23—26.04.26 Brussels Expo

Art Brussels

Programme

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Art Brussels invites you to explore a programme of conversations, book signings, and special events designed to deepen your engagement with contemporary art. Throughout the fair, artists, curators, collectors, and voices from the art world will come together to discuss current topics, share insights, and present new publications. 

Day-to-day Programme

Thursday 23 April

2 PM
Award C
eremony
Announcement of the winners of the Solo Prize, the Discovery Acquisition Prize and the ’68 Forward Prize 
Location: Tribune

5 — 6 PM
KLARA – Pompidou Live with Chantal Pattyn
Location: Tribune

Friday 24 April

11:50 AM 
The Artwork Within
Slow Art Sessions
With Christine Ayoub and the work of Daniel Enkaoua. 
Location: Stand 5E-06 | ESTHER VERHAEGHE art concepts
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12 – 12:50 PM
When Objects Become Assets
Talk with Timothy Broos (Director Belgian Branch, Hiscox Benelux), Björn Deleu (Private Banker, Delen Private Bank), Oliver Lenaerts (Specialist in Art and Business Law) & François Toussaint (Co-founder of Objectory)
Location: Tribune
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1 – 1:50 PM
Poetry and Visual Arts
 
An interview with Ana Maria Caballero (artist, OFFICE IMPART) & Melissa Giardina
Location: Tribune

1:50 PM 
The Artwork Within
Slow Art Sessions
With Christine Ayoub and the work of Daniel Enkaoua. 
Location: Stand 5E-06 | ESTHER VERHAEGHE art concepts
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2 – 2:50 PM
Opening, Reopening, Reinventions: the new museum dynamics in Brussels
A talk with Kasia Redzisz (artistic director, KANAL – Centre Pompidou) and Claire Leblanc (director, Museum of Ixelles), moderated by Jean-Philippe Theyskens (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) 
Location: Tribune

3 – 3:50 PM
The Cartoon Figure Now

With Nicola Tyson (artist, Nino Mier) in conversation with Felix Choong (curator, Hayward Gallery) 
Location: Tribune
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4 – 4:50 PM
Concrete Sweethearts

Artist talk with Sarah Caillard (artist exhibiting at CC Strombeek) in conversation with Martha Kirszenbaum (independent curator)
Location: Tribune
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5 – 5:50 PM
El Pulso del Agua
Book launch
With Nils Verkaeren (Zwart Huis) & Bruno Devos (publisher of HOPPER&FUCHS) 
Location: Tribune
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Saturday 25 April

11:30 – 12:30 PM
Climate Education Through the Art of Storytelling 
Presented by Fleur Rossdale on behalf of the Fleur Rossdale Foundation (FRF)
Location: Tribune

1 – 1:50 PM
Book Launch of The Art Travel Book with a talk on Art & Nature
With Nadine van den Bosch (founder, Young Collectors Circle) 
Location: Tribune

2 – 2:50 PM
Artist talk
With Adama Sanhee, Co-Founder and CEO of the Moleskine Foundation, in conversation with artists from the Moleskine Detour Collection
Location: Tribune

3 – 3:50 PM
The role of animism in contemporary African art – material as identity
With Thiémoko Claude Diarra (artist, Christophe Person), Julien Volper (curator, Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren) & Sitor Senghor (artistic director of AKAA – Also Known as Africa)
Location: Tribune
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4 – 4:50 PM
Artist talk
With three artists from the Horizons section: Elen Braga (artist, Wouters gallery), Zuzanna Czebatul (artist, sans titre) and Aglaia Konrad (artist, NADJA VILENNE), moderated by Devrim Bayar (guest curator for Horizons)
Location: Tribune

Sunday 26 April

11:30 – 12:30 PM
Underground But Not Invisible
Artist talk
With Orshi Drozdik (artist, Einspach & Czapolai Fine Art), moderated by Louis-Philippe Van Eeckhoutte (curator of the ’68 Forward section) 
Location: Tribune

1 – 1:50 PM
Happy, Sad
Presentation of fragments from the documentary film directed by Oliver Rynders in conversation with Koen Leemans (KETELEER GALLERY)
Location: Tribune

2 – 2:50 PM
Ethics, Sustainability and Creativity in the Practice of Three Artists
With Arpaïs Du Bois (artist, Gallery FIFTY ONE), Cindy Wright (artist, Belgian Gallery) and Griet Dobbels (artist, Emergent), moderated by Annick Schramme
Location: Tribune

3 PM
Artist talk
With Siemen Van Gaubergen (Art Contest 2024 laureate) and Léa Belooussovitch (artist, Meessen), moderated by a jury member of Art Contest
Location: Tribune