"In his work, Stefan Peeters unlocks a window to a different, unnameable, intensified world for us to behold. " Hans Op de Beeck.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Fearful Symmetry at Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels, Stefan Peters' latest monograph VISTAS compels us to a journey through his latest body of work of enigmatic landscapes that transcend the tangible and evoke profound emotional resonance. Guided by the insights of Hans Op de Beeck, Claire Leblanc, and Stef Van Bellingen, w...

Sophie Steengracht (The Netherlands, 1991) is interested in mythology, magic realism, transformation and the intertwinement of man and nature. Her drawings, paintings and sculptures feature mythical creatures, flora, fauna, the earth and the sky. In June 2018 she travelled through the Manu Biosphere Reserve in the Peruvian Andes, a place of exceptional biodiversity, home to animals and plants that are found nowhere else on earth. In a forest permanently enveloped by clouds, trees form a kind ...

As attested by her inclusion in several important survey exhibitions, including The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain at the Wende Museum, Los Angeles (2019–20), Drozdik is one of the most significant Eastern European women artists working in experimental performance and photography before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Following her move to New York, she worked in close relation to feminist, critical and experimental literary practices associated with New York...

Dynamic Project II is published on the occasion of the retrospective Philippe Van Snick – Dynamic Project in S.M.A.K.. This publication complements the book Dynamic Project from 2010, an illustrated monograph that offers an overview of the work and life of the artist between 1970 and 2010. Dynamic Project II picks up where Dynamic Project left off: it starts in 2010 and continues until the death of the artist in 2019. The research and writing for this second book was done by Wouter de Vlees...

Nadia Naveau combineert in haar werk ernst met speelsheid. Als geen ander weet de beeldhouwster de toeschouwer te verleiden en een gevoel van vervreemding op te roepen.

Let’s Play it by Ear is niet alleen een terugblik op twintig jaar kunstpraktijk maar ook, net zoals haar sculpturen, een visuele puzzel van materialen en referenties aan vroeger en nu.

Publicatie bij de expo Nadia Naveau – Bringer Together in de Warande in Turnhout van 12 december 2021 tot 3 april 2022.

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The most comprehensive survey to date of the legendary feminist artist Judy Chicago

Der Katalog betrachtet anhand von 89 Werken das OEuvre Eduardo Chillidas und zeigt seine künstlerische Entwicklung und Formensprache auf. Neben seinen Skulpturen und einige öffentlichen Arbeiten liegt der Fokus vor allem auf den hängenden Papierarbeiten des Künstlers - den "Gravitationen". Der in San Sebastián geborene baskische Künstler gilt als Meister der abstrakten Skulptur und zählt zu den bedeutendsten Bildhauern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bekannt geworden ist er als Bildhauer der Mon...

Breathtaking work by Hans Memling, the Flemish Primitive in Bruges

The Flemish Primitive artist Hans Memling (c. 1435–1494), who played a crucial role in early Netherlandish painting, is inextricably associated with Bruges. Among his most impressive creations are the St John Altarpiece and the St Ursula Shrine, which he created for St John’s Hospital in the city. Seven more of this fifteenth-century master’s finest works can also be seen in Bruges, at what is now the St John’s Hospita...