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The Belgian collector, Alain Servais, started collecting art in the late 1990s. In 2000, he moved into a 900-square meter old factory which he transformed into a three-storey loft, located in a working-class neighborhood of northern Brussels. This is where he lives and works, as well as showing his contemporary art collection. “There are two…
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The work of Hans Op de Beeck (*1969, Belgium) encompasses sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, photography, video animated film, and short story writing. It is his quest for the most effective way of presenting the concrete contents of each work that determines the medium that the artist ultimately selects.
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Behind the young and dynamic art gallery, Meessen De Clercq, are two men of opposite but complementary talents and temperaments. Jan De Clercq has the physique of a rugby player while Olivier Meessen gives one the impression of a fantasy writer. Economist by education and strategic planning expert by profession, Jan teams up with the…
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“It’s time to do something in Brussels”. The de facto capital of the European Union gained its political significance much due to its geographical advantage. London, Paris, Amsterdam are within reach in less than 90 minutes by train and Berlin in two hours by plane. The Brussels art galleries benefit from such strategic location as well. Adding…
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Baroda born and Mumbai based, Hema Upadhyay (*1972) uses photography and sculptural installations to explore notions of personal identity, dislocation, nostalgia and gender. Upadhyay draws on her own personal and family history of migration to express her concerns and this is expressed through the way she portrays herself in her works and the urban slums in her installations.
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Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr is probably the most known auctioneer in France. Since the decease of Mr. Pierre Restany in 2003, founder of the Nouveaux Realistes movement in 1960, Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr became the president benevolent of the Palais de Tokyo. In this interview, we focus on Mr. Cornette de Saint Cyr’s idea…
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艾未未的作品，⼀百五十噸的葵花籽雕塑從中國傳統貢品瓷器出產地景德鎮裝運至泰德現代展出。這批葵花籽經歷了三十個傳統製作程序，以⼀千三百度⾼溫燒製，並全⼈手彩繪，充份展現了景德鎮匠工的千年絕活
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The French collector and winner of the 2003 Montblanc award for cultural patronage, Gilles Fuchs, chairs the missionary ADIAF (Association of International Diffusion of French Art) for the promotion of contemporary French art since its creation in 1994. The Association is also the founder and presenter of the Prix Marcel Duchamp (presided by Mr. Fuchs), which…
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The young sound artist, Pierre-Laurent Cassière (*1982, France), considers sound, acoustic fields and vibrations, as a medium relating bodies and space through dynamic relationships. Out of a musical approach, his sound installations, performances or devices deal with perception limits and aim to offer very specific ways of listening.
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Studied sculpture in the UK in early 1990s, Sofia Hultén (*1972, Stockholm) has been influenced by the idea of sculpture as an expandable media with a performative potential. Instead of producing objects, Sofia is interested in changing the state of existence of her ready-made material. Her work is therefore four dimensional where time becomes an…
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