Visite guidée de l'exposition de Francis Alÿs par l'artiste Edith Dekyndt, une proche d'Alÿs avant son départ au Mexique. Read more
The artist will present his Abstracta project currently presented at Wiels and his research related to the project. Wiels will also launches the artist's two first books based on his work... Read more
Visite guidée de l'exposition de Francis Alÿs par le maître architecte Olivier Bastin, qui a organisé une exposition d'Alÿs en duo avec l'artiste Mélanie Smith en 1992. Read more
We are pleased to announce the screening of the videos "Obsession" (2008) and "Naked Freedom" (2010) by Marina Grinić and Aina Smid, followed by the presentation of the book "Public... Read more
Visite guidée de l'exposition de Francis Alÿs par le commissaire d'exposition et professeur Piet Vanrobaeys, qui a organisé la première exposition monographique de l'artiste en Belgique (Gand... Read more
Thanks to the generosity of internationally renown artists who wish to support the art centre, Wiels organizes an exceptional auction on Wednesday 24.11.2010. The auction conducted by Sotheby's will... Read more
Visite guidée de l'exposition de Francis Alÿs par Jef Lambrecht, journaliste à la VRT qui a interviewé l'artiste pour le documentaire As Long as I'm Walking que lui a dédié le... Read more
Evelyne Axell can be considered a "pure product" of the sixties : in both her life and her work, she incorporated the consumerism and pleasure-seeking attitude of her time, but also its share of... Read more
In 1964, Evelyne Axell put an end to her promising career as a TV presenter, actress and film writer to devote herself solely to her art practice, an artist's life that abruptly ended in a... Read more
Residence - Lecture
Presentation of the new artists in residentcy
The new artists in residency at WIELS talk about their work during an evening of short lectures, followed by a drink. Join us and meet the new artists who will be working with us until the end of the... Read more
Event
*Supreme Sunday*
Don't miss the last day of the exhibition of Wangechi Mutu and of the group show in the Project Room and join us for a Supreme Sunday afternoon at Wiels. DJ KWAK will spin... Read more
Lecture by Elvan Zabunyan
Wangechi Mutu's work manifests a deeply personal and singular character. While her Kenyan origin and American education make her a perfect... Read more
For the closing of the exhibition Rehabilitation, join us on Sunday afternoon for a DJ set and outdoor bar.
Music by Rick Shiver
Attention: the exhibitions close at 6pm Read more
Residence
Book Launch : The Making of the Means
Discover in premiere and in the presence of the artist the limited edition created by Ben Cain following his exhibition at Wiels The Making of the Means. + DJ Juicy Jugs Read more
Entracte A Form In Between
Literally indicating the time in between acts in 17th century French Baroque theaterbut also the moment between a given gesture or action ... Read more
The conference by Michel Baudson will propose an "archeo-technical" approach to video art before the 80s, when the analog processing of temporal images and the limits of their definitions... Read more
Screening
Christoph Schlingensief: Film Marathon
Christoph Schlingensief was born in 1960 in Oberhausen. With films including Das deutsche Kettensägenmassaker and Terror 2000, art installations, exhibitions and actionist projects such as the... Read more
The Halles de Schaerbeek and the Festival Momentum invite two performers for a residency in Brussels for one month. Shima, invited by Festival Trouble, and Angie Seah, by Festival Momentum, talk... Read more
PA/PER VIEW art book fair will bring together 33 of Europe's leading artist book publishers during Belgium's most intense contemporary art weekend. Leave your laptop behind and come and browse... Read more
Lecture
Models of authorship
Models of Authorship
The seminar will discuss models of authorship from four different perspectives: Jonathan Monk (artist), Joost Smiers (legal theorist), Seth Siegelaub... Read more
Véronique Danneels will present the political, sexual and relational commitments specific to the AIDS activist movement and its intersections with the art and performance scene in Belgium. These... Read more
Event
Bus trip to "America"
In the context of Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Specific Objects without Specific Form co-curated by artist Danh Vo and currently on view at Wiels, a tour is being offered to view one of the... Read more
The Brussels gallery director Xavier Hufkens had the privilege of working with the artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, whose only monographic exhibition in Belgium he organized during the artist's... Read more
Screening
Films & Presentation by Melvin Moti
In the context of his solo exhibition currently on view at Wiels, Melvin Moti will speak about his artistic practice and introduce two of his recent films, which will be screened after the... Read more
Reality or Symbolism A debate initiated by Francisco Camacho with Dorothée Dupuis, Inti Guerrero, Matthieu Laurette and Theo Tegelaers. The subject being the relation between political ideas... Read more
'The [ ] ambivalence of tourism, which also applies to our world in general, is reality and its copy at a time when copies are increasingly more realistic and reality is increasingly... Read more
Event
Workshop La Cambre
During 1 week, 24 students from various departments at the art school La Cambre work in immersion in Felix Gonzalez-Torres' work under the supervision of Thierry De Duve. The students' work... Read more
Lecture
Look who's Talking: Danh Vo
Visite guidée de la seconde version de la rétrospective de Felix Gonzalez-Torres curatée par l'artiste Danh Vo.
Danh Vo (né en 1975 à Saigon, Vietnam; vit et travail à Berlin) est... Read more
Lecture
Symposium: MTL & Art & Project
MTL & Art & Project - The origin of minimal and conceptual art in Belgium and The Netherlands
In the light of MoMA's (New York) recent exhibition and publication about the Art... Read more
Verksted #11 - 'Sol LeWitt's Sentences on Conceptual Art: Manuscript and Draft Materials 196869'
In January 1969 LeWitt's Sentences on Conceptual Art were first published in the magazine... Read more
Lecture
Lecture: Communisms' Afterlives
A conference curated by Elena Sorokina and Nataa Petrein-Bachelez for The Public School. With contributions from Adrian Rifkin, Marko Stamenkovic, Oxana Timofeeva, Grant Watson.... Read more
In recent times, the culture industry has capitalised on the work ethic of the art world - its ever-youthful energy, allure of freedom, flexible working hours, short-term or lack of contracts -... Read more
Visite guidée (FR & EN) de l'exposition Felix Gonzalez Torres: Specific Objects without Specific Form avec la curatrice de la rétrospective Elena Filipovic.
Elena Filipovic est... Read more
Working mainly with video and group performances, Johanna Billing (1973, lives and works in Stockholm) is known for her investigations into collaboration and collective experience. Hovering... Read more
At the event of the exhibition of Andro Wekua in the gallery Barbara Gladstone in Brussels, Wiels presents Sayat Nova (1969) by Armenian director Sergei Parajanov, a film selected by the artist... Read more