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CONTENTS

INSIDE THE FAIR 8 12 20 23 39 44

GALLERIES / SECTIONS SOLO SHOWS CURATOR’S VIEW THE STAGE THE CINEMA ARTISTIC PROJECTS

OUTSIDE THE FAIR 64 68 71 79 87

GALLERY NIGHT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS MUSEUMS AND ART CENTRES IN BRUSSELS MUSEUMS AND ART CENTRES IN BELGIUM RESTAURANTS, BARS & SHOPPING

Left: Designed by Andrea Galiazzo, HISK laureate (Ghent). Winner of the competition for the Bosteels advertisement.

Welcome to Art Brussels 2014 We are delighted to welcome you to the 32nd edition of Art Brussels that takes place from Thursday April 24th to Sunday April 27th. 190 galleries from 27 countries present works by more than 2,000 artists, offering a broad overview of international contemporary art. This year, the fair boasts a renewed artistic programme devised by the artistic director Katerina Gregos that includes: •

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An exclusive exhibition entitled Portrait of the Collector as a Work of Art: An Intimate Journey, which brings together highlights from the collections of the Art Brussels’ Collectors Committee, comprised of some of the most outstanding Belgian collectors, with the partnership of Louis Vuitton and the additional support of Anglo Belge Special Risks. An exciting programme of talks and debates featuring a wide range of international artists, curators, thinkers and gallerists, that will take place on THE STAGE, the discursive heart of the fair (Hall 3). THE CINEMA: a specially designed structure featuring short videos and films by contemporary artists (Hall 1). A special exhibition entitled Missed Chances at the stand of the National Lottery (Hall 3) on the theme of games of chance. A new scenography and design conceived of by ONO Architectuur. The HISK Café, a unique fixture at Art Brussels which doubles up as a bar but also a special artistic project, conceived of by the 23 artists currently resident at HISK – The Higher Institute for Fine Arts Ghent; this year, with another surprising ‘menu’. Presentations of the most exciting Belgian not-for-profit spaces And a strong selection of upcoming and young galleries, in addition to established classics, reinforcing Art Brussels’ profile as a ‘discovery’ fair.

Combined with a rich and wide ranging OFF programme in the heart of Europe’s most up-coming art city, which includes visits to private collections, and many collaborations with private and public cultural institutions, Art Brussels is once again the focal point on the European art calendar, welcoming more than 30,000 professionals, collectors and art lovers from Belgium and abroad.

inside the fair

PRIME

galleries

FIRST

Not-for-profit spaces

supported by Swatch

SOLO

solo Office Baroque – 1B-19 Catharine Ahearn www.officebaroque.com

solo

Galerie Christian Lethert – 3A-28 Rana Begum Rana Begum presents three main bodies of work, including sculptures and paintings on MDF. Begum’s visual vocabulary is influenced by minimalism as well as by colourful Islamic art and architecture. Her work is crystalline, pure and hard-edged. It invites the viewer to walk around it as an active rather than a passive observer.

supported by Pirelli

www.christianlethert.com

Battat Contemporary – 3D-36 Patrick Bernatchez The presentation features: a large-format etched mirror or tinted Plexiglas on inkjet print; 77k-1er mouvement, an eight-minute segment from the Lost in Time series displayed using an old film projector and BW, a millennia-calculating wristwatch created in collaboration with the Swiss watchmaker Roman Winiger. www.battatcontemporary.com

Christian Ehrentraut – 3D-32 Andreas Blank The booth appears unfinished, with works still in their transport packaging. On closer inspection, the objects are actually hand-carved stone sculptures. Andreas Blank’s work plays with our expectations and renders the everyday monumental. These works both comment on their status as mobile objects in the art world and celebrate their materiality. www.christianehrentraut.com

Galerie Anita Beckers – 3D-27 The Old Boy’s Club The art of Katya Bonnenfant aka the Old Boy’s Club approaches ideas of desire and judgement with humour and a lightness of mood. La Destitution de la jeune fille is a direct response to a 2001 book by

Tiqqun, a French writers’ collective. Amidst a landscape of chaos and confusion, masked creatures wage war against commodity culture and empty existence.

it as all-pervasive and banal.

www.galerie-beckers.de

Gladstone Gallery – 1B-16 Claudia Comte Claudia Comte often uses the zigzag: an archetypal form used since Paleolithic times and painted on the pottery of every continent. Comte’s practice moves from low culture to high art and back again, and has a relationship with nature and manual expertise, as well as with modernism and cartoon imagery.

Albert Baronian – 1C-28 David Brian Smith David Brian Smith presents new paintings from his ongoing series of ‘shepherd paintings’. Smith is inspired by the English countryside as well as Andy Warhol’s idea of ‘seriality’. His paintings are often based on found photographs, and they draw from diverse influences including Henri Rousseau, Gustav Klimt and the nineteenth-century Ruralists. www.albertbaronian.com

Hopstreet Gallery – 3C-34 Thorsten Brinkmann Thorsten Brinkmann’s photographic self-portraits turn the genre upside down. His work re-deploys everyday objects as well as discarded items found in bulk waste collection bins – clothes, bottles, flower pots and shelves. Brinkmann introduces these common items into the art context, putting high culture and the everyday on an equal footing. www.hopstreet.be

Rossicontemporary – 3B-41 Romain Cadilhon In the solo show An Eagle In Your Mind, Romain Cadilhon presents The Liminals, a new series of drawings related to the subject of light. Cadilhon also presents large charcoal drawings related to casts of Auguste Rodin, and a series of images of his studio exploring the genres of still life and interiors. www.rossicontemporary.be

Horton Gallery – 3A-10 Michael Cline Michael Cline works in a range of media including painting, drawing and sculpture. Pastel tones serve as a serene mask from behind which he takes on the role of narrator, reporting violence, transition and tumult in America. Cline confronts themes of sin and expiation, exposing

www.hortongallery.com

www.gladstonegallery.com

Tatjana Pieters – 3A-34 Anneke Eussen As a new work for the Art Brussels Solo Project, this installation continues Eussen's series of works based on architecture. She considers her site-specific installation at Art Brussels as an asset. The architecture of the fair is in itself a temporary stage and will not influence the sculptures as being architecture. www.tatjanapieters.com

GRIMMUSEUM – 3A-18 Andrés Galeano Andrés Galeano’s Unknown Photographers is a photomontage series created using found snapshots. Galeano’s images reveal mankind’s fascination with the idea of flying or of leaving the ground for a short while. The artist does not discriminate between pictures, and each is an eloquent testimony to our desire to briefly inhabit the air. www.grimmuseum.com

s o b e r i n g – 3C-16 Marco Godinho For Marco Godinho, the complex meandering and failures of memory are a source of inspiration. Ideas about culture, geography, language, habitat, and personal and collective stories are mixed together. Each of his interventions is based on precise observations, incorporating notions of time and movement that are recurrent in the artist’s work. www.soberinggalerie.com

Martin Kudlek – 3D-16 Alexander Gorlizki Alexander Gorlizki presents a ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ in the booth. The presentation features new works on paper and sculptural objects, as well as an overall wallpaper and carpeting design. While the space is ‘baroque’ and ‘surreal’, his works on paper are painted in an extremely detailed miniature style.

Galerija Vartai – 3A-03 Zilvinas Kempinas Zilvinas Kempinas is known for installations that invite the viewer to participate in them. In many of his works, Kempinas utilises his signature material, unwound magnetic tape. As a ‘line in space’ these magnetic tape works expand the boundaries of what drawing can be. www.galerijavartai.lt

www.kudlek.com

Praz-Delavallade – 1D-15 Gabriel Hartley Light is a consistent subject matter in Gabriel Hartley’s paintings. From references to J.M.W. Turner to digital imagery, a history of light effects is evident in these paintings. Thickly applied oil paint is scraped, scored, cut and allowed to congeal. This presentation features canvasses and sculptures in dialogue with one another.

Polka – 1C-53 William Klein This is a survey of William Klein’s early period, which had a tremendous impact on photography of the twentieth century. In the early 1950s, Klein produced a series of abstract images using flashlights and darkroom techniques. In 1958 he made the film Broadway by Light, which is shown in the booth. www.polkagalerie.com

www.praz-delavallade.com

Marlborough Contemporary – 1A-18 Diango Hernández A Plexiglas sheet has been installed transversally, cutting a plinth and a table in two halves. On the plinth is a sculpture by Florencio Gelabert (1904–1995) and on the table is a small drawing by Blanco Lopez. Diango Hernández has cut a hole in the wall revealing the art fair beyond. www.marlboroughcontemporary.com

Galerie Transit 3D-07 Nikita Kadan The subject of the series of works by Nikita Kadan presented here is the Soviet ‘sun’ grid (the metal grills that cover some windows), which is still actively present in many post-socialist city environments. The grid represents totalitarian oppression and the utopian horizon of socialism. Since the collapse of the Soviet state, public and private spaces in these cities have changed radically.

Kevin Kavanagh – 3B-42 Nevan Lahart The exhibition Serf Vice Paintings by Nevan Lahart includes oil-oncanvas works depicting the role of the artist and patron in art history and the artist within the market today. The stand will act as both a capsule of history and a questioning of contemporary art and politics. www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie

Jérôme Poggi – 3A-33 Wesley Meuris This presentation is a continuation of Wesley Meuris’s first solo show at Galerie Jérôme Poggi. Working in different media, Meuris questions exhibition structures and the specific context of the fair. All the works are part of his FEAK (Foundation for Exhibiting Art and Knowledge) project: a fictional foundation that collects, loans and produces exhibitions. www.galeriepoggi.com

www.transit.be

ProjecteSD – 3C-24 Marc Nagtzaam Marc Nagtzaam’s solo exhibition features a constellation of new works. The booth juxtaposes a wall drawing and a selection of drawings on paper. A drawing depicting an exhibition space covers the three walls of the booth. A selection of new graphite-on-paper works is carefully displayed on top of this ‘background’. www.projectesd.com

Krinzinger – 1C-26 Goran Petercol In Goran Petercol’s words: ‘It is characteristic of the first Symmetries series (2007–2009) that, within various objects, I found forms to which I symmetrically added the same forms. […] For example, I cast the inner shape of a cup in concrete and put it next to the cup in a symmetrical relation. […]’ (G.P.) www.galerie-krinzinger.at

Rowing – 3B-19 Heather Phillipson In Heather Phillipson’s solo presentation, the booth becomes a ‘wet room’. However, no water is involved: everything is painted. The visitor navigates elements of a set: cut-out mouths, painted tears, a makeshift beach. A video is shown that mimics this ‘liquid’ space. Shot within a painted set, the video deploys dribbles, glitches and audio-visual overlays. www.rowingprojects.com

Alberta Pane – 3D-40 Esther Stocker ‘I want to combine sculptures with painting: structural works with interruptions in geometry. To be more specific: systems that show both order and disorder at the same time. I want forms to become free of our expectations. We seem constrained by the things we know, and this can restrict our imagination. […]’ (E.S.) www.galeriealbertapane.com

Alice – 3A-43 Boris Tellegen Boris Tellegen’s project consists of a suspending volume that measures approximately 1.5 metres cubed. It is constructed of multiple layers of lightweight building and insulation elements. The object is spray painted in such a way that the contours appear dematerialized. These fragments of coloured architectural forms suggest numerous references – the geological strata of the earth, the accumulated layers of recycling, the angular forms of De Stijl, as well as the leftovers of a contemporary art fair. www.alicebxl.com

Galerie Nathalie Obadia – 1C-04 Joris Van de Moortel 'Brussels? Something greasy, something to wear on your hair instead of stick it in your mind, but I’m sure it will be stuck after visiting the fair booth – fairies wear boots, you got to believe me. So let’s go; I start building a studio inside the studio and build the in-, out-, up- & downside […]' (J.V.d.M.) www.galerie-obadia.com

CONRADS – 3B-33 Anna Vogel In Anna Vogel’s work snippets from her own past meet abstract fragments of thought to generate new highly individual motifs. Areas on the image painted over or cut out draw attention to incongruous, even irritating details - but not without a sense of humour in combining staged photographs with seemingly random image material into photographic forays that remain wide open to interpretation. Vogel has created a new set of works for Art Brussels 2014. www.galerieconrads.de

Galerist – 1A-09 Nil Yalter Since the 1960s, Nil Yalter has redefined political, aesthetic and patriarchal narratives. Ambassadress (1978) is an installation that focuses on a white satin evening gown owned by the wife of an ambassador. The video focuses on the details of the dress, while silver gelatine prints and drawings reflect on the dress’s owner. www.galerist.com.tr

curator's view

Sorry We’re Closed Gallery 1D-03 Plaster Mind Curated by Sébastien Janssen. Plaster has been considered an alchemical material since prehistory. It is easy to knead when wet, and to polish when it has set. It has been used to create every day and artistic objects, from Ancient Egyptian sculptures to works by Jean-Antoine Houdon and Franz West, Urs Fischer, Hans Arp and Adam McCollum. Plaster Mind contains work by a wide variety of artists employing plaster. www.sorrywereclosed.com

Galerie Transit 3D-07 Spin Doctor Curated by Johan Creten. In the exhibition Spin Doctor, artist Johan Creten presents his personal selection of six artists from Transit gallery: three painters (Luc Dondeyne, Virginie Bailly and Joris Ghekiere), and three sculptors (Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Thomas Raat) alongside his own work. Creten is inventive in his approach to exhibiting work, by bringing together artworks from different origins and juxtaposing them in unexpected ways. www.transit.be

Axel Vervoordt Gallery 1C-39 From Here to Elsewhere Curated by Joël Benzakin. From Here to Elsewhere, reflects on the intensified time and space of the art fair. It will seek to ‘transport’ visitors into a place of quietude, fostering time for contemplation of the works and the relations between them. In this way, it addresses notions such as timelessness, perception, as well as visual and mental horizons. www.axel-vervoordt.com

Ex Elettrofonica Gallery 3D-08 Landscape as a social system Curated by Lucrezia Cippitelli. Ex Elettrofonica presents a dialogue between the works of three artists: Michela de Mattei, Margherita Moscardini and Leonid Tsvetkov. The exhibition raises issues related to landscape, the environment, architecture, urban planning, and man’s intervention in nature. www.exelettrofonica.com

Galerie Eva Hober 3C-37 At the Dawn of Metamorphosis Curated by Léa Bismuth. At the Dawn of Metamorphosis will be conceived as a magnified passage between worlds, taking the shape of a story told to collectors and visitors of the contemporary art fair. On the floor of the booth is a black-and-white trompe-l’œil of a dense forest by Jérôme Zonder. Also on view are Patrick Neu’s watercolours of blooming irises, which he has painted each spring since the early 1990s, and Nicolas Darrot’s animated sculpture of a praying mantis, which references Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase (1912).

the stage Entrance Hall 3

www.evahober.com

mariondecannière 3A-44 Public Intimacy Curated by Simon Delobel. Public Intimacy, curated by Simon Delobel, is an exhibition that draws on contemporary concerns for privacy. The booth’s interior is visible through Plexiglas walls and doors. Inside, two-way mirrors create a false sense of privacy. Works include a monumental sculpture by Anton Cotteleer, a wall text work by Savage and Bors & Ritiu’s No CCTV. www.mariondecanniere.com

Thursday 24th APRIL Pompidou 5.00 – 6.00 pm

Speakers Joost Declercq, director, Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum, Deurle; Mimi Dusselier, collector, Meulebeke; Cédric Liénart de Jeude, collector, Brussels; Christine Vendredi-Auzanneau, Head for Art and Culture, Louis Vuitton, Paris

Klara live studio at Art Brussels with Chantal Pattyn

Moderated by Beatrix Ruf, director and chief curator, Kunsthalle Zurich

FRIDAY 25th APRIL

Changing City Dynamics and Visual Arts: Beyond the Hype – Antwerp, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne 2.30 – 3.30 pm

Collecting Part I: How Do We Collect? 1.00 – 2.00 pm Collectors are the cornerstones of art fairs – they account for a large part of the art fair’s economy and have an important role in sustaining it, as well as the galleries and artists whose livelihood depend on it. The function of the private collector and the art fair and the art market, in general, are inextricably intertwined. This panel takes its cue from Art Brussels’ flagship exhibition at the fair for 2014, entitled Portrait of the Collector as a Work of Art: An Intimate Journey. Members of the Art Brussels Collectors Committee – which includes some of Belgium’s foremost collectors – have each been invited to choose one work of art that they feel best expresses their personality and their individual artistic preferences, thus engaging in a kind of self-portraiture while also highlighting the personal and subjective elements that largely determine the practice of collecting. Taking the exhibition as its point of departure, the panel aims to spotlight the collecting practices of individual collectors. What motivates them to collect? How do they build their collections? What criteria do they employ? What do they look out for? What are their responsibilities vis-à-vis artists? How does the process of collecting evolve through the years? In these times of image-overload, and with the rapid expansion of the art world, what advice would these collectors give younger and aspiring collectors?

Portrait of the Collector as a Work of Art runs from the 24th to the 27th of April in a specially conceived space in the VIP Lounge at the mezzanine of Hall 3.

The visual arts reflect on, and are part of, the ever-changing dynamics of the city: a mix of economies, politics, urbanism, media and hype. Artists and curators are attracted to a city’s available spaces, in which professionals meet and share ideas. Private galleries are interested in the city’s available market. Cities rise and fall. They experience a temporary influx of important art professionals who are hired for a short time, and private galleries and collectors who move between cities. But what’s hot today might not be tomorrow. How can one redirect these energies to invest in long-term and stable initiatives? How can one build a strong, durable connection between art and the city? How can neighbouring cities benefit from each other? Taking the paradigms of Antwerp, Berlin, Brussels and Cologne as examples of ‘art cities’ – the panel aims to address all these questions. Speakers Eric Corijn, cultural philosopher, social scientist and professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the Free University of Brussels; Dr. Brigitte Franzen, director, Ludwig Forum Aachen; Martin Germann, senior curator, S.M.A.K., Ghent; Erika Hock, artist, Brussels; Anna Tilroe, art critic & curator, Amsterdam Moderated by Lieven De Cauter, philosopher, art historian, writer, and professor of philosophy of culture at the Department of Architecture of the University of Leuven, LUCA and RITS, School of Arts Co-organized by BAM – The Flemish Institute for Audio Visual Art and Art Brussels.

Collecting Part II: Acquiring Film and Video: What/How Do We Own? 4.00 – 5.00 pm Artists’ moving image works are ubiquitous. They exist as limited editions for private and public collections while having distribution rights for presentation in cinemas and exhibition spaces. Yet the same piece can be exhibited in any of those places at the same time. The entrance of audio-visual works into the art market significantly challenged art’s prevailing fetishism towards the original work of art. However, their current existence across the regimes of art and cinema – with their differentiated value systems and modes of distribution – calls for a further reassessment of what is at stake in collecting any form of moving image art. Does ‘property’ mean privatizing the rights, i.e. the right to presenting and distributing the work? Is ‘owning’ a key issue when collecting? How present is the fetish of the original in collecting film or video, and how does this collide with the notion of the reproducibility of moving-image works? Does film and video challenge the very notion of property in relation to collecting? Could artists’ moving image contribute to re-thinking the value of collecting? Speakers Benjamin Cook, curator and founding director of LUX, London; Haro Cumbusyan, founder of collectorspace, New York; Beatrice Gibson, artist, London; Chris Hammond, gallerist/director, MOTINTERNATIONAL, London / Brussels; Andrea Lissoni, Film and International Art curator, Tate Modern, London

Part I: The School of Awareness 5.30 – 7.00 pm

The School of Awareness is a discussion model for three artists and one curator as discussion partner. Its aim is to explore the multiple meanings of an artwork and to probe an artist’s practice in greater depth. Can we still trust our intuition and our eyes in times where speculation and market-oriented strategies are, more than ever, dictating what is good, bad or valuable? The School of Awareness moves beyond the visual ‘scanning’ that often takes place within the context of the exhibitionevent and goes back to the basics of really focusing on art. It aims to provide us with tools to awaken our ‘natural’ perception and sharpen our powers of looking. In this series of discussions, artists are invited to discuss their own work in the fair, as well as outside it, by selecting some key paradigms of their practice. The selected works may address a variety of formal or topical issues, but the aim will always be to deepen the mechanisms of how we look at and understand art. The School of Awareness will offer one ‘class’ for each day of the fair and will bring around the table both emerging and established artists. The School of Awareness is conceived by the Munich-based independent curator Erno Vroonen, who will moderate the discussion. Speakers Judith Braun, artist, New York; Diango Hernández, artist, Düsseldorf; David Brian Smith, artist, London

Moderated by Anna Manubens, curator, Auguste Orts, Brussels

SATURDAY 26th APRIL Collecting Part III: The Collector as Producer 12:30 – 1.30 pm When it comes to the production of art works today, more and more different actors are implicated. Apart from gallery financing, new sources need to be found, particularly as public subsidies are declining. Thus, other stakeholders enter the field of art production. Collectors, for example, have an important stake in the development of artists’ careers. As well as buying existing art works, they financially support new works by artists they believe in, or become involved in commissioning projects, thus on occasion outstepping their conventional role. Taking the exhibition Out of Character held at CAB in Brussels as a reference point, this panel interrogates the relationship between the private collector and artistic production. In the exhibition, eight artists have been supported financially by eight collectors, to realize one or more new works. This panel discussion will probe this lesser know aspect of private collecting: that of being directly implicated in artistic production. How do the collectors see this process? To what extent are they involved? What drew them to engage with artistic production? What are their responsibilities, if any? How do they see this aspect of patronage as different to other forms of collecting? And from the perspective of the artist, how do they negotiate this relationship? Finally, in increasingly difficult economic times, how and where do artists tap into other channels of production financing? Speakers Brigitte Bloksma, head of Van Eyck Mirror at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht & artistic director at iArts, Zuyd University, Maastricht; Rodrigo Bueno, artist, Sao Paolo; Frédéric de Goldschmidt, collector, Brussels; Sandra Mulliez, founder/director SAM Art Projects, Paris; Stijn Maes, independent curator, coordinator O.C.A.M. Antwerp, and coordinator Visual Arts at MAD-Faculty, Hasselt;

The Role of the Gallery, Beyond Commerce: Towards a New Paradigm of Appreciation 2.00 – 5.00 pm (3 sessions) The contemporary art gallery is often predominantly characterised, overshadowed – and regarded by – it’s commercial role. In the media, sensational sales constantly overshadow a discussion about the important role galleries, both large and small, play in terms of artistic production, generating knowledge, presenting and developing art. Sales figures often conceal or gloss over that which precedes inflated auction results. Mega-galleries and star dealers tend to dominate the art press with their increasingly super-sized venues, but we tend to overlook the smaller committed players, and the precise decisions a gallerist makes when he or she has chosen to promote and support an artist. In many recent discussions, concerns have been expressed about the sustainability of ‘mid-size’ galleries, who seem to face the biggest threat in the new commercial eco-system. Still, these debates seem to mostly focus on market forces, and matters of actual ‘practice’ remain unmentioned, or at best sidelined. In this series of discussions we attempt to remove ourselves from the media frenzy surrounding the commercial aspects of a gallery and talk about what it is a gallery actually does, beyond its role in selling art. In three dynamic panels we explore the nuts and bolts of gallery life and the role galleries play in curating, producing, supporting artists, generating discourse, and sharing the work with a public. Co-organized by De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, BAM – The Flemish Institute for Audio Visual Art, Ghent, and Art Brussels.

Moderated by Ann Demeester, director, Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen, Haarlem.

Part I: Private Meets Public: To Whom Are We Indebted? The Fiction of Financial Independence – Can We Make It On Our Own? 2.00 – 2.45 pm The sphere of the gallery is one where symbolical and monetary value is attributed and collides. Although the commercial gallery may thrive as a private operation, there is always a public interest at play. We often tend to forget that all commercial galleries can be visited for absolutely free (in stark contrast to many publicly funded institutions). Collaborations with public partners in production, presentation or sales, and mixed-financial structures, play a part in defining the scope and abilities of the gallery’s activities, as well as an understanding of whose interests should be best defended. How do galleries navigate these pathways between artists, public and private collections, and the public? Although we like to approach the private and public realm as distinctively separate geographies, its boundaries are fluid and, frequently, intertwined. Examples of co-productions are abundant and few exhibitions come into being without support from commercial galleries. This might be mistakenly taken as a form of unwanted financial dependence. But do the galleries also need the support of the public sphere to create careers for their artists? How does this fragile arts ecology play out? Speakers: Victor Gisler, gallerist/director, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich; Stella Lohaus, archivist, curator and one of the founders of HELD, Antwerp; Nathaniel Pitt, artist, gallerist, curator and director of Division of Labour and PITT projects, Worcester; Jonas Žakaitis, curator, editor and writer, Vilnius.

Part II: The Production of Content in the Gallery Space 3.00 – 3.45 pm Gallery owners are often partners in intellectual production. They create a space in which thoughts can become public and grow. Their own agendas become articulated through the practices they represent and very often they put forth relevant curatorial positions and generate challenging presentations. How do galleries effectuate their own curatorial agendas? What is the added value and responsibility? What is their role in the production of discourse and how do they deploy alternative methods to the general orthodoxy of gallery language (the customary press release)? How does the freedom of certain galleries beyond commercial or administrative considerations manifest itself in experimental practices, in terms of presentation, publishing or production? Is it their role to make public practices that, subsequently, may become part of the museum’s discourses? Or are they capable of engineering discourse on their own? Are their curatorial efforts valued differently as a result of the private interests at play? Speakers Marie José Burki, artist, Brussels; JJ Charlesworth, art critic and associate editor of ArtReview magazine, London; Silvia Dauder, gallerist, ProjecteSD, Barcelona; Elizabeth Dee, gallerist and co-founder of Independent, New York;

Moderated by Nathalie Hartjes, artistic director at Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem and coordinator of the Gallerist Programme at de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam

Part III: Are We Really That Global? The Gallery: a Homestead or an Agent? 4.00 - 4.45 pm In a world with an ever-increasing global connectivity, the Western art world still remains largely dominant in international discourse. In this discussion we try to locate this ‘success’ in the relationships or networks between artists, collectors, museums, education and the public. This set of relations is also present in regions often described as the periphery – but do we truly understand how they function? What roles do public, collector, artist and museum take in countries that have a recent history of contemporary art, which is more often than not due to private initiatives. How can art be perceived and nurtured where a public platform is not a given? We cannot avoid the opportunities offered by art fairs in this discussion, and ask: do fairs empower galleries as agents of cross-cultural exchange? Could fairs also excite a dormant community of collectors? Speakers Yasmin Atassi, gallerist/director, Green Art Gallery, Dubai; Lucrezia Cippitelli, independent curator and researcher, Professor of Aesthetics of the Art Academy of L’Aquila, Rome; Rose Issa, gallerist, curator, writer, publisher, Rose Issa Projects, London; Edi Muka, curator, Public Art Agency Sweden, Stockholm

Part II: The School of Awareness 5.00 – 6.30 pm

The School of Awareness is a discussion model for two artists and one curator as discussion partner. Its aim is to explore the multiple meanings of an artwork and to probe an artist’s practice in greater depth. Can we still trust our intuition and our eyes in times where speculation and market-oriented strategies are, more than ever, dictating what is good, bad or valuable? The School of Awareness moves beyond the visual ‘scanning’ that often takes place within the context of the exhibitionevent and goes back to the basics of really focusing on art. It aims to provide us with tools to awaken our ‘natural’ perception and sharpen our powers of looking. In this series of discussions, artists are invited to discuss their own work at the fair, as well as outside, by selecting some key paradigms. The selected works may address a variety of formal or topical issues, but the aim will always be to deepen the mechanisms of how we look at and understand art. The School of Awareness will offer one ‘class’ for each day of the fair and will bring around the table both emerging and established artists. The School of Awareness is conceived by the Munich-based independent curator Erno Vroonen, who will also moderate the discussion Speakers Goran Petercol, artist, Zagreb; Nil Yalter, artist, Paris

Moderated by Nathalie Hartjes, artistic director at Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem and co-ordinator of the Gallerist Programme at de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam

SUNDAY 27th, APRIL

Part III: The School of Awareness 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Artistic Production in the Moment of Cognitive Capitalism 2.00 – 3.30 pm We live in a time that has been described as one of ‘cognitive capitalism’. It is an era dominated by information and communication rather than manufacturing. This paradigm has implications for artistic labour, production and distribution. For instance, the way in which a product is branded can determine its worth to a greater extent then its craftsmanship and cost of manufacture. Production and accumulation never stops – smartphones, for example, allow one to work anywhere and anytime. In cognitive capitalism, performance and work become entangled, and mental labouring is quantified and measured. Could we view the art fair as a tool for the global expansion and speculation of cognitive capitalism? Are the huge increases in the price of art now garnered at the auctions linked to multimedia reporting of events (for example, on Facebook), creating a distributed but intensified marketplace? What are the artistic responses to these effects? Are there alternatives and forms of resistance? Could these forces have a positive side effect, making art more accessible to the general public? Or is it a new form of accumulation, ready to be absorbed within the market machinery? Five distinguished artists and thinkers offer keynote speeches on these complex questions. Speakers in presentation order and title of their presentations: Stefan Heidenreich, writer and art critic, Berlin: Network Artwork John Roberts, author, Professor of Art & Aesthetics at the University of Wolverhampton: What is Art’s Second Economy? Melanie Gilligan, artist and writer, New York / London: Affect & Exchange Warren Neidich, artist and writer, Berlin / Los Angeles: Art & Autonomy Franco Berardi, writer, media theorist, and media activist, Bologna: Aesthetic Neuro Spasm

The School of Awareness is a discussion model for three artists and one curator as discussion partner. Its aim is to explore the multiple meanings of an artwork and to probe an artist’s practice in greater depth. Can we still trust our intuition and our eyes in times where speculation and market-oriented strategies are, more than ever, dictating what is good, bad or valuable? The School of Awareness moves beyond the visual ‘scanning’ that often takes place within the context of the exhibitionevent and goes back to the basics of really focusing on art. It aims to provide us with tools to awaken our ‘natural’ perception and sharpen our powers of looking. In this series of discussions, artists are invited to discuss their own work at the fair, as well as outside, by selecting some key paradigms. The selected works may address a variety of formal or topical issues, but the aim will always be to deepen the mechanisms of how we look at and understand art. The School of Awareness will offer one ‘class’ for each day of the fair and will bring around the table both emerging and established artists. The School of Awareness is conceived by the Munich-based independent curator Erno Vroonen, who will also moderate the discussion. Speakers Nikita Kadan, artist, Kiev; Ante Timmermans, artist, Ghent / Zürich; Adelita Husni-Bey, artist, New York; Nikita Kadan, artist, Kiev; Ante Timmermans, Ghent / Zürich

PARTICIPANTS ON THE STAGE Yasmin Atassi (SY) is director at Green Art Gallery in Dubai. Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi (IT) is a writer, media-theorist and mediaactivist, based in Bologna. Brigitte Bloksma (NL) is the head of Van Eyck Mirror at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht & artistic director at iArts, Zuyd University, Maastricht. Judith Braun (US) is an artist based in New York. Rodrigo Bueno (BR) is an artist based in São Paulo. Marie José Burki (BE) is an artist based in Brussels. Lieven De Cauter (BE) is a philosopher, art historian, writer and activist. He teaches philosophy of culture in the Department of Architecture of Leuven, LUCA, and RITS, school of arts. JJ Charlesworth (UK) is an art critic and associate editor at ArtReview magazine in London.

Lucrezia Cippitelli (IT) is an independent curator, researcher and professor of Aesthetics of the Art Academy of L’Aquila, Rome. Benjamin Cook (UK) is a curator, producer, writer and founding director of LUX in London. Eric Corijn (BE) is a cultural philosopher, social scientist and a professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). Haro Cumbusyan (TR/US) is a collector of contemporary art with a special interest in moving image. He is the founding director of collectorspace, a non-profit organization based in New York. Silvia Dauder (ES) is director of ProjecteSD in Barcelona. Joost Declercq (BE) is director of Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle. Elizabeth Dee (US) is director of Elizabeth Dee Gallery and co-founder of the Independent in New York.

Mimi Dusselier (BE) is a collector based in Meulebeke. Dr. Brigitte Franzen (DE) is the director of Ludwig Forum Aachen. Martin Germann (DE) is senior curator at S.M.A.K., Ghent.

Diango Hernández (CU) is an artist based in Dusseldorf.

Beatrice Gibson (UK) is an artist based in London. Melanie Gilligan (CA) is an artist and writer based in New York and London.

Erica Hock (DE) is an artist based in Brussels. Adelita Husni-Bey (IT) is an artist based in New York.

Victor Gisler (CH) is director of Mai 36 Galerie in Zurich.

Rose Issa (IR/LB) is a gallerist, curator, writer and publisher at Rose Issa Projects in London.

Frédéric de Goldschmidt (FR) is a collector based in Brussels. Chris Hammond (UK) is director of MOTINTERNATIONAL, London and Brussels.

Nikita Kadan (UA) is an artist based in Kiev. Cédric Liénart de Jeude (BE) is a collector based in Brussels.

Nathalie Hartjes (NL) is the artistic director of Nieuwe Vide in Haarlem and coordinator of the Gallerist Programmeat de Appel Arts Centre in Amsterdam.

Andrea Lissoni (IT) is film and international art curator at Tate Modern, London. Stella Lohaus (BE) is a former gallerist (Stella Lohaus Gallery). Currently she acts both as an archivist (Bernd Lohaus Foundation) and as co-founder and curator of HELD, based in Antwerp.

Ann Demeester (BE) is director of the Frans Hals Museum / De Hallen in Haarlem.

Stefan Heidenreich (EU) is a writer and art critic based in Berlin. He also works as a researcher in media studies with a focus on political communication in social media.

Stijn Maes (BE) is an art critic and independent curator based in Mechelen. He is the founder of the Office For Contemporary Arts (O.C.A.M.) Antwerp and coordinator at Visual Arts at MAD-Faculty, Hasselt.

John Roberts (UK) is an author, professor of art & aesthetics at the University of Wolverhampton.

Anna Manubens (ES) is a curator, researcher and producer at Auguste Orts, an artist-run production platform in Brussels.

David Brian Smith (UK) is an artist based in London.

Ursula Mayer (AT) is an artist based in London. Edi Muka (AL/SE) is a curator at the Public Art Agency Sweden in Stockholm. Sandra Mulliez (FR) is the founder / director of SAM Art Projects in Paris. Warren Neidich (US) is a Berlin and Los Angeles based artist and writer who explores the interfaces between cultural production, brain research and cognitive capitalism. Goran Petercol (HR) is an artist based in Zagreb.

Beatrix Ruf (CH/DE) is the director and chief curator of the Kunsthalle Zurich.

Anna Tilroe (NL) is an art critic and curator based in Amsterdam. Ante Timmermans (BE) is an artist based in Ghent and Zurich. Christine Vendredi-Auzanneau (FR) is the Head for Art and Culture, Louis Vuitton, Paris.

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Erno Vroonen (BE) is a private curatorial advisor and independent curator for contemporary art, based in Munich. Nil Yalter (EG/FR) is an artist based in Paris. Jonas Ĺ˝akaitis (LT) is a curator, editor and writer based in Vilnius.

Nathaniel Pitt (UK) is an artist, gallerist, curator and director of Division of Labour and PITT projects, Worcester.

THE CINEMA is a special structure (designed by Tom Mares & Walt Van Beek) with comfortable cinema seating where one can view shorter duration artists’ videos and films in an appropriate setting. Two screening programmes run in a continuous loop. One is based on gallery submissions selected by the artistic director of Art Brussels, Katerina Gregos. The second programme is drawn from the collection of Argos – Centre for Art & Media, Brussels, one of the principal institutions in Belgium dedicated to the presentation, preservation, and collection of film and video. Further information on each film, and the order the films will be screened in, can be obtained in a special leaflet available at THE CINEMA in Hall 1. All films selected for this programme focus on key current social and political issues and allude to central concerns in current affairs and the public debate such as the issue of national representation and national identity; de-industrialization, labour, and economic restructuring; historical rupture, the postcolonial condition, and the politics of representation; the concept of community, social and public space, urban performativity, and the experience of the modern city; the relationship of architecture and politics; the effects of capitalism and the culture of the spectacle; and questions of crisis and changes to the social fabric. Many of the films also evoke the contemporary condition of malaise, alienation, or dislocation, and the sense of instability that often accompanies social transformation. Deploying and various filmic genres from the documentary to the staged short fiction film, the artists in the programme all share a sense of concern for, and rootedness in the real. PROGRAMME 1: GALLERY SCREENINGS A selection of short films and videos by artists who are represented by galleries participating in Art Brussels Ivan Argote (CO, b. 1981) Birthday, 2009 Colour, sound, 1’ 17” Courtesy D+T Project Gallery, Brussels

Ivan Argote (CO, b. 1981) I just want to give you money, 2007 Colour, sound, 1’ 40” Courtesy D+T Project Gallery, Brussels Johanna Billing (SE, b. 1973) I'm Lost Without Your Rhythm, 2009 Colour, sound, 13’ 29” Courtesy Laveronica arte contemporanea, Modica, and Hollybush Gardens, London Tilo Baumgärtel (DE, 1972) War and Peace, 2012 Animation and film collage, colour, sound, 8' 47'' Courtesy Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig Jasmina Cibic (SI, b. 1979) Fruits of Our Land, 2013 Colour, sound, 11' 43'' Courtesy of the artist and Ogms, Sofia Sam Curtis (UK, b. 1981) Did anyone ever tell you that you're beautiful when you're following orders? 2013 Colour, sound, 4’ 51” Courtesy Division of Labour, Worcester Dina Danish (FR, b. 1981) Live from the Aquarium, 2013 Colour, sound, 10’ 29” Courtesy SpazioA, Pistoia Leo Gabin (BE, founded in 2000) Stackin’, 2012 Colour, sound, 2'37'' Courtesy of the artists and Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

Mikhail Karikis (GR, b. 1975) Children of Unquiet, 2013/2014 Colour, sound, 15’ 30” Courtesy of the artist

Vincent Meessen (US/BE, b. 1971) N12°13.062'/ W 001°32.619' Extended, 2006 Colour, sound, 8’ 25”

Angela Marzullo (CH, b. 1971) Stella, Proletarian Theatre for Children, 2006 Colour, sound, 7’ Courtesy Ex Elettrofonica, Rome Amir Yatziv (IL, b. 1972) Hausbaumachine, 2013, Colour, sound, 7’ 27” Courtesy Laveronica arte contemporanea, Modica

Mara Montoya (US, b. 1984) Memories of Glory, 2011 Colour, sound, 12’ 00” Krassimir Terziev (BG, b. 1969) Monu-mental, 2011 Colour, sound, 14' 22'' Sarah Vanagt (BE, b. 1976) The Corridor, 2010 Colour, sound, 6’ 45”

The videos will not be screened according to the alphabetical order above. For the screening order and further information on each video, please refer to the special leaflet available at THE CINEMA in Hall 1.

TOTAL SCREENING TIME: 1 h 11 min

TOTAL SCREENING TIME: 1 h 57 min

PROGRAMME 2: SELECTION FROM THE COLLECTION OF ARGOS – CENTRE FOR ART & MEDIA, BRUSSELS Orla Barry (IE, 1969) The Bastardstown Blogger, 2007 Colour, sound, 17’ 00 Pieter Geenen (BE, b. 1979) Nocturne #2, 2012 Silent, colour, 12’ 00”

Argos is an art centre in Brussels. Founded in 1989, the focus point of the organisation is on artists’ film and video. Argos has a collection of more than 4500 works, that form the core of its activities and which are disclosed through exhibitions, screenings, distribution activities and an extensive media library. Apart from its more flexible operation as arts an centre, Argos also has a unique role as a collection managing heritage institution. More information: www.argosarts.org

Andrea Geyer (DE, b. 1971) Tools for the Revolution, 2005 Colour, black & white, sound, 1’ 35”

Portrait of the Collector as a Work of Art: an intimate journey SPECIAL EXHIBITION, MEZZANINE HALL 1

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Collectors are the cornerstones of art fairs – they account for a large part of the art fair’s economy and have an important role in sustaining it, as well as the galleries and artists whose livelihood depend on it. Private collectors have supported key artists of their time since the Renaissance, and many important institutions globally have been founded on private collections. The function of the private collector and the art fair is inextricably intertwined. Belgium occupies a very special status as far as private collections are concerned. It has the highest number per capita in the world (recently ARTnews ranked six Belgian art collectors as among the world’s most active, in its 21st annual ARTnews 200). Belgian collectors are known for their passion, dedication, knowledge and expertise, and for discovering and acquiring works by artists at a very early stage in their careers. Yet there is also a certain modesty to the way they approach art. Thus their collections – though renowned throughout the world – are not always accessible to a wider art audience. This year, as part of a new strategy of spotlighting collectors and their activities, Art Brussels, pays tribute to a select number of Belgian collectors. The fair will draw attention to specific works drawn from their collections, and shed light on what motivates them in their search for new work and supporting artists. For this special exhibition at Art Brussels, the members of the Art Brussels Collectors Committee: Wilfried Cooreman, Lieven Declerck, Michel Delfosse, Mimi Dusselier, Filiep Libeert, Cédric Liénart de Jeude, Baudouin Michiels, Benedikt van der Vorst, Bruno van Lierde and Mark Vanmoerkerke have been invited to each choose a work of art that they feel best expresses their personality and their individual artistic preferences. Thus engaging in a kind of self-portraiture through specific art works. The exhibition is a subtle way to examine the personal and subjective elements that largely determine the practice of collecting and

will also highlight the works of specific artists. This unique project would not be possible without the generous partnership of Louis Vuitton, and the additional support of Anglo Belge Special Risks, who are our exclusive partners in this unique endeavour. A book, supported by Filipson Éditions, will be published on this occasion. Portrait of the Collector as a Work of Art is based on a concept devised by Katerina Gregos, artistic director of Art Brussels. The exhibition has been co-ordinated by freelance curator Frank Lubbers. It takes place in a specially conceived space in the mezzanine of Hall 1, next to the VIP Lounge. The exhibition design is by ONO Architectuur, the designers of Art Brussels 2014.

The Art Brussels Collectors Committee and the works they have chosen for the exhibition Portrait of the Collector as a Work of Art: An Intimate Journey WILFRIED COOREMAN Lucy McKenzie (UK, 1977). Quodlibet XXVIII, 2013. Oil on canvas on wood, table, glass. LIEVEN DECLERCK Hans Op de Beeck (BE, 1969). Extensions, 2009. Digital animated film, black-and-white, sound, 10’ 58”. MICHEL DELFOSSE: Rob Pruitt (US, 1964). Angry Mother, 2012. Acrylic, enamel paint and flocking on canvas. MIMI DUSSELIER: One cabinet consisting of works by, among others: Nigel Cooke (UK, 1973), Ross Chisholm (UK, 1977), Thierry De Cordier (BE, 1954), William Daniels (UK, 1976), Simon Fujiwara (UK, 1982), Jacob Kassay (US, 1984), Wilhelm Sasnal (PL, 1972), Jan Schoonhoven (NL, 1914-1994), Matthew Weir UK, 1977). FILIEP LIBEERT: Juan Muñoz (ES, 1953-2001). Waiting for Jerry, 1989. Black paint and title card. CÉDRIC LIÉNART DE JEUDE: Nick van Woert (US, 1979). The Service Alloy, 2011. Sculpture, mixed media. BAUDOUIN MICHIELS: Sol LeWitt (US, 1928 – 2007). Horizontal Bands, 2003. Gouache on paper. BENEDIKT VAN DER VORST: Haegue Yang (KR, 1971). Acoustics of Broken Karma, 2011. Sculpture, mixed media. BRUNO VAN LIERDE: Stanley Brouwn (SJ, 1935). Portrait Bruno van Lierde, 2010. Aluminium profile on wooden table top on props. MARK VANMOERKERKE: Sam Durant (US, 1961). Tell it Like it is!, 2002. Vinyl text on electric sign.

NATIONAL LOTTERY 3B-50 CURATORIAL COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION

Missed Chances Curated by Louise Osieka and Laura Herman with the collaboration of Gerard Herman This year, together with the National Lottery, Art Brussels launched a new curatorial competition for emerging curators (by invitation only), providing the opportunity for a young curator to organise an exhibition drawn from the collection of the National Lottery on the theme of games of chance. This unique collection of 100,000 items contains works of art by Old Masters as well as contemporary artists and includes photographs, audio-visual material, drawings, prints, etchings, sculptures, ceramics, paintings, ephemera, tapestries, posters and documents but also lottery and slot machines, fun fair lotteries, dices, etc. The winning curatorial proposal, which was formulated on the base of research conducted at the collection of the National Lottery, is presented at the National Lottery booth, Hall 3 (3B-50). The exhibition chosen following the competition is entitled Missed Chances. The concept takes as its point of departure the fact that although the National Lottery is generally linked to gambling, the range of available games today is not as appealing as it once was. Under the influence of the cult of speed and efficiency in our money-driven society, playing games merely coincide with scratching a ticket, completing a line of numbers or taking an online subscription to Euro Millions. As a result, playing the game has become an individual, rather banal activity. The collection of the National Lottery tells a very different story. The wide range of slot machines, card and dice games from different eras and regions, reveal how deeply these activities are rooted in our culture. The designs of the games and slot machines are of ten quite remarkable, but unlike historical artefacts or works of art, that were created to be played.

Without falling into the trap of nostalgia, the exhibition aims at drawing renewed attention to the element of ‘play’. By presenting a selection of collection pieces and integrating the work of the artist Gerard Herman, characterised by a deliberately naive and absurd sense of humour, the show will cast a contemporary look at the meaning of play today and in the past. The winning project was selected by a 5-member jury including Annemie Buffels, Manager, Cultural Heritage, National Lottery; Petra Csizek, independent curator, Brussels/Budapest; Willem Elias, Chairman, HISK, Ghent; Martin Germann, curator, S.M.A.K, Ghent; and Katerina Gregos, artistic director, Art Brussels. Laura Herman (BE, 1988) holds an M.A. in Comparative Modern Literature (2010, Ghent University) and is currently working on an art in public space project at Z33, Hasselt. In 2013 she coordinated Het Paviljoen, a joint initiative by KASK, S.M.A.K. and HISK, co-founded the art platform TTTT and co-curated Wild Horses & Trojan Dreams at Marres, House for Contemporary culture in Maastricht. Laura Herman has published articles in, among other magazines, <H>art, rekto:verso, Metropolis M. Louise Osieka (BE, 1990) holds an M.A. in Art History (2013, Catholic University Leuven) and is currently working as assistant curator for the contemporary art collection of the National Bank of Belgium. In addition she is doing research on the oeuvre of contemporary artist Jef Geys. In the past she worked at Manifesta 9 (Genk), STUK (Leuven), WIELS (Brussels), C-mine (Genk) and Het Paviljoen (Ghent). Gerard Herman (BE, 1989) makes work that spans several media, including drawing, installation, animation films and sound. In his spontaneous and multifaceted art practice – which is often of a lo-fi nature – he casts an ironic and sometimes absurd look at the world around us. He does that, however, mostly with a sense of poetry, and naïve or even nonsensical sense of humour.

Federation Wallonia-Brussels 3D-46

NOT-FOR-PROFIT SPACES

Artist: Juan Paparella Curator: Incise (Benoît Dusart / Marie-Noëlle Dailly)

CIAP - 3C-50D

The work of Juan Paparella (Buenos Aires, 1965) oscillates between attraction and repulsion. The enchantment is always bewitching, as it bears a rift that progressively turns into an abyss. The largeframed pictures exhibited at Art Brussels show a series of common animals – alive or dead, the viewer can only guess. Articulated in precarious structures, they assume poses that seem a priori natural and spontaneous. Does the simulacrum stand for utopia? The beauty of the images echoes an absence that no artifice can fill… (B. Dusart)

• 7 SQUARE METRES At Art Brussels, CIAP presents the project 7 Square Metres by Karl Philips (BE, 1984). This is an extension of a solo project by Philips, which will simultaneously be on display in CIAP’s exhibition space in Hasselt. Taking into account the rich Belgian culture of music festivals, 7 Square Metres considers the possibility and relevance of the underground movement, by literally burying a caravan under the ground. Claiming its place in a private-public area, 7 Square Metres asks questions about ownership and the politics of space. Karl Philips is an emerging young Belgian artist whose work engages with a subtle form of activism. With his ‘performing art’, he explores the distinctions between public and non-public, mainstream and underground, ‘us’ and ‘them’. Philips uses various methods, of ten assembled into one (unconventional) monumental installation, in which he flirts with the boundaries of what is possible or even legal. His work is the result of the interconnectedness of his practice and way of life. For Philips, art is never non-committal. CIAP is an independent non-profit association for contemporary art. Founded in 1976 and located in Hasselt, CIAP is very well embedded in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. As such, its operating methods are comparable to the German model of the Kunstverein. CIAP aims to create a platform for the presentation of artists, which – in their mutual diversity – give expression to a contemporary art praxis. CIAP also aims to inform a large public by investing in a social and participatory community of members and art-lovers. To realize these aims CIAP organizes exhibitions, lectures, guided tours, artist talks, studio visits, workshops, excursions and more. www.ciap.be

LLS 387 ruimte voor actuele kunst - 3C-50E

HOTEL CHARLEROI - 3C-50C

• MIMA SCHWAHN

• AUTODÉMOLITION

LLS 387 presents a project by the young artist Mima Schwahn (AT, 1986) at Art Brussels. Schwahn is originally from Vienna and has recently studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. During the fair she will be installing herself in the LLS 387 stand as a ‘street portraitist’ – so familiar in cities like Paris or Venice. Two other professional street portraitists will also be present. For a small fee (15 euros) visitors can commission them to draw their portrait. A ‘street musician’ will also be joining the performance, infiltrating not only the LLS 387 stand but using the whole area of the fair as his platform.

Located 60 km south of Brussels, Charleroi is a decaying industrial town offering a condensed overview of how modernity developed in Europe and the social and economical problems that resulted from it. Over the last few decades, the city council has regularly initiated ambitious urban master plans for renewal – each abandoned after a certain period and replaced by new ones. As the city archive is closed to the general public, the best way to collect information about Charleroi’s ‘history of failure’ is to spend time there and meet people.

LLS 387 is a not-for-profit exhibition space in Antwerp situated literally and figuratively on the edge. From this position, rather than validating the fixed values in contemporary visual art, the art space focuses on the experimental and the challenging. In LLS 387 the structural and substantive uniformity of the art world is questioned and the artist’s input is the nexus of every activity and debate. As well as solo shows, LLS 387 organises large-scale thematic exhibitions that – through their unconventional approach – make a strong contribution to the discourse of contemporary art. In 2013 for example, LLS 387 showed Cadavre Exquis. A figure of painting, a single wall frieze created by 16 artists, and Glory Hole, in which the exhibition space was transformed into a darkroom. LLS 387 was founded in September 2007 as an initiative of Ulrike Lindmayr, who is also the gallery’s artistic director. The name of the not-forprofit organisation derives from its address – Lange Leemstraat 387 – in Antwerp. users.telenet.be/lls387

Besides its artistic activities within the city, HOTEL CHARLEROI developed as a growing subjective information centre, accumulating books, films, documents, materials and anecdotes related to Charleroi in a broader sense. This material is at the disposal of artists and professionals that we invite for residencies in Charleroi, and often serves as a point of departure for site-specific works. In HOTEL CHARLEROI’s booth at Art Brussels, this alternative information system is displayed for the first time in the form of an installation/intervention, adapting structures of knowledge from Charleroi to the specific context of the fair. HOTEL CHARLEROI is an applied research project initiated by Adrien Tirtiaux, Antoine Turillon and Hannes Zebedin in 2010 through artist residencies and exhibitions in Charleroi. Each year HOTEL CHARLEROI reinvents its field of research in finding new emblematic locations within the city, using them as an artistic lab and addressing critical statements towards contemporary politics. An annual exhibition in public/semi-public space brings together local and international audience, among them Le chant des possibles in the city centre (2011), Ville en abîme in Palais des Expositions (2012) and Capital social in Marchienne-au-Pont (2013). www.hotelcharleroi.com

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NICC - 3C-50F

• LE FAUX SOIR

On the occasion of Art Brussels 2014, NICC presents two series of self-published editions framed around two of the milestone exhibitions from its sixteen-year history. In the exhibition Mouvements (2000), NICC looked back upon a history of artists’ associations in Belgium, dating back as early as 1880 and including notable figures such as James Ensor, Léon Spilliaert, Henri Van de Velde, Félicien Rops, Georges Van Tongerloo, Jozef Peeters, René Magritte, Karel Appel, Luc Tuymans, Ria Pacquée and Michel François. The exhibition was accompanied by an edition of original works by Guillaume Bijl, Bernd Lohaus, Guy Rombouts, Boy Stappaerts and Joëlle Tuerlinckx.

KIOSK presents a series of four newspaper editions, one for each day of the fair, conceived by artists who have previously shown work at KIOSK. The project Le Faux Soir takes its title from a one-off counterfeit of the French-language Belgian newspaper Le Soir. This ‘spoof edition’ was published on 9 November 1943 by the Belgian resistance organisation the Independence Front. Le Faux Soir humorously subverted the propagandist discourse of the occupying forces with the explicit aim of ridiculing them, distributing thousands of copies in the kiosks of Brussels. Inspired by the story of Le Faux Soir, KIOSK has invited four artists to make a newspaper edition. In their practices, these artists engage with the relation between language, meaning and representation – often with a note of humour or irony. The artists often use the publication format in their practice, and some take up Marcel Broodthaers’s strategy of using fictional means to visualize hidden realities. The artists are: Mekhitar Garabedian, Rana Hamadeh, Sophie Nys and Koenraad Dedobbeleer, who will also design the presentation model for the project. After KIOSK started in a small glass pavilion in 2006, it is permanently housed in a former anatomical theatre on the Bijloke site in Ghent since 2010. The building’s architecture challenges artists to realize projects in dialogue with the space. KIOSK organizes an international and diverse exhibition programme by emerging and established artists, with four solo or duo shows per year. Among many others, Zoe Beloff, Thea Djordadze, Zin Taylor, Slavs and Tatars, Nick Oberthaler, Claudia Wieser, Ulla von Brandenburg, Vincent Meessen, and Pratchaya Phinthong have presented work at KIOSK. KIOSK is an initiative of the non-profit organization Kunstensite vzw and University College Ghent’s School of Arts. KIOSK is generously supported by the Flemish Authorities and receives additional funding from the City of Ghent and the Province of East Flanders.

Multiple Visions (2010) was conceived as a group show and archeological survey of editioned artworks, with contributions by Saâdane Afif, John Bock, Marcel Broodthaers, Robert Filliou, Fischli & Weiss, Jenny Holzer, Ann Veronica Janssens, Yves Klein, Giuseppe Penone, Lawrence Weiner, and others. Along with the exhibition, a limited edition was published with multiples by Ricardo Brey, Michel François, Kati Heck, Walter Swennen and Koen van den Broek. Putting this original series of artist editions on display, NICC not only aims to question the artwork as a unique object, but also, once more, to focus the attention on the position of the visual artist today. After a decades-long history in Antwerp, NICC moved to Brussels in 2013. NICC continues to operate as a non-profit organization for and by visual artists, advocating artists’ rights. By moving to Brussels, it aspires to create an even broader artistic support on a national level. Exhibitions take shape every two months, in a 24/7 display window not far from Brussels South railway station. In addition, NICC hosts artist talks by leading figures in its new office space, and sets up diverse artistic interventions in the city. www.nicc.be

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OBJECTIF EXHIBITIONS - 3C-50D • TELE‘…it continues, occluded by the visual hegemony’ – Alan Burdick, Harper’s, 2001 Compact, complex, and concentric, the ear is a small labyrinth. Yet it is essentially tripartite: an inner ear in a middle ear in an outer ear (the pinna). Using the outer ear, we determine the relative location of a given sound. It also focuses sound waves into the middle ear where, on one side of the eardrum (the tympanic membrane), three diminutive bones (the ossicles) are attached to a spiral-shaped, fluid-filled, tapered cavity within the inner ear (the cochlea). As sound waves travel into the outer ear, their vibrations stimulate tens of thousands of microscopic hair cells (the cilia). We convert these vibrations into electrical nerve impulses, and send them along the auditory nerve to our brains, where another, more cerebral, process begins. And that is, more or less, how we hear.

Tele- is a four-day programme of audio transmissions by artists, composers and field recordists. It will be broadcast from a wall-mounted, hypersonic directional speaker system aimed at a fully adjustable Aeron chair – one recording at a time, to one listener at a time. The complete schedule and individual attribution of the participants and their contributions will be available only within the allotted 25-square-metre booth. Founded in 1999, Objectif Exhibitions is a not-for-profit institution trafficking diverse contemporary artistic practices into and out of Antwerp. We open our doors to both curious enthusiasts and specialists. We also exit those doors, from time to time, to present exhibitions in other contexts and dimensions. Everything at Objectif Exhibitions or organized under its imprint is referred to as an exhibition. And we present this procession of simultaneous and overlapping solo exhibitions at differing scales, along differing temporal structures, with correspondingly different mediation.

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Every year, the HISK Café doubles up as a bar and a special artistic project conceived of by the twenty-three artists currently resident at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Ghent. For Art Brussels 2014, HISK has decided to introduce a menu that represents these twenty-three artists. The menu functions as a catalogue that will be distributed to the visitors. From this menu, guests will be able to select an artwork from a range of artists à la carte. When chosen, the selected artwork will be unveiled. The idea is to create a ‘one-on-one’ situation between the customer and the requested artwork. This artwork might be in the form of a film, a conversation, a performance, or a photograph. At the HISK Café, people can get acquainted with the artists from the HISK and their work in a responsive way. This year’s HISK laureates and participants in the Art Brussels HISK Café are: Loukia Alavanou (b. 1979, GR) / Leyla Aydoslu (b. 1987, DE) / Flurin Bisig (b. 1982, CH) / Kasper Bosmans (b. 1990,BE) / Laure Cottin Stefanelli (b. 1985, FR) / Raffaella Crispino (b. 1979, IT) / Tramaine de Senna (US) / Liesbeth Doms (b. 1989, BE) / Marthe Ramm Fortun (b. 1978, NO) / Andrea Galiazzo (b. 1983, IT,) / Nicolas Lamas (b. 1980, PE) / Lola Lasurt Bachs (ES) / Marie-Fleur Lefebvre (b. 1982, FR) / Ella Littwitz (b. 1982, IL / DE) / Marge Monko (b. 1976, EE) / Nicolas Pelzer (b. 1982, DE) / Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir (b. 1982, IS) / Katerina Undo (b. 1977, GR, ) / Emmanuel Van der Auwera (b. 1982, BE) / Egon Van Herreweghe (b. BE, 1985) / Klaas Vanhee (b. 1982, BE) / Birde Vanheerswynghels (b. BE, 1986) / Benjamin Verhoeven (b. 1990, BE) The HISK Café offers visitors the chance to make artistic discoveries, while enjoying a drink and a moment of relaxation. Situated in the mezzanine of Hall 3, it is one of the most lively and informal fixtures of the fair, drawing many artists and a young crowd.

With the support of Duvel Moortgat and Bosteels Brewery www.objectif-exhibitions.org

HISK is the Higher Institute for Fine Arts Advanced Studies & Practice-based Research in Visual Arts, based in Ghent. The HISK offers a post-academic course in audiovisual and visual art and provides 23 young artists from Belgium and abroad with a studio of their own for two years. The programme aims to achieve a practical balance between study in the studio, discussions with visiting lecturers, workshops, reading groups, field trips and public presentations. The international and culturally diverse composition of the artist group engenders crosspollination and dialogue. At the end of the two years, the artist receives a ‘Laureate of the Higher Institute for Fine Arts’ certificate. Since 1997, 195 laureates have graduated from the institute. The majority of them are now pursuing successful professional careers.

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Thursday 24 April, 5 pm: Ruben Bellinkx, No obstacle, No image, introduction by Maïté Vissault curator and director of IKOB Eupen, (organised by Geukens & Devil, Knokke / Antwerp and Gallery Nathalie Obadia, Paris / Brussels) Thursday 24 April, 6.30 pm: Moataz Nasr, The Journey of the Griffin, with the curator Simon Njami, (organised by GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins) Friday 25 April, 3 pm: Dirk Vander Eecken, Disconditions, (organised by Galerie van der Mieden, Brussels) Saturday 26 April, 2 pm: Nil Yalter, Nil Yalter, (organised by The Galerist, Istanbul)

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Saturday 26 April, 5 pm: Mounir Fatmi, The Kissing Precise, (organised by Galerie CONRADS, Düsseldorf and C L E A R I N G, Brussels, New York)

The Art Brussels Colouring Book hall 3 ing lounge 42 engaged artists, represented by the same number of international galleries participating at Art Brussels 2014, contributed to this project. The artists offered a black and white drawing on the subject of identity. All the drawings are published in the Art Brussels Colouring book while the original drawings are on display in the fair at the ING lounge, Hall 3. The proceeds of the sales of the Art Brussels Colouring book and the drawings will go entirely to the Brussels charity organisation Aquarelle vzw/asbl, which provides psycho-medical-social support to future and young immigrant mothers who live in precarious conditions. Aquarelle helps families uprooted by economic or political necessity to gain social and cultural confidence in their new city of residence. The Art Brussels Colouring Book is for sale during the fair for € 20 at the INFO desk and at the ING Lounge. The original drawings, framed by Mertens Frames, are for sale for 1.500 € at the ING Lounge in Hall 3. This project is supported by ING, Mertens Frames, Fedrigoni and the participating artists/galleries. Steven Baelen (Elaine Levy Project – BE) Fred Bervoets (De Zwarte Panter – BE) Charley Case (Aeroplastics – BE) Judith Braun (Joe Sheftel - US) Paulo Climachauska (Galeria Leme – BR) Michael Cline (Horton Gallery – US) Shezad Dawood (Paradise Row – UK) Luc Dondeyne (Transit – BE) Stephanie Dost (Christian Ehrentraut – DE) Inci Eviner (Galeri Nev Istanbul – TR) Laura Ford (New Art Centre – UK) Kendell Geers (Galerie Rodolphe Janssen - BE)

Tatjana Gerhard (DEWEER Gallery – BE) Alexander Gorlizki (Martin Kudlek – DE) Steven Guermeur (Ogms – BG) Sherin Guirguis (The Third Line – UAE) Hell’O Monsters (Alice Gallery – BE) Alain Huck (Gallery Marie-Laure Fleisch – IT) Martin Kersels (Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois – FR) Kristof Kintera (D+T Project Gallery – BE) Zenita Komad (Galerie Krinzinger - AT) Nestor Kovachev (Galerie Heike Curtze und Petra Seiser – AT) Lucie Lanzini (Jozsa Gallery – BE) Sylvie Macias Diaz (Triangle Bleu – BE) Genêt Mayor (Galerie Samy Abraham –FR) Thomas Mazzarella (Rossicontemporary –BE) Camila Oliveira Fairclough (Galerie Emmanuel Hervé – FR) Benoit Platéus (Albert Baronian – BE) Abner Preis (Harlan Levey Projects – BE) Roland Quetsch (Galerie Bernard Ceysson – BE) Nathaniel Rackowe (Bodson Gallery –BE) Krišs Salmanis (Galerija Alma – LV) Tina Schwarz (Teapot – DE) Lieven Segers (Base-Alpha Gallery – BE) Jeanne Susplugas (Galerie Valérie Bach –BE) Pascale Marthine Tayou (Galleria Continua – IT / FR / CN) Kyle Thurman (Office Baroque Gallery – BE) Eugenio Tibaldi (Galeria Umberto Di Marino – IT) Peter Wächtler (dépendance – BE) Ian Whittlesea (Marlborough Contemporary – UK) Honza Zamojski (LETO – PL) Ralf Ziervogel (Carbon 12 – UAE)

The Art Brussels bag designed by Rinus Van de Velde Hall 1 & 3 info desk The Art Brussels bag is a special collectors item, designed by a different artist each time. The bag for the 2014 edition of the fair is designed by Rinus Van de Velde (BE, 1983). The work of Rinus Van de Velde can be seen as an extensive attempt to engage existing images and stories in a mythologised (artistic) biography that consists of drawings and narrative texts. This limited edition bag is exclusively on sale at the fair for 10€. ‘You wanted to be here, but you didn’t want to be seen. You wanted to wander around for a while and have a drink at the artists’ bar and look down at the cubicles with a superior sense of overview, but you didn’t feel like small talk. You just wanted to be someone else for a while. This place is a mirror palace, a network of stares, a jungle of displays, a challenge to your appearance anyway. You wanted “them” to be confused, whoever “they” are. You wanted to buy something and run off. Get into a fight. No responsibility. So you cut out the eyes of the man on your bag, an act of harmless, childish violence, and put it over your head. You adapt to the face and blend in. People see you moving through the crowd silently, aristocratically, an enigma. Some wonder who you are: an actor, artist or a writer they’ve seen in the cultural supplement of the newspaper. Others experience you as a déjà-vu, have seen you twice in a matter of seconds, think you are a bit eerie, hardly human, actually. Some ask: why the long face? Or: why so serious? You don’t answer, or you talk for an hour on end with that strange suffocated voice. You go home happily puzzled, considering whether you should keep the bag on for a while.’ (Rinus Van de Velde)

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'You wanted to be here, but you didn't want to be seen...' Rinus Van de Velde, 2013, courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp.

gallery night Friday 25 April, 7 pm – 10 pm

Greta Meert John Baldessari, Edith Dekyndt 13 Rue du Canal 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.galeriegretameert.com

DOWNTOWN GALLERIES 1 Alice

Atelier Pica Pica, Neal Beggs, Fabrice Domercq, Gauthier Leroy Sixe Paredes 4 Rue du Pays de Liège 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.alicebxl.com 2 Catherine Bastide Group exhibition curated by Marie de Gaulejac 1 Rue Vandenbranden 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.catherinebastide.com 3

dépendance Richard Aldrich 4 Rue du Marché aux Porcs 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.dependance.be 4

Harlan Levey Projects Roland Bouvier, Volkan Diyaroglu Marcin Dudek, Erich Gruber Charlotte Schleiffert 37 Rue Léon Lepage 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.hl-projects.com

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Mathew Cerletty 5 Place du Jardin aux Fleurs 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.officebaroque.com 7

van der Mieden Dirk Vander Eecken 196 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.vandermieden.com

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Monocrime with Larry Bell, Alan Charlton, Joseph Marioni, Paul Fägerskiöld, Marcia Hafif, Olivier Mosset, Joshua Smith, Pieter Vermeersch 2 Rue Isidore Verheyden 1050, Brussels (Ixelles) www.albertbaronian.com

Saâdane Afif, Walter Swennen 6-8 & 107 Rue Saint-Georges 1050, Brussels (Ixelles) www.xavierhufkens.com 16 Rodolphe Janssen

David Adamo, Gert & Uwe Tobias 32 & 35 Rue de Livourne 1050, Brussels (Ixelles) www.galerierodolphejanssen.com

11 Bodson 3A Project: Abstraction, Absorption, Attribution Curated by Lara Pan with Sachin Kaeley, Daphné Navarre Amikam Toren 21 Rue du Mail 1050, Brussels (Ixelles) www.bodsongallery.com

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L’Oeuvre au Noir: Natalia de Mello, Lucie Lanzini, David Leleu, Lello//Arnell, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, Anila Rubiku 24 Rue Saint-Georges 1050, Brussels (Ixelles) www.jozsagallery.com

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UPTOWN GALLERIES 8 Aeroplastics

Full house : 100 artists, 15 years of inventory at Aeroplastics 32 Rue Blanche 1060, Brussels (Saint-Gilles) www.aeroplastics.net 9 Valérie Bach Rancinan 6 Rue Faider 1060, Brussels (Saint-Gilles) www.galerievaleriebach.com

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Spencer Sweeney 292 Avenue Louise 1050, Brussels (Ixelles) www.c-l-e-a-r-i-n-g.com

Ben Horns, Eric N. Mack 9 Rue Fourmois 1050, Brussels (Ixelles) www.elainelevyproject.com

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Elena Bajo 4 Rue Bosquet 1060, Brussels (Saint-Gilles) www.dt-project.com

Group show with Donald Baechler, Peter Halley, David LaChapelle, Bettina Rheims, Wendy White Sue Williams 17 Rue de la Régence 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.maruani-mercier.com

Gladstone Richard Aldrich 2 Rue du Grand Cerf 1000, Brussels (City Centre) www.gladstonegallery.com

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private collections in brussels CAB CONTEMPORARY ART BRUSSELS Opening: Tuesday 22 April from 6 pm • OUT OF CHARACTER. Artists < > collectors Artists include: Rodrigo Bueno, Paul Casaer, clairenadiasimon, Manu Engelen, Filip Gilissen, Sophie Giraux, Meggy Rustamova, Alfred d'Ursel. Curated by Stijn Maes Participating collectors: Hubert Bonnet, Michel Delfosse, Mimi Dusselier & Bernard Soens, Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Cédric Liénart de Jeude, Michel Moortgat, Sandra Hegedus Mulliez, Benedikt van der Vorst. 32-34 Rue Borrens, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Extended opening hours during Art Brussels: Wed – Sun 10 am – 6 pm Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

ERIC FABRE • Roland Sabatier. Anti-cinema and distant cinema, works from 1966 to 2000 43 – 45 Rue des 7 Bonniers, 1180 Brussels (Uccle) Exceptionally open during Art Brussels from 9.30 am – 1 pm / Free access.

ÉTÉ 78 • Selected art works from the private collections of Herman J. Daled, Marc Remacle and Christophe Veys Artists include: Robert De Boeck, Philippe Degobert, Edith Dekyndt, Aurélien Froment, Mario Garcia Torres, Marcel Mariën, Michaël Matthys, Jacques-Louis Nyst, Roman Ondàk, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, among others. Hosted by Mr Olivier Gevart.

MAISON PARTICULIÈRE • Resonance(s) Artworks selected by four private art collectors in their own collections: Josep Maria Civit, Victoria and Henk de Heus-Zomer, Collezione Maramotti, Myriam and Amaury de Solages. Artists include: Don Brown, Nicola Costantino, Angela de La Cruz, Desiree Dolron, Kevin Francis Gray, Kaarina Kaikkonen, Sol LeWitt, Vik Muniz, Larissa Nowicki, João Onofre, Thomas Scheibitz, Michael van Ofen, Robert Zandvliet. Guest artist: Gauthier Hubert. 49 Rue du Chatelain, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Wed – Sun 10 am – 6 pm, late opening: Thursday until 7.30 pm www.maisonparticuliere.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

THALIE ART PROJECT Opening: Wednesday 23 April from 6 pm to 9 pm • Textile languages Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Joël Andrianomearisoa, Charlotte Beaudry, Hemali Bhuta, Alighiero Boetti, Baptist Coelho, Anita Dube, Meschac Gaba, André Guedes, Marie-Ange Guilleminot, Sheila Hicks, Ali Kazma, Erwan Mahéo, Jonathan Monk, Fay Nicolson, Prajakta Potnis, Philippe Terrier-Hermann. Performance artist: Jimmy Robert. Curated by Nathalie Guiot. 9 Avenue des Muses, 1180 Brussels (Uccle) Exceptionally open during Art Brussels: Thu - Sun 10 am – 5 pm Free access upon reservation by email at reservation@thalieartproject.com

78 Rue de l’Été, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Open to the public upon request Fri - Sun 10 am – 2 pm RSVP info@ete78.com / www.ete78.com / Free access.

THE LOFT • Anywhere out of my world Artists include: Ghada Amer, Ivan Argote, Elmgreen & Dragset, Mounir Fatmi, Gabriel Kuri, Thiago Martins de Melo, Adrian Melis, Vik Muniz, Oscar Murillo, Paulo Nazareth, Amalia Pica, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Mika Rottenberg, among others. 1030 Brussels (Schaerbeek) communicated after RSVP Open to the public upon request; Fri - Sun 10 am – 2 pm Free acces upon reservation by email at collection.servais@gmail.com

VANHAERENTS ART COLLECTION • Man in the Mirror Artists include: Franz Ackermann, Darren Almond, David Altmejd, Matthew Barney, James Lee Byars, Jan De Cock, Michael DeLucia, Elmgreen & Dragset, Teresita Fernández, Peter Friedl, Peter Halley, Mark Handforth, Jeppe Hein, Gregor Hildebrandt, Alex Hubbard, Rashid Johnson, Isaac Julien, Joseph Kosuth, Glenn Ligon, Meuser, Haroon Mirza, Dave Muller, Ivan Navarro, Jorge Pardo, Philippe Parreno, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ugo Rondinone, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Ruff, Tomás Saraceno, Ryan Sullivan, Bill Viola, Danh Vo, Cosima Von Bonin, Cerith Wyn Evans, Haegue Yang. • Philippe Parreno. Marilyn (Project room) Curated by Walter Vanhaerents and Emma Dexter. Assistant curator: Vincent Verbist. 29 Rue Anneessens, 1000 Brussels (City centre) Exceptionally open during Art Brussels upon reservation on Friday and Saturday 11 am – 1 pm Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only. Guided visits for groups upon reservation: www.vanhaerentsartcollection.com

musEUms and art centres in brussels 50°49’19.50”N 4°21’25.53”E GALERIE DE L’ERG • Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi. Between Wind and Stick 87 Rue du Page, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Extended opening hours during Art Brussels Wed – Sat 10 am - 8 pm, Sun 10 am – 4 pm www.erg.be Free access.

A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE Institut de Carton vzw • Forcefield - a drawing show Artists include: Bert Boogaard, Michel Gouéry, Emma Kunz, Marc Nagtzaam, Jean Raine, Jan Roeland, Francis Newton Souza, Elmar Trenkwalder, Philippe Van Snick, Ina van Zyl. 41 Avenue de Jette 1081 Brussels (Koekelberg) Check website for opening hours: http://avenudejette.blogspot.be Free access.

ARGOS – CENTRE FOR ART AND MEDIA • Heritage Day: Look at where we are Artists include : Vito Acconci, Justin Bennett, Bernard Mulliez, Shelly Silver, Uri Tzaig. 13 Rue du Chantier, 1000 Brussels (City centre) Sun 12 noon – 6 pm www.argosarts.org Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

ATOMIUM • ARTVIEW02# Arik Levy (in and outdoor exhibition) Square de l’Atomium, 1020 Brussels (Laeken) Mon - Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.atomium.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

BOGHOSSIAN FOUNDATION VILLA EMPAIN • A Book between Two Stools Artists include: Noriko Ambe, Elodie Antoine, Christian Astuguevieille, Maarten Baas, Eyal Burstein, Noor Ali Chagani, Ka-Lai Chan, Gad Charny, Kyungwoo Chun, Tom Dixon, Ninar Esber, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Takaya Fujii, Gelitin, Anthony Goicolea, Geert Goiris, Takehito Koganezawa, Soon Young Lee, Wonho Lee, Aiko Miyanaga, Louise Nevelson, Oris Nurbossyn, Ilya Rabinovich, Michael Rakowitz, Koji Takei, Yuken Teruya, Nazif Topçuoglu, Hiroko Tsuchida, Erwin Wurm, Tao Xue, Tokujin Yoshioka, among others. 67 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Tue - Sun 10 am - 6.30 pm www.villaempain.com Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

LE BOTANIQUE • Nass Belgica. Moroccan immigration in Belgium Artists include : Younes Baba Ali, Charif Benhelima, Alina et Jeff Bliumis, Bruno Boudjelal, Latifa Echakhch, Lalla Essaydi, Mounir Fatmi, Hamza Halloubi, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Thomas Mailaender, Malik Nejmi, Djamel Oulkadi. 236 Rue Royale, 1210 Brussels (City Centre) Wed - Sun 12 noon – 8 pm www.botanique.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

BOZAR • Michael Borremans. As Sweet as it Gets • No Country for Young Men: Contemporary Greek Art in Times of Crisis Artists include: Bill Balaskas, Eirene Efstathiou, Stelios Faitakis, Marina Gioti, Philippe Grammaticopoulos, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Panos Kokkinias, Alkis Konstantinidis, Zissis Kotionis, Nikos Navridis, Stefania Strouza, Maria Papadimitriou, Antonis Pittas, Poka-Yio, Lina Theodorou, Panos Tsagaris, Kostas Tsolis, Dimitris Tsoublekas, Kostis Velonis, Zafos Xagoraris, Yorgos Zois, among others. Curated by Katerina Gregos. • Cristina Iglesias. Towards the Ground. 23 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Tue - Sun 10 am - 6 pm, Thu until 9 pm www.bozar.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

CENTRALE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART • Distant proximity Artists include: ACM, Pieter Buggenhout, Jeroen Hollander, Michel Mazzoni, Nicolas Moulin, Lauren Moffat, Françoise Schein, Valérie Sonnier, Wilmes & Mascaux. Curated by Carine Fol. 44 Place Sainte-Catherine, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Thu – Sun 10.30 am – 6 pm www.centrale-art.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

ESPACE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE CONTRETYPE • Barbora Pivonkova. Make a gift • Eniko Hangay. Drawing the city - Brussels • Pablo Castilla Heredia. Costa Tropical 1 Avenue de la Jonction, 1060 Brussels (Saint Gilles) Wed - Fri 11 am – 6 pm, Sat – Sun 1 pm – 6 pm www.contretype.org Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

ÉTABLISSEMENT D’EN FACE PROJECTS Opening: Friday 25 April from 6 pm • Shelly Nadashi 32 Rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Extended opening hours during Art Brussels: Sat - Sun 12 noon – 6 pm www.etablissementdenfaceprojects.org Free access.

FONDATION A Opening: Saturday 26 April from 2 pm to 8 pm • Max Regenberg 304 Avenue Van Volxem, 1190 Brussels (Forest), Extended opening hours during Art Brussels: Thu - Sat 11 am – 8 pm, Sun 11 am – 6 pm www.fondationastichting.be/upcoming Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

HANGAR 18 • Agnès Guillaume. Video Installations Curated by Bernard Marcelis. 18 Place du Chatelain, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Extended opening hours during Art Brussels Wed – Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.hangar18.com Free access.

IMAL - CENTER FOR DIGITAL CULTURES AND TECHNOLOGY Opening: Wednesday 23 April from 7 pm • William Latham. Mutator 1+2

ING CULTURAL CENTRE • To The Point: The Neo-Impressionist Portrait Artists include: Henri Edmond Cross, Maximilien Luce, Georges Lemmen, George Morren, Lucien Pissarro, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Theo Van Rysselberghe. 6 Place Royale, 1000 Brussels (City centre) Mon - Sun 10 am – 6 pm, Wed until 9 pm www.ing.be/art Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

ISELP Opening: Friday 25 April, from 6 pm • HISTORY UNFOLDED. International group exhibition about archives and contemporary art Artists include: Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Etablissements Decoux, Gintaras Didziapetris, Deimantas Narkevicius, Anne Penders, José Alejandro Restrepo, Jasper Rigole, Pedro G. Romero, Stefanos Tsivopoulos. 31 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Sat 11 am - 6.30 pm www.iselp.be Free access.

JEWISH MUSEUM OF BELGIUM • Marianne Berenhaut. The dress is somewhere else • Christian Israel. Warsawarsaw. 21 Rue des Minimes, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Thu – Sun 10 am – 5 pm www.mjb-jmb.org Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

30 Quai des Charbonnages, 1080 Brussels (Molenbeek) Wed - Sun 1 pm – 7 pm www.imal.org Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

KOMPLOT Opening: Wednesday 23 April, from 6 pm • Benjamin Valenza. CIRCA CIRCA, the flying Dutchman re ASmounted 295 Avenue Van Volxem, 1190 Brussels (Forest) Thu - Sat 12 noon – 10 pm www.kmplt.be Free access.

LA LOGE • Emily Wardill. When you fall into a Trance. 86 Rue de l’Ermitage, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Extended opening hours during Art Brussels: Thu - Sat 10 am – 7 pm www.la-loge.be Free access.

LA VERRIÈRE Opening: Friday 25 April, from 6 pm • Hubert Duprat. 50 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Mon - Sat 11 am – 6 pm Exceptionally open on the occasion of Art Brussels Sunday 11 am - 6 pm Free access.

MAISON GREGOIRE • Zin Taylor. Portals. 292 Dieweg, 1180 Brussels (Uccle) Sat 2 pm - 6 pm and by appointment www.maisongregoire.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

MUSÉE D’IXELLES • Duane Hanson. Sculptures of the American Dream

NICC Vitrine project • Simona Denicolai & Ivo Provoost. 1, Rue Lambert Crickx 1, 1070 Brussels (Anderlecht) 24h/24h www.nicc.be

ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS • Exhibition of the three Laureates of Montrouge Biennale of Young European Creation Selected artists: Frank Blommestijn & Michiel van der Werf, Adrià Ciurana, Krisztián Kristóf. Arba-esa, 144 Rue du Midi, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Opening Thu 12 pm – 3 pm / Extended opening hours during Art Brussels Fri – Sat 10 am – 6 pm / Free access.

Yves Lecomte. No it is Opposition. Dexia Art Center, 50 Rue de l’Ecuyer, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Opening Thu 4 pm – 7 pm / Extended opening hours during Art Brussels Fri – Sat 10 am – 6 pm / Free access.

ROYAL MUSEUMS OF FINE ARTS OF BELGIUM • Fin-de-Siècle Museum: Every end is a new beginning. Art from 1868 to 1914. Artists include: James Ensor, Victor Horta, Fernand Khnopff, Maurice Maeterlinck, Leon Spilliaert, Henry Van de Velde, Emile Verhaeren, among others. • Magritte Museum: New hanging of the collection • Contemporary Art Circuit in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Artists include: Pierre Alechinsky, Giovanni Anselmo, James Lee Byars, Thierry De Cordier, Jan Fabre, Sol LeWitt, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Gavin Turk, Lawrence Weiner, Ossip Zadkine. 3 Rue de la Régence, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Tue - Sun 10 am – 5 pm www.fine-arts-museum.be / Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

71 Rue Jean Van Volsem, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Tue - Sun 9.30 am – 5 pm www.museedixelles.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

STALACTICA • Independent project Opening: Tuesday 22 April from 5 pm to 9 pm Artists included: Saâdane Afif, John Baldessari, Davide Balula, Matthias Bitzer, Tjorg Douglas Beer, John Bock, Kolkoz, Alicja Kwade, Bruce Nauman, Sterling Ruby, Brie Ruais, Jessica Warboys, Andy Warhol, among others. Initiated by Anissa Touati, Tjorg Douglas Beer and Samuel Boutruche & a co-production of Galerie Utopia and Ramapano with the kind support of Collection Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Collection Patrick Letovsky, Collection Ariel Roger-Paris, Collection Famille Servais, Collection Pascaline Smets, Collection Ronald Rozenbaum and Collection Vincent Matthieu Quincaillerie Vander Eycken 66 Rue du Viaduc, 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) Exceptionally open on the occasion of Art Brussels Thu – Sun 10 am – 6 pm http://www.galerie-utopia.com/STALACTICA/

WIELS CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER • Franz Erhard Walther. The Body Decides • Akram Zaatari. This Day at Ten 354 Avenue Van Volxem, 1190 Brussels (Forest) Extended opening hours during Art Brussels Wed - Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.WIELS.org Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

musEUms and art centres in belgium AALST NETWERK • Aglaia Konrad. Das Haus (ausgestellt) • Marc De Blieck. Standards Houtkaai z/n, 9300 Aalst / Tue - Sun 2 pm – 6 pm www.netwerk-art.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

ANTWERP EXTRA CITY • Koenraad Dedobbeleer. The Desperate, Furiously Positive Striving of People Who Refuse to Be Dismissed • Raymond Barion. Of lenses and Arenas • Laure Prouvost. Wantee and Grandma's dreams Curated by Mihnea Mircan. Extra City Kunsthal, 31 Eikelstraat, 2600 Antwerp Wed – Sun 1 pm – 6 pm www.extracitykunsthal.org Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

FOMU • Broomberg & Chanarin. Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt Curated by Joachim Naudts. • Rinko Kawauchi Curated by Rein Deslé. • Ed van der Elsken. Love on the Left Bank Curated by Tamara Berghmans. • Collectie FoMu. Le Lynx Curated by Brecht Bostyn. 47 Waalsekaai, 2000 Antwerp / Tue - Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.fotomuseum.be / Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only

M HKA • Narcisse Tordoir. The Pink Spy Curated by Narcisse Tordoir. • El Hotel Eléctrico. Rooms Available Curated by Edwin Carels. 32 Leuvenstraat, 2000 Antwerp Tue - Sun 11 am – 6 pm; Thu until 9 pm www.muhka.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only

OBJECTIF EXHIBITIONS • Nina Beier. Four Stomachs • Liudvikas Buklys • Frank Chu. Jretdrostrenikal Exhibitions • Bruce Conner Makes a Sandwich • Raphael Montañez Ortiz. Computer-Laser-Scratch Videos, 1985-97 • Post Brothers. Memoirs found in a Bathtub, or what Entropy means to me 7-9/26 Kleine Markt, 2000 Antwerp Wed - Sat 2 pm – 6 pm www.objectif-exhibitions.org Free access.

CHARLEROI MUSÉE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE • Gilles Caron. The interior conflict Curated by Michel Poivert & Jean-Christophe Blaser. • Claire Chevrier. CHARLEROI • Days of war (1960-2001). A choice from the museum collections 11 Avenue Paul Pastur, 6032 Charleroi (Mont-sur-Marchienne) Tue - Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.museephoto.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

DEURLE MUSEUM DHONDT-DHAENENS • Gert & Uwe Tobias • My Beloved, you and I. Love in times of Expressionism Selected artists: Gust De Smet, Constant Permeke, Frits Van den Berghe, Edgard Tytgat en Frans Masereel. 14 Museumlaan, 9831 Deurle / Tue - Sun 10 am – 5 pm www.museumdd.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

GHENT KIOSK • Eric Baudelaire & Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc. L'œil se noie (The eye drowns) 2 Louis Pasteurlaan, 9000 Ghent / Tue – Fri 2 pm – 6 pm; Sat – Sun 11 am – 6 pm www.kioskgallery.be Free access

S.M.A.K. • Richard Jackson. Ain’t Painting a Pain Curated by Dennis Szakacs. • Anonymus. Dirk Braeckman. Schwarzschild • RE: Painted. ‘Painting’ from the collection Curated by Thibaut Verhoeven and Dirk Pauwels. Citadelpark, 9000 Ghent Tue - Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.smak.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

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KNOKKE

CIAP • Karl Philips. Foreign Legion Curated by Ann Vanderheyden.

INTERNATIONAL FOTOFESTIVAL KNOKKE-HEIST • Unknown Masterpieces Artists include: Julie Scheurweghs, Maroesjka Lavigne, among others. Curated by Freddy Van Vlaenderen and Stephane Verheye. • Haute Africa Selected artists: Martin Parr, Jim Naughten, Wangechi Mutu, Zanele Muholi, Viviane Sassen, Yinka Shonibare, among others. Curated by Christophe De Jaeger and Ramona Vangansbeke.

21 bus 1 Armand Hertzstraat, 3500 Hasselt Tue – Fri 11 am – 6 pm, Sat - Sun 1 pm – 5 pm www.ciap.be Free access.

Z33 • Sense of Sound Selected artists: Gert Aertsen, Christoph De Boeck, Aernoudt Jacobs, Stéfan Piat, Katerina Undo, Jeroen Uyttendaele and Jeroen Vandesande. Curated by Ils Huygens (in cooperation with Overtoon).

32 Meerlaan, 8300 Knokke-Heist Daily 10 am – 7 pm www.fotofestival.be Free access: exhibitors and VIPpass holders only.

33 Zuivelmarkt, 3500 Hasselt Tue - Sat 11 am – 6 pm; Sun 2 pm – 5 pm www.z33.be Free access.

KORTRIJK

HORNU MAC’S (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART) • L'image suivante... A choice in the collections of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Curated by Laurent Busine. 82 Rue Sainte-Louise, 7301 Hornu www.mac-s.be Tue - Sun 10 am – 6 pm Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

BROELMUSEUM • Capita Selecta The exhibition brings contemporary artworks from private collectors into dialogue with portraits from the museum collection. Selected artists: Mik Aernout, Michael Aerts, Stephan Balleux, Charif Benhelima, Birgit Brenner, Thorsten Brinkmann, Peter Buggenhout, Balthazar Burckhardt, Stijn Cole, Vaast Colson, Ronny Delrue, Denicolai & Provoost, Lucas Devriendt, Jef Geys, Vincent Geyskens, Joris Ghekiere, Anthony Goicolea, Assaf Gruber, Kati Heck, CarlJohan Hogberg, Thomas Key, Leigh Ledare, Adam Leech, Brendan Lynch, Julian Opie, Mathieu Ronse, Helmut Stallaerts, Narcise Tordoir, Marcel Van der Vlugt, Joris Van de Moortel, Koen Vanmechelen, Katrien Vermeire, Sacha Weidner, Anna Wenzel…. Curated by Monia Warnez and Jan Leysen. 6 Broelkaai, 8500 Kortrijk Tue – Fri 2 pm – 6 pm; Sat – Sun 11 am – 6 pm www.broelmuseum.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

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OSTEND

CENTRE DE LA GRAVURE • Christiane Baumgartner. White Noise • THE FAIR. Adolpho Avril, Olivier Deprezt & Miles O Shea

VANMOERKERKE COLLECTION • Things I Can’t Live Without Selected artists: Alighiero Boetti, Philippe Parreno, On Kawara, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Louise Lawler, Andreas Gursky, Haim Steinbach, Ashley Bickerton, Elmgreen & Dragset, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Robert Longo, Jules Olitski, Rosemarie Trockel, Rudolf Stingel, Gerhard Richter, Christopher Wool, Jacob Kassay, Violette Banks. Curated by Jason Ysenburg.

10 Rue des Amours, 7100 La Louvière Tue – Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.centredelagravure.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

10 Oud Vliegveld, 8400 Ostend Visits can be arranged by contacting the collection at info@artcollection.be www.artcollection.be

LEUVEN M • Ravaged. Art and Culture in Times of Conflict Artists include: Adel Abdessemed , Lida Abdul, Sven Augustijnen, Fernando Bryce, Cai Guo-Qiang, Mona Hatoum, Lamia Joreige, Emily Jacir, Michael Rakowitz, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor and classical masters. Curated by Eline Van Assche & Ronald Van de Sompel. www.ravage1914.be • Isabelle Cornaro Curated by Valerie Verhack. 28 L. Vanderkelenstraat, 3000 Leuven Tue - Sun 11 am – 6 pm; Thu 11 am – 10 pm, Wed closed www.mleuven.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

Mu.ZEE • Cinema Joostens. A two-part exhibition showcasing the work and universe of Paul Joostens 11 Romestraat, 8400 Ostend Tue - Sun 10 am – 6 pm www.muzee.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

WAREGEM BE-PART • Nicolas Provost. The Perfect Wave 17 Westerlaan, 8790 Waregem Sun - Fri 11 am – 5 pm www.be-part.be Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

off projects DESIGN MARKET Tour & Taxis, 86c Avenue du Port, 1000 Brussels www.designmarket.be Sat 2 pm to 6 pm Sun 9.30 am to 5 pm Entrance: 20€ on Saturday and 5€ on Sunday if pre-registered through the website MANIERA Opening: Tue 22 April – 5 pm until 9 pm Prototype exhibition of limited edition furniture designed by the Brussels-based architecture duo OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen and by the Dutch, independent architect Anne Holtrop 74, rue de la Caserne, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) www.maniera.be Fri - Sat from 12 am – 6 pm or by appointement on +32 494 787 290

Restaurants, bars and shopping

POPPOSITIONS Dexia Art Center, 50 Rue de l'Ecuyer, 1000 Brussels (City Centre) www.poppositions.com Tue 24 – Sun 27 noon – 8 pm Fri 25 extended opening hours until Midnight Free access WHATSPACE (OFF site project) Comrades of Time Comrades of Time Comrades of Time Artists include: Koen Delaere, Michaela Eichwald, Bas van den Hurk, Rachel Koolen, Daniel Schubert, Chris Succo. 15 Rue Crickxst, 1060 Brussels (Saint Gilles) Exceptionally open during Art Brussels Fri – Sun 11 am – 7 pm www.whatspace.nl Free access: exhibitors and VIP pass holders only.

Sablon / City Centre Brasserie Jaloa €€ Good brasserie presenting its best selection of Franco-Belgian cuisine. 5 – 7 Place Sainte-Catherine 1000 Brussels T +32 2 512 18 31 www.brasseriejaloa.com Open 7 days a week 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 11 pm L’Ecailler du Palais Royal €€€ Very elegant fish restaurant. 18 Rue Bodenbroek 1000 Brussels T +32 2 512 87 51 www.lecaillerdupalaisroyal.be 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 11 pm Closed on Sunday Reservation required Au Vieux Saint-Martin €€ Delicious Brussels specialities. 38 Place du Grand Sablon 1000 Brussels T +32 2 512 64 76 www.auvieuxsaintmartin.be Non-stop service from 12 noon until 12 midnight Closed on Sunday

Easy Tempo € Antipasti, pasta and pizza 146 Rue Haute 1000 Brussels T +32 2 513 54 40 No credit cards Closed on Sunday and Monday

Downtown Brussels and Surroundings BOZAR Brasserie €€ A pleasant, well located brasserie 3 Rue Baron Horta 1000 Brussels T +32 2 503 00 00 www.bozarbrasserie.be Open 7 days a week 12 noon – 11 pm Comme Chez Soi €€€ An institution in Brussels. 2 Michelin star restaurant under chef Lionel Rigolet. 23 Place Rouppe 1000 Brussels T +32 2 512 29 21 www.commechezsoi.be Open from Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Closed on Wednesday for lunch.

Henri €€ Authentic Brussels restaurant, very friendly service, delicious fusion food. 113 Rue de Flandre 1000 Brussels T +32 2 218 00 08 www.restohenri.be 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 10 pm Closed on Sunday, Monday & Sat. noon La Marie-Joseph €€ Belgian classic establishment 47–49 Quai au Bois à Brûler 1000 Brussels T +32 2 218 05 96 www.lamariejoseph.be 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 11 pm Closed on Monday Les Filles € Fresh and seasonal products, and a daily changing menu that varies according to the deliveries. 46 Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains 1000 Brussels T +32 2 534 04 83 www.lesfillesplaisirsculinaires.be Open daily for lunch and dinner

Royal € A typical Brussels brasserie 103 Rue de Flandre 1000 Brussels T +32 2 217 85 00 www.royalbrasseriebrussels.be Non-stop service from 11 am to 11 pm Reservation required Samouraï €€€ One of the best Japanese restaurants in Brussels 28B Rue du Fossé aux Loups 1000 Brussels T +32 2 217 56 39 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 9 pm Closed on Monday and Sunday Sea Grill €€€ One of the most highly acclaimed restaurants in Brussels. 2 Michelin stars. Chef Yves Mattagne’s elegant and meticulously crafted menu has earned the Sea Grill Restaurant its excellent reputation 47 Rue Fossé Aux Loups 1000 Brussels T +32 2 212 08 00 www.seagrill.be Open Monday to Friday from noon to 2 pm and 7 pm to 10 pm

Selecto Bistronomy & comptoir. 95-97 Rue de Flandre 1000 Brussels T +32 2 511 40 95 www.leselecto.com 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 12 midnight Closed on Sunday

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Vismet €€ Great fish restaurant. 23 Place Sainte-Catherine 1000 Brussels T +32 2 218 85 45 www.brasserievismet.be 12 noon – 3 pm and 6 pm – 10 pm Closed on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday Reservation required Viva M’boma €€ Great meat & offal restaurant. 17 Rue de Flandre 1000 Brussels T +32 2 512 15 93 Open on Monday and Tuesday for lunch and on Thursday to Saturday for lunch and dinner

Quartier Louise / Ixelles Beurre Noisette € Chef Gregoire De Bocher provides inventive French cuisine. Rue du Page 38 - 1050 Brussels T +32 2 534 21 55 12 noon – 2 pm and 7 pm – 10.30 pm Closed on Sunday and Monday Brasserie George €€ Enjoy the best oysters, seafood, brasserie dishes and meat in a relaxed classic atmosphere. 259 Av Winston Churchill 1180 Brussels T +32 2 347 21 00 Non-stop service from 12 noon –12.30 pm Chez Montaigne €€ Fresh, tasty and inventive French food. 27, place Georges Brugmann 1050 Bruxelles (Ixelles) T +32 2 345 65 23 Tue – Sat 9 am – 10 pm Sun 9 am – 7 pm

Chou €€€ Amazing cuisine, excellent and extensive wine list, and stylish location. 4 Place de Londres 1000 Brussels T + 32 2 511 92 39 www.restaurantchou.eu 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 10.30 pm Closed on Saturday and Sunday

La Canne en Ville €€ Traditional cuisine and excellent wine list. 22 Rue de la Réforme 1050 Brussels T +32 2 347 29 26 www.lacanneenville.be Open for lunch & dinner Closed on Saturday noon and Sunday Le Fruit Défendu €€ Seasonal restaurant. 108 Rue de Tenbosch 1050 Brussels T +32 2 347 42 47 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm – 10.30 pm Closed on Sunday and Saturday noon

De la Vigne à l’assiette €€ Traditional cuisine. 51 Rue de la Longue Haie - 1000 Bruxelles T +32 2 647 68 03 Open from Tuesday to Friday for lunch and dinner and Saturday for dinner. En Face de Parachute €€ French and Mediterranean cuisine. 578 Chaussée de Waterloo 1050 Brussels T +32 2 346 4741 12 noon – 4 pm and 7.30 pm – 12 midnight Closed on Sunday and Monday

Odette en Ville €€ The world’s cuisines and seasons are the inspiration of chef Roberto Zanuso. Trendy place for breakfast, lunch or dinner 25 Rue du Châtelain 1050 Brussels T +32 2 640 26 26 www.chez-odette.com/en_ville Open daily Breakfast 8.30 am – 10.30 am Lunch 12 noon – 2.30 pm Dinner 7 pm – 11 pm

Sale Pepe Rosmarino € An authentic Italian restaurant with a great atmosphere mixing rare simplicity and high quality products. 98 Rue Berckmans 1060 Brussels T +32 2 538 90 63 Monday to Friday from 12 noon to 2.30 pm and Monday to Saturday from 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm

Un Jour á Peyrassol € Good Italian & Mediterranean kitchen. 76 Rue de l’Aqueduc 1050 Brussels T +32 2 539 32 99 www.unjourapeyrassol.com Monday to Saturday 12 noon – 2.30 pm and 7 pm – 10.30 pm Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm

Tan €€ Excellent organic slow food restaurant. 95 Rue de l’Aqueduc 1050 Brussels T +32 2 537 87 87 Open Monday to Saturday 12 noon – 3 pm and 7 pm – 11 pm Last order 1 hour before closing

North of Brussels

Around Flagey

Bowery €€ Outstanding inspired cuisine in an arty atmosphere. Special Art Brussels menu. 650 – 652 Chaussée de Louvain 1030 Brussels T +32 2 325 12 90 12 noon – 2 pm and 7 pm – 10 pm Closed on Saturday and Sunday

Canterbury Café-restaurant. Delicious Brussels specialities. Great terrace. 2 Avenue de l’Hippodrome 1050 Brussels T +32 2 646 83 93 www.lecanterbury.be 10 am – 11 pm Closed on Sunday

Senza Nome €€€ Italian restaurant with a Michelin star. 22 Rue Royale Sainte-Marie 1030 Brussels T +32 2 223 16 17 www.senzanome.be 12 noon to 2 pm and 7 pm to 9.30 pm Closed on Saturday noon & Sunday

Toucan € A pleasant, well located brasserie. 1 Avenue Louis Lepoutre 1050 Brussels T +32 2 345 30 17 www.toucanbrasserie.com Open daily 10 am – 12 midnight Toucan sur Mer €€ Fish bistrot, great selection of oysters. 17–19 Avenue Louis Lepoutre 1050 Brussels T +32 2 340 07 40 Open daily 12 noon – 11 pm

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Chez Oki €€€ Japanese fusion food. 62 Rue Lesbroussart 1050 Brussels T + 32 2 644 45 76 www.chez-oki.com Closed on Saturday noon, Sunday and Monday noon Kamo €€ One Michelin star gastronomic Japanese restaurant, the food and service are exceptional. 123 Avenue des Saisons 1050 Brussels T +32 2 648 78 48 Closed on Sunday Reservation mandatory

Kokuban € Light Japanese cuisine, very relaxed atmosphere. 52 Rue Vilain XIIII 1000 Brussels T +32 2 611 06 22 www.kokuban.be 12 noon – 2 pm and 7 pm – 10 pm Closed on Sunday La Meilleure Jeunesse € A mainstay of the scions of the Brussels art world 58 Rue de l’Aurore 1000 Brussels T +32 2 640 23 94 www.lameilleurejeunesse.be Closed on Saturday noon and Sunday

West of Brussels Uccle and Forest Bouchéry €€€ Young and creative cuisine 44 Chaussée d’Alsemberg, 1180 Brussels T +32 2 332 37 74 www.bouchery-restaurant.be Monday to Saturday Evening only

Bars and Light Meals

La Villa Lorraine Mixed concept of brasserie on one side and a one Michelin star gastronomic on the other side. 75 Avenue du Vivier d’Oie 1000 Brussels T +32 2 374 31 63 www.villalorraine.be Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and diner.

BarBeton Trendy urban bar 114 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels (City centre) www.barbeton.be Café Belga Lively bar & café Place Eugène Flagey 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) T +32 2 640 35 08 www.cafebelga.be

Le Pigeon noir €€ Fresh and traditional cuisine 2 Geleytsbeek 1180 Brussels T +32 2 375 23 74 Open Monday to Friday from 12 noon until 2.30 pm and 7 pm to 10.20 pm

Chez Franz Bar and tapas 30 Avenue du Haut Pont 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) www.chez-franz.be Monday to Thursday 8 pm – 12 noon Friday to Sunday 10 pm – 1 am

Le Chalet de la Forêt €€€ 2 Michelin stars. Blending art with intelligence, Chef Pascal Devalkeneer achieves the perfect balance between traditional and avant-garde concepts 43 Drève de Lorraine 1180 Brussels (Uccle) T +32 2 374 54 16 www.lechaletdelaforet.be Open from 12 noon to 2.30 pm and 7 pm until 10 pm. Closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Au Daringman An artworld classic 37 Rue de Flandre 1000 Brussels (City centre) Tuesday to Friday 12 noon – 2 am, Saturday 4 pm to 2 am and Sunday 4 pm – 12 midnight

A la Mort Subite A Brussels classic old school café & beer house, beautiful surroundings 7 Rue Montagne-aux-Herbes Potagères 1000 Brussels (City centre) T +32 2 513 13 18 www.alamortsubite.com Monday to Saturday 11 am - 1 am Sunday 12 noon - 12 midnight Greenwich Authentic Belgian brasserie and bar food served non-stop in beautiful Belle Époque surroundings from 11 am to 11.30 pm. Bar open until late 7 Rue des Chartreux 1000 Brussels (City centre) T +32 2 511 41 67 L’Archiduc Art deco classic 6 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels (City centre) T +32 2 512 06 52 www.archiduc.net

Le Bar du Matin Relaxed informal bar with good music programme (jazz, electro, chanson, world music) 172 Chaussée d’Alsemberg 1190 Brussels (Forest) T + 32 2 537 71 59 Monday to Friday 8 am - 1 am Saturday & Sunday 8 am – 2 am www.bardumatin.be Lord Byron Art Café 8 Rue des Chartreux 1000 Brussels (City Centre) Monday to Saturday 4pm – 5 am Maison du Peuple Popular local hangout 39 Parvis de Saint-Gilles 1060 Brussels (St. Gilles) www.maison-du-peuple.be

concept stores

Monk Classic downtown watering hole 42 Rue Sainte Catherine 1000 Brussels (City centre) T +32 2 511 75 11 www.monk.be Monday to Thursday 11 am - 1 am Friday & Saturday 11 am - 3 am Sunday from 1 pm - 1 am

Hunting and Collecting Hunting for a present, original clothing, small furniture, books... 17 Rue des Chartreux 1000 Brussels T +32 2 512 74 77 Tue - Sat 12 noon – 7pm Siblingsfactory 31 Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains 1000 Brussels T +32 2 503 60 71 Mon - Sat 10am – 7pm Sun 1pm – 7pm

Shopping list The area around the Rue Dansaert (Brussels 1000) is the most interesting place to shop Belgian (and other) designers. Most shops are open between 11am and 6.30pm from Monday to Saturday. They are all located in the city centre. On Sunday, the places to be are Sablon and The Jeu de Bal market.

Smets Premium store Brussels Unique mix in Brussels of fashion, beauty, design and art on 3500m2. European names into Fashion and Design. 650 652 Chaussée de Louvain B-1030 Brussels T +32 2 325 12 30 Mon - Sat 11am – 7pm

Moeder Lambic Original Widest selection of Beers in Brussels. An institution! 68 Rue de Savoie 1060 Brussels (St-Gilles) T +32 2 544 16 99 www.moederlambic.com Monday to Sunday 4 pm - 3 am 8 Place Fontainas 1000 Brussels (City centre) T +32 2 503 60 68 Monday to Thursday 11 am - 1 am Friday & Saturday 11 am - 2 am Sunday 11 am - 1 am

Clothing

Jewels

A suivre Multi- brand and great bags by Belgian designer Clio Goldbrenner 101 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels T +32 2 513 90 12 Monday - Sat 11am – 7pm

ICON Nice clothes, Isabel Marant, Acne... 5 Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 1000 Brussels T +32 2 502 71 51 Mon – to Sat 10.30am – 6.30pm

Annemie Verbeke Great knitwear and unique clothing 64 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels T +32 2 511 21 71 Mon - Sat 11am – 6pm

Isabelle Bajart Vintage 25 Rue des Chartreux 1000 Brussels T +32 478 24 37 88 Mon & Tue 12 noon – 7pm Wed - Sat 11am – 7pm

Carine Gilson Very luxurious lingerie, last seen in a James Bond movie... 87 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels T +32 2 289 51 47 Tue - Sat 10.30am – 6.30pm

Jean-Paul Knott Fantastic Belgian designers 57 Rue Lebeau 1000 Brussels T +32 2 511 66 56 Mon 12 noon – 5pm Tue - Sat 11am – 6.30pm Sun 12 noon – 5pm Louis Victor

Hatshoe Designer shoes 89 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels T +32 2 512 41 52 Mon 12.30 noon – 6.30pm Tue - Sat 10.30am – 2pm / 2.30pm – 6.30pm

Louis Vuitton 59 Boulevard de Waterloo 1000 Brussels Mon - Sat 10.30am – 6.30pm

Maison Martin Margiela Superb Belgian design for Him and Her 114 Vlaamsesteenweg 1000 Brussels T +32 2 223 75 20 Mon - Sat 11am – 7pm

Christa Reniers Belgian Jewelry design, mostly gold 61 Rue Hebeau 1000 Brussels T +32 2 510 06 60 Mon - Sat 10.30am – 1pm / 2pm – 6.30pm

STIJL Belgian designers like Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, AF Vandevorst... Stijl Woman 74 Rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels T +32 2 2 512 03 13 Mon - Sat 10.30am – 6.30pm

Ciel mes bijoux 16 Galerie du Roi 1000 Brussels T +32 2 514 71 98 Tue - Sat 11am – 6.30pm

Stijl Men 6 Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains T +32 2 513 42 50 Mon - Sat 10.30am – 6.30pm Vêtu High quality designer vintage clothes 12 Rue Léon Lepage 1000 Brussels T +32 2 502 02 06 Wed - Sat 12 noon – 7pm Sun 2pm – 6pm

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Duration: 1 1/2 hour Workshops at 12.30 am- 2.15pm 4.15pm - 6pm. ING Lounge (Hall 3) Free of charge Rates Art Brussels Pocketbook: 25€ Entry + Pocketbook: 35€ Art Brussels Bag, designed by Rinus Van de Velde: 10€ The Art Brussels colouring book: 20€ Portrait of the Collector as a Work of Art: 25€

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Fair Fri 25 to Sun 27 April 12 noon – 8 pm Guided Tours Fri 25 to Sun 27 April Daily guided tours in French and Dutch open to all visitors (free of charge) at 3 pm and 5 pm meeting point entrance Hall 3.

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Kids' Corner During the weekend, little art lovers can enjoy their time at Rasa. ING has invited Rasa to take care of the Kids Corner this year, for children aged between 4 and 10 years old.

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