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Antwerp Art Weekend
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Galleries Antwerp Art Weekend general opening hours Fri. May 20, 12.00 − 22.00 An opening night throughout the city Sat. May 21, 12.00 − 18.00
Notes, d.d. 16/05: Opening hours Corrections - printed gazette, Calendar
Sun. May 22, 12.00 − 18.00 Note: museums keep to their regular opening hours and entrance fees. Find Antwerp Art on the Antwerp Museum App. Available for free in your app store. More info at www.antwerpmuseumapp.com antwerpart.be/weekend #antwerpartweekend facebook.com/antwerpart.be
Fri, 20/05, 12:00 - 18:00 Fri, 20/05, 18:00 - 22:00 (art spaces and galleries) Sat, 21/05, 12:00 - 18:00 Sat, 21/05, 21:00 - 06:00, Nacht van de Beeldende Kunst Sun, 22/05, 12:00 - 18:00
Corrections - printed gazette, Map, Pop-up exhibitions .56 Soft Focus Institute HUB Architects Office Rijnkaai 22/201 2000 Antwerpen (North / Eilandje)
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Welcome to the Antwerp Art Weekend 3 Days, 55 galleries, art spaces, museums and pop-up exhibitions, and you. For the second time the Antwerp Art exhibition spaces, and a number of selected pop-up locations put their hands together for a celebration of contemporary art. Experience the Antwerp Art scene, get reacquainted with your favorites, and discover new talents during this extraordinary citywide manifestation.
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On behalf of the participants, Antwerp Art
Antwerp Art listed members Air Antwerpen Annette De Keyser Galerie Annie Gentils Gallery Axel Vervoordt Gallery Base-Alpha Gallery CallewaertVanlangendonck Gallery Cinema Zuid De Zwarte Panter DMW Art Space Extra City Kunsthal Eva Steynen. Deviation(s) Gallery Fifty One and Fifty One Too FoMu Fotomuseum Galerie Geukens and De Vil Galerie Jamar Galerie Schoots and Van Duyse Galerie Van De Weghe Galerie Verbeeck and Van Dyck Hole Of The Fox Ibasho Gallery Ingrid Deuss Gallery
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten L’Édition Populaire LLS 387 ruimte voor actuele kunst Lokaal 01 M HKA mariondecannière artspace Middelheimmuseum Maurice Verbaet Art Center NK Gallery Objectif Exhibitions Panache Towers Plus-One Gallery Ruimte Morguen Showroom Sint Lucas Sofie Van De Velde Galerie Spaceburo Stieglitz 19 Tim Van Laere Gallery Tique trampoline Valerie Traan Van Der Mieden Gallery Zeno X Gallery
Other exhibition locations and pop-ups A City is not a Road by artists for Ringland Born in Antwerp headquarters BRDG CAPS DE Studio Little HISK MAS Next Level Projectruimte Studio Start Red Star Line Museum Soft Focus Institute Verloren Ruimte
About Antwerp Art Antwerp Art connects the most relevant actors in the Antwerp contemporary art scene: from established galleries and museums to upcoming initiatives. You can find the contemporary art agenda on our website, subscribe to our bimonthly newsletter, and follow us on social media. Antwerp Art publishes a yearly INDEX, to help you find your way in Antwerp’s contemporary art scene. Antwerp as an epicenter for contemporary art Conveniently situated between Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Cologne, Antwerp harbors a dynamic art scene with international radiation. Antwerp's typical feature is a distinct 'DIY'-do-it-yourselfattitude, in which perceived separations between the established art scene and upcoming initiatives dissolve. Out of this background, the Antwerp Art scene is in constant movement: new discoveries develop into artists or exhibition spaces of note, and often spread their wings far across the Belgian borders. Studio Start Verloren Ruimte Antwerp Art vzw Kattenberg 12 B-2140 Antwerp info@antwerpart.be www.antwerpart.be Graphic design Vincent Vrints Print Rodi Rotatiedruk Images courtesy the artists, galleries, museums and art spaces Antwerp Art is supported by its members, and by
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DE Studio is your central Antwerp Art Weekend ‘hub’, hosting special weekend exhibitions, talks, and de Nacht van de Beeldende Kunst / Night of the Visual Arts!
De Centrale Periferie / Central Periphery With Anton Cotteleer, Dries Segers, Hannelore Van Dijck, Koba De Meutter, Dries Segers, Reinhard Doubrawa, Arpaïs Du Bois, Karl Van Welden. Invited by De Garage, Mechelen - De Warande, Turnhout - Voorkamer, Lier - Frans Masereelcentrum, Kasterlee - Gallery Fifty One en DE Studio in collaboration with WPZimmer, Antwerpen. 1st Floor Free entrance Antwerp Art presents presentations by artists selected by institutions from the Province of Antwerp, and Gallery Fifty One.
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The Moving Image, Headspace A collection of video art by artists related to Antwerp, and Antwerp Art exhibition spaces, curated by Vincent Stroep (Escautville/Courtisane Festival). The selected works investigate the psychological implications of architecture on the individual. With works by Anouk De Clercq, Els Vanden Meersch, Philippe Van Wolputte, Ria Pacquée, and others. Cellar space Free entrance
The Moving Image, HISK Continuous screening of a selection of video works by former and current artists, associated with the HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent). The history of the HISK and the city of Antwerp are intertwined. Up until 2007, the Higher Institute for Fine Arts was located at the former Military Hospital site in Antwerp. The gate building houses ‘Little HISK’, a pop-up exhibition. 1st Floor: DE Studio Large Free entrance
Antwerp Art Weekend Lectures
Luc Deleu Architect and urban planner On Revisiting the Mobile Medium University Concept 2016 15.20 – 16.05
‘In dialogue with’ Artists, theorists and scientists talk about big themes in the informal setting of auditorium DE Fred at DE Studio’s first floor. Sun, 22. May 12.00 – 17.00 Free entrance
Lara Almarcegui Artist, Rotterdam Lieven de Cauter Cultural philosopher, Brussels On public space, legal space, commons, urban transformation, land rights and ownership. 12.50 – 13.35
Jan Verpooten Postdoctoral Researcher and Artist Angelo Vermeulen Visual artist, biologist, space researcher, community organizer and author
State of the Arts An open platform for artists, art workers, organisations and anyone concerned about the state of the arts today and Belgian cultural policies in particular On Fair Art Practices, Solidarity, Transparency, Diversity and Sustainability 16.10 – 16.45 Programme by Frederik Vergaert (Lokaal 01) and Nina Hendrickx Maarschalk Gerardstraat 4 2000 Antwerpen +32 (0)3 260 96 10 info@villanella.be www.destudio.com
On starship development, evolvability, Darwinian realms, social behaviour, and an evolutionary approach to human artistic behaviours. 13.40 – 14.25
Philip Aguirre Y Otegui Sculptor and visual artist On Theatre Source and SUD2010 14.30 – 15.15
Nacht van de Beeldende Kunst / Night of the Visual Arts 55 Galleries, art spaces, museums, pop-up locations & 1 party, and you The Night of the Visual Arts is a celebration of the arts in the form of a festive evening turning into a party at night, featuring exhibitions, performances, dj's and art until the early morning.
installation, see the works by Daan Gielis, Pascal Petrus, and Stef Van Looveren, get surprised by Dennis Tyfus’ program, and most of all: expect the unexpected!
Visit exhibitions throughout the whole DE Studio building, dance in Liesbeth Doms’ immersive light art
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Sat, 21. May, 21.00 – early morning Exhibitions on the first floor and in the cellar close at 01.00 Entrance: 10 Eur. (both in presale and at the door) Official Antwerp Art Weekend party
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Galleries All participating galleries are open during the general Antwerp Art Weekend opening hours. The regular non-Weekend opening hours may vary, and can be found on www.antwerpart.be. Gallery visits are free at all times! 2 Annie Gentils Gallery Luc Deleu and T.O.P. Office – Tabula Rasa ‘Luc Deleu and T.O.P Office’ is an architectural office. Their considerations and their practice offer architecture as the preeminent medium through which one might consider the world as it is made. During the last 2 – 3 years T.O.P Office developed maps with all possible landforms translated in elegant 3D sculptures and drawings. Extra: 22. May, Luc Deleu at Antwerp Lectures, DE Studio. Part of Antwerp Artists Peter Benoitstraat 40 2018 Antwerp Tel +32 3 216 30 28 mail@anniegentilsgallery.com www.anniegentilsgallery.com 02. May – 12. June
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4 Base-Alpha Gallery Nadia Naveau – I Spy With My Little Eye Based upon children’s game ‘I spy with my little eye’, Nadia Naveau creates in her new exhibition an insight on how she specifically looks at things. Unexpected details in sculptures in her studio suddenly attract her attention and become the basis to create new sculptures. She will present her new ceramics, bronzes and cast iron in small dioramas. Extra: Base-Alpha Gallery takes part in Little HISK. Part of Antwerp Artists. Kattenberg 12 2140 Antwerp Tel +32 3 295 86 36 info@basealphagallery.com www.basealphagallery.com 12. May – 02. July
Callewaert-Vanlangendonck is delighted with the double exhibition “Cox-van den Broek“, in which the latter pays tribute to one of his examples, Jan Cox. The work of Koen van den Broek is characterized primarily by the way he depicts the urbane (mainly American and Asian) landscape, and always starts from an abstract language. During this exhibition, the gallery displays a screen print that Koen van den Broek created specially for this show. Extra: Callewaert-Vanlangendonck gallery also takes part in Next Level with Jef Meyer. Part of Antwerp Artists Wolstraat 21 – 23 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 476 444 611 gallery@callewaertvanlangendonck.com www.callewaertvanlangendonck.com 07. May – 25. June
6 De Zwarte Panter Ysbrant – Selinunte Frederique van Rijn – Vergankelijkheid Fugacidad Ysbrant van Wijngaarden (1937, The Hague, NL) belongs to the older generation of contemporary ‘expressive painters’. In some respects is actually a hardliner: Ysbrant shuns the conceptual entirely; no explanation is offered of his work – the work has to speak entirely for himself. The collaboration between Ysbrant and De Zwarte Panter started in 1975, resulting in a series of exhibitions throughout the years. On occasion of the exhibition a new book by Ysbrant and Remco Campert is published. Frederique van Rijn: “The poetry of natural light and the curiosity of space are the defining marks of my trade. Little of my interiors are staged or arranged. They are what they are.” Extra: Fri 20. May 18.00, Ysbrant book signing and live drawing Part of BOOKS, Antwerp Artists, and Contemporary Photography. Hoogstraat 70 – 72 – 74, 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 233 13 45 galerie@dezwartepanter.be www.dezwartepanter.com 15. May – 26. June
7 Eva Steynen. Deviation(s) Aurélie Gravas Aurélie Gravas presents in her recent paintings and drawings the continuation of her practice to disintegrate the figure into more abstract forms. Through her drawings she gives an analytical insight in her way of (de)composing a painting. She cuts out different forms and fixes them with magnets on large, black metal sheets. Abstract and figurative parts form a new, vibrating whole. In the final presentation, the detail and the whole emphasis the mobility of perception. Extra: Eva Steynen.Deviation(s) takes part in Little HISK. Zurenborgstraat 28 2018 Antwerpen Tel +32 486 209 564 eva@evasteynen.be www.deviations.evasteynen.be 19. May – 03. July
8 Fifty One / Fifty One Too Photo London, booth F8 Gallery Fifty One and Fifty One Too are closed during the Antwerp Art Weekend, but present at Photo London, booth F8. *encouble n.f. [Swiss] something that embarrasses, that is unwelcome, that interferes or embarrasses. s’encoubler v. to stumble, to trip up, to strike one’s foot against something when walking or running so that one staggers or falls Extra: Arpaïs du Bois at Central Periphery, DE Studio Zirkstraat 20 2000 Antwerp Tel.w +32 3 289 84 58 info@gallery51.com www.gallery51.com 19. May – 22. May Fifty One Delphine Burtin-Encouble 29. April – 11. June Fifty One Too Jacques Henri Lartigue – Life in Color 29. April – 02. July
9 Galerie Annette De Keyser Nassermann – The Process Nassermanns second exhibition at the gallery shows his recent works. They are more inwardly than the works on show last year, being the result of a spiritual liberating purification, which goes closely together with his thinking about art and the role of art in our life. Nassermann works with video, digital compositions and sound. At this moment he is participating in the Industrial Art Biennial in Labin, Istra/Croatia. Extra: Part of The Moving Image Generaal Belliardstraat 19 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 476 333 934 annette@annettedekeyser.com www.annettedekeyser.com 09. April – 25. June
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10 Galerie Geukens and De Vil Jaromír Novotný – White Room The ongoing evolution in the work of Jaromír Novotný led to his recent series of fragile monochromes on synthetic organza. Searching for new attitudes towards painting, Novotný finds himself rejecting any established approach of painterly practice, creating neither merely formal nor conceptual work in which he outlines the complex process, restrictions and possibilities peculiar to the medium. Extra: Catalogue launch Backlight, part of BOOKS Galerie Geukens and De Vil also takes part in Next Level with Peter De Meyer Leopoldplaats 12 (1st floor) 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 47 438 20 68 geukensdevil@skynet.be www.geukensdevil.com 01. May – 11. June
11 Galerie Van De Weghe Stijn Cole – Cancale / Chimay In his landscape drawings, paintings and installations Stijn Cole investigates the relationship between the object and the environment. Time, light, color and the position of the viewer are crucial in his work. His third solo show at Galerie Van De Weghe ‘Cancale / Chimay’ is based on the Brittany coast near Cancale and the landscape of his home base Chimay. Pourbusstraat 5 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 47 825 80 44 galerie.vandeweghe@skynet.be www.galerievandeweghe.be 06. May – 28. May
12 Galerie Verbeeck – Van Dyck Filip van Roe – Serendipity Filip van Roe presents a series of photographs about the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Extra: Part of Contemporary Photography, and Antwerp Artists. Verbindingsdok-Westkaai 12 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 231 36 85 paul.verbeeck2@telenet.be www.verbeeckvandyck.be 20. May – 26. June
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For his ‘FACADES’ series, Markus Brunetti (Bavaria, 1965) captured religious buildings around Europe, architecture aimed to overwhelm by way of physical superiority over man’s small stature. By way of advanced visual technology, in his photographs he combined highly technical precision with an absolute peaceful ambience to evoke a sense of estrangement. The artist will show his latest works from his most recent travels around Europe, including Belgium. Extra: Part of Contemporary Photography. Vlaeykensgang Oude Koornmarkt 16 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 47 788 80 60 info@axelvervoordtgallery.com www.axel-vervoordt.com 12. May – 18. June
5 Callewaert – Vanlangendonck Gallery Koen van den Broek in dialogue with Jan Cox
Galleries 13 Ibasho Gallery Sarah Van Marcke and Kumi Oguro – there is only the real
16 Plus-One Gallery Sergio De Beukelaer – Sub.Titled
With the duo exhibition of Belgian photographer Sarah Van Marcke and Japanese photographer Kumi Oguro IBASHO explores the relationship between Belgian en Japanese culture. The performative series Van Marcke created ref lects her exper-iences as a Belgian in Japan. Oguro who lives in Belgium, poses her models in unnatural situations resulting in images that seem to come from the subconscious mind. Extra: Opening Friday 20. May Part of Contemporary Photography. IBASHO can also be found at Photo London, booth G-14. Tolstraat 67 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 216 20 28 info@ibashogallery.com www.ibashogallery.com 20. May – 26. June
For the solo exhibition ‘Sub.Titled’ at PLUS-ONE, Sergio De Beukelaer (BE, b. 1971) began with a homage to Yves Klein and his personal quest for ‘a blue void’ and how to fill it. The works exhibited serve as an advertisement or propaganda for painting; colours and moods clipped from the ‘Color Field’ paintings of the 1950s and 60s act as a kind of engine block for his fat canvas works with their greedy furies of colour and form. Extra: Plus-One Gallery also takes part in Next Level with Jean Pierre Temmerman. Part of Antwerp Artists. Sint-Hubertusstraat 58+ 2600 Antwerpen jpoirier@plus-one.be www.plus-one.be 13. May – 04. June
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14 Ingrid Deuss Gallery Wolf Suschitzky Wolf Suschitzky (1912-) has created a legacy of socially engaged photography and film. His travels around the globe from 1930 until present has resulted in many thousands of photographs and work on nearly two hundred films.He takes a glimpse behind the scenes of a remarkable and fruitful life. Born in Vienna, he moved to the Netherlands in 1934, and to London the following year. He co-founded the DATA film cooperative in 1944. Published numerous photography manuals. Extra: Part of Contemporary Photography. Provinciestraat 11 2018 Antwerp Tel +32 475 56 22 83 ingrid@ingriddeuss.be www.ingriddeussgallery.com 13. May – 25. June
15 NK Gallery Didier Mahieu – The enactment of the stone Didier Mahieu (°1961). Belgian artist whose conceptual approach to the subject of travelling, human soul, gained him international acknowledgement, and exposure in numerous museums: i.e. a recent exhibition in MAMAC, Nice. The exhibition is built up around the vital topic of a contemporary nomad. Drawings, video and installations support the environmental nature of the exhibition and make us partakers. Extra: 22. May 15.00 performance by Didier Mahieu at NK Gallery Extra: NK Gallery also takes part in Next Level with Stief Desmet. Museumstraat 35 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 237 98 22 info@nkgallery.be www.nkgallery.be 20. May – 25. June
19 Stieglitz 19 Daisuke Yokota – Vertigo
17 Schoots and Van Duyse Gallery Armando, Bernard Aubertin, Jan Henderikse, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack. Christian Megert, Henk Peeters, Otto Piene, Jan Schoonhoven, Daniel Spoerri, Günther Uecker – Zero and Now
Welcome to Daisuke Yokota’s wonder room. In his improvised dark room he experiments with analogue techniques and chemical processes. There he unites a traditional Japanese photography style with his individual approach by manipulating the making process. He uses a combination of digital photography and traditional film to shoot and re-shoot images. By doing so, Yokota adds layer upon layer to his work, with each layer offering new potential for the next image, leading to alienating, mysterious and poetic representations of a different sort of world. These motives are also visible in his most recent work “VERTIGO” referring to one of Hitcock’s great suspense movies. Extra: pop-up location: Antony CairnsJapan Klapdorp 48, 2000 Antwerpen. Part of Contemporary Photography. Klapdorp 2 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 49 551 57 77 info@stieglitz19.be www.stieglitz19.be 02. April – 22. May
20 Tim Van Laere Gallery Ben Sledsens Tim Van Laere Gallery, represented artists: Atelier Van Lieshout, Victoria Civera, Ellen De Meutter, Armen Eloyan, Gelitin, Adrian Ghenie, Kati Heck, Anton Henning, Tomasz Kowalski, Edward Lipski, Jonathan Meese, Nicolas Provost, Tal R, Peter Rogiers, Serse, Ben Sledsens, Ed Templeton, Juan Uslé, Rinus Van de Velde, Aaron van Erp, Patrick Vanden Eynde, Henk Visch, Franz West. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists. Verlatstraat 23 – 25 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 257 14 17 info@timvanlaeregallery.com www.timvanlaeregallery.com 05. May – 18.June
Zero today enjoys again a wide international interest. With ‘Zero and Now’ we confront former iconic work with new contemporary creations. With works by Armando, Bernard Aubertin, Jan Henderikse, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack. Christian Megert, Henk Peeters, Otto Piene, Jan Schoonhoven, Daniel Spoerri, Günther Uecker. Extra: Schoots+Van Duyse Gallery also takes part in Next Level with Alexandra Phillips. Napoleonkaai 15 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 689 13 14 info@galerieschootsvanduyse.com www.galerieschootsvanduyse.com 24. April – 19. June
21 trampoline Leen voet – PEINTURE PEINTURE INACHEVE DE MADAME T. is the second solo exhibition at trampoline by Brussels-based artist Leen Voet. The show contains 22 colourful animal portraits in oil on canvas, each based on a work made by an amateur artist who painted his beloved cat, dog or other domestic friend. On the occasion of the show, trampoline publishes a book containing the 22 preparatory line drawings. Extra: trampoline takes part with Sindy (Elke Van Kerckvoorde and Dieter Durinck) in Next Level. Vlaamse Kaai 47 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 493 07 81 53 trampolinegallery@gmail.com www.trampolinegallery.com 05. May – 28. May
18 Sofie Van de Velde Gallery Sara Sizer, Erika Hock, Jouni Toni, Elke Bremermann, Perry Roberts, Bieke Depuydt, Gert Scheelinck – More Canvas Please Gallery Sofie Van de Velde presents ‘More Canvas’, a group show exploring the possibilities and limitations of ‘canvas’ as a medium. A canvas is a means, and never a goal in itself. With Belgian and international artists Sara Sizer (USA),Erika Hock (DE), Jouni Toni (FIN), Elke Bremermann (DE), Perry Roberts (ENG), Bieke Depuydt (BE), Gert Scheerlinck (BE). Extra: Gallery Sofie Van de Velde also takes part in Next Level with Frederic Geurts, and in Little HISK. Lange Leemstraat 262 2018 Antwerp Tel +32 48 679 19 93 sofie@sofievandevelde.be www.sofievandevelde.be 12. May – 18. June
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22 Valerie Traan Unfold – Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen Unfold Recollected In Unfold Recollected, Unfold is presenting its work from a different angle. The Antwerp-based studio is mostly known for their conceptual installations that tell a story about new ways of creating, manufacturing, financing and distributing in a digital age. The objects that are part of these installations – vases, tableware, bowls – are props for telling the bigger story. In this exhibition, these props become the protagonists. The different objects connect to each other, new families are composed, and other imaginative stories unfold. Extra: Muller Van Severen cabinet. Part of Antwerp Artistst. Reyndersstraat 12 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 475 75 94 59 gallery@valerietraan.be www.valerietraan.be 22. April – 25. June
23 Van der Mieden Gallery Hanne van der Woude – Emmy’s World For five years photographer Hanne van der Woude (1982, NL) shared life’s joys and sorrows with an older married couple and a brother: people who never lost touch with their creativity or non – conformist mind – set. ‘Emmy’s World’ reads as a visual fairy tale, but one without a happy end; it is a moving portrait, which touches on several significant societal topics, such as intergenerational friendship, the art of living, independence and care. Extra: Part of Contemporary Photography. Mechelseplein 10 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 502 91 15 mail@vandermieden.com www.vandermieden.com 03. May – 18. June
24 Zeno X Gallery Mircea Suciu – Ship of Fools Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven – Het Eigenaardige Leven van de Dingen / The Strange Life of Things Zeno X Gallery presents two solo exhibitions during the Antwerp Art Weekend. There will be a solo show by the young Romanian artist Mircea Suciu which will comprise new paintings. Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven’s solo exhibition will present drawings, plexiglass works, a tapestry, amongst other works. The title of the exhibition – ‘The Strange Life of Things’ – refers to a book on collecting. Extra: Zeno X Gallery book sale Part of Antwerp Artists and BOOKS. Godtsstraat 15 2140 Antwerp Tel +32 3 216 16 26 info@zeno-x.com www.zeno-x.com 20. April – 11. June
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Art Spaces art academies, artist’s initiatives, and project spaces. Art Spaces often are meant all times! 25 Air Antwerpen / Studio Start Alberto Garcia del Castillo, Ani Schulze, Mirte Van Duppen, Luís Lázaro Matos, Ultra Eczema – Open studios Jim Campers, Timo Van Grinsven, mountaincutters, Ode de Kort, Maika Garnica – STRT Kit #1 curated by Isabel Van Bos
26 DMW Art Space Federico Acal, Michiel Ceulers, Maxime Christiaensen, Johan Gelper, Saori Kuno, Warre Mulder, Denitsa Todorova, Timo Van Grinsven – GOGOGOGO ‘GOGOGOGO’ kicks off the programme of the first year of DMW Art Space (2016 – 2017). The expo presents the works of eight artists that have been selected to head a series of eight duo exhibitions with an artist of their own choosing. The duo exhibitions will be organised from September 2016 onwards. GOGOGOGO hence serves both as curated group exhibition and as a preview for the DMW programme for 2016 – 2017. Extra: opening, 20. May, 18.00 Koolstraat 15 2140 Antwerpen Tel +32 494 999 809 dmw-artspace.be info@dmw-artspace.be 20. May – 25. June
28 Hole Of The Fox Federico Acal, Zoe Barcza, Louisa Gagliardi, Baldvin Einarsson, Sydney Shen, Martin Solymar,Tom Volkaert, Adam Cruces, Benny Van den MeulengrachtVrancx – For granted For the Antwerp Art Weekend, Hotfox invites artist Adam Cruces to co-organize the group exhibition ‘For granted’ with Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx. Together, they asked artists Federico Acal, Zoe Barcza, Louisa Gagliardi, Baldvin Einarsson, Sydney Shen, Martin Solymar and Tom Volkaert to present their work and will be participating in the exhibition themselves too. This’ll be the first time Hole Of The Fox will feature an international line up together with Antwerp based artists. Bloemstraat 24 2140 Antwerp Tel +32 49 405 51 91 info@holeofthefox.be www.holeofthefox.be 20. May – 05. June
Stored in concrete-clad tunnels deep within the earth, radioactive matter is being buried that will continue to have the potential to create catastrophic disaster deep into the future, into a period of time we can barely perceive of, yet alone imagine. Troubling over signs, objects and markers that endure from the past, the group exhibition ‘Riddle of the Burial Grounds’ stares unblinkingly into this future, and to a landscape littered with industrial ruin, excavated caverns and objects and messages that will outlast us: a future counted in the devastating, radioactive reality of half-lives. Curated by Tessa Biblin Extra: 20. May – 22. May , Extra City Vitrine #03, Joke Van den Heuvel, "134340" 20. May, 21.00, Concert Mathieu Serruys. 21. May, 14.00, Free guided tour in the exhibition Riddle of the Burial Grounds. 22. May, 14.00 Free guided tour in the exhibition Riddle of the Burial Grounds 22. May, 16.00, The presentation of Posture Editions N° 18 (“134340”) with an artist talk by Joke Van den Heuvel, Koen Sels and Nikolaas Demoen. Part of BOOKS. 22. May, 17.00, Musical performance by zoute vis Eikelstraat 31 2600 Antwerp Tel +32 367 71 655 info@extracity.org www.extracity.org 26. March – 17. July
29 L’édition populaire Mark Titchner and Jeremiah Day – ME HERE NOW (Burning, Too) A collaborative project inspired by Fugazi at Lokaal 01, BRDG, and L’édition populaire. The three artspaces are triangular connected by the different aspects of the project. BRDG is the main location; the work and process will be carried out to the underpass under the railway centers to Zurenborg. Lokaal 01 is the work and residing place, and the window gallery of L’édition populaire will act as a canvas for all designs and will serve as a repository of concepts and ideas. Bloemstraat 20 2140 Borgerhout info@editionpopulaire.be www.edition-populaire.be
30 LLS 387 Ruimte voor actuele kunst Floris Vanhoof – Fossil Locomotion LLS 387 is part of Little HISK. Solo exhibition of the multilateral artist Floris Vanhoof (°1982). His ingenious installations and performances express a hybrid world of music, photography and film where the visual and the auditive meet in a very exceptional way. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists and The Moving Image. Lange Leemstraat 387 2018 Antwerp Tel +32 497 481 727 lls387@telenet.be users.telenet.be/lls387 30. April – 30. June
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31 Lokaal 01 Mark Titchner and Jeremiah Day – ME HERE NOW (Burning, Too) A collaborative project inspired by Fugazi at Lokaal 01, BRDG, and L’édition populaire. Jeremiah Day (1974) is re-examining political conf licts and resistances through unfolding their subjective traces and contexts through photography, speech and body language. His approach to cultural practice has been widely inf luenced by the example of Fugazi and Dischord Records. British artist Mark Titchner’s (1973) language-based practice investigates communication and perception. A dialogue on how we receive thought and ideas that is inhabited by messages scavenged from song lyrics, corporate creeds, philosophical treatises and political manifestos. Provinciestraat 287 2018 Antwerp Tel +32 476 66 34 39 info@lokaal01.org www.lokaal01.org
32 Mariondecannière Artspace Peter Buggenhout and Didier Vermeiren – Invited by HELD. Mariondecannière artspace presents a duoshow by sculptors Peter Buggenhout and Didier Vermeiren, invited by HELD. Buggenhout rearranges and analyses the body and emphasizes its physical decay. The result however isn’t a repulsive visualization, but rather an outright confrontation with physical (im)perfection. The work of Vermeiren poses fundamental questions about the identity of the medium sculpture. He has been occupied with its history and specific nature since the 1970s, with an emphasis on the plinth. Extra: 21. May 16.00, artist talk Peter Buggenhout at mariondecannière artspace. Leopoldplaats 12 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 474 578 846 artspace@mariondecanniere.com www.mariondecanniere.com 01. May – 11. June
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The former officer’s quarters at the Kielsevest unite the international artists residency AIR Antwerpen and the international supporting platform STRT Kit. These ten visual artists offer an insight in their production processes and projects they are currently developing through the presentation of existing art works, interventions, performances and experiments. Through this program the viewer is guided through this unique new location. Kielsevest 23 – 25, 31 – 33 2018 Antwerpen Tel +32 347 51 757 info@airantwerpen.be info@studiostart.be www.airantwerpen.be www.studiostart.be 20. May – 22. May
27 Extra City Kunsthal Lara Almarcegui, Stéphane Béna Hanly, Rossella Biscotti, Simon Boudvin, Mariana Castillo Deball, Dorothy Cross, Regina de Miguel, Mikala Dwyer, Harun Farocki, Geoffrey Farmer, Peter Galison and Robb Moss, Tracy Hanna, Mikhail Karikis, Sam Keogh, Ruth E. Lyons, Nicholas Mangan, Jean-Luc Moulène, Lucy Skaer, Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan, Emmanuel Van der Auwera – Riddle of the Burial Grounds
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Galleries 33 Maurice Verbaet Art Center Alechinsky, Anthoons, Axell, Bogaert, Bogart, Bonnet, Burssens, Bury, Claus, Cox, De Leeuw, Delahaut, D’Haese, Drybergh, Gentils, Guiette, Lahaut, Leblanc, Mara, Mendelson, Moeschal, Mortier, Peellaert, Peire, Reinhoud, Rets, Strebelle, Tapta, Van Anderlecht, Van Breedam, Van Hoeydonck, Vandenbranden, Vandercam, Vercammen, Verheyen, Verstockt, Vonck, Willequet, Wyckaert – Connexions One. Belgian Art 1945 – 1975
35 Panache Towers Jan Kempenaers, Jerry Galle
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36 Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp Amber Vanluffelen, Adam Galach, Gijs Waterschoot and Spank Moons – Next Level
‘Connexions One: Belgian Art 1945 – 1975’ is an exhibition concieved as a panoramic view of the emerging abstraction in Belgian art during the ‘trente glorieuses’, the thirty glorious years of economic growth after 1945. The story concentrates on the creation of networks between different protagonists and the characteristics of about 40 Belgian artists. This overview shows the wealth of this cross-fertilization and how it gave rise to nuances that define the complexity of Belgian art. In our new exhibition dedicated to Paul Van Hoeydonck no less than 120 works that trace the course of this exceptional artist will be showcased. He became well established in Belgium and across borders with an oeuvre in which the conquest of the universe plays a key role. But the main intention of this overview is to highlight his lesser-known series such as his refined drawings and sophisticated photo-collages. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists. Mechelsesteenweg 64a 2018 Antwerp info@verbaet.com www.verbaet.com Connexions One. Belgian Art 1945 – 1975. 19. Sept –16.July Paul Van Hoeydonck-Hemelse odyssee. 28. April – 16. July
34 Objectif Exhibitions Hugo Roelandt – Let’s Expand the Sky in Black and White
Jan Kempenaers is most known for his panoramic and detailed images of industrial and urbanized landscapes. His latest project on centered abstract photography takes his work to the next level. In this exhibition he confronts his work with the ‘techno-images’ of fellow artistic researcher Jerry Galle, who explores the relationship between digital technology and contemporary culture. Extra: opening, 19. May 7.30 PM. Part of Contemporary Photography and Antwerp Artists. Frankrijklei 73 2000 Antwerp everything@panache.works www.panache.works/towers 20. May – 23. July
Next Level is pleased to invite you to an extraordinary collaboration between eight Antwerp galleries, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Inside the walls of the old Military Hospital, the artists present in situ works. Each work is especially designed for this project, and attempts to accentuate the space. Next level wishes to show you the best of what all these galleries – and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts – have to offer beyond the comfort zone of their own exhibition spaces. With: Galerie Sofie Van de Velde, trampoline, Galerie Geukens and De Vil, NK Gallery, Plus-One Gallery, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Callewaert-Vanlangendonck Gallery, Galerie Schoots+Van Duyse. Students of KASKA (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp) also participat in ‘ME, HERE, NOW (Burning, too)’. A collaborative project inspired by Fugazi at Lokaal 01, BRDG, and L’édition populaire. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists. Mutsaardstraat 31 2000 Antwerpen Tel +32 3 213 71 00 academie@ap.be www.ap.be/koninklijke-academie 20. May– 22. May
37 Ruimte Morguen Marc Schepers – Intrigued art. 1408 – 1412 quater
40 Tique Mr. Make-Do and Tique – Ten Interventions
‘Intrigued’ shows work that emerges from an interaction between press photos and what they show about events in the world. Images and photos are always seen within a context, from where they derive meaning and to which they refer. Here photo images are deconstructed, by connecting them to other photo images, to create or reconstruct contexts in which images complete each other and at the same time begin questioning themselves. In this way both the formal and substantive aspects are played off against each other and introduce new forms and meanings, and become a critique on the ‘reality’, which has been presented to us. There is an inherent irony in the way that existing press photos are converted into new images about what is possibly going on in the world. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists and Contemporary Photography. Waalsekaai 22 2000 Antwerpen ruimte.morguen@gmail.com www.users.telenet.be/morguen 18. March – 22. May
Mr. Make-Do, platform for immaterial matters and exhibition space Tique | art space present ‘Ten Interventions’. During five weeks, artists from multiple disciplines will experiment with the formats performance, exhibition, discussion and presentation. All ‘interventions’ will take place in en around Tique | art space and Studio Palermo. See www.tique-space.com for more information and schedule. Korte Vlierstraat 5 2000 Antwerp info@tique-space.com www.tique-space.com
38 Showroom Sint Lucas Anton Van Hertbruggen Born in 1990, Anton Van Hertbruggen is an illustrator/artist living and working around Antwerp, Belgium. By filtering his fascination for suburban life, nature, Flaming Lips-concerts, zoology and the American West and mixing it up with scenes out of his everyday life, he puts together his own spacious, personal and slightly utopian environments. Most of his works are inspired by nightly bicycle tours. His work has been published in various international magazines and newspapers, such as The Süddeutsche Zeitung, The New York Times, Nobrow, Slanted and The New Yorker. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists. Sint Lucas also takes part in 75MLTPLS at the Born in Antwerp headquarters. Kerkstraat 45 2060 Antwerpen Tel +32 322 36 970 info.sintlucas@kdg.be www.sintlucasantwerpen.be 19. May – 28. May
39 Spaceburo Anne-Marie van Sprang – De sneeuw van de zomer
Hugo Roelandt (1950–2015) was a performer, installation artist and photographer who played a pioneering role in the Antwerp avant-garde of the 1970s and 1980s. This exhibition – the first in a series of two curated by Marc Holthof-is the first opportunity to rediscover Roelandt’s work in over twenty years, and the first stage of The Hugo Roelandt Research Project, a major collaborative research initiative between Objectif Exhibitions, M HKA, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and Argos. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists. Kleine Markt 7 2000 Antwerpen Tel +32 328 84 977 info@objectif-exhibitions.org www.objectif-exhibitions.org 16. April – 04. June
‘Summer Snow’ – Anne-Marie van Sprang’s upcoming project – was inspired by the Antwerp Snow Sculptures of 1511 and 1772. Snow was yet another precious medium for late mediaeval artists and their snow statues were both popular and prestigious. ‘Transforming the space’ and ‘narrativity’ are evident themes in van Sprang’s exhibition. The new book Tonque, on van Sprang’s work, and published by MER. Paper Kunsthalle is available. Jan Palfijnstraat 47 2060 Antwerpen Tel +32 4 68 219 259 mail@spaceburo.be www.spaceburo.be 01. May – 12. June
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Museums Listed here are museums with a (regular) contemporary art program. Please note: the museums keep to their regular opening hours and entry fees. Visit their websites or www.antwerpart.be for details. 41 Cinema Zuid Various artists – An afternoon with Hans Theys Cinema Zuid will show in loop videos made by Hans Theys on his encounters with artists such as Raoul De Keyser, Kati Heck, Luc Tuymans, Panamarenko, Vaast Colson, Dennis Tyfus, Tamara Van San, Rein Dufait and Dries Van Laethem. In collaboration with the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) and M HKA. Extra: Part of The Moving Image Waalsekaai 47 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 242 93 57 info@cinemazuid.be www.cinemazuid.be 22. May 14.00
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Mariken Wessels – Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor Various Artists – Photography Inc. From Luxury Product to Mass Medium With ‘Ukraine’, FOMU brings a comprehensive retrospective of the work of Boris Mikhailov (UKR, °1938) to Belgium. The exhibition assembles over 300 works focused on Mikhailov’s homeland of Ukraine. His depictions, descriptions and distortions of his country date from the 1960s up to the recent Euromaidan revolution in Kiev. ‘Taking Off’ is the story of a failed marriage. Replete with the sexual frustrations and voyeurism that characterised the relationship, the exhibition introduces us to Henry’s obsessions with photography. His wife has lived under his yoke for years, posing for his extravagant nude studies. Mariken Wessels (NL, °1963) acquired the complete collection and reconstructs Henry’s marriage, work and life. Photography Inc. tells the story of photography and the photographic industry from the early years through to the present day. Photography Inc. examines turning points in the technological history of photography and their impact on the user. They’re all here: from the first photographs – daguerreotypes – to today’s selfies. Moreover, all the items on show come from the FOMU collection. Extra: Part of Contemporary Photography Waalsekaai 47 2000 Antwerpen Tel +32 3 24 29 300 info@fomu.be www.fotomuseum.be Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor 04. March – 05. June Photography Inc. From Luxury Product to Mass Medium. 21. Nov – 09. Oct
43 M HKA Museum of contemporary art Antwerp Vaast Colson and Kati Heck – Show me yours and I’ll show you mine Francis Alÿs, Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Gaston Bertrand, Amédée Cortier, Raoul De Keyser, Walter Leblanc, Bernd Lohaus, Guy Mees, Gert Robijns, Timothy Segers, Boy and Erik Stappaerts, Philippe Van Snick, Jef Verheyen en Pieter Vermeersch – The Gap. Abstract art in Belgium. A Selection. Curator: Luc Tuymans. Aslan Gaisumov – IN SITU ‘Show me yours and I’ll show you mine’ includes two solo exhibitions, packaged as a great snapshot of two local artists on the verge of an international breakthrough: Vaast Colson with ‘Still some cream on the screen’ and Kati Heck with ‘Holy Hauruck’. The exhibition is accompanied with a publication that will be presented during the Antwerp Art Weekend. Focusing on the notion of abstraction in twentieth-century and contemporary Belgian art and the varying sources of inf luence and inspiration among the artists of two generations, renowned Belgian painter Luc Tuymans has selected fifteen artists whose work either articulates a relationship to abstraction or takes as its cue the definition of abstraction. In situ is for medium-scale monographic exhibitions by some of the most significant early-and mid-career artists from around the world working today. Aslan Gaisumov is developing an oeuvre that feeds on, but also transforms and transcends, personal and collective memory. Gaisumov is loyal to the culture he was born into, but also willing and able to formulate his own stance towards it. Extra: 22. May, 15.00 presentation publication Kati Heck and Vaast Colson Part of Antwerp Artists and of Books Leuvenstraat 32 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 260 99 99 info@muhka.be www.muhka.be Show me yours and I’ll show you mine. 19. Feb – 29. May The Gap. Abstract art in Belgium. A Selection. 30. Jan – 29. May In situ. 20. May – 28. Aug
44 Middelheimmuseum Peter Rogiers – CLUSTER
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Peter Rogiers is no stranger to the Middelheim Museum. The Belgian artist has been a guest artist there before, and his work is part of the permanent collection. This summer he is displaying new work and key work from previous periods. The exhibition title CLUSTER refers to the combination of specific works and to the mutually reinforcing effect created if the right elements are brought together. Extra: opening event Peter Rogiers. Cluster. Sat 21. May from 12.00 on, speechesat 14.30 Extra: artist talk Peter Rogiers. Sat 21. May, 13.00 at AVL Franchise Unit by Atelier Van Lieshout Middelheimlaan 61 2020 Antwerp Tel +32 3 288 33 60 middelheimmuseum@ stad.antwerpen.be www.middelheimmuseum.be 21. May – 18. Sept
For the Glasses exhibition, Luc Tuymans looks back at his oeuvre thematically for the first time. It includes portraits, both of ‘nameless people’ and of historical figures. These works have never been presented together before! “I have always liked painting glasses. They cause a kind of distortion of the face, which we cannot see directly through glasses. They’re a strange instrument but also an almost universal reality. The banality of glasses takes on a different significance when you paint them.” Luc Tuymans, 2015 Hanzestedenplaats 1 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 338 44 00 MAS@stad.antwerpen.be www.mas.be 13. May –18. Sept
45 MOMU Cristóbal Balenciaga – Game Changers / Reinventing the 20th century silhouette The exhibition ‘Game Changers-Reinventing the 20th century silhouette’ looks at the groundbreaking work of fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga whose innovations in the middle of the 20th century created a radically new silhouettte, in which the body got freedom of movement and architectural volumes created a space around the body Nationalestraat 28 2000 Antwerpen Tel +32 347 02 770 info@momu.be www.momu.be 18. March – 14. Aug
46 KMSKA The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) is closed for renovation until 2019. Selected highlights can be admired at various host venues in and around Antwerp, like the Koningin Fabiolazaal, Museum Rockoxhuis, Stedelijk Museum Lier. Please check www.kmska.be for details.
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48 Red Star Line Museum Sadik Kwaish Alfraji – Ali’s Boat The Red Star Line Museum hosts ‘Ali’s Boat‘ by the Iraqi-Dutch artist Sadik Kwaish Alfraji in 2016. This installation focuses on people’s universal dream to travel, go elsewhere and escape their daily reality. The artist drew inspiration from a letter from Baghdad that contained a drawing made by his 11-year– old nephew Ali. “It doesn’t matter where you live or what you have, you always try to f lee from some conditions of your existence. So the boat of Ali is my boat, your boat, any one of us has this boat. It is a crystal ball that takes us to another place. It is one of our human conditions to escape but we never get it because deeply we want to escape our existence. However, outside of that there is nothing.” Sadik Kwaish Alfraji Montevideostraat 3 2000 Antwerp +32 32 982 770 redstarline@stad.antwerpen.be www.redstarline.be 28. April – 28. Aug
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Pop-up Exhibitions During the Antwerp Art Weekend, many ‘Weekend-only’ exhibitions are on view, so make sure you don’t miss them! These pop-ups vary from a charity auction to group shows at surprising locations, and even a pop-up gallery from Ghent. All of these are free to visit. 49 A City is not a Road Various Artists – A city is not a Road / Artists for Ringland On 22 May 2016 16.00 a benefit auction of exceptional art will take place for Ringland. This citizens-led initiative in Antwerp has been working on a visionary plan to ‘roof over’ the whole of the ring road to untangle a traffic knot, bolster a healthy environment and create a new green urban zone. More than 100 international artists are now contributing to Ringland by sharing a work for the auction. Extra: Auction, Sun 22. May 4 PM Veilinghuis Bernaerts Verlatstraat 20, 2000 Antwerpen Tel +32 3 248 19 21 www.ringland.be/auction 20. May – 22. May
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51 BRDG Mark Titchner and Jeremiah Day – ME HERE NOW (Burning, Too) A collaborative project inspired by Fugazi of Lokaal 01, BRDG, L’édition populaire, and two artists: Mark Titchner and Jeremiah Day.Components of the entire process include: A wall painting and new sound work developed by Mark Titchner, a lightbox and performance of Jeremiah Day accompanied by Bart de Kroon, films and visuals shown at the different locations, a combination of words and music, a call and response, lectures and workshops on the inside outside, a fanzine for local communication, a dialogue on the self-organization of artists. All inspired by the DIY-band fromWashington DC: Fugazi. Bridge under the railways between Oostenstraat and Merca Torstraat 2018, Antwerpen contact.brdg@gmail.com www.brdg.be
54 Next Level Frederic Geurt, Sindy (Elke Van Kerckvoorde and Dieter Durinck), Peter De Meyer, Stief Desmet, Jean Pierre Temmerman, Amber Vanluffelen, Adam Galach, Gijs Waterschoot and Spank Moons, Jef Meyer, Alexandra Phillips – Next Level
Drawings and works on paper by five young and emerging artists. From the miniature to the monumental: drawing is 100% back in full force and is fully accepted as a mature and independent art form. The exhibition is part of the Antwerp Art Weekend, and situated in the heart of the up-and-coming Borgerhout and Berchem contemporary art hub. Extra: CAPS also takes part in Little HISK Ruimte 34 Cobdenstraat 34 2018 Antwerpen Tel +32 495 528 097 paul@c-aps.be www.c-aps.be 19. May – 29. May
53 Little HISK Philip Aguirre y Otegui, Jo Foulon, Geert Goiris, Nick Hullegie, Lien Hüwels, Ariane Loze, William Ludwig Lutgens, Joke Raes, Anne Van Boxelaere, Ruth van Haren Noman – Little HISK Until 2006 the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK) occupied a site in Antwerp’s ‘Groen Kwartier’, a fact well remembered by many of those who live in the city. Now, the last remnant of the old HISK, the gatehouse of the former Military Hospital, is the venue for “Little HISK”, an exhibition that recalls the times before the institute was moved from Antwerp to Ghent. The exhibition presents works by five former and five current HISK students and is curated by Paul Poelmans (CAPS), Eva Steynen (Deviation (s)), Bart Vanderbiesen (Base Alpha Gallery), Sofie Van de Velde (Sofie Van de Velde Gallery) and Ulrike Lindmayr (LLS 387). Gatehouse of the former Military Hospital Extra: 20. May 19.00 – 22.00 food and drinks Hospitaalplein 2018 Antwerpen 19. May – 22. May
Next Level is pleased to invite you to an extraordinary collaboration between eight Antwerp galleries, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Inside the walls of the old Military Hospital, the artists present in situ works. Each work is especially designed for this project, and attempts to accentuate the space. Next level wishes to show you the best of what all these galleries – and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts – have to offer beyond the comfort zone of their own exhibition spaces. With: Galerie Sofie Van de Velde, trampoline, Galerie Geukens and De Vil, NK Gallery, Plus-One Gallery, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Callewaert-Vanlangendonck Gallery, Galerie Schoots+Van Duyse Extra: finissage, Sun 22. May 18.00 – 20.00 PAKT Regine Beerplein 1 Groen Kwartier / oud Militair Hospitaal, Artsen zonder Grenzenstraat 2018 Antwerp 20. May – 22. May
55 Projectruimte Studio Start Darcey Bennett – SKLAVEN (1 – 7) Darcey Bennett is the winner of the STRT Schot prize 2015.Annually an independent jury awards a graduating artist of one of the two art schools in Antwerp (Sint-Lucas Hogeschool Antwerpen en KASKA). The STRT Schot prize is made up of a cash prize of 1750 euro end an exhibition during the next year. STRT Schot is an initiative of Studio Start with the support of Smart. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists Appelstraat 27 2140 Borgerhout Tel +32 494 54 87 03 info@studiostart.be www.studiostart.be 20. May – 22. May
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56 Soft Focus Institute Group show – Make the Art World Great Again The inside joke. The punch line. Critical humor. The term "Make America Great Again" was created in 1979 during a time in which the United States was suffering from a worsening economy at home marked by high unemployment and inf lation. The slogan was spoofed by the media and the entertainment business in various humorous ways. Soft Focus Institute responds with a (not necessarily political) adaption of the the spoof "Make The Art World Great Again". SFI is a shape shifting Center for Artistic Wellbeing of Uninitiated and Devoted Beholders (CAWUDB) that seeks to invigorate the relation between contemporary art and community. It researches expectations and patterns in the art world, striving for an autonomy outside of existing concepts. HUB Rijnkaai 22/201 2000 Antwerpen softfocusinstitute@gmail.com www.softfocusinstitute.space 20. May – 22. May
57 Verloren Ruimte Nel Aerts, Lot Doms, Vedran Kopljar, Sun Li Lian Obwegeser, Mima Schwahn, Sine Van Menxel, Ken Verhoeven – Verloren Ruimte On the occasion of Antwerp Art Weekend, Lot Doms invites Nel Aerts, Vedran Kopljar, Sun Obwegeser, Mima Schwahn, Sine Van Menxel and Ken Verhoeven in her space for a group exhibition. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists. Pieter Jozef Nauwelaertsstraat 34/1 2600 Antwerp-Berchem info@lotdoms.be 20. May – 27. May 23. May – 27. May Open by appointment.
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For 75 years of St Lucas Antwerp we produced 75 art works in an edition of 75 copies at sale for 75 € a copy in order to finance out a non-stop 75 hours long Art Festival in September 2016. 75 new works are available for a symbolic price. If you purchase one or more works, you’ll join a community that has an eye for what is contemporary but also lasting, a community that is sensitive to the motives of artists and designers. See also Showroom Sint Lucas. Extra: Part of Antwerp Artists and Books. Kattendijkdok-Oostkaai 21 2000 Antwerpen info@borninantwerp.be www.borninantwerp.be 20. May – 29. May
52 CAPS Stijn Bastianen, Julie Booms, Lisa Wilkens (UK), Maaike Leyn, Hanne Van Rompaey – Teken aan de wand
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Antwerp Artists This second Antwerp Art Weekend showcases a multitude of Antwerp-based talent from young and emerging artists to internationally acclaimed names, establishing Antwerp as a breeding ground for contemporary art. Listed below is a Listed below is a selection of these artists, exhibiting in Antwerp Art Weekend shows. A RT ISTS
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Luc Deleu and T.O.P. Office Nadia Naveau Koen van den Broek Ysbrant Arpaïs du Bois
Annie Gentils Gallery Base-Alpha Gallery Callewaert-Vanlangendonck Gallery De Zwarte Panter Fifty One at Central Periphery, De Studio Galerie Verbeeck-Van Dyck Plus-One Gallery Tim Van Laere Gallery Valerie Traan Zeno X Gallery M HKA MAS Studio Start AIR Antwerpen LLS 387 ruimte voor actuele kunst Maurice Verbaet Art Center Objectif Exhibitions Panache Towers Ruimte Morguen
Filip van Roe Sergio De Beukelaer Ben Sledsens Unfold Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven Vaast Colson and Kati Heck Luc Tuymans STRT Kit #1 Ultra Eczema Floris Vanhoof Paul Van Hoeydonck Hugo Roelandt Jan Kempenaars Marc Schepers Amber Vanluffelen, Adam Galach, Gijs Waterschoot and Spank Moons Anton Van Hertbruggen Various artists, 75 MLTPLS Darcey Bennett Nel Aerts, Lot Doms,Vedran Kopljar, Sine Van Menxel and Ken Verhoeven Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx and Tom Volkaert
KASKA at Next Level Showroom Sint Lucas Born in Antwerp Headquarters Projectruimte Studio Start Verloren Ruimte Hole Of The Fox
Contemporary Photography Throughout the years photography has become an established part of contemporary visual art. The Contemporary Photography Route not only includes venues specialized in photography, but also other art spaces showing photography – based works during the Antwerp Art Weekend. Listed below are exhibitions focusing mainly on photography, or photography-based art. A RT ISTS
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Boris Mikhailov, Mariken Wessels Markus Brunetti Frederique van Rijn Filip van Roe Sarah Van Marcke and Kumi Oguro Wolf Suschitzky Daisuke Yokota Antony Cairns Hanne van der Woude Jan Kempenaars Marc Schepers
FOMU Photomuseum Axel Vervoordt Gallery De Zwarte Panter Galerie Verbeeck-Van Dyck IBASHO Gallery Ingrid Deuss Gallery Stieglitz 19 Stieglitz 19 pop-up Van der Mieden Gallery Panache Towers Ruimte Morguen
The Moving Image Tired of walking from one exhibition to another? Listed here are video – and time based art programs, varying from multimedia installations to continuous video screenings. Nassermann Galerie Annette de Keyser Floris Vanhoof LLS 387 ruimte voor actuele kunst HISK Studio Large, DE Studio, screening continuously Hans Theys/Various artists Cinema Zuid, screening continuously on 22. May from 14.00 Landscape and architecture Cellar space, DE Studio, on view continuously
BOOKS Book sales, edition launches, book presentations, and art books related events or locations. De Zwarte Panter 20. May, 18.00 Ysbrant book signing and live drawing Galerie Geukens and De Vil ‘Backlight’ catalogue launch Zeno X Gallery Gallery book and catalogue sales Tique Editions and artist’s books Born in Antwerp Headquarters 75 MLTPLS DE Studio 21. May, 20.00, Magazine launch by Objectif Exhibitions, Annie Gentils Gallery, mariondecannière artspace, Panache, Pulsar
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FoMu Fotomuseum M HKA 22. May, 15.00 publication presentation Heck/Colson Extra City Kunsthal SPE CI A L I Z E D A RT BO OK STOR E S
Copyright bookshop Nationalestraat 28 A, 2000 Antwerp Demian Hendrik Conscienceplein 16 – 18, 2000 Antwerp
Antwerp Art Weekend and The Antwerp Museum App You can use the brand new Museum App to help you Antwerp’s exhibition spaces and museums are veritable treasure chambers of art and history. Now you can download the free Antwerp Museum App to discover all these treasures. Choose one of the ready-made tours or take a closer look at an artwork that catches your eye. Check out the amazing collections, pick your favorite tours or works and share them with your friends. New tours and walks are added regularly so you can be sure that there is always something new to explore and discover. Enjoy! Available for free in your app store. More info at www.antwerpmuseumapp.com
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Calendar Antwerp Art Weekend PRE-WEEKEND EVENTS Thursday 9. May 14.00 –18.00 Little HISK Preview
Saturday 21. May
EXTRA EVENTS Friday 20. May 12.00 –18.00 All Antwerp Art Weekend Exhibitions are open
Sunday 22. May
12:00-18:00 18.00 –22.00 All Antwerp Art Weekend Exhibitions are open
12.00 –18.00 All Antwerp Art Weekend Exhibitions are open
19.00 M HKA Artist talk Perry Roberts, courtesy Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
12.00 IBASHO Gallery Opening Sarah van Marcke, Kumi Oguro
14.00 Middelheimmuseum Artist talk Peter Rogiers at AVL Franchise Unit
12.00 –17.00 DE Studio Antwerp Art Weekend Lectures In dialogue with
19.00 Showroom Sint Lucas Opening Anton Van Hertbruggen
12.00 Hole Of The Fox Opening For Granted, group show
14.00 Extra City Kunsthal Free guided tour
14.00 Cinema Zuid An afternoon with Hans Theys, screening
19.30 Panache Towers Opening Jan Kempenaers, Jerry Galle
18.00 –22.00 Antwerp Art Weekend opening night All galleries, art spaces and pop-up exhibitions are open
14.30 –23.00 Middelheimmuseum festive opening Peter Rogiers’ CLUSTER
18.00 De Zwarte Panter Ysbrant publication autograph and Drawing session
16.00 Mariondecannière artspace Artist talk Peter Buggenhout
18.00 NK Gallery Opening Didier Mahieu 18.00 Tique Opening Mr. Makedo x Tique art space: Ten Interventions
20.00 DE Studio Magazine launch by Objectif Exhibitions, Annie Gentils Gallery, mariondecannière artspace, Panache, Pulsar 21.00 – 06.00 DE Studio DE Studio, Night of the Visual Arts / Nacht van de Beeldende Kunst
14.00 Extra City Kunsthal Free guided tour 15.00 M HKA Publication launch Kati Heck and Vaast Colson 15.00 NK Gallery Performance by Didier Mahieu 16.00 A City is not a Road Auction at Veilinghuis Bernaerts 16.00 Extra City Kunsthal Artist talk and edition launch Joke Van den Heuvel, Koen Sels, Nikolaas Demoen
19.00 Little HISK Food and drinks
17.00 Extra City Kunsthal Musical performance by zoute vis
21.00 Extra City Kunsthal Concert Mathieu Serruys
18.00 –20.00 Next Level Finissage
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18.00 DMW Art Space Opening GOGOGOGO, group show
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Practical information How to get from one place to another, where to stay, and other useful information. HOW TO GET TO ANTWERP? Antwerp is conveniently located between Brussels, Paris, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, London, and Cologne. BY TRAIN TO ANTWERP CENTRAL STATION Plan your train trip through www.b-europe.com/Travel 40 minutes from Brussels Central Station 1 hour from Rotterdam Central Station, or only 30 minutes by Thalys high-speed train 2 hours from Amsterdam Central Station, or only 1:15 hrs by Thalys high-speed train 2 hours from Paris by Thalys high-speed train 3 hours from Cologne by Thalys high-speed train
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BY CAR TO THE ANTWERP CITY CENTER Park and rides (P+R) free parking just outside the city, close to an excellent public transport system. You can find all P+R’s here. Free parking (when available) Scheldekaaien Sint-Michielskaai, Cockerillkaai and De Gerlachekaai Gedempte Zuiderdokken Waalsekaai en Vlaamsekaai Pidpa at Desguinlei BY PLANE There’s a one-hour direct flight from London City airport to Deurne Airport. Cityjet flies from Antwerp to London City 4 times a day with excellent connections to the rest of Europe. From Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport and Zaventem (Brussels) Airport direct trains stop at Antwerp Central and Antwerp Berchem stations.
WHERE TO STAY? Recommended places
HOW TO GET AROUND IN ANTWERP? Antwerp is a pocket-sized city. Many of the attractions are within walking or biking distance of each other. Another way of getting around the city is on the trams and buses of De Lijn. Antwerp has an excellent public transport system, taking you from one cluster of art spaces to the next epicenter of galleries. Next to this, you can use a city bike, the Velo. VELO www.velo-antwerpen.be Move fast within the Singel of Antwerp and on Linkeroever with the bikes from Velo Antwerpen. Velo also has a free app, availavle for iOS and Android. With a day pass, week pass or year card you can make short rides between the different Velo-stations. Read all about it, and find all Velo stations on the website. A day pass is only 3,90 Eur. Use the bike for a whole week for 9 Eur. TRAM AND BUS www.delijn.be Plan your route on their website, or via their free app. Tip: buy your tram or bus ticket in a point of pre-sale (newsagent’s, supermarket, the vending machines at the various stops or in the visitor centres of Visit Antwerp), where tickets are cheaper. You can also buy an Antwerp City Card, which includes the use of public transport in the city for the time your card is valid.
ENTRY FEES Admission
DE WITTE LELIE **** Keizerstraat 16 2000 Antwerp Tel. +32 3 226 19 66 www.dewittelelie.be
All exhibition programmes in our galleries and most art spaces are free to visit during the general Antwerp Art Weekend opening ours. However as a rule, there are exceptions.
HOTEL JULIEN **** Korte Nieuwstraat 24 2000 Antwerp Tel. + 32 3 229 06 00 www.hotel-julien.com
M HKA Standard 60+ years Groups of 10 people or more Students Those seeking employment The physically challenged and their escorts Members of the NICC Inhabitants of Antwerp – 13 years, Friends of the M HKA, ICOM, CIMAM, Antwerp City Card History on the stairs to M HKAFE, M HKAFE and roof terrace. LATT 5th and 6th floor via history 11:00 – 18:00
TRYP BY WYNDHAM ANTWERP HOTEL *** The budget-friendly Tryp Hotel has special arrangements for cultural organizations, such as galleries, art spaces and museums. Plantin en Moretuslei 136 2018 Antwerp Tel. +32 32 71 07 00 www.trypantwerp.com CAMPING DE MOLEN Jachthavenweg 6 2050 Antwerpen-Linkeroever Tel. +32 3 219 81 79 www.camping–de–molen.be AIR BNB www.airbnb.be/s/Antwerpen
FOMU FOTOMUSEUM AND MOMU MODEMUSEUM Standard Discount fee – 26 years – 18 years 10:00 – 18:00
10 Eur. 5 Eur. 5 Eur. 5 Eur. 5 Eur. 5 Eur. 5 Eur. 5 Eur.
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8 Eur. 6 Eur. 3 Eur. Free
MAS Standard 10 Eur. 12 – 25 years 8 Eur. +65 years 8 Eur. Groups 8 Eur. minimum 12 people (the fee for groups of minimum 12 people cannot be combined with other discounts) Card holders 8 Eur. for temporary exhibition, exchange A-card for digital discount voucher Storage (2nd storey) – 12 years, attendants of people with a handicap, Card holders Free Boulevard Free panorama and exhibition in the Visible 10:00 – 18:00, Fri – 17:00
TAXI & CHAUFFEURS SERVICES Download the taxi app for Europe, or call Antwerp Tax on Tel. +32 3 238 38 38.
RED STAR LINE MUSEUM Standard 8 Eur. +65 years 6 Eur. Groups 6 Eur. Annual ticket holders 6 Eur. membership to the Davidsfonds 12 – 26 years 6 Eur. – 12 years, School groups with escort, city guides, attendants of people with a handicap Free Annual ticket holders Free Antwerp City Card, ICOM, Friends of Antwerp Museums, teacher ID issued by Klasse, A card Omnio, Antwerp residents with an A card, press ID card 10:00 – 17:00 MAURICE VERBAET ART CENTER Art Center Gallery and stair case gallery
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