Exhibitions and events

Between mind and matter

René Guiette 11 Oct 2024 - 31 Jan 2025 Knokke 2018 - 2025 René Guiette: the essence of the bird “J’ai de l’oiseau,” wrote René Guiette. It is true! He had much in common with this light, graceful creature, sharing its colours, its songs, and its lightness. His work sings it—not with an audible song, but with a silent one that can only... Read more

Dynamic stabilities

Jean-Pierre Maury 1 Aug - 29 Sep 2024 Knokke 2018 - 2025 In 2024, the Maurice Verbaet Gallery in Knokke presented Dynamic Stabilities , a solo exhibition dedicated to the work of Jean-Pierre Maury (b. 1948), in collaboration with Polyedre. Conceived as a comprehensive curatorial project, the exhibition was accompanied by a fully illustrated publication and a dedicated film, offering deeper insight... Read more

Shad(p)es

Francis Dusépulchre 4 May - 30 Jun 2024 Knokke 2018 - 2025 In 2024, the Maurice Verbaet Gallery in Knokke presented Shapes / Shades , a solo exhibition dedicated to the work of Belgian artist Francis Dusépulchre (1934–2013). The exhibition explored the artist’s distinctive investigation of form and perception, bringing together works in which structure, light, and material interact in subtle and... Read more

Hugo Claus

10 Feb - 28 Apr 2024 Knokke 2018 - 2025 In 2024, the Maurice Verbaet Gallery in Knokke presented a solo exhibition dedicated to the visual work of Hugo Claus (1929–2008), one of the most multifaceted figures in Belgian post-war culture. While widely known to the general public as a writer and poet, Claus was also a remarkably gifted visual... Read more

Paul Van Hoeydonck

Works from the 50s and 60s 9 Apr - 6 Jun 2022 Knokke 2018 - 2025 In 2022, the Maurice Verbaet Gallery in Knokke presented the exhibition Paul Van Hoeydonck. Works of the 50s and 60s , dedicated to a pivotal period in the artist’s career. Accompanied by a fully illustrated publication, the exhibition brought together a carefully selected group of works from the 1950s and... Read more

René Guiette - The Path to Purity

Works from the Sixties 26 Dec 2021 - 20 Mar 2022 Knokke 2018 - 2025 René Guiette: The Path to Purity – Works from the Sixties (December 2021 – March 2022) focused on a pivotal moment within the artist’s oeuvre, when his practice reached a heightened level of formal clarity and restraint. During the 1960s, Guiette developed a distinct visual language marked by a reduction... Read more

Hugo Claus

Aan de andere kant van woorden 5 Jun - 26 Jul 2021 Knokke 2018 - 2025 Hugo Claus was widely known to the general public as a writer and poet. Few people, however, were aware that he possessed a remarkable dual talent. Throughout his entire career, he also created visual art. This exhibition, featuring more than 150 drawings, watercolors, collages, and gouaches, offered a representative overview... Read more

Célice en roue libre...

19 Sep - 10 Dec 2020 Knokke 2018 - 2025 In 2020, the Maurice Verbaet Gallery in Knokke continued to highlight the work of Pierre Célice through a series of presentations, following a major solo exhibition dedicated to the artist in 2019. Building on this momentum, Célice’s work remained an important presence within the gallery’s programme, both in group exhibitions... Read more

Colour all-over

8 Feb - 30 Jun 2020 Knokke 2018 - 2025 Colour All-over brought together a selection of works from the Maurice Verbaet Gallery, focusing on the role of colour within Belgian post-war art. The exhibition explored how artists used colour not only as a visual element, but as a structuring principle within their work. Featuring artists such as Georges Collignon,... Read more

BLACK & WHITE

19 Oct - 1 Dec 2019 Knokke 2018 - 2025 The exhibition Black & White brought together a selection of artists whose work explores the expressive potential of contrast, reduction, and formal clarity. Centered around the dialogue between black and white, the presentation highlighted how limitation in color can lead to greater intensity in composition, rhythm, and structure. Spanning different... Read more

Pierre Célice - Solo Show

2 Aug - 13 Oct 2019 Knokke 2018 - 2025 On the occasion of this solo exhibition, presented at the Maurice Verbaet Gallery in Knokke from August 2 to October 13, 2019, a remarkable overview of the work of Pierre Célice (1932–2019) was offered. Taking place shortly after the artist’s passing, the exhibition also served as a tribute to his... Read more