13 Jun 2025 → 19 Jul 2025

Between the rows of trees on l’Avenue des Gobelins A marble statue takes me by the hand Today is Sunday, the cinemas are full The birds in the branches watch the humans And the statue kisses me but no one was looking at us Except for a blind child who points at us. (Jacques Prévert, Dimanche) In The statue kissed me, but no one was looking at us, Giulia Messina’s first exhibition with Nino Mier Gallery in Brussels and her second solo exhibition with the gallery overall, the artist presents a personal and mythologically charged reflection on identity, performance, and vulnerability. Drawing from Ovid’s myth of Pygmalion and Galatea, Messina reimagines the tale through a reversal: it is the statue who awakens and kisses the artist, turning her into a statue as well. Yet in this moment of transformation,...

Opening Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday Closed
Gallery Info → Map →
13 Jun 2025 → 19 Jul 2025
13 Jun 2025 → 19 Jul 2025

Between the rows of trees on l’Avenue des Gobelins A marble statue takes me by the hand Today is Sunday, the cinemas are full The birds in the branches watch the humans And the statue kisses me but no one was looking at us Except for a blind child who points at us. (Jacques Prévert, Dimanche) In The statue kissed me, but no one was looking at us, Giulia Messina’s first exhibition with Nino Mier Gallery in Brussels and her second solo exhibition with the gallery overall, the artist presents a personal and mythologically charged reflection on identity, performance, and vulnerability. Drawing from Ovid’s myth of Pygmalion and Galatea, Messina reimagines the tale through a reversal: it is the statue who awakens and kisses the artist, turning her into a statue as well. Yet in this moment of transformation,...

Opening Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday Closed
Gallery Info → Map →