Beyond Mussels in BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS ART WEEK 2018 / GUIDE
Countering the Mainstream
POPPOSITIONS
Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 22-23 Nieuwe Graanmarkt - 1000 Brussels, Belgium
An alternative to mainstream art fairs?You're welcome.
There are no white booths to be found here. Instead, POPPOSITIONS presents emerging talent in a site-specific context, occupying a different space each year.
Pet Project
Animals V2
Riva Project
Rue de Tenbosch 124,1050, Brussels
From the private collection of Charles Riva, the second part of the exhibition ANIMALS continues to reflect upon the representation of the figure of the animal in contemporary art.
Bringing together works by Martin Creed, Jeff Koons, Claude Lalanne, François-Xavier Lalanne, Sherrie Levine, Paul McCarthy and David Zink Yi, this selection raises questions around sanctification, distortion and the specific attention given by the artists to the figure of the animal.
On view through July 7th.
Keep it simple
Friture René
Place de la Résistance 14-15, 1070 Anderlecht, Belgium
A classic Belgian restaurant with superb, national dishes. Very comfy decor and bar.
Jam sessions @
WIELS
Avenue Van Volxem 354, 1190 Forest
Saâdane Afif employs popular forms of culture, such as music, as a tool to bring people together in a moment of shared creativity. At the heart of this exhibition, a music studio is installed, complete with instruments. You are invited to come and play music, to take part in jam sessions under the guidance of a studio master. The only rule is that you must use the lyrics contained in Afif’s songbook Parolesas.
Free, but reservations obligatory. Email paroles@wiels.org to book.
Fourth Time is the Charm
GLADSTONE GALLERY
12 Rue du Grand Cerf Brussels, Belgium 1000
Roe Ethridge’s fourth solo show is currently on view at Gladstone Gallery.
Ethridge’s photographs deconstruct visual syntax by consciously reworking tropes of both stock imagery and fine art.
Under the Radar -Exhibition
ARTUNER
Independent Régence, Rue de la Régence, 67 1000 Brussels
We've always got ARTUNER on our radar.
Founded in 2013 by Eugenio Re Rebaudengo primarily as an online platform, they now actively seek out innovative, unconventional spaces to exhibit and curate in.
This week they'll be presenting Standing, Waiting by Manuele Cerutti and Compression by Paul Kneale for the first time in Belgium.
Open from April 18-May 5.
Korakrit takes over
Clearing Gallery
311 Avenue Van Volxem
1190 Brussels,
Korakrit Arunanondchai's A workshop for peace: nowhere to go: let the song hold us: in a room filled with people with funny names 4 will be on view from April 20 - May 26, 2018.
It's not about color
White Covers
Rue de Barchon 11, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
White Covers is part of Private Choices, an exhibition on view at Centrale for Contemporary Art in Brussels until May 25th.
To expand on the "eulogy of white" she presented at Centrale, curator Carine Fol selected 19 works from the Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection in which white covers or reveals a reality or memory.
Fresh out the sea!
Le Vismet
Place Sainte-Catherine 23, 1000 Bruselles, Belgium
The place for fresh fish, right in the center.Perhaps not the cheapest, but totally regret-free.
Biere is in the air.
Chez Richard
Rue des Minimes 2, 1000 Brussels
A place to enjoy all day long, from breakfast to late night snacks.
Pro tip: their outside seating area is the best spot for people watching.
Sunday Stroll
Jeu de Balle Market
Place du Jeu de Balle, 1000 Brussels
Jeu de Balle gathers antique lovers, collectors and people who are just enjoying a nice day outside. Here you can find anything and everything you’ve ever wanted in a lively and entertaining market.
