, où désir et transgression s'entrelacent. Entre imageries luxuriantes et sensualité assumée, elles sondent avec acuité les tensions de notre époque. Le kitsch, par ses excès et ses artifices, envahit l’espace non comme simple ornement, mais comme reflet critique d’une société saturée d’images et de désirs contradictoires.
Au deuxième et troisième étage, l’exposition se prolonge avec une sélection d’artistes représentés par la galerie. Valérie Belin présente des portraits lisses, brillants - et presque glacés - qui oscillent entre présence spectrale et perfection artificielle. Les figures maquillées se parent de fleurs colorées, interrogeant la place du corps et de l’apparence dans notre société contemporaine. Ces ornementations florales entrent en écho avec les Magnolias (37) de Caroles Benzaken ou encore les glaïeuls (Gladiolus) de Robert Kushner. Jeux de transparence par feuilleté de verre, couleurs criardes et éclats dorés se déploient au coeur de l’exposition. Parmi ces œuvres, certaines dissolvent progressivement la figuration au profit de l’abstraction. Tandis que Wang Keping et Guillaume Leblon moulent et sculptent la matière pour en faire émerger des formes, Romana Londi, Victoria Palacios et Fiona Rae investissent la surface picturale comme un terrain d’expérimentation, où les formes et les mots se transforment dans une expressivité libre. [...]
Romana Londi
05/06/2025
Galerie Berthet-Aittouares - Etienne Viard, La limite du possible
Du 5 juin au 12 juillet 2025 au 14 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris
Etienne Viard, La Limite du possible... Pièces, sans socle, posées à même le sol, elles sont déclinées par famille telles les forêts, les profilés, les lames. Les lignes verticales dominent, fortes et souples. Elles laissent s’insinuer la lumière qui rythme et souligne les volumes, ouvrant l’espace. Les masses sont toujours au point d’équilibre. L’acier en barre ou en feuilles épaisses est découpé, modelé, puis plié à froid avec une précision vertigineuse. La tension du métal est souvent à la limite du possible. Depuis plus de 20 ans, la galerie Berthet-Aittouarès représente l’œuvre d’Etienne Viard et comprend 25 sculptures d’acier et d’acier corten dont les dernières créations : Haïku, Org, Séquence... la publication d’un nouveau catalogue de 64 pages avec un texte de Dominique Païni et une intervention de Laurent Boudier. Exposition du mardi au samedi de 11h à 13h et de 14h30-à 19h
www.galerie-ba.com
www.galerie-ba.com
05/06/2025
Objects With Narratives - Solo Show by KRJST Studio and Middernacht & Alexander
Solo show by KRJST Studio,There is always something left to love
Solo show by Middernacht & Alexander, Terra Atlas
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Picture: KRJST Studio
www.objectswithnarratives.com
KRJST Studio, a Belgian artist duo founded in 2012, transitioned from fashion to art and design in 2015 to refocus on creativity and artistic expression. Since then, they have become known for creating large-scale, hand-embroidered tapestries that blend storytelling, emotion, and technical mastery. The pieces, intended for architectural settings and art collectors, are rich in narrative and serve as emotional landscapes woven in color and texture. In 2020, they expanded into collectible design with Simon Tentoon, using their textiles in new ways. The studio formed by Justine de Moriamé and Erika Schillebeeckx functions as a unified force exploring memory, time, and transformation through weaving. Their work fuses classical and modern art influences with advanced technologies, embodying a dialogue between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary experimentation.
Solo show by Middernacht & Alexander, Terra Atlas
Terra Atlas is a poetic mapping of what lies beneath. Middernacht & Alexander unearth forgotten materials - buried oil tanks, corroded metals, remnants of earth and tar - and lift them into the light. What was once discarded and contaminated is not erased, but transformed: preserved in translucent layers of epoxy, reshaped into functional objects that are also sculptural relics. Each piece carries its own soul. The rawness of the material is never hidden; it speaks. It tells stories of time, neglect, and transformation. The result is not just design, but a dialogue - between past and present, decay and renewal, utility and beauty. In embracing imperfection, the duo reveals a deeper emotional resonance: a reverence for what we usually overlook. Terra Atlas is part of How I Got Over, Middernacht & Alexander’s ongoing body of work that explores themes of memory, material, and soulful sustainability. The exhibition invites viewers into a self-contained universe where design becomes archaeology, and every object becomes a vessel for history and care. This is a quiet resistance against erasure.
Middernacht & Alexander
Picture: KRJST Studio
www.objectswithnarratives.com
05/06/2025
Galerie La Forest-Divonne - Gerard Kuijpers, Dancing Stones & Other Amazing Rocks
Gerard Kuijpers, Dancing Stones & Other Amazing Rocks, 5 June > 5 July 2025
La Galerie La Forest Divonne Bruxelles est heureuse de présenter un Solo Show du sculpteur et designer belge Gerard Kuijpers, dans son Project Room, à partir du jeudi 5 juin 2025 : Dancing Stones et sculptures fonctionnelles (Consoles, lampes, miroirs et tables en pierre).
Galerie La Forest Divonne Brussel is verheugd een solotentoonstelling te presenteren van de Belgische beeldhouwer en ontwerper Gerard Kuijpers, in het Project Room, vanaf donderdag 5 juni 2025 : Dancing Stones en functionele sculpturen (consoles, lampen, spiegels en stenen tafels).
La Galerie La Forest Divonne Bruxelles est heureuse de présenter un Solo Show du sculpteur et designer belge Gerard Kuijpers, dans son Project Room, à partir du jeudi 5 juin 2025 : Dancing Stones et sculptures fonctionnelles (Consoles, lampes, miroirs et tables en pierre).
Galerie La Forest Divonne Brussel is verheugd een solotentoonstelling te presenteren van de Belgische beeldhouwer en ontwerper Gerard Kuijpers, in het Project Room, vanaf donderdag 5 juni 2025 : Dancing Stones en functionele sculpturen (consoles, lampen, spiegels en stenen tafels).
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Gerard Kuijpers, Red Monolith, Hot rolled Steel & Red Marble from South Pyrenees, 177 x 62 x 34 cm, 2022
Gerard Kuijpers, Console, Steel & Arabescato Marble, 92 x 134 x 42 cm, 2024
Gerard Kuijpers, Red Monolith, Hot rolled Steel & Red Marble from South Pyrenees, 177 x 62 x 34 cm, 2022
Gerard Kuijpers, Console, Steel & Arabescato Marble, 92 x 134 x 42 cm, 2024
Aussi jusqu'au 05 juillet / Ook tot 05 juli
Jeff Kowatch, Incantation
Jeff Kowatch, Incantation
27/05/2025
COLNAGHI, Power Figures, a joint exhibition
Power Figures, a joint exhibition with Carlo Bella, 27th of May - 6th of June 2025
Important African and Native American pieces selected by Carlo Bella are now on display alogside Colnaghi's offering of European masterpieces ranging from pre-Roman antiquity to the Baroque, creating a unique setting for cross-cultural dialogue on the role of art objects as loci for the fashioning and preservation of cultural identities. Among the twenty significant African and Native American works presented by Carlo Bella is a monumental fetish figure from the Songye culture, formerly in the collection of esteemed New York art dealer Allan Stone. From Colnaghi’s presentation, a major highlight is the first-ever showing in the Americas of the life-sized, full-length Portrait of a Noblewoman by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (1578–1635), the most important of the Neapolitan Caravaggisti. This striking canvas is the only known full-length portrait attributed to Caracciolo; its showing in New York represents a landmark moment in the artist’s exhibition history. The OVR of the works on show is now available to view.
Picture: From left to right: URHOBO ARTIST, Shrine Maternity Figure, oniemo, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century, Wood, pigment, 120.7 cm high ; GIOVANNI BATTISTA CARACCIOLO, Portrait of a noblewoman, Oil on canvas, 170 x 126 cm ; QUIMBAYA ARTIST, Poporo of a Seated Female Holding Ceremonial Objects with Scrolls, Middle Cauca valley, Colombia, 400-1000 AD, Gold, 27.3 x 10.8 x 7 cm ; Head of a Veiled Woman, Etruscan, late 4th to early 3rd century B.C., Terracotta, with traces of polychromy, 22 cm high
26/05/2025
Francis Maere Fine Arts - Ooidonk Art Festival 2025 is open
The Ooidonk Art Festival 2025 opened last week, and we’re thrilled with the warm and enthusiastic responses we've received so far. Set against the stunning backdrop of Goed te Réables, right next to the iconic Ooidonk Castle in Bachte-Maria-Leerne, the festival runs from May 17 through August 31 and promises a summer filled with powerful artistic encounters. This fourth edition brings together over 40 contemporary artists, including renowned names such as Wim Delvoye, Jan Fabre, Tony Matelli, and Sofie Muller, alongside a new generation of emerging talent. Their work inhabits the historic interiors and natural surroundings of the 17th-century farmhouse, in a curated dialogue between contemporary art, heritage, and landscape.
Nature in Flux
The artworks at this year’s Ooidonk Art Festival are not static, they evolve throughout the summer, shaped by weather, light, time, and even living organisms. Visitors can expect installations that grow, transform, and surprise. Highlights include a living tree sculpture by Wim Delvoye, a poetic retrospective by Johan De Wit, a growing bee-cathedral by Isidoor Goddeeris, a full-scale scenic installation by Lieven Lefere, and an ever-changing canvas by Ruth Devriendt; alongside over 100 other remarkable works.
Picture: Kubach-Wilmsen
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Jan Fabre | Kris Martin
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Jan Fabre | Roeland Tweelinckx l Marco De Sanctis | Conrad Willems
2nd location: City Pavilion
This weekend marks the opening of our City Pavilion, a parallel exhibition in the Francis Maere Fine Arts Gallery, open every weekend throughout the summer. Here, the very same artists from the Ooidonk Art Festival present entirely different works in a radically contrasting gallery setting. The City Pavilion offers a more intimate, reflective counterpoint to the outdoor experience at Goed te Réables. Whether you're escaping a rainy day, completing a cultural city stroll, or seeking a deeper connection to the festival, this satellite exhibition is the perfect complement that brings two distinct worlds together under one vision.
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Randoald Sabbe | Maen Florin | Lieven Lefere | Stephan Balkenhol
Ooidonk Art Festival - www.OoidonkArtFestival.be
Goed Te Réables | Ooidonkdreef 5, 9800 Bachte-Maria-Leerne
Opening days: Thursday to Sunday, 11 AM – 6 PM
Tickets: €10 – Available at the door
City Pavilion - www.francismaerefinearts.be
Francis Maere Fine Arts | Kouter 172, 9000 Gent
Opening days: Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM – 6 PM
Tickets: FREE
Francis Maere Fine Arts | Kouter 172, 9000 Gent
Opening days: Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM – 6 PM
Tickets: FREE
26/05/2025
Kunsthaus Kende - Highlights of the artworks' range
Let us inspire you - for you or all those close to you. Here you will find a selection of exquisite objects.
Covered tankard
Silver, Nuremberg around 1618-1620
Christoff Kramer
Great George II
Tankard
Sterling silver, London 1758
John Wirgman
Mokume-gane vase
Silver, copper, Shakudo, Shibuichi, Kuromido
Okayama 2022,
Ryuhei Sako
Rare fish cutlery
Silver, Bremen 1905/06
Henry van de Velde
Pair of George I Tea Caddies
Britannia silver, London 1720
John Farnell
Rare small bowl
900 silver, Vienna 1918
Wiener Werkstätte
ABOUT US
What began with humble beginnings has become a permanent fixture in the international art trade over the years: as one of the few galleries specializing exclusively in silver objects, our focus is on antique silver and contemporary works by international artists, which we present at art fairs in Brussels, Munich and Salzburg, among others. As a member of the “Verband Deutscher Kunsthandel” and the “CINOA”, our name stands for the quality and originality of our objects.
t. +49 (0)163 26 79 746 I info@kunsthaus-kende.de | kunsthaus-kende.de
Covered tankard
Silver, Nuremberg around 1618-1620
Christoff Kramer
Great George II
Tankard
Sterling silver, London 1758
John Wirgman
Mokume-gane vase
Silver, copper, Shakudo, Shibuichi, Kuromido
Okayama 2022,
Ryuhei Sako
Rare fish cutlery
Silver, Bremen 1905/06
Henry van de Velde
Pair of George I Tea Caddies
Britannia silver, London 1720
John Farnell
Rare small bowl
900 silver, Vienna 1918
Wiener Werkstätte
ABOUT US
What began with humble beginnings has become a permanent fixture in the international art trade over the years: as one of the few galleries specializing exclusively in silver objects, our focus is on antique silver and contemporary works by international artists, which we present at art fairs in Brussels, Munich and Salzburg, among others. As a member of the “Verband Deutscher Kunsthandel” and the “CINOA”, our name stands for the quality and originality of our objects.
t. +49 (0)163 26 79 746 I info@kunsthaus-kende.de | kunsthaus-kende.de
23/05/2025
Dei Bardi Art, special focus on Burgundian sculpture
This intricately carved stone corbel from the 15th century exemplifies the refined naturalism and detail characteristic of the Burgundian Netherlands during the later Middle Ages. It portrays an angel's bust with delicately feathered wings and flowing hair, holding a triangular heater-shaped shield against his chest. The angel's hair and wings, rendered with skillful precision, showcase the talent of the anonymous sculptor. The angel's face, featuring almond-shaped eyes, full cheeks, a serene small mouth, and framed by a crown of tightly coiled locks that fall gracefully to the neck, reflects Northern European artistic style, softened by a Southern influence. The figure's square jaw, rounded chin, dense curling hair, and circumflex-accent-shaped eyes, with slightly swollen lower eyelids, strongly resemble Burgundian sculpture from the 15th century.
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Corbel with an Angel Holding a Shield, Burgundian Netherlands, 15th century, Limestone, On a modern metal stand
H 21 x W 16.5 x D 18.5 cm
H 21 x W 16.5 x D 18.5 cm
The angel's calm demeanor and the finely detailed curls and feathered wings indicate it was created in the Burgundian Netherlands - a region that included present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and northern France, governed by the dukes of Burgundy from the late 14th to the late 15th century. During the reigns of Philip the Bold, Philip the Good, and Charles the Bold, the area became a center of artistic innovation and elite support, with sculpture serving as a primary means to convey dynastic pride and religious devotion. Similar sculpted corbels and keystones are present in major institutional collections. Noteworthy examples include the keystone with an angel from the Zelem Charterhouse near Diest now showcased at the V&A and the Angel corbel with the Coat of Arms of Breda displayed at the Rijksmuseum.
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Jan Van Schayck, Roof Boos, 1497, Victoria and Albert Museum
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Angel corbel, Brabant, C. 1500, Rijksmuseum
Dei Bardi Art srl
12 rue Watteeu, 1000, Bruxelles
m. +32 (0) 476 74 05 57 I contact@deibardiart.com I www.deibardiart.com
22/05/2025
Galerie Hurtebize, Henri Moore, une nouvelle acquisition
We are delighted to present our latest acquisition, a drawing by the master of modern sculpture Henry Moore, which has now been added to our permanent collection.
Henry MOORE, Girl Seated in Armchair, 1955
22.4 x 17.4 cm
Signed and dated lower left
Literature : Ann Garrould, Henry Moore.
Complete Drawings 1950-76, vol. IV, Much Hadham, 2003, p. 92, n. AG 55-56.9.
The work in registered at the Henry Moore Foundation under n: HMF 2758.
Provenance: Private Collection, Italy
Henry MOORE, Girl Seated in Armchair, 1955
22.4 x 17.4 cm
Signed and dated lower left
Literature : Ann Garrould, Henry Moore.
Complete Drawings 1950-76, vol. IV, Much Hadham, 2003, p. 92, n. AG 55-56.9.
The work in registered at the Henry Moore Foundation under n: HMF 2758.
Provenance: Private Collection, Italy
This pencil and ink study, created in 1955, bears witness to Henry Moore's interest in the female figure, which he approaches here in an introspective posture. He explores the volumes of the body, its contained movement, its seated position and its inscription in space. This drawing continues the artist's sculptural reflection on the human form, its density and its relationship to the surrounding environment. This work is one of the drawings listed by the Henry Moore Foundation, a guarantee of its authenticity and historical importance. A celebrated artist in the world's leading museums, Henry Moore enjoys enduring recognition. His works are in sustained demand on the market, with excellent results at public sales.
21/05/2025
rodolphe janssen presents new works by the Tobias brothers
Gert & Uwe Tobias, All your secrets
(OPENING) WEDNESDAY 21 MAY, 6 - 9 PM - (EXHIBITION) 21.05 - 12.07.2025
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(OPENING) WEDNESDAY 21 MAY, 6 - 9 PM - (EXHIBITION) 21.05 - 12.07.2025
(GALLERY) LIVOURNE 35 & 32
The Tobias brothers have developed a collaborative practice, since the end of their studies in 2002. They work with a broad variety of media including woodcut prints, relief sculptures, typewriter drawings, watercolors, gouaches and ceramics. Their artistic practice is mainly influenced by their Romanian heritage and the local myths, costumes, handcrafts and vernacular motifs associated with this area. The Tobias brothers combine these biographic elements with motifs from popular culture, abstract art and contemporary graphic design. The result is a diverse, yet highly personalized oeuvre that fluctuates between archaic cultural mythology and contemporary visual culture.
— LVB
Recent solo exhibitions were held at Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany; Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium; Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, Germany; Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy; and many more. They were shortlisted for the the Daniel et Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation Drawing Prize 2022.
— LVB
Recent solo exhibitions were held at Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany; Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium; Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, Germany; Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy; and many more. They were shortlisted for the the Daniel et Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation Drawing Prize 2022.
21/05/2025
Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris - Johan Van de Moortel
Joris Van de Moortel, Le poids du ciel illumine la terre
May 17 - July 26, 2025 at Paris
Opening Saturday, May 17 - 5pm - 8.30pm
With a performance at 7pm (duration 20mins)
3, rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, Paris 4e
May 17 - July 26, 2025 at Paris
Opening Saturday, May 17 - 5pm - 8.30pm
With a performance at 7pm (duration 20mins)
3, rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, Paris 4e
Galerie Nathalie Obadia is pleased to present Le poids du ciel illumine la terre, a solo exhibition by the Belgian artist Joris Van de Moortel. Following his major exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent which recently closed in March 2025, Van de Moortel unveils new works in a contrasting setting: the space of the Parisian gallery, made of alcoves and arches, that the artist has adorned with stained glass. Transformed by his works, the gallery’s architecture evokes a place of worship: its high ceilings seem to bring heaven and earth together. A profusion of celestial fragments is inflected with profane detail, freely circulating across oil paintings, watercolors, sculptures, mirrors, neon works and a video. Here, light becomes faith: it moves between works, and sometimes flows through them, revealing the singular vision of Joris Van de Moortel - a vision of a world which, although tormented, is adorned with a thousand and one colors. [...]
www.nathalieobadia.com
www.nathalieobadia.com
15/05/2025
Galerie La Forest Divonne dévoile "Incantation" de Jeff Kowatch
Du 15 mai au 5 juillet 2025, la Galerie La Forest Divonne présente une exposition personnelle très attendue de Jeff Kowatch. La première à Bruxelles depuis 2021. Elle s’intitule « Incantation ». Jeff Kowatch y déploiera un ensemble d’oeuvres nouvelles qui sont le fruit d’une longue gestation, Kowatch travaillant toujours de longs mois sur ses oeuvres et parfois même plusieurs années, à rebours de l’immédiateté qui nous entoure. Jeff Kowatch est à un bien des égards un mystique, mû par une quête spirituelle constante, qui a pris différente formes au fil du temps, de la ferveur catholique de son enfance, à l’abyme nihiliste du jeune homme et, plus tard, à la pratique intensive de la méditation zen qui a en grande partie façonné sa peinture actuelle. Il y puise la patience, le temps long, la répétition du geste et la recherche d’un équilibre paradoxal entre immobilité et mouvement, énergie et quiétude.
A regarder Kowatch peindre, on pense à une danse, un chant : une « incantation ». Comme le prolongement de sa méditation et une forme de prière. A observer ses œuvres et ses couleurs, on pense à un enchantement, pour le regard et les sens, à une forme d’envoûtement, en somme, qui nous fascine et nous entraine dans sa transe. Les couleurs sonnent fort, les arabesques nous portent dans un monde de matières et de pigments qui nous fait basculer dans la surface du tableau.
L’Exposition « Incantation » sera l’occasion de présenter en Belgique la monographie consacrée à Jeff Kowatch par les éditions Skira. Parue en 2024, 184 pages, texte de Juliette Singer, Conservateur du Patrimoine, Directrice du Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille et du Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse.
A regarder Kowatch peindre, on pense à une danse, un chant : une « incantation ». Comme le prolongement de sa méditation et une forme de prière. A observer ses œuvres et ses couleurs, on pense à un enchantement, pour le regard et les sens, à une forme d’envoûtement, en somme, qui nous fascine et nous entraine dans sa transe. Les couleurs sonnent fort, les arabesques nous portent dans un monde de matières et de pigments qui nous fait basculer dans la surface du tableau.
L’Exposition « Incantation » sera l’occasion de présenter en Belgique la monographie consacrée à Jeff Kowatch par les éditions Skira. Parue en 2024, 184 pages, texte de Juliette Singer, Conservateur du Patrimoine, Directrice du Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille et du Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse.
15/05/2025
Meessen unveils ''Apparently Empty' by Ignasi Aballí
Ignasi Aballí, Apparently Empty, 15 May - 28 June
Opening reception - Thursday, May 15, 6 - 9 PM
Apparently Empty is Ignasi Aballí's fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. This exhibition brings together a number of notions and concepts that the Spanish artist has been exploring in minute detail for some thirty years. It's an exhibition that questions the appearance of things, the processes of creation, all seen through the inexorable passage of time.
Picture: Detail of Blank Spaces (2025), Ignasi Aballí
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Opening reception - Thursday, May 15, 6 - 9 PM
Apparently Empty is Ignasi Aballí's fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. This exhibition brings together a number of notions and concepts that the Spanish artist has been exploring in minute detail for some thirty years. It's an exhibition that questions the appearance of things, the processes of creation, all seen through the inexorable passage of time.
Picture: Detail of Blank Spaces (2025), Ignasi Aballí
Ignasi Aballí, In Ictu Oculi, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, 2024
© Photo: Pepe Morón. Courtesy of the artist and CAAC
www.meessen.be
© Photo: Pepe Morón. Courtesy of the artist and CAAC
15/05/2025
Galerie Christophe Gaillard Paris, Tirdad Hashemi & Soufia Erfanian
OPENING / PARIS - Thursday 15 May, 5-9 PM
TIRDAD HASHEMI, BUTCHERED BODIES - Mainspace - 15.05 - 21.06.2025
SOUFIA ERFANIAN, LIES THAT BLED BLUE - Frontspace - 15.05 - 21.06.2025
OPENING & LIVE PERFORMANCE BY ZHINA ARDALAN AKA XEEN: ON MAY 15, 5-9 PM
Galerie Christophe Gaillard is pleased to present, for the first time within its walls, the work of Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian, two Iranian artists currently in residence at the Pinault Collection in Lens. These two exhibitions are the result of their first months of research and creation during the residency, offering an intimate and poignant perspective on experiences of transformation, isolation, and memory.
Soufia Erfanian
Lies That Bled Blue
Frontspace, 15.05 - 21.06.2025
Portrait de / of Tirdad Hashemi & Soufia Erfanian. © Photo : Parisa Shirvani, Lens, 2025.
PARIS
5 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris
Phone : +33 (0)1 42 78 49 16
Mail: contact@galerie-gaillard.com
www.galeriegaillard.com
EN CE MOMENT / BRUSSELS - CURRENTLY / BRUSSELS
TANGIBLE / INTANGIBLE, exposition collective
= > 28.06.2025
BRUSSELS
Quai du commerce 50 Handelskaai, 1000 Brussels
Phone : +32 474 851 640
Mail: brussels@galerie-gaillard.com
TIRDAD HASHEMI, BUTCHERED BODIES - Mainspace - 15.05 - 21.06.2025
SOUFIA ERFANIAN, LIES THAT BLED BLUE - Frontspace - 15.05 - 21.06.2025
OPENING & LIVE PERFORMANCE BY ZHINA ARDALAN AKA XEEN: ON MAY 15, 5-9 PM
Galerie Christophe Gaillard is pleased to present, for the first time within its walls, the work of Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian, two Iranian artists currently in residence at the Pinault Collection in Lens. These two exhibitions are the result of their first months of research and creation during the residency, offering an intimate and poignant perspective on experiences of transformation, isolation, and memory.
Tirdad Hashemi takes over the main gallery space with Butchered Bodies, a series of paintings in which trans bodies appear in a suspended state—between becoming and dissolution. Marked by solitude, desire, and resistance, these bodies are neither frozen nor victimized, but are entities in flux, asserting their presence through an existence that oscillates between visibility and erasure. Hashemi explores isolation not as absence, but as a space of identity construction, where the self breaks and regenerates itself continuously, where flesh speaks without permission and demands to exist.
(...) Extract from the text written by Élisabeth Lebovici.Soufia Erfanian
Lies That Bled Blue
Frontspace, 15.05 - 21.06.2025
Based in Berlin and working between Tehran, Paris, and Berlin, Soufia Erfanian’s artistic practice is rooted in painting and drawing. Engaging deeply with personal and societal themes, her work examines the intersections of systemic oppression and self-expression—particularly in relation to marginalized bodies. Shaped by experiences of displacement and the negotiation of identity beyond normative frameworks, she explores how relational structures transform during times of rupture and redefinition, challenging conventional perceptions of gender, desire, and belonging while embracing fluidity as a site of resistance...
Portrait de / of Tirdad Hashemi & Soufia Erfanian. © Photo : Parisa Shirvani, Lens, 2025.
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14/05/2025
Francis Maere Fine Arts launches the new edition of Ooidonk Art Festival
Ooidonk Art Festival 2025, Nature in Flux, 17 May - 31 August
Thursday > Sunday 11:00 - 18:00 @ Goed Te Réables, Ooidonkdreef 5, 9800 Bachte-Maria-Leerne
During the summer months, Francis Maere Fine Arts invites more than 40 contemporary artists to transform the 17th century estate "Goed te Réables" in Ooidonk (Deinze) into a surprising artshow. A cultural celebration for both established art lovers and new art discoverers. Enjoy the artworks in a unique setting through an exploration of the estate. This year festival will be in continuous change, just as nature is in constant flux. There will be a parallel exhibition with the same artists at our gallery on the Kouter 172 in Ghent.
Artists: Stephan Balkenhol - Toon Boeckmans - Marlise Breye - Pol Bury - Jonas Callaert - Johan Creten - Berlinde De Bruyckere - Bert De Geyter - Luc De Man - Marco De Sanctis - Herman de Vries - Johan De Wit - Wim Delvoye - Stief DeSmet - Ruth Devriendt - Eugène Dodeigne - Anthony Duffeleer - Jan Fabre - Maen Florin - Jean-Michel Folon - Jeroen Frateur - Isidoor Goddeeris - KUBACH-WILMSEN - Stanislas Lahaut - Anthony Leenders - Lieven Lefere - Christophe Lezaire - Joachim Louis - Sylvie Martens - Kris Martin Tony Matelli - Chris Meulemans - Sofie Muller - Stefan Papco - Chie Hasegawa/Hammons - Randoald Sabbe - TAKIS - Florian Tomballe - D.D. Trans - Roeland Tweelinckx - Jo Van Rijckeghem - Alice Vanderschoot - Koen Vanmechelen - Simon Verheylesonne - Tim Volckaert - Conrad Willems
Summer Bar & Restaurant - HAY by garrçon cartering
The art experience is enhanced with its own summer bar and pop-up restaurant by Garçon Catering where you can enjoy drinks & food whilst reminiscing about the art, the scenery or the view. The on-site pop-up restaurant is the perfect opportunity to elevate your senses even further with a full culinary experience (reservation only).
www.ooidonkartfestival.be or www.francismaerefinearts.be
Thursday > Sunday 11:00 - 18:00 @ Goed Te Réables, Ooidonkdreef 5, 9800 Bachte-Maria-Leerne
During the summer months, Francis Maere Fine Arts invites more than 40 contemporary artists to transform the 17th century estate "Goed te Réables" in Ooidonk (Deinze) into a surprising artshow. A cultural celebration for both established art lovers and new art discoverers. Enjoy the artworks in a unique setting through an exploration of the estate. This year festival will be in continuous change, just as nature is in constant flux. There will be a parallel exhibition with the same artists at our gallery on the Kouter 172 in Ghent.
Artists: Stephan Balkenhol - Toon Boeckmans - Marlise Breye - Pol Bury - Jonas Callaert - Johan Creten - Berlinde De Bruyckere - Bert De Geyter - Luc De Man - Marco De Sanctis - Herman de Vries - Johan De Wit - Wim Delvoye - Stief DeSmet - Ruth Devriendt - Eugène Dodeigne - Anthony Duffeleer - Jan Fabre - Maen Florin - Jean-Michel Folon - Jeroen Frateur - Isidoor Goddeeris - KUBACH-WILMSEN - Stanislas Lahaut - Anthony Leenders - Lieven Lefere - Christophe Lezaire - Joachim Louis - Sylvie Martens - Kris Martin Tony Matelli - Chris Meulemans - Sofie Muller - Stefan Papco - Chie Hasegawa/Hammons - Randoald Sabbe - TAKIS - Florian Tomballe - D.D. Trans - Roeland Tweelinckx - Jo Van Rijckeghem - Alice Vanderschoot - Koen Vanmechelen - Simon Verheylesonne - Tim Volckaert - Conrad Willems
Summer Bar & Restaurant - HAY by garrçon cartering
The art experience is enhanced with its own summer bar and pop-up restaurant by Garçon Catering where you can enjoy drinks & food whilst reminiscing about the art, the scenery or the view. The on-site pop-up restaurant is the perfect opportunity to elevate your senses even further with a full culinary experience (reservation only).
www.ooidonkartfestival.be or www.francismaerefinearts.be
13/05/2025
Helene Bailly Gallery - focus on Pablo Piccaso
The HELENE BAILLY Gallery is pleased to present a monographic exhibition dedicated to Pablo Picasso, widely regarded as the greatest artistic genius of the 20th century. Bringing together works on paper, paintings, sculptures, and ceramics, the exhibition highlights the way Picasso approached each medium as a distinct field of experimentation, while weaving a continuous and dynamic dialogue between them. His works on paper - fundamental to the genesis of his artistic explorations - reveal the evolution of forms in perpetual transformation. Sketches, studies, and fully realized pieces alike testify to a liberated gesture, where a new visual syntax is constantly being invented. On canvas, this syntax becomes expressive, synthetic, and at times iconoclastic painting, shaped by the major cycles of his oeuvre - from the Blue Period to Cubism, from Surrealism to his final metamorphoses. His sculptures demonstrate a direct relationship with matter - assembled, modeled, or repurposed - echoing the radical spirit of early 20th-century avant-gardes. Far from being merely decorative, Picasso’s ceramics stand as autonomous works of art. They reveal a singular dialogue between art and craft, form and function, Mediterranean heritage and modern reinvention.
Picture: PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973), Visage à Deux Profils, 1959, Daté et numéroté au revers : 11.7.59. ; VI, Pinceau et encre sur papier
20,8 x 26,8 cm, 46,5 x 52,5 cm (avec cadre), Certificat d'authenticité délivré par Monsieur, Claude Picasso, en date du 29 juin 2016.
© Succession Picasso 2025
Verre et Cerises, 1945, Daté et numéroté au dos : 4.6.45 ; IV, Huile sur toile d'origine, Cadre en bois sculpté et doré, XVIème siècle, Italie, 14 x 24 cm, 39,5 x 49,5 cm (avec cadre), Certificat d'authenticité délivré par Monsieur Claude Ruiz-Picasso, en date du 13 juin 1989. © Succession Picasso 2025
12/05/2025
Maison Rapin connaît un beau succès avec sa rétrospective de Robert Goossens
En ce moment à la Maison Rapin, galerie dédiée aux Arts décoratifs du XXe siècle et contemporain, a lieu une exposition exceptionnelle consacrée à Robert Goossens (1927-2016), artiste, designer, maitre d’art, représenté par la galerie depuis une quinzaine d’années et ami intime de son fondateur Philippe Rapin seul ayant droit et expert de l’œuvre.
Cette rétrospective inédite, qui se tient encore jusqu'au 31 mai 2025 au 7 quai de Conti dans le 6e arrondissement parisien, présente plus d’une vingtaine de pièces iconiques, lustres, miroirs, et objets d’art, une sélection de « bijoux d’intérieur » uniques et historiques, réalisés de son vivant et de la main de l’artiste. Une exposition qui couvre les années 1970 – 1990, de la période Chanel jusqu’à sa collaboration avec Yves Saint Laurent et Loulou de la Falaise. Un hommage à l’œuvre magistrale de cet artiste emblématique qui émerge durant la seconde moitié du XXème siècle et qui reste encore aujourd’hui d’une modernité intemporelle.
Cette rétrospective inédite, qui se tient encore jusqu'au 31 mai 2025 au 7 quai de Conti dans le 6e arrondissement parisien, présente plus d’une vingtaine de pièces iconiques, lustres, miroirs, et objets d’art, une sélection de « bijoux d’intérieur » uniques et historiques, réalisés de son vivant et de la main de l’artiste. Une exposition qui couvre les années 1970 – 1990, de la période Chanel jusqu’à sa collaboration avec Yves Saint Laurent et Loulou de la Falaise. Un hommage à l’œuvre magistrale de cet artiste emblématique qui émerge durant la seconde moitié du XXème siècle et qui reste encore aujourd’hui d’une modernité intemporelle.
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08/05/2025
Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach presents Hannah De Corte
Hannah De Corte, Hypervigilance, 08.05-26.07.25
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La Patinoire Royale Bach’s museum-like nave is filled with Lebohang Kganye’s large scale installations in The Work of Shadows, the artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Éditions, open through 26.07.25
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Éditions brings together a selection of bidimensional works by Carlos Cruz-Diez, renowned in the Op Art and Kinetic Art movements, who revolutionized the experience and perception of color.
Valérie Bach
Rue Veydt 15, BE-1060 Brussels
t. +32 (0)2 533 03 90 | m. +32 (0)486 29 68 39
valerie@prvbgallery.com | www.prvbgallery.com
In Hypervigilance, the artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, many pieces are exposed in the reverse — the vulnerable underside of the canvas is presented as the work. At times, De Corte even removes the stretchers from her paintings, which maintain their shape by the semi-solidity the paint brings to the (hidden) face of the canvas. The works are supple and soft, holding lightly in their form the imprinted memory of the rigid rectangle of the stretcher. The edges have come loose.
Lebohang Kganye, The Work of Shadows, open through 07.06.25
Lebohang Kganye, The Work of Shadows, open through 07.06.25
La Patinoire Royale Bach’s museum-like nave is filled with Lebohang Kganye’s large scale installations in The Work of Shadows, the artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Éditions, open through 26.07.25
Éditions brings together a selection of bidimensional works by Carlos Cruz-Diez, renowned in the Op Art and Kinetic Art movements, who revolutionized the experience and perception of color.
Valérie Bach
Rue Veydt 15, BE-1060 Brussels
t. +32 (0)2 533 03 90 | m. +32 (0)486 29 68 39
valerie@prvbgallery.com | www.prvbgallery.com
07/05/2025
Galerie Marc Heiremans welcomes back Reinhilde Van Grieken
Galerie Marc Heiremans is glad to welcome back the renowned ceramist Reinhilde Van Grieken by showcasing a group of her latest works.
Her solo exhibition will take place from Thursday May 2 to Sunday June 1, 2025 in Antwerp - Graaf van Egmontstraat 1 during our regular opening hours or by appointment.
View the exhibition catalogue
Her solo exhibition will take place from Thursday May 2 to Sunday June 1, 2025 in Antwerp - Graaf van Egmontstraat 1 during our regular opening hours or by appointment.
View the exhibition catalogue
07/05/2025
Galerie Hurtebize, a journey through the seasons
With the arrival of spring, take a journey through the seasons as seen by three great painters: Albert Marquet, Louis Valtat and Albert Lebourg. Three singular visions of light, landscape and the passage of time, between Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and the beginnings of Fauvism. Each season brings its own light, contrasts and atmosphere. It is this dialogue between passing time and painted matter that we invite you to discover through these three works, brought together around a single theme: the seasons as seen by the Masters of modernism. From the impressionism of Albert Lebourg to the nascent fauvism of Albert Marquet, to the post-impressionist sensibility of Louis Valtat, these three paintings each embody a moment, a season captured through their eyes.
Picture caption: Louis Valtat, Oil on canvas, 32 x 40 cm, Signed lower left, Arthur Tooth & Sons label on back. Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium
In this composition, painted in Normandy, Louis Valtat asserts his personal, masterful vision of nature. The brushstrokes are broad and the palette vibrant, characteristic of his post-impressionist style. Far from a naturalistic representation, the artist favors visual intensity: a stylized, expressive nature, carried by assertive movement and great chromatic freedom. A work that bears witness to his mature period, where form and color unite in an assertive pictorial language.
Picture caption: Louis Valtat, Oil on canvas, 32 x 40 cm, Signed lower left, Arthur Tooth & Sons label on back. Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium
In this composition, painted in Normandy, Louis Valtat asserts his personal, masterful vision of nature. The brushstrokes are broad and the palette vibrant, characteristic of his post-impressionist style. Far from a naturalistic representation, the artist favors visual intensity: a stylized, expressive nature, carried by assertive movement and great chromatic freedom. A work that bears witness to his mature period, where form and color unite in an assertive pictorial language.
Albert Marquet, Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm, Signed lower left "Marquet". Provenance : private collection, France
In this work, Albert Marquet delivers a fresh, peaceful vision of an urban summer, in the shade of the trees of the famous Parisian garden. Painted in the nascent energy of Fauvism and his early research alongside Matisse, Jardin du Luxembourg is marked by vivid colors and deep, contrasting greens. A pictorial stroll, between light and shadow. Here, the Jardin du Luxembourg becomes the scene of a calm summer with lush greenery.
Albert Lebourg, Oil on canvas, 50 x 73 cm, Provenance: Private collection, France
This work illustrates Albert Lebourg's mastery of light and atmosphere. A product of the Impressionist tradition, here he explores its subtlest version: a calmer vision of landscape, structured by simple framing and a restrained but nuanced palette. The reflections on the water, the warm tones of the foliage and the lightness of the sky create a visually coherent whole. A painting distinguished by its refined sobriety and acute sense of tonality.
26/04/2025
Gilden's Art Gallery unveils 'Muses'
London, latest exhibition dedicated to 'Muses' in all their artistic forms, 26 April - 5 July
Digital catalogue available.
View the Catalogue
Picture: Sasha Wiederhold (1904-1962), Untitled [Figurine], circa 1946
Signed Pencil, Chalk and India Ink on Wove Paper
33.2 x 20.4 cm. / 13 x 8 in.
Other highlights from the forthcoming exhibition:
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Orpheus, 1969
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours
on Arches Wove Paper
48 x 59 cm. / 18.9 x 23 in.
Pablo Piccasso (1881-1973)
Aubade, with a Woman in an Armchair, 1959
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Linocut in Colours
on Arches Wove Paper
62 x 75 cm. / 24.4 x 29.5 in.
www.gildensarts.com
Digital catalogue available.
View the Catalogue
For generations of artists the ‘Muses’ as they are known today in the context of art can be anything f rom an object to a place, but they remain rooted in and inspired by the original nine Greek Muses; who governed the spark of inspiration in the arts and sciences. In this diverse exhibition we explore the main themes or genres that have time and time again been the starting point for artists in the twentieth century. The ‘Muse’ transcends artistic movements, manifestos and eras, as we look at the source of inspiration. The exhibition is divided into six main categories. These subjects are Music and Dance; The Human figure; Mythology; Still-life; The Natural World and finally a nod to the original Greek Muses of the ancient world. Naturally, there are of course artworks where more than a single ‘Muse’ can be identified as the sources of inspiration overlap creating beautiful layers to experience art in a new light...
Picture: Sasha Wiederhold (1904-1962), Untitled [Figurine], circa 1946
Signed Pencil, Chalk and India Ink on Wove Paper
33.2 x 20.4 cm. / 13 x 8 in.
Other highlights from the forthcoming exhibition:
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Orpheus, 1969
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours
on Arches Wove Paper
48 x 59 cm. / 18.9 x 23 in.
Pablo Piccasso (1881-1973)
Aubade, with a Woman in an Armchair, 1959
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Linocut in Colours
on Arches Wove Paper
62 x 75 cm. / 24.4 x 29.5 in.
www.gildensarts.com
23/04/2025
Objects With Narratives presents a solo show by Jojo Corvaia & a group show
Brussels, Place du Grand Sablon 40, 23 April (opening) - 30 May 2025
SOLO SHOW - JOJO CORVAIA - TEMPS & MATIERE
Jojo Corväiá offers a body of work where materials are not only shaped, but inhabited by absence, by the quiet force of being. The artist captures the delicate dance between silence and movement, between presence and the traces it leaves in time. His sculptures do not hide; yet they whisper, unfolding slowly, like a quiet conversation between form and memory. Each piece bears the marks of its creation; textures that hold the weight of touch, edges fading into shadow, surfaces that seem to breathe. There is an intimacy in this rawness, a language of fractures, of forms settling softly into space. Like a murmur in the wind, this work exists in the space in-between, anchored and ephemeral, where silence is never still, and the unseen vibrates just beneath the surface.
GROUP SHOW - SAVOIR MATIERE - ‘Knowing Material’
SOLO SHOW - JOJO CORVAIA - TEMPS & MATIERE
Jojo Corväiá offers a body of work where materials are not only shaped, but inhabited by absence, by the quiet force of being. The artist captures the delicate dance between silence and movement, between presence and the traces it leaves in time. His sculptures do not hide; yet they whisper, unfolding slowly, like a quiet conversation between form and memory. Each piece bears the marks of its creation; textures that hold the weight of touch, edges fading into shadow, surfaces that seem to breathe. There is an intimacy in this rawness, a language of fractures, of forms settling softly into space. Like a murmur in the wind, this work exists in the space in-between, anchored and ephemeral, where silence is never still, and the unseen vibrates just beneath the surface.
GROUP SHOW - SAVOIR MATIERE - ‘Knowing Material’
SAVOIR MATIÈRE celebrates the exceptional craftsmanship and expertise of seven French artists, each renowned for their deep connection to a specific material. In this unique group show, the artists explore the relationship between material, process, and artistry, elevating everyday substances into objects of transcendent beauty and meaning. From the delicate manipulation of stone to the precision of metalwork, and from the transformative use of aluminium to the tactile qualities of textiles, each artist’s work reveals a singular mastery over their chosen medium. Through refined techniques, innovative processes, and an unwavering commitment to excellence, SAVOIR MATIÈRE invites the viewer to witness the alchemy of creation where material becomes art, and art becomes an embodiment of skill, tradition, and passion.
Artists: Cedric Breisacher, Frédéric Saulou, William Guillon, Elissa Lacoste, Kiko Lopéz, Tom Jablin
www.objectswithnarratives.com
23/04/2025
COLNAGHI - Official opening of the venue in Brussels
Opening Party of the New Gallery in Brussels on Wednesday 23rd April 2025, 5pm - 9pm
STUDIO exhibition until the 30th of May 2025 by appointment
The new gallery space, 30 rue Jacques Jordaens, will be inaugurated on the 23rd of April 2025 with an exhibition titled “STUDIO”, a playful exploration spotlighting both artists at work in their studios and the study conducted by Colnaghi during its important artistic rediscoveries. To mark the occasion, Colnaghi will unveil an important recent rediscovery made by the gallery, the Triumph of Minerva by Jacob Jordaens, the 17th-century Flemish master and namesake of the gallery’s new address.
The work, rediscovered by Colnaghi after decades of absence from public view, is widely recognised to be an important study for a large, now lost composition by Jordaens. A series of nine photographs by Douglas Duncan of Pablo Picasso at work in his studio will complement the “STUDIO” theme, giving an intimate perspective into the artist’s creative practice.
Picture: Colnaghi's new gallery space in Brussels on Rue Jacques Jordaens
Philippe Henricot (left), Director of Colnaghi Belgium, and Jorge Coll (right), CEO of Colnaghi.
www.colnaghi.com
STUDIO exhibition until the 30th of May 2025 by appointment
The new gallery space, 30 rue Jacques Jordaens, will be inaugurated on the 23rd of April 2025 with an exhibition titled “STUDIO”, a playful exploration spotlighting both artists at work in their studios and the study conducted by Colnaghi during its important artistic rediscoveries. To mark the occasion, Colnaghi will unveil an important recent rediscovery made by the gallery, the Triumph of Minerva by Jacob Jordaens, the 17th-century Flemish master and namesake of the gallery’s new address.
The work, rediscovered by Colnaghi after decades of absence from public view, is widely recognised to be an important study for a large, now lost composition by Jordaens. A series of nine photographs by Douglas Duncan of Pablo Picasso at work in his studio will complement the “STUDIO” theme, giving an intimate perspective into the artist’s creative practice.
The gallery on Rue Jacques Jordaens will operate by appointment, offering Colnaghi’s excellent selection of Old Master paintings, drawings, and invaluable Antiquities.
Picture: Colnaghi's new gallery space in Brussels on Rue Jacques Jordaens
Philippe Henricot (left), Director of Colnaghi Belgium, and Jorge Coll (right), CEO of Colnaghi.
www.colnaghi.com
23/04/2025
Claes Contemporary & Modern Gallery: Congolese painters from the early 1970s to the present day
Brussels, Kitoko, works by Moke, Chéri Samba, Bandoma and Vitshois, 23 April - 24 May 2025
For the first time, the Claes Contemporary & Modern Gallery opens its doors to an exhibition bringing together Congolese painters from the early 1970s to the present day. At the dawn of Independence, as art academies flourished across the country, young artists sought to build artistic careers outside conventional codes and pictorial traditions. In 1978, the group exhibition « Art Partout » at the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts, bringing together both « academicians » and « self-taught » artists, introduced to the public many artists who proclaimed themselves as « popular artists ». Narrators of urban life and guardians of collective memory, their paintings reimagined the style of their predecessors from the Hangar workshop, embracing figurative art inspired by daily life, political events, and social realities—imagery in which the entire population could recognize itself...
Caption: Chéri Samba, "Quel avenir pour notre art?", 1997, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 81 cm
Gallery
Rue de l'Abbaye 14 / BE-1050 Brussels
t. +32 (0)2 414 19 29 I contact@didierclaes.com | www.didierclaes.art
For the first time, the Claes Contemporary & Modern Gallery opens its doors to an exhibition bringing together Congolese painters from the early 1970s to the present day. At the dawn of Independence, as art academies flourished across the country, young artists sought to build artistic careers outside conventional codes and pictorial traditions. In 1978, the group exhibition « Art Partout » at the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts, bringing together both « academicians » and « self-taught » artists, introduced to the public many artists who proclaimed themselves as « popular artists ». Narrators of urban life and guardians of collective memory, their paintings reimagined the style of their predecessors from the Hangar workshop, embracing figurative art inspired by daily life, political events, and social realities—imagery in which the entire population could recognize itself...
Caption: Chéri Samba, "Quel avenir pour notre art?", 1997, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 81 cm
Gallery
Rue de l'Abbaye 14 / BE-1050 Brussels
t. +32 (0)2 414 19 29 I contact@didierclaes.com | www.didierclaes.art
23/04/2025
Galerie Nathalie Obadia: Victoria Palacios's first solo show
Brussels, Rue Charles Decoster 8, Des signes, des scènes by Victoria Palacios - 21 March - 24 May 2025
Galerie Nathalie Obadia is pleased to present Victoria Palacios’s first solo exhibition, Des signes, des scènes, at the gallery in Brussels. Born in 1992 in Rennes, the French artist has lived and worked in Brussels for several years. She graduated in performance and painting from the École de Recherche Graphique (ERG) in 2019. Through a multidisciplinary practice combining painting, music, and performance, Victoria Palacios immerses visitors in a theatrical world of layered narratives, blending the sublime with the unsettling. The exhibition unveils new paintings, objects, and other recent works, in which captivating figures awake. Each piece seems suspended between the ecstasy of a celebration at its height and the melancholy of a spectacle drawing to a close.
Clowns, swans, veiled widows, and ghostly figures greet visitors in procession.The objects depicted come to life as well: they dance—like the bagpipe (biniou)—or sway in sinuous curves, like a lamp post beckoning spectators to follow. Little by little, visitors may come to realise they are watching the spectacle of their own lives: an existence shaped by fetishes, improvisations, laughter, wounds and bereavements, encounters and harmonies as impromptu as they are orchestrated....
For further information, please contact Valérie Wille - valerie@nathalieobadia.com / + 32 (0)2 648 14 05
WWW.NATHALIEOBADIA .COM
Photo: Courtesy of the artist and the Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris / Brussels. Credit Photo: © Ben Van Den Berghe / We Document Art
Paris Cloître Saint-Merri
Roger-Edgar Gillet
Gillet et compagnie
8 February - 26 April 2025
Paris Saint-Honoré
Sarkis
22 March - 3 May 2025
Galerie Nathalie Obadia is pleased to present Victoria Palacios’s first solo exhibition, Des signes, des scènes, at the gallery in Brussels. Born in 1992 in Rennes, the French artist has lived and worked in Brussels for several years. She graduated in performance and painting from the École de Recherche Graphique (ERG) in 2019. Through a multidisciplinary practice combining painting, music, and performance, Victoria Palacios immerses visitors in a theatrical world of layered narratives, blending the sublime with the unsettling. The exhibition unveils new paintings, objects, and other recent works, in which captivating figures awake. Each piece seems suspended between the ecstasy of a celebration at its height and the melancholy of a spectacle drawing to a close.
Clowns, swans, veiled widows, and ghostly figures greet visitors in procession.The objects depicted come to life as well: they dance—like the bagpipe (biniou)—or sway in sinuous curves, like a lamp post beckoning spectators to follow. Little by little, visitors may come to realise they are watching the spectacle of their own lives: an existence shaped by fetishes, improvisations, laughter, wounds and bereavements, encounters and harmonies as impromptu as they are orchestrated....
For further information, please contact Valérie Wille - valerie@nathalieobadia.com / + 32 (0)2 648 14 05
WWW.NATHALIEOBADIA .COM
Photo: Courtesy of the artist and the Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris / Brussels. Credit Photo: © Ben Van Den Berghe / We Document Art
Paris Cloître Saint-Merri
Roger-Edgar Gillet
Gillet et compagnie
8 February - 26 April 2025
Paris Saint-Honoré
Sarkis
22 March - 3 May 2025
19/04/2025
De Brock: Fourth solo show with Jason Martin, Folk Law
Knokke, Zeedijk 758, 19 April - 29 May
De Brock is pleased to present its fourth solo exhibition with Jason Martin. Martin channels a minimal approach to painting through an expansive yet controlled use of colour, brush and medium. Martin interrogates the fundamentals of painting, veering from epic and luscious compositions of swirling forms to pared-down and muted abstractions in precisely blended tones. Martin’s sensual, three dimensional paintings bow to Abstract Expressionism with their obvious focus on process and intensely expressive gestures.
Martin (b. 1970, Jersey, UK) lives and works in London and Comporta.
Picture: Jason Martin, Poles Apart, 2024, oil on aluminium, 147 x 78 x 8 cm
De Brock is pleased to present its fourth solo exhibition with Jason Martin. Martin channels a minimal approach to painting through an expansive yet controlled use of colour, brush and medium. Martin interrogates the fundamentals of painting, veering from epic and luscious compositions of swirling forms to pared-down and muted abstractions in precisely blended tones. Martin’s sensual, three dimensional paintings bow to Abstract Expressionism with their obvious focus on process and intensely expressive gestures.
Martin (b. 1970, Jersey, UK) lives and works in London and Comporta.
Picture: Jason Martin, Poles Apart, 2024, oil on aluminium, 147 x 78 x 8 cm
16/04/2025
Galerie Christophe Gaillard presents a Group show
Brussels, Tangible / Intangible, 16 April - 28 June 2025
This group exhibition explores the subtle boundary between the material and immaterial world, inviting the viewer to reflect on what sparks our desire to touch a work of art, as well as on the possibility of making visible and tangible what eludes us.
Works by
Éric Baudart (FR, 1972) / Nancy Brook Brody (US, 1962-2023) / Pier Paolo Calzolari (IT, 1943) / Edith Dekyndt (BE, 1960) / Hélène Delprat (FR, 1957) / Marina Gadonneix (FR, 1977) / Kendell Geers (ZA, 1968) / Cate Giordano (US, 1986) / Dave Hardy (US, 1969) / Thibault Hazelzet (FR, 1975) / Rachel de Joode (NL, 1979) / Michel Journiac (FR, 1935-1995) / Isabelle Le Minh (FR, 1965) / Michelle Lopez (US, 1970) / Anita Molinero (FR, 1953) / Georges Noël (FR, 1924-2010) / Léo Orta (FR, 1993) / Daniel Pommereulle (FR, 1937-2003) / SMITH (FR, 1985) / Pablo Tomek (FR, 1988) / William Tucker (GB/US, 1935) / Letha Wilson (US, 1976)
At the entrance of the exhibition, the eye calls upon the hand. Visitors are greeted by a vibrant interplay of colors and textures, immediately evoking the desire to touch. But caution is advised - these works challenge perception and play with the illusions that materiality can create. Daniel Pommereulle, Éric Baudart, Letha Wilson, and Dave Hardy manipulate materials and forms in ways that surprise us and heighten our senses.
Caption: Edith Dekyndt, Winter Drums 11, 2017. Tissu, résine, cadre en bois. Fabric, resin, wooden frame. 50 x 40 cm. 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Greta Meert. © Edith Dekyndt, Adagp, Paris, 2025.
This group exhibition explores the subtle boundary between the material and immaterial world, inviting the viewer to reflect on what sparks our desire to touch a work of art, as well as on the possibility of making visible and tangible what eludes us.
Works by
Éric Baudart (FR, 1972) / Nancy Brook Brody (US, 1962-2023) / Pier Paolo Calzolari (IT, 1943) / Edith Dekyndt (BE, 1960) / Hélène Delprat (FR, 1957) / Marina Gadonneix (FR, 1977) / Kendell Geers (ZA, 1968) / Cate Giordano (US, 1986) / Dave Hardy (US, 1969) / Thibault Hazelzet (FR, 1975) / Rachel de Joode (NL, 1979) / Michel Journiac (FR, 1935-1995) / Isabelle Le Minh (FR, 1965) / Michelle Lopez (US, 1970) / Anita Molinero (FR, 1953) / Georges Noël (FR, 1924-2010) / Léo Orta (FR, 1993) / Daniel Pommereulle (FR, 1937-2003) / SMITH (FR, 1985) / Pablo Tomek (FR, 1988) / William Tucker (GB/US, 1935) / Letha Wilson (US, 1976)
At the entrance of the exhibition, the eye calls upon the hand. Visitors are greeted by a vibrant interplay of colors and textures, immediately evoking the desire to touch. But caution is advised - these works challenge perception and play with the illusions that materiality can create. Daniel Pommereulle, Éric Baudart, Letha Wilson, and Dave Hardy manipulate materials and forms in ways that surprise us and heighten our senses.
Caption: Edith Dekyndt, Winter Drums 11, 2017. Tissu, résine, cadre en bois. Fabric, resin, wooden frame. 50 x 40 cm. 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Greta Meert. © Edith Dekyndt, Adagp, Paris, 2025.
BRUSSELS
Quai du commerce 50 Handelskaai, 1000 Brussels
Phone : +32 474 851 640
brussels@galerie-gaillard.com I www.galeriegaillard.com
EN CE MOMENT / CURRENTLY I PARIS
Frontspace : A History of America
Brian MAGUIRE
-> 19.04.2025
EN CE MOMENT / CURRENTLY I PARIS
Mainspace : Le futur est un arbre
Gianfranco BARUCHELLO
-> 19.04.2025
PARIS
5 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris
Phone : +33 (0)1 42 78 49 16
contact@galerie-gaillard.com
LA RÉSIDENCE I LE TREMBLAY
Château du Tremblay, 61230 Orgères
Sur rendez-vous / By appointment
12/04/2025
MARUANI MERCIER: inaugural show of South African artist Kate Gottgens
Knokke Kustlaan 90, Darkening Dusk by Kate Gottgens, April 12 – May 25, 2025
www.maruanimercier.com
MARUANI MERCIER is proud to present Darkening Dusk, the inaugural solo exhibition of South African artist Kate Gottgens. Recognized for her haunting, dreamlike compositions, Gottgens crafts works that exist in a state of liminality—never fixed, always in flux, and at times elusive. Just as the fading light of dusk blurs the boundaries of day and night, her paintings evoke a sense of transition, where familiarity dissolves into something more fluid, open-ended, and mysterious.
Gottgens builds her work from a variety of sourced imagery— anonymous snapshots found at flea markets, family vacation photos, or fragments retrieved from the vast digital archive of the internet. Stripped of their original contexts, these images become the raw material for a process of reconstruction and transformation. This gives rise to landscapes that feel both intimate and unplaceable, imbued with an unsettling, cinematic tension. A feminist undercurrent runs through the works in Darkening Dusk, with Gottgens increasingly centering enigmatic female figures.
Her paintings do not offer clear narratives but instead invite viewers to respond instinctively, as if recalling a dream just beyond their reach. Suspended between the past and present, beauty and disquiet, her work lingers in the spaces where certainty fades and something more enigmatic takes hold. Darkening Dusk invites viewers to enter a world where reality and memory, nature and self, are never fully defined.
Caption: Kate Gottgens, Summoned by the tides, 2025 oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm
Gallery Brussels
Drawing in Space
George Rickey
till 12 April 2025Gottgens builds her work from a variety of sourced imagery— anonymous snapshots found at flea markets, family vacation photos, or fragments retrieved from the vast digital archive of the internet. Stripped of their original contexts, these images become the raw material for a process of reconstruction and transformation. This gives rise to landscapes that feel both intimate and unplaceable, imbued with an unsettling, cinematic tension. A feminist undercurrent runs through the works in Darkening Dusk, with Gottgens increasingly centering enigmatic female figures.
Her paintings do not offer clear narratives but instead invite viewers to respond instinctively, as if recalling a dream just beyond their reach. Suspended between the past and present, beauty and disquiet, her work lingers in the spaces where certainty fades and something more enigmatic takes hold. Darkening Dusk invites viewers to enter a world where reality and memory, nature and self, are never fully defined.
Caption: Kate Gottgens, Summoned by the tides, 2025 oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm
Gallery Brussels
Drawing in Space
George Rickey
www.maruanimercier.com
11/04/2025
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau dévoile 'La Figuration dans tous ses états'
Paris, La Figuration dans tous ses états, du 11 avril au 2 juin
Durant des siècles, les représentations picturales et sculpturales ont fasciné l’humanité. Néanmoins, au début du XXe siècle, avec l’arrivée de l’abstraction et la libération de la peinture de toute contrainte de figuration, la peinture figurative devient un terme difficile. L’art moderne et l’art abstrait deviennent synonymes à cette époque. La figuration, est-elle devenue un vestige, un survivant d’un autre monde? Sa persistance au sein des mouvements d’avant-garde montre que l’abstraction n’est pas la seule voie prise par les artistes pour renouveler le langage plastique. La Figuration dans tous ses états fait suite et pendant à l’exposition L’Abstraction dans tous ses états tenue par la galerie en 2018, une manière de montrer au public l’autre voie de la modernité plastique. L’exposition La Figuration dans tous ses états offre une vue panoramique des mouvements figuratifs de la modernité, à partir de l’impressionnisme, post-impressionnisme et l’École de Pont-Aven jusqu’à l’après-guerre...
Rue Anastrase 8
75003 Paris
www.galeriejfcazeau.com
Durant des siècles, les représentations picturales et sculpturales ont fasciné l’humanité. Néanmoins, au début du XXe siècle, avec l’arrivée de l’abstraction et la libération de la peinture de toute contrainte de figuration, la peinture figurative devient un terme difficile. L’art moderne et l’art abstrait deviennent synonymes à cette époque. La figuration, est-elle devenue un vestige, un survivant d’un autre monde? Sa persistance au sein des mouvements d’avant-garde montre que l’abstraction n’est pas la seule voie prise par les artistes pour renouveler le langage plastique. La Figuration dans tous ses états fait suite et pendant à l’exposition L’Abstraction dans tous ses états tenue par la galerie en 2018, une manière de montrer au public l’autre voie de la modernité plastique. L’exposition La Figuration dans tous ses états offre une vue panoramique des mouvements figuratifs de la modernité, à partir de l’impressionnisme, post-impressionnisme et l’École de Pont-Aven jusqu’à l’après-guerre...
Rue Anastrase 8
75003 Paris
www.galeriejfcazeau.com
10/04/2025
Bernier/Eliades Gallery Brussels - Rallou Panagiotou, Hard Shoulder
Brussels, Rallou Panagiotou, Hard Shoulder, April 10 - July 5, 2025
The Bernier/Eliades Gallery is pleased to present "Hard Shoulder", a solo exhibition by Rallou Panagiotou, the artist’s first solo show in Brussels and her third with the Bernier/Eliades Gallery. The exhibition consists of a suite of new sculptures conceived like characters of a static absurdist theater play. All elements that appear in the works - partial bodies, objects, and places - become equal agents of open narrative possibilities. Each sculpture appears as a composite topology with a materiality synthetic and natural alike. Each examines the relations of objects, environment and the body in moments of leisure and reverie. Marble bas-reliefs, printed or industrially coated surfaces, and copies of architectural features morph together into fragmented mise en scènes....
The snake, whose body interacts with space like the lightwaves on obstacles, appears in the works through the mythological element of Medusa as well as via waveform elements throughout the exhibition; the S-shape of a chaise-longue where a pile of broken glass found on the shore reflects light, metal water hoses shape a Medusa’s raft, a line of blood streams from a cut on a leg.
Rallou Panagiotou lives in Glasgow and Athens.
Caption: Rallou Panagiotou, Double entendre (sfrenato & lingotto), 2023 | Marble, aluminium and Lancia car paint | 76 x 49 x 5,5 cm | Photo credits: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
Gallery
Rue du Châtelain 46 / BE-1050 Brussels
t. +32 (0)2 640 55 04 I brussels@bernier-eliades.com I www.bernier-eliades.com
The Bernier/Eliades Gallery is pleased to present "Hard Shoulder", a solo exhibition by Rallou Panagiotou, the artist’s first solo show in Brussels and her third with the Bernier/Eliades Gallery. The exhibition consists of a suite of new sculptures conceived like characters of a static absurdist theater play. All elements that appear in the works - partial bodies, objects, and places - become equal agents of open narrative possibilities. Each sculpture appears as a composite topology with a materiality synthetic and natural alike. Each examines the relations of objects, environment and the body in moments of leisure and reverie. Marble bas-reliefs, printed or industrially coated surfaces, and copies of architectural features morph together into fragmented mise en scènes....
The snake, whose body interacts with space like the lightwaves on obstacles, appears in the works through the mythological element of Medusa as well as via waveform elements throughout the exhibition; the S-shape of a chaise-longue where a pile of broken glass found on the shore reflects light, metal water hoses shape a Medusa’s raft, a line of blood streams from a cut on a leg.
Rallou Panagiotou lives in Glasgow and Athens.
Caption: Rallou Panagiotou, Double entendre (sfrenato & lingotto), 2023 | Marble, aluminium and Lancia car paint | 76 x 49 x 5,5 cm | Photo credits: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
Gallery
Rue du Châtelain 46 / BE-1050 Brussels
t. +32 (0)2 640 55 04 I brussels@bernier-eliades.com I www.bernier-eliades.com
07/04/2025
Stern Pissarro Gallery - Exploring the tradition of painting in the Pissarro family
In this video, David Stern discusses the Pissarro family and takes a deep dive into the tradition of painting that has persisted across five generations, beginning with Camille Pissarro. Stern Pissarro Gallery, which holds the strongest collection of Pissarro works worldwide, was established in 1964 and is co-owned by David Stern and Lélia Pissarro, the great-granddaughter of Camille Pissarro. The gallery lends extensively to international museums and institutions and has become a center of research and expertise on the work of Camille Pissarro’s descendants.
For more information visit our website or contact us at stern@pissarro.com.
Gallery
66 St James's Street / London SW1A 1NE / United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7629 6662 I stern@pissarro.com I www.pissarro.art
05/04/2025
Axel Vervoordt unveils new works by Kimsooja
Terrace Gallery Kanaal @ Wijnegem, Meta-Painting by Kimsooja, April 5 - June 7, 2025
Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to announce Meta-Painting, Kimsooja’s sixth solo exhibition at the gallery. A visionary artist exploring migration, memory, and materiality, Kimsooja redefines painting through immersive installations. Meta-Painting transforms raw linen and Bottari fabric bundles into a meditation on creation, while Thread Routes II links weaving, architecture, and human movement. Blurring boundaries between disciplines, her work unveils the poetic interplay of textile, space, and labor, offering a profound reflection on transformation.
AXEL VERVOORDT GALLERY
Kanaal
Stokerijstraat 19
2110 Wijnegem
t. +32 3 355 33 00 - info@axelvervoordtgallery.com
Opening hours: Friday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. & Saturday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
www.axel-vervoordt.com
Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to announce Meta-Painting, Kimsooja’s sixth solo exhibition at the gallery. A visionary artist exploring migration, memory, and materiality, Kimsooja redefines painting through immersive installations. Meta-Painting transforms raw linen and Bottari fabric bundles into a meditation on creation, while Thread Routes II links weaving, architecture, and human movement. Blurring boundaries between disciplines, her work unveils the poetic interplay of textile, space, and labor, offering a profound reflection on transformation.
AXEL VERVOORDT GALLERY
Kanaal
Stokerijstraat 19
2110 Wijnegem
t. +32 3 355 33 00 - info@axelvervoordtgallery.com
Opening hours: Friday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. & Saturday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
www.axel-vervoordt.com
03/04/2025
Galerie Taménaga: Exposition collective Into the Woods
Exposition collective: Yuichiro Sato - Pierre Roy-Camille - Enrico Tealdi - Youn Hye Sung - Paris, du 3 au 26 avril 2025
«La forêt est un état d’âme, elle a ses pensées, ses songes, ses murmures. C’est un être mystérieux qui a une âme comme l’homme, et qui souffre comme lui.» Les Contemplations de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856
«La forêt est un état d’âme, elle a ses pensées, ses songes, ses murmures. C’est un être mystérieux qui a une âme comme l’homme, et qui souffre comme lui.» Les Contemplations de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856
Sous le titre Into the woods / Dans les bois, la Galerie Taménaga est heureuse de dévoiler une exposition collective réunissant 4 artistes contemporains aux racines et sensibilités diverses : le Japonais Yuichiro Sato, le Français Pierre Roy-Camille, l’Italien Enrico Tealdi et la Coréenne Youn Hye Sung. À travers leur peinture, chacun explore à sa manière, la thématique intemporelle de la forêt. Cet espace végétal, tantôt foisonnant et dense, tantôt dépouillé et minimal, demeure l’un des derniers refuges où l’empreinte humaine est encore limitée; la nature y régnant en maîtresse incontestée.
Plus que la forêt elle-même, les artistes peignent la lumière. Celle qui se faufile, qui éclaire et transforme; de l’ombre profonde des sous-bois aux cimes baignées de lumière, du reflet d’une goutte d’eau longeant les sillons de l’écorce à la réverbération du soleil sur les nervures de feuilles. La forêt devient ce champ de forces invisibles où le jeu entre lumière et obscurité façonne notre perception.
De sa forêt finlandaise, Yuichiro Sato en capte l’anatomie des bouleaux et autres sapins. Par son dessin à la mine de plomb...
Face à cette exactitude, Pierre Roy-Camille, lui, inscrit le paysage dans une mémoire stratifiée. La forêt y est jungle...
Chez Enrico Tealdi, la forêt se dissout en une atmosphère brumeuse, tel un voile flottant...
Enfin, l’oeuvre de Youn Hye Sung se veut une exploration picturale où seule la lumière subsiste comme principe fondateur...
Pour plus d'informations, téléchargez le communiqué de presse.
18 Avenue Matignon
FR-75008 Paris
t. +33 (0)1 42 66 61 94
galerie@tamenaga.fr | www.tamenaga.com
Plus que la forêt elle-même, les artistes peignent la lumière. Celle qui se faufile, qui éclaire et transforme; de l’ombre profonde des sous-bois aux cimes baignées de lumière, du reflet d’une goutte d’eau longeant les sillons de l’écorce à la réverbération du soleil sur les nervures de feuilles. La forêt devient ce champ de forces invisibles où le jeu entre lumière et obscurité façonne notre perception.
De sa forêt finlandaise, Yuichiro Sato en capte l’anatomie des bouleaux et autres sapins. Par son dessin à la mine de plomb...
Face à cette exactitude, Pierre Roy-Camille, lui, inscrit le paysage dans une mémoire stratifiée. La forêt y est jungle...
Chez Enrico Tealdi, la forêt se dissout en une atmosphère brumeuse, tel un voile flottant...
Enfin, l’oeuvre de Youn Hye Sung se veut une exploration picturale où seule la lumière subsiste comme principe fondateur...
Pour plus d'informations, téléchargez le communiqué de presse.
18 Avenue Matignon
FR-75008 Paris
t. +33 (0)1 42 66 61 94
galerie@tamenaga.fr | www.tamenaga.com
01/04/2025
Dei Bardi Art - Focus on Veneto-Saracenic candlestick
This rare candlestick exemplify exquisite craftsmanship, featuring a bell-shaped base with a flared foot adorned with intricate engraved patterns. The candlesticks bear European coats of arms. Similar candlesticks with blank shields can be found in the Rijksmuseum and the British Museum, indicating a widespread demand for such items in Europe. Merchants likely commissioned these pieces for the open market, allowing buyers to personalize them with their own heraldic symbols.
The candlesticks reflect the technical innovations of Islamic metalworkers, particularly their advanced use of sand-casting for vessels and three-dimensional forms, a method that predated its widespread adoption in Europe by several centuries.The engraved arabesques, thread-like scrolls, acanthus leaves, and palmettes provide a striking contrast to the coats of arms.
This combination of Eastern and European influences defines a category of artworks known as Veneto-Saracenic. This term refers to a group of metal vessels produced between the 14th and 16th centuries that blend Middle Eastern craftsmanship with European stylistic features.
These objects are now understood to have been produced in the Near East -particularly Egypt and Syria- specifically for Western clients. These candlesticks serve as rare examples of how Venetian upper bourgeoisie and nobility embraced Orientalist influences during the late Renaissance. They also testify to this fascination and cross-cultural exchange, offering a glimpse into the rich artistic dialogue between East and West.
The candlesticks reflect the technical innovations of Islamic metalworkers, particularly their advanced use of sand-casting for vessels and three-dimensional forms, a method that predated its widespread adoption in Europe by several centuries.The engraved arabesques, thread-like scrolls, acanthus leaves, and palmettes provide a striking contrast to the coats of arms.
This combination of Eastern and European influences defines a category of artworks known as Veneto-Saracenic. This term refers to a group of metal vessels produced between the 14th and 16th centuries that blend Middle Eastern craftsmanship with European stylistic features.
These objects are now understood to have been produced in the Near East -particularly Egypt and Syria- specifically for Western clients. These candlesticks serve as rare examples of how Venetian upper bourgeoisie and nobility embraced Orientalist influences during the late Renaissance. They also testify to this fascination and cross-cultural exchange, offering a glimpse into the rich artistic dialogue between East and West.
Veneto-Saracenic candlestick
Engraved bronze
15th century
12.5 x 6.2 cm
Gallery at Sablon area
Rue Watteeu 12 / BE-1000 Brussels
www.deibardiart.com
27/03/2025
rodolphe janssen presents works by Thomas Lerooy and Alice Tippit
Brussels Rue de Livourne 35, Twists and Turns by Thomas Lerooy, 27 March - 10 May 2025
Surprising shifts, curves, and frequent changes of direction. The road through the mountains is full of twists and turns. For his sixth solo exhibition at rodolphe janssen, Thomas Lerooy presents a new series of small and large paintings on panel and on canvas, alongside unique sculptures in bronze and stone. With Twists and Turns, Lerooy continues to build an oeuvre that recontextualizes and demystifies existing visual lexicons. His sculptures depict bronze faces crushed between massive stone blocks. They evoke the tension between movement and stillness, between freedom and constraint. These works suggest an allegory of a society that both shapes and crushes us.
Lerooy’s oeuvre continues to balance between opposites: the sculptures and paintings oscillate between heaviness and lightness, concealment and revelation, grotesque and intimate, classical and twisted, observing and being seen. Twists and Turns is an exercise in seeing differently, in rephrasing what we think we know.
About the artist: (BORN) 1981 IN ROESELARE, BELGIUM (BASED) BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Thomas Lerooy has gained international recognition through several solo exhibitions in recent years, including at institutions such as TANK Shanghai (2024), the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (2019), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle (2017), and the Petit Palais in Paris (2015). His work is part of major public collections, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Province of West Flanders, the Belfius Art Collection in Brussels, and the cities of Brussels, Puurs, and Knokke, where he has a permanent monumental installation.
Caption: Thomas Lerooy. Flying high, 2025. Oil on canvas, 150 x 130 cm / 59 x 51 1/8 in
Brussels, Rue de Livourne 32, Figs by Alice Tippit, 27 March - 10 May 2025
Surprising shifts, curves, and frequent changes of direction. The road through the mountains is full of twists and turns. For his sixth solo exhibition at rodolphe janssen, Thomas Lerooy presents a new series of small and large paintings on panel and on canvas, alongside unique sculptures in bronze and stone. With Twists and Turns, Lerooy continues to build an oeuvre that recontextualizes and demystifies existing visual lexicons. His sculptures depict bronze faces crushed between massive stone blocks. They evoke the tension between movement and stillness, between freedom and constraint. These works suggest an allegory of a society that both shapes and crushes us.
Lerooy’s oeuvre continues to balance between opposites: the sculptures and paintings oscillate between heaviness and lightness, concealment and revelation, grotesque and intimate, classical and twisted, observing and being seen. Twists and Turns is an exercise in seeing differently, in rephrasing what we think we know.
About the artist: (BORN) 1981 IN ROESELARE, BELGIUM (BASED) BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Thomas Lerooy has gained international recognition through several solo exhibitions in recent years, including at institutions such as TANK Shanghai (2024), the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (2019), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle (2017), and the Petit Palais in Paris (2015). His work is part of major public collections, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Province of West Flanders, the Belfius Art Collection in Brussels, and the cities of Brussels, Puurs, and Knokke, where he has a permanent monumental installation.
Caption: Thomas Lerooy. Flying high, 2025. Oil on canvas, 150 x 130 cm / 59 x 51 1/8 in
Brussels, Rue de Livourne 32, Figs by Alice Tippit, 27 March - 10 May 2025
Alice Tippit. Flights, 2024. Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 38.1 cm / 18 x 15 in
Alice Tippit (USA, 1975) is a Chicago-based artist whose work fluctuates between the figurative and abstract realms. As she combines hard-edged style with a restrained color palette, the artist calls for a visual language based on bold graphic depictions to propose a subtle inquiry on everyday objects and their relation to humans, and bodies. Through multiple associations, Alice Tipitt compounds potential readings, that unfold in a myriad of interpretations, resulting in a hovering ambiguity that encourages the viewer to question forms and symbolics. Alice Tippit (b. 1975, lives and works in Chicago, IL USA) has had solo exhibitions at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY USA; PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL USA; KRETS, Malmö, Sweden; Kimmerich, Berlin, Germany; and many more. Group exhibitions were held at Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary ArtKansas City, MO, USA; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL, USA; Linn Luhn gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany; and many more.
www.rodolphejanssen.com
www.rodolphejanssen.com
14/03/2025
Meessen welcomes back Rinko Kawauchi
Rinko Kawauchi, M/E, 14 March - 26 April 2025
Meessen is delighted to welcome Rinko Kawauchi for her third solo exhibition at the gallery. In M/E, Rinko Kawauchi explores the profound links between the individual, the Earth and the universe, weaving together themes around natural landscapes, family and existence. The title M/E, meaning both ‘Mother Earth’ and ‘me’, reflects this complex and intimate relationship. His serene photographs navigate between micro and macro perspectives, revealing the equality and interconnectedness of all things in the great cycle of life. For Kawauchi, photography is a profoundly physical act: moving away to better perceive, absorbing to better understand. This movement, between distance and proximity, is at the heart of his work.
Meessen
Abdijstraat 2A Rue de l'Abbaye, 1000 Brussels
Thu-Sat: 11AM - 6PM
t. +32 2 644 34 54
www.meessen.be
Abdijstraat 2A Rue de l'Abbaye, 1000 Brussels
Thu-Sat: 11AM - 6PM
t. +32 2 644 34 54
www.meessen.be
06/03/2025
Nosbaum Reding presents Abel Auer
Luxembourg, Abel Auer, Concerning the Spirit, 6 March 2025 - 3 May 2025
Le titre de l’exposition Concerning the Spirit (« Du spirituel ») est la réduction du titre du livre précurseur « Du spirituel dans l’art » de Kandinsky, sans oublier qu’à l’époque le spirituel était généralement compris comme capacité intellectuelle et non pas comme intériorité. D’où vient l’image ? L’abstrait, l’imaginaire, ne seraient-ils que des fragments de la mimésis ? Depuis que l’invention de l’abstraction est attribuée à Hilma af Klint, beaucoup de nouvelles pistes sur la lecture de la genèse de la peinture abstraite sont devenues possibles. Est-ce que le peintre moderne serait-il éventuellement un personnage mystique, un chamane de la couleur ? Peut-être la peinture contemporaine commence déjà avec William Blake, un artiste qui construit tout simplement son univers individuel, créateur d’un monde bidimensionnel...
Dans cette promenade à travers l’histoire de l’art, le spectateur se retrouve dans un paysage et y rencontre des ruines classiques – ou est-ce une œuvre de De Chirico citant l’antiquité ? Tout un jeu de reflets composé de citations dans lequel la linéarité du temps se voit brisée. Dans cette absence de temps, la peinture se détache de la notion de culture et devient de l’humain. Elle se situe comme l’homme à la limite entre le réel et l’imaginaire ou l’idéal, un moment où le langage n’en a pas encore pris possession pour en faire un système de code. Un moment où la forme reste intuitive et libre, important à une époque où de l’intelligence digitale et codée avec sa réception algorithmée s’impose de plus en plus à nos cerveaux.
Currently in Brussels, Liliane Vertessen, till 12 April
www.nosbaumreding.com
Dans cette promenade à travers l’histoire de l’art, le spectateur se retrouve dans un paysage et y rencontre des ruines classiques – ou est-ce une œuvre de De Chirico citant l’antiquité ? Tout un jeu de reflets composé de citations dans lequel la linéarité du temps se voit brisée. Dans cette absence de temps, la peinture se détache de la notion de culture et devient de l’humain. Elle se situe comme l’homme à la limite entre le réel et l’imaginaire ou l’idéal, un moment où le langage n’en a pas encore pris possession pour en faire un système de code. Un moment où la forme reste intuitive et libre, important à une époque où de l’intelligence digitale et codée avec sa réception algorithmée s’impose de plus en plus à nos cerveaux.
Currently in Brussels, Liliane Vertessen, till 12 April
www.nosbaumreding.com
19/01/2025
Patrick Derom Gallery is back at BRAFA with a special focus on Léon Spilliaert
The Brussels based Patrick Derom Gallery is now helmed in 2025 by Patrick Derom, his son Edouard and newly arrived Christine de Schaetzen. Spanning works from 1880 to the present day, the gallery presents an extraordinary array of modern movements from Symbolism to Pop Art, with occasional ventures into contemporary art. Artists presented this edition are Léon Spilliaert, Jean Delville, William Degouve de Nuncques, René Magritte, Ossip Zadkine, Alberto Magnelli, Lucio Fontana, André Lanskoy, Pol Bury, Bram Bogart, Evelyne Axell, Fabienne Verdier and Dirk Braeckman. Among their highlights for BRAFA’s 70th edition is a true masterpiece by Léon Spilliaert (Ostend, 1881-1946 Brussels). “La Verrière” (The Glass Roof), dated 1909, offers a splendid glimpse into the artist’s world, portraying an annex of his home through a mesmerising interplay of perspectives and reflections. The mirror plays a key role here, as in other Spilliaert’s interiors. The mirror reflects other parts of the rooms and specific objects, but also enhances the opening of the glass roof to the rear façade of the house.
06/01/2025
Boon Gallery - Highlights
To celebrate the 70th edition of BRAFA, the Boon Gallery will present an exceptional selection of masterpieces by Fernando Botero, Lynn Chadwick, Jean Dubuffet, Antony Gormley, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Soulages & Günther Uecker.
13/12/2024
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau - Sélection d'œuvres pour la BRAFA 2025
Cette année, et pour sa septième participation à la BRAFA, la galerie propose un accrochage qui met en exergue les liens entre les avant-gardes de la première partie du XXe siècle et le Post-War, tout en restant fidèle à l’éclectisme qui la caractérise. Un focus particulier sera mis sur le surréalisme, et surtout sur l’oeuvre d’André Masson. La présentation confronte la figuration moderne à l’abstraction, à travers les oeuvres cubistes de Pablo Picasso ou Jean Metzinger, et même les débuts du membre fondateur du groupe surréaliste André Masson dans le cubisme, le fauvisme de Kees Van Dongen ou d’Auguste Herbin, ou même la tension entre la figuration et l’abstraction dans l’oeuvre d’Eugène Leroy dans l’après-guerre. Ou encore le Nouveau Réalisme d’Yves Klein, une réponse française au Pop Art américain. Des oeuvres de Pierre Soulages, Serge Charchoune, Hans Hartung ou encore T’ang Haywen illustrent quant à elles l’abstraction lyrique d’après- guerre. Des gouaches de Soulages montrent deux périodes différentes de création de l’artiste, les années ’50 et ’70...
22/11/2024
Repetto Gallery - Selection of highlights
Founded in 2007, first in Milan and London, then in Lugano in 2022, Repetto Gallery is a modern and contemporary art gallery. It is actively engaged in promoting and enhancing Italian artists, Burri, Ghirri, Fontana, Munari; some of the protagonists of Arte Povera and Conceptual Art, Boetti, Calzolari, Paolini, Pistoletto and some of the greatest international artists, Christo, Long, Matsutani, Motonaga, and Neshat. The historical artist of the gallery is Melotti, whose support led Repetto Gallery to the important exhibition in 2014 at the Guggenheim Museum in Venice. Among the most significant exhibitions, kένωσις – Lucio Fontana and Fausto Melotti and Giorgio de Chirico, nello specchio del Novecento Warhol, Schifano, Paolini, Ghirri, Salvo. Please find here a selection of highlights that will be presented at BRAFA 2024...
21/11/2024
COLNAGHI - BRAFA 2025 Artworks selection
For its first participation at BRAFA in 2025, COLNAGHI (booth n° 34) will showcase a selection of Old Masters Paintings and Drawings from 17th to 20th century as well as important Antique Sculpture from the Roman Imperial period. Please find enclosed two major artworks.
14/11/2024
Galerie Flak - Thematic exbition on Mumuye art from Nigeria
On the occasion of the 70th edition of BRAFA in January 2025, the Galerie FLAK based in Paris, will present an exceptional collection of about twenty Mumuye sculptures from northeastern Nigeria. The late discovery of Mumuye art in Europe at the end of the 1960s was nothing short of a revelation. Mumuye statuary continually pushes the boundaries of its treatment of the human form, offering a captivating sense of movement, rhythmic disruptions and elongations, and a masterful interplay of negative and positive spaces. These qualities have drawn comparisons to the work of major 20th-century artists such as Henry Moore and Alberto Giacometti...
13/11/2024
Galerie Marc Maison - Stand presentation
Galerie Marc Maison is thrilled to present a stand centered around the theme 'Egyptomania'. In collaboration with decorator Michael Coorengel, this stand will be a true homage to the fascination with ancient Egypt. The walls will be adorned with real stone carved in low relief, featuring characteristic motifs from ancient Egyptian art. These forms, specially designed for the occasion, are to be digitally crafted in 3D and meticulously sculpted to bring 'Egyptomania' to life at BRAFA 2025. The highlight of the exhibition will a majestic 'Ramses' bed designed by cabinetmaker Louis Malard in the 19th century and presented at the the 1889 Paris Exposition. The passion for ancient Egypt, known as 'Egyptomania', dates back to antiquity itself...
08/11/2024
Dei Bardi Art - Press Release
In celebration of the 70th edition of BRAFA, the Dei Bardi Art Gallery will showcase an exhibition that explores the intricate interplay between European visual culture and the “Other” during the medieval period and Renaissance. This compelling presentation, held at Brussels Expo, will feature a carefully curated selection of artworks from the 13th to the 16th centuries, illuminating the profound cultural exchanges that have shaped identity and fostered appreciation for diversity throughout history.
The exhibition traces the evolution of racial representations, from early medieval depictions of Black Africans to the complex interpretations of interconnected identities in the early modern era. It examines how these diverse cultural encounters influenced European visual identity and contributed to contemporary conversations about identity and representation...
The exhibition traces the evolution of racial representations, from early medieval depictions of Black Africans to the complex interpretations of interconnected identities in the early modern era. It examines how these diverse cultural encounters influenced European visual identity and contributed to contemporary conversations about identity and representation...
08/11/2024
Galeries AB-BA - Hommage à Jean-Pierre Ghysels & Cabinet de Curiosités de Georges Goldfayn, ami d'André Breton
The galerie AB will pay tribute to the great Belgian sculptor Jean-Pierre Ghysels. Born in 1932, Jean Pierre Ghysels is one of the great sculptors of Belgian lyrical abstraction. A pupil of the famous sculptor Ossip Zadkine, Jean-Pierre Ghysels developed a unique artistic language, characterized by harmonious volumes and sensual, contrasting materials in an expressive abstraction. He has taken part in prestigious international exhibitions...
The galerie BA shows a Cabinet of Curiosities from the collection of Georges Goldfayn, friend of Surrealist André Breton. Georges Goldfayn (1933-2017), a film critic, was just 17 when he met André Breton. He was immediately adopted by the Surrealist family. For BRAFA, we are bearing witness to this friendship by reconstructing Georges Goldfayn's ‘Wall’, a reference to Breton's ‘Wall’ in the Centre Pompidou. This is life, with its passions and encounters: Surrealist drawings and sculptures, as well as works of Art Brut and Art Premier, particularly from Oceania. So many references from which the Surrealists drew their inspiration...
The galerie BA shows a Cabinet of Curiosities from the collection of Georges Goldfayn, friend of Surrealist André Breton. Georges Goldfayn (1933-2017), a film critic, was just 17 when he met André Breton. He was immediately adopted by the Surrealist family. For BRAFA, we are bearing witness to this friendship by reconstructing Georges Goldfayn's ‘Wall’, a reference to Breton's ‘Wall’ in the Centre Pompidou. This is life, with its passions and encounters: Surrealist drawings and sculptures, as well as works of Art Brut and Art Premier, particularly from Oceania. So many references from which the Surrealists drew their inspiration...