Vision
Today, ArtOnPaper enters a new chapter under the direction of a renewed team.
Emmanuelle Indekeu, General and Artistic Director, leads the fair’s strategic and curatorial vision, joined by Louise Malfait, Director of Communication and Experience, who shapes its narratives, formats and modes of engagement. Together, they articulate a vision grounded in depth, coherence and long-term relevance.
In a world undergoing rapid transformation in cultural practices — where lifestyles are continually reshaped by technological acceleration — ArtOnPaper seeks to reaffirm the fundamental role of the art fair: a space for intellectual exchange, social connection and influence. The fair adopts a deliberately refined format, conceived as a timeless capsule in which ancient, modern and contemporary works engage in a demanding and meaningful dialogue.
By embracing values of longevity and human reconnection, ArtOnPaper offers exhibitors a precisely designed setting, bespoke visibility tools, and encounters characterised by a high relational intensity.
ArtOnPaper aspires to act as a catalyst within both the Belgian and international art scenes, positioning itself within a broader cultural ecosystem. More than an event, the fair proposes an intellectual and aesthetic experience — where collecting, discovery and dialogue become a way of life.
Team
ArtOnPaper is led by a team committed to curatorial rigour, strategic clarity and long-term relevance.
General & Artistic Director
Emmanuelle Indekeu
Emmanuelle Indekeu is a Belgian curator and cultural strategist whose work unfolds across independent platforms, institutions and international collaborations.
In 2015, she became Director of Island, an artist-led platform supporting Belgian and Belgium-based practitioners not represented by galleries, creating a space for visibility, experimentation and dialogue.
Her curatorial practice spans both institutional and private spheres. As Chief Art Officer at TheMerode in Brussels, she conceived and structured the art department, defining its cultural vision, developing strategic partnerships, and overseeing exhibitions and patronage initiatives over five years.
She also curated Massimo Dutti’s Art in Progress project across Europe, placing contemporary art in dialogue with architecture and brand environments.
In parallel, since 2018, she has developed an academic practice at La Cambre, where she lectures and joined the photography department alongside Hervé Charles, reinforcing her commitment to artistic research and transmission.
Her approach is guided by the conviction that art is inseparable from intention — that every work, space and encounter carries meaning to be revealed.
At ArtOnPaper, she leads the fair’s strategic and curatorial direction, positioning works on paper — ancient, modern and contemporary — as active sites of thought, dialogue and cultural continuity within the Belgian and international art scenes.
Communication & Experience Director
Louise Malfait
Trained in architecture and communication, Louise Malfait has spent over a decade shaping experiences at the crossroads of art, design and luxury.
Her career unfolds through international art fairs, brand activations and high-end events, where she has led projects with both strategic precision and creative sensitivity.
Louise approaches each project as a composition — balancing narrative, atmosphere and detail. She believes that meaningful experiences emerge from coherence: between space and intention, audience and content, vision and execution.
At ArtOnPaper, she shapes the fair’s communication and experiential formats, ensuring that every encounter — from VIP programmes to public engagement — reflects the fair’s intellectual depth and relational intensity.
Her commitment is simple: to create moments that resonate beyond the event itself — thoughtful, precise and enduring
Founder
Michel Culot
Michel Culot is the founder of Art on Paper. Born from his passion for the arts, and particularly for practices related to paper, the fair began in 2014 as a pop-up event before quickly evolving into a recognised platform for solo exhibitions, with a rigorous curatorial commitment and a spirit that is freer, more accessible and more convivial than traditional art fairs.
Under his leadership, Art on Paper became an institutionalised event hosted at BOZAR, strengthening Brussels’ presence on the European drawing scene and expanding its international reach.
Michel Culot’s vision has shaped the founding identity of the fair — rooted in insight, experimentation and dialogue — laying the foundations for its continued development as a major forum for drawing and works on paper, from old masters to contemporary art.
Michel Culot is also the founder of VO Communication, one of the most recognised live-marketing agencies in Belgium. He sees Art on Paper as a powerful tool for creating value for all stakeholders, particularly in strengthening Brussels’ position as a European capital of the arts.
Selection committee
Previous Selection committee:
2024
ADVISORY BOARD
Anne Bambynek, Curator, Na-onal Bank of Belgium
Ravi Bhansali, Art Collector
Virginie Devillez, Fine art Expert and art Advisor
Gwenvael Launay, Director of Almine Rech
Gallery Pascal Neveux, Director of FRAC Picardie
Sabine Taevernier, Art expert and advisor to public and private collec-ons
2023
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Anne Bambynek Curator, Na-onal Bank of Belgium
Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collector and Founder, Cloud Seven
Joost Declercq Ar-s-c Director, Art on Paper
Florence Derck Co-founder DEMAIN Art
Virginie Devillez Fine Art Expert and Art advisory
Paul Vanhonsebrouck Art collector
2022
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Anne Bambynek Curator, Na*onal Bank of Belgium
Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collector and founder, Cloud Seven
Joost Declercq Ar*s*c Director, Art on Paper
Benedicte Goesaert Ar*st liaison Paul Vanhonsebrouck Art collector
2019
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Florence and Daniel Guerlain Art collectors
Kate Macfarlane Co-director, Drawing Room
Sophie Lauwers Head of exhibi*ons, BOZAR
Reyn van der Lugt Art collector
2018
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Joost Declercq Director, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Florence and Daniel Guerlain Art collector
Sophie Lauwers Head of exhibi*ons, BOZAR
Yves Lecointre Director, Frac Picardie l des mondes dessinés
Kate Mc Farlane Co-director, Drawing Room
Reyn van der Lugt, Art collector
2017
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Joost Declercq Director, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Olivier Gevart Director, Ete 78
Sophie Lauwers Head of exhibi*ons, BOZAR
Yves Lecointre Director, Frac Picardie/des mondes dessinés
Tanguy Van Quickenborne, Art collector
2016
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department,
La Cambre Joost Declercq Director
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Olivier Gevart Director
Ete 78 Yves Lecointre Director, Frac Picardie/des mondes dessinés
Francesco Rossi, Rossicontemporary
Christophe Veys, VeysVerhaevert Collec*on
2015
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Olivier Gevart Directeur, Ete 78
Harlan Levey Harlan Levey Projects
Francesco Rossi, Rossicontemporary
Maïté Smeyers, BOZAR
Expo Christophe Veys, Veys-Verhaevert Collec*on
Genesis and development
ArtOnPaper was initially conceived as an experimental pop-up format, driven by the initiative of Michel Culot in collaboration with the late Pierre Hallet (1953–2021). From the outset, the project was grounded in a precise conviction: that drawing and works on paper constitute a primary site of artistic thinking rather than a subsidiary practice.
Its ambition was to create a fair dedicated to drawing and paper-based practices, not as a peripheral medium, but as a central language of artistic thought. From its inception, the fair positioned itself as a rigorous platform where works on paper — ancient, modern and contemporary — could be approached in their full conceptual, historical and aesthetic complexity.
Its foundation lies in the conviction that paper is both a site of experimentation and a place of memory, where ideas take form with immediacy and precision. This early intuition rapidly gained structure and visibility.
From 2015 onwards, with the decisive support of Paul Dujardin, ArtOnPaper took on a new scale and found its institutional anchorage at BOZAR. At the instigation of Michel Culot, together with Adeline d’Ursel and Paul Dujardin, a formal collaboration agreement was established to support the creation of a platform dedicated to the promotion of contemporary drawing.
Positioned as a hosted event within BOZAR, the fair developed in close dialogue with the institution, benefiting from its architectural, symbolic and intellectual context.
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