ArtBrussels opens its doors to the public and presents 177 galleries divided into five sections, as well as special art projects and to one outdoor sculpture exhibition, offering visitors a complete vision of the contemporary art scene. There are 14 sculptures that welcome visitors in front of the historic Brussels Expo building, created for the Art for the city project.
Inside the fair the sections are very distinct and, as the director points out Nele Verhaerenwe wanted to create different modes of use for diversified audiences, visitors and potential collectors interested more in the most important galleries and others more curious about new participations present in the section invited. The section rediscoveryfor example, wants to put some artists from the galleries present back in the spotlight, often through dialogue between artists of different generations.
The galleries featured in the Art Brussels 2024 fair
The booths confirm the large attendance, including for Belgium Xavier Hufkens, Tim Van Laere And Greta Meert and among the internationals there are also some important Italian presences such as Massimo de Carlo and the Florentine Put them down which presents the works of Amy Bravo, Goldschmied & Chiari, Claudio Parmiggiani and Erwin Wurm. Some galleries have made a special effort to best present an artist’s work as is the case with the gallery Maruani Mercier which creates a total project for the fair.
The fair’s new entries also come from the world of fashion and curation as in the case of the gallery Kin of the curator Nicolaus Schafhausen which presents a selection of works by the artists Liam Gillick, Zuza Golińska, Dorota Jurczak And Andrzej Steinbach. In the section invitedamong the emerging galleries, we find the Italian Triangolo di Cremona which presents the works of Ettore Favini, IW Payne And Alessandro Polo, Reservoir of Cape Town with the solo show of Shona van der Merwe And Free beach of Paris with a selection of artists from the gallery.
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Forty years of Art Brussels: history at the fair
The first forty years of the fair are also represented by Memory Lane, a long corridor that connects the two halls and which represents the history of the event through a series of images. While the KickCancer Collection offers postcards created by various artists present in the exhibition and which can be purchased by visitors. A first step perhaps towards a future of collecting.
Although there is a positive atmosphere, the prospect of a drastic increase in VAT rates for works of art disturbs people quite a bit, to the point that fair participants are invited to sign a petition against this increase.
Giorgia Losio
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