NECA — Art Exhibitions Opening Soon in Brussels

COM ∩∪ TIES - seuils/drempels/thresholds (Duoshow with ARGOS)

Herman Asselberghs, Silvia Beck, James Lee Byars, Els Dietvorst, Jos De Gruyter et Harald Thys, Effi & Amir, Ira Goryaino, Teresa Cos, Els Diestvorst, Esther Johnson, Adrien Tirtiaux, Sarah & Charles, Nicolas Provost, Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys, Jan Locus, Dagmar Keller & Martin Wittwer, Maria Iorio & Raphael Cuomo, Ira Goryainova, Hans Op de Beeck, Ruben Bellinkx, Jef Cornelis etc.

Fri 22 September 18:30

ISELP

Boulevard de Waterloo, 31 - 1000 Brussels map +32 (0)2 504 80 70

Founded in 1971, the iselp – higher institute for the study of the language of the plastic arts – is a place where contemporary art is approached from various, mutually enriching points of view. This plurality is what makes it different: the monstration, discussion, research, mediation and publishing activities take into account the great wealth of the current art scene. The iselp puts on several exhibitions each year (one-man exhibitions by national and international artists, group or themed exhibitions), which follow the topical relevance of contemporary creative work by giving priority to young Belgian artists. At the same time, the institute is developing an artists’ residency programme that focuses on research, innovation and exchange. The iselp encourages critical debate on contemporary art by offering conferences, screenings, symposiums, meetings, readings, guided tours, cultural trips and educational activities.

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Biennale Watch this Space 9 : Ariane Loze et Justine Pluvinage

Fri 22 September 18:30

ISELP

Boulevard de Waterloo, 31 - 1000 Brussels map +32 (0)2 504 80 70

Founded in 1971, the iselp – higher institute for the study of the language of the plastic arts – is a place where contemporary art is approached from various, mutually enriching points of view. This plurality is what makes it different: the monstration, discussion, research, mediation and publishing activities take into account the great wealth of the current art scene. The iselp puts on several exhibitions each year (one-man exhibitions by national and international artists, group or themed exhibitions), which follow the topical relevance of contemporary creative work by giving priority to young Belgian artists. At the same time, the institute is developing an artists’ residency programme that focuses on research, innovation and exchange. The iselp encourages critical debate on contemporary art by offering conferences, screenings, symposiums, meetings, readings, guided tours, cultural trips and educational activities.

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Lucy Stein and Nina Royle - 'Crying The Neck'

Fri 22 September 20:00

NICC

Rue Lambert Crickx - 1070 Anderlecht map 0485-62.51.34

The International Cultural Centre (ICC) in Antwerp was the first official institution for contemporary art in Flanders. In the 70s and early 80s the organization contributed significantly to the dissemination and encouragement of the Belgian and foreign avant-garde art. Now established in Brussels, NICC creates spaces for interaction between visual artists, institutions and society, with specific attention to the position of the visual artist, on a local, regional and international level.
NICC plays an active role in the support and self-realisation of the professional visual artist. Its aim is to function as a first contact and mouthpiece for visual artists, striving for a qualitative social framework enabling the visual artist to develop his/her practice in a professional and autonomous way.

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Lina Selander - 'For A Time Light Must be Called Darkness'

Sat 23 September 18:00

ARGOS, Centre for Art & Media

Werfstraat/ Rue du Chantier - 1000 Brussels map +00 32 (0)2 229 00 03

For a Time Light Must Be Called Darkness is the first solo exhibition in Belgium by Lina Selander (b. 1973), one of today’s most important Swedish moving image artists. Central in Selander’s work is the analysis of how junctures are depicted, how are events reported and how things are portrayed.
For a Time Light Must Be Called Darkness features six video installations, most of them made in collaboration with Oscar Mangione. These works take us to Bredäng (a suburb in south-west Stockholm), Berlin, the West Bank, Pripyat and Chernobyl. All of these places are the occasion and the starting point for broader reflections about our present in relation to historical facts.
Selander visits these sites and like an archaeologist digs in their past, their monuments, museums and archives. She looks for visual documents, focuses on details and analytically sketches new hypothesis. In this way, she tries to retrace hidden links between distant imageries, correspondences and analogies, in order to create new narratives.
In her essayistic approach, Selander combines her own texts and footage along with still images, quotes and archive material. In this way a constant tension springs within these multiple-layered audiovisual works and reminds us that seeing is never an innocent act.
Selander’s work has been on view recently at Oslo Kunstforening (2017), Göteborgs Konsthall (2016), Moderna Museet (Stockholm, 2015) and VOX – Centre de l’image contemporaine (Montréal, 2015). Selander represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale in 2015.

For a Time Light Must Be Called Darkness is kindly supported by IASPIS.

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Anouk De Clercq - 'The Odd Hour Cinema'

Sat 23 September 18:00

ARGOS, Centre for Art & Media

Werfstraat/ Rue du Chantier - 1000 Brussels map +00 32 (0)2 229 00 03

After a first presentation at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde (Antwerp) in the autumn of 2016, The Odd Hour Cinema by Anouk De Clercq is now on view at Argos. This programme features a selection of her most fascinating single-channel works that are screened in Argos Black Box. Like in her multidisciplinary work, The Odd Hour Cinema explores the audiovisual potential of computer generated and manipulated images to create possible worlds, many of which have a strongly architectonic character.

PROGRAM
Thing (2013)
Swan Song (2013)
Oh (2010)
Oops wrong planet (2009)
Me+ (2004)
Conductor (2004)
Building (2003)

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COM ∩∪ TIES

Herman Asselberghs, Sven Augustijnen, Silvia Beck, Ruben Bellinkx, Justin Bennett, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Jef Cornelis, Teresa Cos, Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys, Els Dietvorst, Peter Dowsnbrough, Pieter Geenen, Ira A. Goryainova, Maria Iorio & Raphaël Cuomo, Esther Johnson, Dagmar Keller & Martin Wittwer, Ken Kobland, Michel Lorand, Jan Locus, Vincent Meessen, Julia Meltzer & David Thorne, Mara Elsa Montoya, Bernard Mulliez, Hans Op de Beeck, Els Opsomer, Miguel Peres dos Santos, Marie-Françoise Plissart, Nicolas Provost, Aïlien Reyns, Shelly Silver, Krassimir Terziev, Harald Thys, Sarah Vanagt, Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby, Effi Weiss & Amir Borenstein.

Sat 23 September 18:00

ARGOS, Centre for Art & Media

Werfstraat/ Rue du Chantier - 1000 Brussels map +00 32 (0)2 229 00 03

What does a community still mean for us today? What thresholds do we have to cross in order to meet the other? How do we define a community?
Argos and ISELP, two Brussels institutions that have links with the main Belgian communities, team up to organize a large-scale exhibition about the theme at both venues, using Argos’s extensive film and video collection. Additionally, we organize an extra programme with lectures, debates and performances.

Through the various perspectives of the artist we want to explore what is this space that defines communities—and gives rise to them. Furthermore, we delve into the question what unites communities and drives them apart. For us, studying the theme of communities does not mean simply showing projects that were jointly realized, but rather observing the result of links between communities and the world around them.

Four contemplative axes function as chapters or itineraries along which we explore the implicit complexity of this theme, while at the same time we consider the thresholds that condition the existence or non-existence of communities in our societies.

∩∪ Urbanity: Whether we are talking about public places or simply the street: these urban transition places are places where people live and communicate.

∩∪ Sociability: Our contemporary world is extremely fragmented and individualistic—is it still possible to act in this world in a way that is specifically related to communities?

∩∪ Politics: What sort of political actions are we referring to when communities express themselves?

∩∪ Environment: How does the environment determine the life of communities, and vice versa, how does the life of communities influence the environment? What is the responsibility of societies with regard to this issue?

Artists
Herman Asselberghs, Sven Augustijnen, Silvia Beck, Ruben Bellinkx, Justin Bennett, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Jef Cornelis, Teresa Cos, Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys, Els Dietvorst, Peter Dowsnbrough, Pieter Geenen, Ira A. Goryainova, Maria Iorio & Raphaël Cuomo, Esther Johnson, Dagmar Keller & Martin Wittwer, Ken Kobland, Michel Lorand, Jan Locus, Vincent Meessen, Julia Meltzer & David Thorne, Mara Elsa Montoya, Bernard Mulliez, Hans Op de Beeck, Els Opsomer, Miguel Peres dos Santos, Marie-Françoise Plissart, Nicolas Provost, Aïlien Reyns, Shelly Silver, Krassimir Terziev, Harald Thys, Sarah Vanagt, Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby, Effi Weiss & Amir Borenstein.

Scenography: Sarah & Charles
The ISELP ‘screens’ the issue of the cinema—in the twentieth century the communal space par excellence. The screening programme changes every three weeks.
Argos evokes the video lounge: an in-depth reflection on the idea of the nineteenth-century salon, a metaphor for formats that were so powerful that they resulted in the creation of new communities and a way to allow us a glance into how new communities are created.

Curated by Ive Stevenheydens & Maïté Vissault.

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How Do Buildings Care: Safety

La Loge

Rue de l'Ermitage, 86 - 1050 Ixelles map +32 (0)2 644 42 48

La Loge is a Brussels-based space dedicated to contemporary art, architecture and theory founded by architect Philippe Rotthier. Its aim is to develop a high-quality program that plays a critical role in today’s cultural conversations through specific and precise projects. Architects, artists, curators and cultural agents are invited to develop propositions in which they seek out the characteristic and the peculiar within their practices.
La Loge is a space where ideas, discussion and presentation coexist. Public formats vary depending on the project; from exhibitions, symposiums, screenings, lectures, and performances to events’ series. Its identity is drawn from the architectural gem that houses it, as well as from the commitment and concerns of its founders. La Loge values engagement of thought and feels particularly interested in exploring questions of space, habitat and use. The small-scale format of La Loge contributes to a context where intimate and direct conversations with its audience and the diversity of protagonists it invites can be initiated and sustained.

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Tribute to Componibili

Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Ron Arad, Nendo, Philippe Starck, Mario Bellini, Ferruccio Laviani

Tue 26 September 19:00

ADAM – Brussels Design Museum

Place de Belgique - 1020 Laeken map 02/475 47 64

During the Autumn 2017, the ADAM – Brussels Design Museum will host the exhibition Tribute to Componibili, realized in collaboration with the Kartell Museo (Milan) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this iconic piece of 60’s design.

This new type of furniture was designed in 1967 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri ( 1920 – 2006 ) and they were the first modular and stackable interior design objects in ABS, a type of plastic used for the first time.. The Componibili responded to the new needs of that time as it was a very functional product which fitted into any context and bore out that concept of modularity, becoming a ‘leitmotif’ lasting down through the following decades.

The exhibition tells the history of Componibili from an emotional viewpoint and personal interpretations by designers as Ron Arad, Nendo, Philippe Starck, Mario Bellini, Ferruccio Laviani,..The Brussels edition of the exhibition will be enriched by the view of Belgian designers on this iconic piece.

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Animals

Group Show

Thu 28 September 18:00

Riva Project

Rue de Tenbosch, 124 - 1050 Ixelles map 02-850.42.38

The exhibition sets itself as a reflection on the place and the representation of the animal mainly trough contemporary sculpture. By assembling diverse form, multiple technic and various material, the idea is to create a contemporary bestiary that presents the relationship with the animal world.
Sometimes worshiped and sacred, sometimes sacrificed or naturalised, the Animal interrogates our gaze on the world. Either its representation is real or fantasised, the figure of the animal and the beast have always been a very actual concern throughout art and history. This heteroclite presentation can be seen according to each one interpretation as a hunting chart or subjective animal gallery.
In between onirism, playfulness and fascination, the artworks shown in the exhibition evoke our cohabitation with a subject of its own world but yet stimulating and revealing our special bond with the significant otherness; Animals.

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Klet'Mar Jette

Atelier 34zero Muzeum

Drève de Rivieren, 334 - 1090 Jette map 02-428.33.06

Atelier 34zero Muzeum is an independent art centre, created in 2014. Born from the ashes of the Atelier 340 Muzeum, its main mission is the study and promotion of sculpture and three-dimensional art in Belgium and abroad.
Atelier 34zero Muzeum organises 3 to 4 exhibitions a year in its own spaces as well as several events extra muros. Three types of exhibitions are organised: thematic, confrontational or comparative, and personal (retrospectives). These are accompanied by quality publications; quadrilingual and richly illustrated catalogues, and postcards.
Along with its exhibitions, Atelier 34zero Muzeum is building up a collection of artworks as a memory of past activities and a tool for further questioning. It contains work of Ado Hamelrijck, Wladyslaw Hasior, Pal Horvath, Jem, Roman Karalus, Walter Leblanc, Jean-Philippe Lecharlier, Waclaw Szpakowski, Guy Stukens, Bernar Venet, Bob Verschueren, Bernard Villers and Christine Wilmès, among others.

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Dora Garcia

Thu 05 October 18:00

La Verrière

Boulevard de Waterloo, 50 - 1000 Brussels map + 32 (0)2-511.20.62

Officially opened in 2000, the Verrière-Hermès is part of the international network of galleries of the Hermès Enterprise Foundation. This foundation supports projects that resonate with the values of the Hermès firm: promoting traditional craft skills and supporting creativity, and involvement in the field of education and the environment, while at the same time developing its own programmes (exhibitions, artists’ residencies for the visual arts, the Émile Hermès Prize for design, the Skills Academy, and calls for biodiversity projects). Within the framework of this patronage, the Verrière produces and promotes four contemporary art exhibitions a year, coupled with design presentations. A small catalogue is published following each exhibition.

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Jerry Thompson - 'New York, New York'

Sat 07 October 14:00

Fondation A Stichting

Avenue Van Volxem, 304 - 1190 Forest map + 32 (0)2 502 38 78

In October 2012, the “Fondation A Stichting” opened its doors in south Brussels on the site of the former Bata factories. Created upon the initiative of Astrid Ullens de Schooten, and recognized as promoting the public interest, it has a vocation to support the creation, knowledge, and preservation of the photographic image. Nothing exists any longer that does not seem to have to be attested by the image. Yet the idea of recording the real using photography does not go without saying. What happens to our capacity to see and to discern when, in their overabundance and their virtual immediacy, the images surrounding us are rapidly and powerfully becoming more complicated. The foundation’s project consists in exploring the stakes and contradictions of the image-document, putting into question this world in which all is visible. It organizes three temporary exhibitions each year, accompanied with workshops on reading and writing the image designed for youths and children. High-school and university students are invited to come and engage in dialogue with the artists during their visits, Premières Découvertes.

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Peter Downsbrough - 'Un lien entre deux espaces d’art privés'

Sat 07 October 16:00

Été 78

Rue de l'Eté, 78 - 1050 Ixelles map

ETE 78 is a space for creation and realizations, a box of projects, a facilitator, a
place of rehearsals and monstrations, exchanges and discoveries ...

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Markus Lüpertz

Thu 12 October 17:00

Almine Rech Gallery

Rue de l'Abbaye, 20 - 1050 Ixelles map 02-648.56.84

Occupying an impressive space in Ixelles, the Parisian gallery defines its strategy according to strong individual characters : the artists. They are invited to feel free to use the gallery space as they wish. Based on minimalist and conceptual artists, the programme includes artists whose works, using different media, can be compared beyond styles and beyond their generation, within the gallery.

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Diana Tamane, Mark Raidpere

Thu 12 October 18:00

Sint-Lukasgalerie Brussel

Rue des Palais, 116 - 1030 Schaerbeek map +32 (0)2 250 11 66

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Justine Van den Driessche - 'Les collectionneurs'

Thu 12 October 18:00

CENTRALE.box

Place Sainte-Catherine, 44 - 1000 Brussels map + 32 (0)2-279.64.44/52

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Chalet, an exhibition by Jef Geys

Thu 12 October 18:00

La Loge

Rue de l'Ermitage, 86 - 1050 Ixelles map +32 (0)2 644 42 48

La Loge is a Brussels-based space dedicated to contemporary art, architecture and theory founded by architect Philippe Rotthier. Its aim is to develop a high-quality program that plays a critical role in today’s cultural conversations through specific and precise projects. Architects, artists, curators and cultural agents are invited to develop propositions in which they seek out the characteristic and the peculiar within their practices.
La Loge is a space where ideas, discussion and presentation coexist. Public formats vary depending on the project; from exhibitions, symposiums, screenings, lectures, and performances to events’ series. Its identity is drawn from the architectural gem that houses it, as well as from the commitment and concerns of its founders. La Loge values engagement of thought and feels particularly interested in exploring questions of space, habitat and use. The small-scale format of La Loge contributes to a context where intimate and direct conversations with its audience and the diversity of protagonists it invites can be initiated and sustained.

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Roberta Gigante - 'Messenger for the dead'

Thu 12 October 20:30

Cultuurcentrum Strombeek

Gemeenteplein - 1853 Strombeek-Bever map + 32 (0)2-263.03.43

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Elisabeth Ida - 'Saksi Bisu'

Thu 12 October 20:30

Cultuurcentrum Strombeek

Gemeenteplein - 1853 Strombeek-Bever map + 32 (0)2-263.03.43

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Yudha Sandy

De Wand (i.s.m. Europalia Art Festival Indonesia)

Thu 12 October 20:30

Cultuurcentrum Strombeek

Gemeenteplein - 1853 Strombeek-Bever map + 32 (0)2-263.03.43

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Mariana Castillo Deball, Kishio Suga

Fri 13 October 17:00

Mendes Wood DM

Rue des Sablons, 13 - 1000 Brussels map +32 (0)2-502.09.64

Mendes Wood DM was founded in 2010 by partners Felipe Dmab, Matthew Wood and Pedro Mendes with the intent to exhibit international and Brazilian artists in a context conducive to critical dialogue and cross-pollination. Central to the gallery’s program is a concern for regional difference and individuation while fostering cosmopolitanism and collaboration. Inspired by a belief that artistic practices broaden the scope of human agency and have the power to both touch and change the world, Mendes Wood DM cultivates a program premised on conceptualism, political resistance and intellectual rigor.

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Justyna Wierzchowiecka

curated by Romuald Demidenko

Thu 19 October 18:00

Komplot

Chaussée de Forest, 90 - 1060 Saint-Gilles map + 32 (0)488-07.38.63

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Lesley Vance

Thu 26 October 17:00

Xavier Hufkens

Rue Saint-Georges, 6 - 1050 Ixelles map 02-639.67.30

Xavier Hufkens is one of the most influential galleries for contemporary art in Europe. When it opened in 1987, Xavier Hufkens concentrated on promising artists at that time, such as Felix-Gonzalez-Torres, Anthony Gormley and Jessica Stockholder. In 1992, its move to a 19th-century house renovated by Robbrecht Daem and Marie-Josée Van Hee coincided with the representation of a selection of established artists. Today, with thirty or so artists of different generations (including Richard Artschwager, Louise Bourgeois, Willem de Kooning, Adam Fuss, and Hans Op de Beeck), Hufkens runs a varied programme of exhibitions with solo exhibitions by the gallery’s artists and group shows and specific projects. The gallery offers a unique combination of paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, video and installation work. In 2013, the gallery opened another space on the same street. This new space was designed by Swiss architect Harry Gugger. An eclectic but nonetheless very clear vision underlies all the gallery’s activities.

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Philippe Cognée

Thu 26 October 17:30

Galerie Templon

Rue Veydt, 13 a - 1060 Saint-Gilles map + 32 (0) 2 537 13 17

Daniel Templon founded his gallery in 1966 in Paris, at just 21 years of age. At the time, Templon was one of the French pioneers of contemporary art. Many artists, who now form part of the history of art, have been represented by the gallery : Boltanski, Buren, de Kooning, Cucchi and Warhol, among others. Daniel Templon has always been very influential in the world of art in France, notably through his magazine Art Press and his association of collectors ADIAF. In 2013, at the age of 68, the Parisian gallery owner decided to open a new space near rue Louise in the Belgian capital. Today, the gallery is still true to its principles, representing thirty or so international artists. The programme is designed to promote a dialogue between different generations : established artists of “classic” contemporary art, international artists in mid-career, and experiences of younger artists.

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Jan De Cock

Thu 26 October 18:00

Office Baroque

Place du Jardin aux Fleurs, 5 - 1000 Brussels map 0484-59.92.28

Originating from Antwerp, Office Baroque opened a new place in Brussels at the end of 2013, in an impressive Art Nouveau building designed by the architect Paul Hamesse, which used to house a former brewery. The gallery represents both promising and more established, European and American artists.

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Ramy Fischler - 'Leaving Room'

with works by Jimmie Durham, Dora Garcia, Stefan Nikolaev, Enrique Ramirez, Michaël Riedel, Anne-Marie Schneider, Sophie Whettnall, Raphaël Zarka

Thu 26 October 18:00

Michel Rein

Rue Washington, 51 A - 1050 Ixelles map 02-640.26.40

After spending several years collecting works of art, each purchased as and when they appealed to him, Michel Rein decided to open a gallery in Tours in 1992. There, he exhibits the work of prestigious artists such as Philippe Mayaux, Chen Zen, Allan Sekula and Daniel Buren. After seven years, Michel Rein closed the gallery in Tours and, in 2000, opened a space in Paris. The list of represented artists was added to with artists who have since then gained renown, such as ORLAN, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Saâdane Afif and Didier Marcel, as well as young artists including Armand Jalut and Raphaël Zarka. In 2013, Michel Rein opened a new space in Brussels with the desire to offer his artists a new market and give the gallery a European dimension.

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Ariel Schlesinger

Thu 26 October 18:00

Dvir Gallery

Rue de la Régence, 67 - 1000 Brussels map +32 2 513 69 90

The Rue de la Régence 67 is definitely one of the liveliest gallery hubs in Brussels.
Also Dvir Gallery from Israel chose this neighbourhood to settle in Brussels, on the first floor of the front Building.
The gallery was established in 1982 by Dvir Intrator, who wanted to promote contemporary Israeli art.
In the mid-1990s, the gallery started to represent international artists such as Douglas Gordon, Lawrence Weiner, Jonathan Monk, Adel Abdessemed amongst many others.
Gallery co-director Yotam Shalit-Intrator explained that the decision to expand was a natural progression of the gallery’s activities.
After combining their three spaces around Tel Aviv into a five-story building, where the gallery is still housed today, it was time to grow outside of Tel Aviv.

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Lieven De Boeck

Thu 26 October 18:00

Meessen De Clercq

Rue de l'Abbaye, 2/A - 1000 Brussels map 02-644.34.54

Meessen De Clercq is a contemporary art gallery that brings a group of strong, international artists. The gallery occupies three floors in a house built in 1911, including a separate video space and a "Wunderkammer", offering a particular look on the theatre of the world. The gallery also publishes catalogues and editions in close collaboration with the represented artists, in order to promote and distribute their work.

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L EAR ning from DOCUMENTA

In collaboration with CC Strombeek

Fri 27 October

Kusseneers Gallery

Rue de Menin - 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean map +32 475 651109

Kusseneers gallery is a contemporary art gallery and opened its doors on September 11, 2003 in the south of Antwerp. End 2013, the gallery moved to a large industrial building in Brussels.
Open to all media, the gallery presents the work of emerging and mid-career artists. Its programme encourages diversity and experimentation, and strives to present all of the artists’ work within a heathy cultural context, to give the viewer the best opportunity to gain understanting of the artist's intentions.

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Learning from Documenta

Sven Augustijnen, Wang Bing, Christoph Fink, Hans Haacke, Edi Hila, Otobong Nkanga, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan)

Fri 27 October 20:00

Cultuurcentrum Strombeek

Gemeenteplein - 1853 Strombeek-Bever map + 32 (0)2-263.03.43

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Between Abstraction and Figuration

Loïc Van Zeebroek, Sarah Smolders, Quinten Ingelaere, Maxim Frank, Stanislas Lahaut

Sat 28 October 18:00

Dauwens & Beernaert Gallery

Avenue de Stalingrad, 26 - 1000 Brussels map 0478-56.86.26

Dauwens & Beernaert is a contemporary art gallery founded by Laurence Dauwens and Joris Beernaert exhibiting mainly young promising artists.

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Laure Cottin Stefanelli - 'Touch me not / do not cling to me / do not hold me / do not approach me'

curator Maëlle Delaplanche

Wed 08 November 18:00

CENTRALE.lab

Place Sainte-Catherine, 16 - 1000 Brussels map +32 (0)2-279.64.44/52

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Private Choices - 11 Contemporary Art Collections from Brussels

Jean-Michel Alberola, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kader Attia, Enrico Baj, Stephan Balleux, Vincen Beeckman, Pascal Bernier, Louise Bourgeois, Stephen Brandes, Thierry De Cordier, Jo Delahaut, Wim Delvoye, Leo Dolmen, Dialogist Kantor, Marcel Duchamp, Michel François, Aurélien Froment, Cristina Garrido, Jane Graverol, Gudny Rosa Ingimarsdottir, Jef Ladouceur, René Magritte, Marcel Mariën, Roman Ondak, Paul Pfeiffer, Jason Rhoades, Pratchaya Phinthong, Andres Serrano, Man Ray, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Cy Twombly, Marcel Vandeweyer, Pep Vidal, Bill Viola, …

Wed 08 November 18:00

CENTRALE for contemporary art

Place Sainte-Catherine, 44 - 1000 Brussels map 02-279 64 35 / 52

Collectors, both Belgian and international, have had a lot to do with the emergence of new museums in Brussels over recent years - a period that has also seen a number of private collections become more accessible to the public. This exhibition offers an opportunity to explore the passion of private collectors for contemporary art.

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No Transport

John Divola, Don Dudley, Nathalie Dupasquier, Peter Halley, Jan Groover, Sylvia Plimack Mangold

Thu 09 November 18:00

Super Dakota

Rue Washington, 45 - 1050 Ixelles map + 31 (0)2-649.17.72

Founded in 2012, Galerie Dakota became the Super Dakota gallery. Continuing the initial reasoning behind Dakota - to discover and promote up-and-coming young artists - Super Dakota is renewing this ambition and confirming its determination to be more open to international art. This decision is consistent with the perspective of contemporary art as a demanding discipline whose roots lie deep in the history of art and with the search for a dialogue between generations in order to produce creative synergy.

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Ethan Greenbaum - 'Cardboard Landscapes'

Thu 09 November 18:00

Super Dakota

Rue Washington, 45 - 1050 Ixelles map + 31 (0)2-649.17.72

Founded in 2012, Galerie Dakota became the Super Dakota gallery. Continuing the initial reasoning behind Dakota - to discover and promote up-and-coming young artists - Super Dakota is renewing this ambition and confirming its determination to be more open to international art. This decision is consistent with the perspective of contemporary art as a demanding discipline whose roots lie deep in the history of art and with the search for a dialogue between generations in order to produce creative synergy.

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Liz Markus & Gert Voorjans

Thu 23 November 18:00

Maruani Mercier

Avenue Louise, 430 - 1050 Ixelles map +32 2 512 50 10

Representing 20 artists, MARUANI MERCIER is a contemporary art gallery. Since opening its doors in 1995 it has focused on established artists from the USA in the ‘80’s. The gallery has maintained a long-term representation of influential artists like Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Peter Halley, Jonathan Lasker, McDermott & McGough, and Sue Williams.
At the turn of the new century, the gallery has developed its program with emerging artists such as Lyle Ashton Harris, David Lachapelle, Hank Willis Thomas and Wendy White.

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Soviet Design. Red Wealth [1950-1980]

Tue 23 January 19:00

ADAM – Brussels Design Museum

Place de Belgique - 1020 Laeken map 02/475 47 64

In collaboration with the Moscow Design Museum, Soviet Design. Red Wealth is the first retrospective showcase bringing together daily objects and graphics designed in the USSR in the past century. From the fifties to the Moscow Olympic games (1980), the exhibition will feature iconic pieces of the Soviet lifestyle, examples of graphic and industrial design, technical drawings and prototypes made by Soviet designers from the Moscow Design Museum and private collections.

The exhibition is divided into sections, each representing a certain aspect of a Soviet citizen’s life and material culture: childhood and leisure, sports and public events, visual communication and packaging design, furniture and household products, precision engineering and industrial production, as well as unique projects of the All-Union Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics (VNIITE). Now, when Russian design of the 21st century is being formed it is important to look back at the achievements of decades past and unveil the names of the designers who shaped the lifestyle of Soviet people.

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Intersections/5. Domestic Tales

Tue 05 June 19:00

ADAM – Brussels Design Museum

Place de Belgique - 1020 Laeken map 02/475 47 64

Exhibition in cooperation with Wallonia-Brussels Design-Mode (WBDM) as part of the biennale in contemporary design of the ADAM. ‘Domestic Tales’ invites to look at design in a different way, hustling the dichotomy between subject and object. A tale for children, which, thanks to an open staging and interactive animations, explains the importance of design and its cultural value. But above all, an experience that allows us to better understand the objects that surround us, in our homes and in our cities, which, as the characters in a story, have meaning and give meaning to life.

This exhibition is a tribute to life, ours and that of the design objects: everyday interfaces, custodians of valuable legacies of the past, social and aesthetic experiences, production models and sustainable products, vectors of innovative scenarios for a better future.

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Night Fever. A Design History of Culture Club

Thu 22 November 19:00

ADAM – Brussels Design Museum

Place de Belgique - 1020 Laeken map 02/475 47 64

Nightclubs and discos are the epitome of contemporary culture. They merge architecture and interior design with sound, light, fashion, furnishing, graphics and visual effects to create a modern Gesamtkunstwerk. As place of cultural experimentation for subcultures and avant-garde, they question the established codes of social life and offer individual and collective freedom by playing with different identities and realities.
If the 20th century was the age of pop culture, the nightclub was probably its most powerful design expression. Night Fever is the first exhibition to examine the design history of the nightclub. It will feature exhibits from design, art, architecture, music and media including films and original photographs, flyers, posters, records covers, models, furniture, magazines as well as 1:1 installations that will immerse the visitors in a journey of creative experimentation.

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Openings

COM ∩∪ TIES - seuils/drempels/thresholds (Duoshow with ARGOS)

Biennale Watch this Space 9 : Ariane Loze et Justine Pluvinage

Lucy Stein and Nina Royle - 'Crying The Neck'

Lina Selander - 'For A Time Light Must be Called Darkness'

Anouk De Clercq - 'The Odd Hour Cinema'

COM ∩∪ TIES

How Do Buildings Care: Safety

Tribute to Componibili

Animals

Klet'Mar Jette

Dora Garcia

Jerry Thompson - 'New York, New York'

Peter Downsbrough - 'Un lien entre deux espaces d’art privés'

Markus Lüpertz

Diana Tamane, Mark Raidpere

Justine Van den Driessche - 'Les collectionneurs'

Chalet, an exhibition by Jef Geys

Roberta Gigante - 'Messenger for the dead'

Elisabeth Ida - 'Saksi Bisu'

Yudha Sandy

Mariana Castillo Deball, Kishio Suga

Justyna Wierzchowiecka

Lesley Vance

Philippe Cognée

Jan De Cock

Ramy Fischler - 'Leaving Room'

Ariel Schlesinger

Lieven De Boeck

L EAR ning from DOCUMENTA

Learning from Documenta

Between Abstraction and Figuration

Laure Cottin Stefanelli - 'Touch me not / do not cling to me / do not hold me / do not approach me'

Private Choices - 11 Contemporary Art Collections from Brussels

No Transport

Ethan Greenbaum - 'Cardboard Landscapes'

Liz Markus & Gert Voorjans

Soviet Design. Red Wealth [1950-1980]

Intersections/5. Domestic Tales

Night Fever. A Design History of Culture Club