Past
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Private choices II
8 Sep 2018 - 30 Jun 2019 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 With Private Choices 2 , the Maurice Verbaet Center continues its evolving exhibition format, presenting a renewed selection from the collection. This edition focuses on creating new connections between works, bringing together different styles, approaches and generations within Belgian post-war art. Artists such as Pierre Alechinsky, Pol Bury, Bram Bogart... Read more -
Private Choices I
20 Jan - 2 Sep 2018 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 Private Choices 1 introduced a new exhibition format at the Maurice Verbaet Center, presenting a personal selection from the collection. Rather than a fixed or chronological display, it brings together works in a subjective dialogue that reflects different perspectives on Belgian post-war art. Combining established figures such as Pierre Alechinsky,... Read more -
A Belgian bookshelf 51 artist's Publications 1965-2015
Johan Pas 15 Sep - 29 Oct 2017 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 This is the first book completely dedicated to books and magazines by Belgian artists and art publishers.The focus of the study is on artistsʼ publications from the 1950s to now, but it also covers avant-garde books and magazines of the late 19th and early 20th century. Johan Pas (1963) lectures... Read more -
René Guiette
La Grande Promenade 6 May - 17 Dec 2017 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 La Grande Promenade traces the artistic journey of René Guiette, guiding visitors through the evolving phases of his work as one continuous path. Though his practice transformed over time, it did so without rupture, unfolding instead with a quiet, fluid coherence. Shaped by a constant inner sensibility and a close... Read more -
black & white
21 Jan - 21 May 2017 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 In 2017, Black and White brought together a striking collection of artworks built on contrast and restraint. Working largely without color, the exhibition focused on what remains: light and shadow, surface and depth, presence and absence. Subtle shifts in material and texture added nuance, shaping how each work unfolded to... Read more -
Escapades
Paul Van Hoeydonck 28 Apr - 16 Jul 2016 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 Alongside Van Hoeydonck's more famous works, this exhibition brings together a series of drawings from 1959 to 1961 that reveal a more intimate side of his practice. Like pages from a diary, they draw the viewer into shifting, imagined landscapes. Each composition ruptured, diffracted, aerated, or condensed captures a sense... Read more -
Connexions One
19 Sep 2015 - 16 Jul 2016 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 This exhibition is conceived as a panorama of post-war Belgian artistic production. Through the works of around forty artists, visitors are invited to discover the specific features and distinctive characteristics of art history in Belgium during the period known as the “Trente Glorieuses.” Rather than highlighting a single movement or... Read more -
Célice
de Paris à Anvers 19 Sep 2015 - 18 Feb 2016 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 MVArtcenter, Antwerp (2015-2019) Read more -
Utility boxes
8 Jul 2015 - 1 Sep 2020 Antwerp 2015 - 2019 Throughout the city centre of Antwerp, the Maurice Verbaet Collection has brought artworks by Pierre Celice and Jean Rustin into the public space by placing them on utility boxes. This initiative extends the reach of their work beyond the walls of the exhibition, inviting passersby to encounter and connect with... Read more
