Art Brussels has revealed the exhibitor list for its 2018 fair. For the fair’s 50th-anniversary edition, which will run April 20-22, Art Brussels will include 146 galleries from 33 countries, with nearly a quarter of the exhibitors showing for the first time. Newcomers and galleries returning to the fair include the Belgian outfits Mendes Wood […]
Music Stands Still: A Major Exhibition at S.M.A.K., Showing Work by Jorge Macchi
GHENT.- ‘ Macchi refuses to let himself be pushed into any art history category. The quality of his work lies in an openness that is absolute and without complexes. He achieves maximum perception using a minimum of form: the viewer should not try …
S.M.A.K. Conceives a Plan to Display the Works of Art and Documents of Marcel Broodthaers
GHENT.- Several years ago S.M.A.K. conceived a plan to provide a permanent place in the museum to display the works of art and documents of Marcel Broodthaers (Brussels, 1924 – Cologne, 1976) from its collection. Since 1973, when the Friends of S.M.A.K…
Spanish Artist Carlos Rodríguez-Méndez in Hot Water at S.M.A.K.
GHENT.- For his exhibition ‘Agua Caliente/Hot Water’, the Spanish artist Carlos Rodríguez-Méndez (Pontevedra, 1968) is installing a gigantic minimal sculpture in the Kunst Nu room at S.M.A.K. It comprises thirty-nine huge white PVC tubes, each thirty…
Paintings Not Seen for More than Half a Century Now on View at Alte Pinalothek
MUNICH.- To mark the anniversary year, a number of paintings from the rich
holdings in the Alte Pinakothek collection, that have seldom been displayed, are on show. Several have not been seen for more than half a century, others have been exhibited ove…
Dundee Contemporary Arts Opens Manfred Pernice’s First Solo Show in the UK
DUNDEE.- Dundee Contemporary Arts presents new and recent works by Manfred Pernice – one of the most outstanding German artists of his generation. This is the first solo exhibition in the UK in partnership with Modern Art Oxford and SMAK, Ghent. Concei…