Brussels Gallery Weekend celebrates 15th anniversary!

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BGW goes big to celebrate 15th anniversary!

© HV Photography. Courtesy the artist and rodolphe janssen, Brussel

From 8-11 September, 46 art galleries around Brussels will be open to the public as part of the Brussels Gallery Weekend. For its 15th anniversary the BGW has a special programme to match, with a unique main venue in the former printing plant of the National Bank of Belgium, the perfect setting for large format [removed];

Throughout the long weekend, Brussels will be buzzing with exhibitions, performances, and installations. This fifteenth edition of BGW will have 46 galleries participating, and also a brand new concept: a central focal point in the prestigious surroundings of L’Imprimerie – a former printing plant. And of course we mustn’t forget the traditional “off” programme, the “Generation Brussels” exhibition, different talks, and more to be announced [removed];

PARTICIPATING GALLERIES : Almine Rech, Arcade, Archiraar Gallery, Ballon Rouge, Baronian, Belgian Gallery Brussels, Bernier/Eliades, Clearing, Damien & The Love Guru, Dauwens & Beernaert Gallery, dépendance, didier Claes, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, Galerie de la Béraudière, Galerie Dys, Galerie Felix Frachon, Galerie Greta Meert, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Gladstone, Harlan Levey Projects, Hopstreet Gallery, Irène Laub Gallery, Jan Mot, La Maison De Rendez-Vous, La Patinoire Royale | Galerie Valérie Bach, La peau de l’ours, Maniera, Marra\Nosco, Maruani Mercier, Meessen De Clercq, Mendes Wood DM, Michel Rein, Montoro12 Gallery, Nino Mier, Nosbaum Reding, Pierre Marie Giraud, rodolphe janssen, Rossicontemporary, Schönfeld Gallery, Sorry We’re Closed, Spazio Nobile, Stems Gallery, Templon, Waldburger Wouters, Xavier [removed];

L’Imprimerie: the perfect backdrop for the “Sculpture Factory” exhibition

This year, the heart of the Gallery Weekend can be found in the very centre of Brussels, in the former printing plant of the Belgian national bank. A modernist building measuring over 20,000 square metres, built in 1950 and and recently acquired for redevelopment by 3D Real Estate and Burco [removed];Made available on a temporary basis, this emblematic space will host various talks, a Duvel bar, Lillet and Ceder bars, and numerous projects and performances including the “Generation Brussels” and “Sculpture Factory” exhibitions. With the support of Art Brussels, the space will also host a unique selection of large format works put forward by participating [removed];

Generation Brussels!

For the fifth year running, the “Generation Brussels” exhibition will shine a spotlight on a range of artists who live and work in Brussels. Twelve artists including art students, young graduates, up-and-coming names as well as some more experienced artists whose work explores the theme of ‘care’. “In a world controlled by visible and invisible forces – at times limiting, and sometimes leading to happy coincidences – the hand that gives, heals, or repairs, the word that soothes, or the ear that listens, nature reimagined or disguised, as well as space as a vessel for minuscule signs of change, can inspire surprising processes,” explains Maud Salembier art historian and curator of the exhibition.

On the Sunday evening, one of these artists will be awarded the Prix Centre/Komett, the first edition of a prize resulting from a collaboration between the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles/Paris and the KOMMET association based in Lyon.

OFF PROGRAM : Ada Ventura, La Centrale, Fondation CAB, Cloud Seven, Globe Aroma, JAP, La Loge, LaVallée, Musée Juif de Belgique, SB34 Clovis + Société, WIELS, 10N.

PROGRAM


Vernissage
 


Thursday September 8                                     11 am – 9 pm                   



Public Opening


Friday 9 – Saturday 10                                     11 am – 7 pm

 


Public Opening


Sunday 12                                                      11 am – 6 pm

 

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