NIEUWS DEELNEMERS

Collectors Gallery toont sieraden van visuele kunstenaars op BRAFA 2025
Viering van de nalatenschap van de jaren 1960 tegencultuur en de blijvende invloed ervan op hedendaagse sieraden
Collectors Gallery, gespecialiseerd in unieke, door kunstenaars gedreven ontwerpen, viert de kruising tussen beeldende kunst en hoogwaardig vakmanschap, en biedt sieraden aan die de traditionele opvattingen uitdagen...
Eerbetoon aan Joana Vasconcelos, eregast op BRAFA 2025
Als eerbetoon aan Joana Vasconcelos, de eregast van BRAFA 2025, zijn we trots om haar creatie te presenteren: de Extravaganza (Black) ketting. Joana Vasconcelos herinterpreteert een van de meest iconische elementen in de sieradenkunst, de bol -traditioneel gezien als de parel- en creëert hiermee een van de meest verfijnde hedendaagse stukken met een neo-barokke flair. Gemaakt van massief zilver en bestaande uit 285 holle en massieve bollen van zeven verschillende maten (variërend van 3 mm tot 52 mm in diameter), maakt deze verbluffende ketting deel uit van een beperkte oplage van 10 unieke stukken. Elke ketting heeft een specifieke kleur, waarbij karmijnrood, wit en zwart de eerste in de serie zijn. Het ontwerp wordt voltooid met een dik rubberen koord dat bij de kleur van de bollen past, wat zowel comfort biedt als de unieke identiteit van dit draagbare kunstwerk versterkt. (Editie Mini Masterpiece Parijs 2022)

Modernity will be embodied with one sculpture by F. X. Lalanne (1927-2008), a Chat in Black marble from the original edition. The unmissable François Pompon (1855-1933) will be represented with a fine selection including a rare example of the Pigeon Nicolas, an important model of the bestiary because this pigeon was Pompon’s pet. Amon other rarities for the animaliers of the 30s, a varnished terracotta Cheval Marin by Jeanne Piffard (1892-1971), a unique piece; a pair of very large Gazelle by Guido Righetti (1875-1958) (c. H. 85 cm), cast by Battaglia circa 1936. Human figures will be also there with wonderful models by Rodin (1840-1917), with an elegant group of Sirènes or Néréides, cast in 1945.
The Torse du Diadumène by Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986) is an unique large format cast by Bisceglia especially for the industrial patron from Saint Etienne in 1937 (c. H. 120cm). Except this eclectic selection, contemporary design pieces by Hubert le Gall (born in 1961), worldwide known interior and exhibition designer, who creates a cross influential and playful Oeuvre. Among these models, the last example of the impressive Éternel Printemps cabinet, a masterpiece of engineering and Japanese aesthetic; then a Branche-neige bench, joyful synthesis of Graphism with the Lesage embroidery; Sculpture with the branch and Function with the moving stools.

In 1984, Leni Bogart, wife of Bram decided to document in a series of photographs Bram’s painting activities. Bram set out making a work. As usual he started working outside but it began to rain. Covers were put over the work to protect it. Next day, Bram resumed work, and it began to rain again.  Days went on and turned into weeks. Bram was able to work on the painting in between rain showers. So much time had been lost due to the rain that Bram Bogart called this work ‘Time is Money’, the aphorism first used in an essay by Benjamin Franklin in 1748. Bogart’s ‘Time is Money’ was exhibited at the James Mayor Gallery in London in 1988 where Whitford Fine Art acquired it. Since 1988 the work has not been on the market. This iconic painting called ‘Time is Money’ is one of the best documented works Bram Bogart ever painted. Whitford is proud to present this spectacular, historically important and totally market-fresh work for Brafa’s 70th anniversary for the first time in 25 years!

Op de BRAFA 2025 presenteert Samuel Vanhoegaerden twaalf tekeningen van James Ensors balletcompositie “La Gamme d'Amour (Flirt de Marionnettes)”, waarmee hij een waardige afsluiter van het Ensorjaar brengt. “La Gamme d’Amour" is minder bekend bij het grote publiek, maar vormt desalniettemin een fascinerend en belangrijk onderdeel van het oeuvre van James Ensor. Ter gelegenheid van deze tentoonstelling werd hierover een gedetailleerde monografie, in samenwerking met Ensor-expert Xavier Tricot, uitgebracht. “La Gamme d’Amour” onthult voor velen de nog ongekende interesse van Ensor voor muziek en ballet en werpt een nieuw licht op de veelzijdigheid van zijn artistieke nieuwsgierigheid. James Ensor (1860 - 1949) is bij het brede publiek vooral bekend als de schilder van maskers en geraamten, maar hij was veel meer dan dat. Naast zijn talent als schilder en begaafde schrijver, was Ensor ook een gepassioneerde muziekliefhebber en een getalenteerde componist...

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...

For the 70th edition of the BRAFA Art Fair, Galerie La Forest Divonne is giving pride of place to contemporary tapestry, with the Belgian duo KRJST Studio, whose sculptural approach to tapestry puts the practice back at the heart of contemporary art. At BRAFA, the presentation of their works will take on a particular meaning, in dialogue with ancient tapestry and modern tapestry, presented by various dealers. Among the other artists to be presented this year, Galerie La Forest Divonne is also delighted to bring the great French painter Ronan Barrot back to BRAFA, where he has been regularly featured by our late colleague and friend, the great Parisian gallerist Claude Bernard. With this ambitious presentation, Galerie La Forest Divonne reaffirms more than ever its attachment to Brussels, where it inaugurates its new space at 130 avenue Louise in January, to mark its 10th year in Belgium...

Fidèle à sa passion pour le XVIIIe siècle, la galerie mettra en lumière deux chefs-d’oeuvre de Charles-François Lacroix, dit Lacroix de Marseille (1700-1782), peintre de marines d’une rare finesse. Ses paysages maritimes évoquent la puissance des éléments naturels, sublimant vagues, rochers et navires sous une lumière méditerranéenne unique. 
Le XIXe siècle, période de renouvellement artistique, est représenté par des oeuvres magistrales de Juana Romani, Ferdinand Heilbuth et Carolus-Duran. Romani, talentueuse portraitiste, nous offre des compositions intenses où l’élégance se mêle à la sensibilité. Heilbuth, quant à lui, explore avec délicatesse les scènes de genre et les paysages, tandis que Carolus-Duran capture l’essence de ses sujets avec une touche d’audace et de vivacité. Chacune de ces oeuvres reflète la diversité et la richesse stylistique d’une époque où le portrait et la scène de genre occupaient une place de choix dans l’art européen.
La galerie proposera également un sublime dessin du XXe siècle de Jean-Gabriel Domergue, représentant toute l’élégance de la modernité et l’audace graphique de cet artiste connu pour ses représentations féminines à l’allure distinguée. 
Côté symbolisme, les oeuvres de Guéran de Scévola Henry Danger ou encore Carlos Schwab révèlent la puissance et la profondeur de ce mouvement artistique. À leurs côtés, nous présenterons également un artiste méconnu dans ce registre : Fausto Zonaro, qui, autour de 1907, s’aventure dans l’univers symboliste avec une toile d’une grande poésie, Les Nymphes des Vallées.Leur symbolisme, riche en détails ésotériques et en atmosphères mystérieuses, transportera les visiteurs dans un univers où l’imaginaire et la poésie se rencontrent pour créer des compositions captivantes et envoûtantes.
Les amateurs d’art pourront ainsi explorer ce voyage artistique exceptionnel au sein du stand de la Galerie Segoura, où chaque oeuvre a été choisie avec soin pour offrir un témoignage authentique des grandes périodes de l’histoire de l’art européen.

To celebrate the 70th edition of BRAFA, the Mearini Fine art Gallery will present an exhibition of marble and wooden sculptures from Haute époque to Renaissance. Among these sculptures there is an exceptional one. It’s a standing figure of Saint (Orsola?), dated circa 1350,  polychromed and gilded softwood with decoration in ‘Pastiglia’ from the Lake of Costance region. It comes from one of the most important European collection of the beginning of the 20th century, the Albert Figdor Collection.
Albert Figdor (Wien 1843-1927) is considered one of the last private art collectors of ancient art. At the beginning of the 20th century, Albert Figdor's art collection was considered the largest private collection in Europe. It included paintings, miniatures, sculptures, ivory carvings, tapestries, clocks, gold and silversmith's work from altars to jewelry as well as relics and around 300 pieces of furniture of all kinds. As Figdor had a particular fondness for objects of domestic and craft use, chandeliers, stoves, metal vessels, tiles, faience, stoneware, glassware, games, toys, medals, textiles, tools and many other groups of objects were added, demonstrating the broad spectrum of their respective genres.
The actual size of the encyclopedic collection seems never to have been determined in terms of numbers; it was estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 artifacts. Many of these can now be found in important museums and private collections around the world. This legendary collection is published in five volumes. This sculpture is published in the 4th volume of the collection.

Luz Camino is een gerenommeerde Spaanse juwelenontwerpster die internationaal bekendstaat om haar unieke, kunstzinnige creaties. Haar werk is bijzonder vanwege de combinatie van verfijnde techniek, innovatieve materialen en een sterke nadruk op natuurlijke elementen. Hier is een uitgebreid overzicht van haar carrière en stijl:
Achtergrond
Luz Camino begon haar carrière in de juwelenwereld met een diepe fascinatie voor kunst en design. Ze is autodidact en leerde de fijne kneepjes van het vak door middel van experimenteren en een enorme passie voor het ambacht. Haar Spaanse afkomst speelt een grote rol in haar werk, waar vaak mediterrane invloeden in terug te vinden zijn.
Ontwerpstijl
Haar stijl wordt gekenmerkt door een diepe waardering voor de natuur. Ze laat zich inspireren door bloemen, bladeren, insecten en andere natuurlijke vormen, die ze omvormt tot verfijnde, delicate sieraden. Camino’s werk balanceert op de grens tussen kunst en ambacht, waarbij elk stuk zowel als een draagbaar juweel als een kunstwerk op zichzelf kan worden beschouwd.

For BRAFA 2025, galerie HELENE BAILLY traces the thread of modernity. Abstraction and figuration meet, as if in mirror, in a subtle and abundant scenography. From the exalted impressionism of Pierre-Auguste Renoir to the abstract audacities of Alexander Calder and Serge Poliakoff, via the inimitable touch of Kees Van Dongen and the power of Nicolas de Staël, the gallery highlights these intimate links that span time.

Alongside Renoir, works by Henri Martin and Pierre Bonnard illustrate two fundamental pictorial schools of the late 19th century: Post-Impressionism and Nabi painting. Their approaches to intimacy are a gentle response to Renoir’s delicate bouquet. Further on, an entire wall is devoted to the work of Dutch artist Kees Van Dongen, a tribute to one of the pioneers of Fauvism and his inimitable touch.

On the other side of the mirror, abstraction is revealed through a varied selection of paintings, sculptures and works on paper. Zao Wou-Ki, Nicolas de Staël and Serge Poliakoff each open up a profoundly original and radical path to new painting. A large mobile by Alexander Calder crowns this selection, symbolizing the internal movement that accompanies the great history of modernity.

On the occasion of the 70th edition of BRAFA, Maison Rapin will present the "Feather" Cabinet created by the artist Serkan Cura in 2020. Nearly 9,300 hours of work and a few twists and turns were required for Serkan Cura's feathered cabinet to take flight. Born from the imagination of the feather artist and his collaboration with Maison Rapin, this piece of furniture, entirely covered in rooster feathers (naturally shed during moulting), is a unique gem worthy of the most extravagant curiosity cabinets. The rooster feathers are washed, dried, and sorted by color before being assembled into the 7,500 fans that cover the cabinet. A true change of direction after working on haute couture dresses for Jean-Paul Gaultier and Victoria’s Secret fashion shows, this cabinet is a true challenge, one that Serkan loves to take on! Born in Antwerp, he grew up in Brussels...

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...

La célébration du centenaire du Manifeste à Bruxelles puis à Paris a permis de mettre en lumière l’importance du mouvement surréaliste international tant au niveau politique qu’artistique au XXème siècle. Pour l’édition BRAFA 2025, nous présenterons l’aventure du Surréalisme à travers la collection d’un de ses protagonistes. Au sortir de la guerre 39-45, Georges Goldfayn (1933-2019), critique de cinéma, n’a que 17 ans quand il rencontre André Breton. Il est aussitôt adopté par la famille des surréalistes.

Nous avons choisi de témoigner de cette amitié en reconstituant le « Mur » de Georges Goldfayn qui fait délibérément référence au « Mur » de Breton, conservé au Centre Pompidou. C’est la vie, avec ses passions, ses rencontres qui se révèle dans ce pêle-mêle organisé. Dessins, peintures, sculptures mettent en évidence les recherches de ce mouvement. On y retrouve des oeuvres surréalistes mais aussi d’Art Brut et d’Art Premier, en particulier océaniennes. Autant de références où les surréalistes vont puiser leur inspiration. Ensemble inédit d’oeuvres jamais sorties de cette collection complété d'un ouvrage rehaussé du dernier texte de la poétesse du surréalisme Annie Le Brun...

Het standconcept biedt een immersie in het mobiele universum van kunstenaar Pol Bury. Een groot deel van de ruimte zal een reconstructie van het atelier van de kunstenaar bevatten aan de hand van bijna 70 werken; Mobiele sculpturen, statische volumes, modellen, sculptuurprojecten, schilderijen en kinetische tekeningen. De getoonde collectie, rechtstreeks afkomstig van het Pol Bury Estate, zal de diversiteit en creativiteit laten zien van deze belangrijke kunstenaar van de kinetische beweging. 
 

For the next edition of BRAFA, Templon is devoting a solo exhibition to François Rouan (stand #27). A key figure on the French contemporary art scene, Rouan has been associated with the Supports/Surfaces movement from the outset, without ever being affiliated to it. He then developed a singular trajectory. Gradually, he added to his painting with in-depth research into collages, culminating in his first braided works in 1965. In the 1980s, he extended this practice by exploring new mediums, photographic and filmic. Rouan has helped to deconstruct the traditional structure of the painting. Nowadays, he is considered a pioneer in exploring new avenues in the field of contemporary painting in France...

Established in 1964, the gallery specialises in Impressionist, modern and contemporary art as well as Camille Pissarro and his descendants. The family business offers well-known internationally established artists that can be found in important museums worldwide. Stern Pissarro Gallery is thrilled to present an intimate oil painting by the celebrated American Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. Part of his iconic Bedroom Paintings series, this 1972 work is highly collectible. With the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris currently showcasing a solo exhibition of Wesselmann's oeuvre, the inclusion of a piece of this calibre at BRAFA feels especially timely...

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...

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...

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 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...