Brussels Drawing Week - 30.09 > 6.10

PROGRAMME

Brussels Drawing Week and Art on Paper are delighted to present the detailed programme for this 5th edition. 

Discover below the activities proposed by our partners 2024 or through this link.
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EXPO @Eleven Steens

Drawing From Where We Are: Expo at Eleven Steens, in partnership with Art on Paper & BDW

Drawing From Where We Are
is a group exhibition featuring the works by recent graduates from Belgian art schools in 2023 and 2024.

Born out of the desire to bring together in one place those whose sensibilities and concerns shape a new approach to contemporary drawing, this project is the outcome of a year of observations, encounters and travels.

Conceived in dialogue with Art on Paper and Brussels Drawing Week, Drawing From Where We Are will take place at Eleven Steens from Saturday 28.09 to Sunday 15.12.2024.

Participating artists : Helena Berg, Kato Bouckaert, Mathilda Buche, Juana Bustamante, Marguerite Canguilhem, Margot Dauwe, Audrey Delogne, Solina Denis, Bauke Driessens, Rozafa Elshan, Hanne Engels, Azad Avaguian-Eurdekian, Viktor Froyen, Benjamin Huynh, Emilie Magnan, Laura Magny, Mima Mateus Pereira, Florian Schaff, Mey Semtati, Nathan Solioz and Nathan Vandenberghe.

Curators : Marion Adrian and Sungyoon Ahn

Visited schools : AC Tournai - Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai / ARTS² - École supérieure des arts de Mons / ArBA-EsA - Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles / Beaux-arts de Liège - École supérieure des arts / ENSAV La Cambre - École nationale supérieure des arts visuels – La Cambre (Brussels) / ERG - École de recherche graphique (Brussels) / KASK & Conservatorium - School of Arts Gent / LUCA School of Arts (Brussels) / LUCA School of Arts (Ghent) / Royal Academy of Fines Arts Antwerp / Sint Lucas Antwerpen - KdG.

Exhibition partners : Eleven Steens, Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, Art on Paper, Brussels Drawing Week and The Drawer.

>> elevensteens.com

TALK - 4.10 - MRAB

Talk « Museums and Works on Paper » at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

For its 9th edition, Art on Paper and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are joining forces to organise a talk on the theme of ‘Museums and Works on Paper’. 

Curators from Belgian and international institutions will be discussing the issues they share in relation to the paper medium, whose fragility means that it must be exhibited in accordance with well-defined rules.

They will also discuss their acquisition policies, with purchases and donations/legacies from private collections creating a body of work that is often very dense. Conversation will also focus on each institution's own digitilisation policies, which enable these often invisible works to be shared with as many people as possible. 

These themes will be addressed in relation to ancient, modern and contemporary art, thanks to a varied panel of curators:

• Julien Foucart, Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Tournai
• Stefan Huygebaert, Curator Mu.ZEE - Permekemuseum, Ostend - Jabbeke
• Leïla Jarbouai, Chief Curator Musée d'Orsay, Paris
• Pascal Neveux, Director of Frac-Picardie, Reims
• Inga Rossi-Schrimpf, Director Collection and Research at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
• Estelle Van Geyts, professor at La Cambre and Art restorer 
• Joris Van Grieken, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels

Mediation

Virginie Devillez, Senior Advisor Fair ‘Art on Paper’ - Fine Art Expert, & Sabine Taevernier, Fine Art Expert & Advisor to public and private collections.

Schedule & practical info 

10-10h30 - Welcome
10h30-11h30 - Talk
11h30-11h45 - Q&A
11h45: Closing remarks by Kim Oosterlinck, Director General of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

*Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, 3 rue de la Régence, 1000 Brussels

>> Book your tickets here

MOUAD EL BISSAOUI

Laureate of the 2024 Eeckman Art Prize

2024 ADVISORY BOARD

Art on Paper unveils its composition

Under the impetus of Virginie Devillez, Art on Paper's senior advisor, the fair has redesigned its selection committee to create a broader Advisory Board including experts in modern and antique drawing as well as gallery representatives. Art on Paper has chosen to surround itself with a committee of art professionals, experts and collectors to support its development and influence in Belgium and abroad.

Art on Paper would like to extend its warmest thanks to these key figures for their involvement and contribution to the success of this 9th edition:

- Anne Bambynek - Curator National Bank of Belgium   

- Ravi Bhansali - Art Collector

- Virginie Devillez - Fine Art Expert & senior advisor Art on Paper

- Gwenvael Launay - Director Almine Rech Gallery

- Pascal Neveux - Director Frac Picardie France

- Sabine Taevernier - Art Advisor

Thanks to the invaluable support of the personalities who make up its Advisory Board, each year the fair strengthens its appeal and influence with a clear ambition: to become the benchmark international show for drawings and works on paper in Brussels.

WHAT'S NEW IN 2024

The 2024 news..

A remarkable, energy- neutral and innovative location in Brussels

Art on Paper chose a remarkable, energy- neutral and innovative location in Brussels: The Gare Maritime.

A former goods station built in the Flemish Art Nouveau and neo-Renaissance style, the Gare Maritime is now a "covered city" distinguished by its extraordinary scale (280 m long, 140 m wide, 24 m high), its unique aesthetics and the quality of its recent renovation and services (notably accessibility and parking).

The location in the heart of the building's central nave (extending over 4,000 square metres) offers a harmonious dialogue with the aesthetic elements of the building, and provides unique conditions for meeting, presenting and exchanging around drawing and works on paper during the show.

The scenography includes large exhibition spaces for the galleries, spread over two main aisles and opening onto the interior gardens, as well as spaces for exchange, giving direct access to the station's Food Market (more than 10 stalls run by star chefs and rising stars of the culinary world).

Europe's leading fair for drawing and works on paper

From its first edition at BOZAR in 2015 to its recent move to the Gare Maritime in Tour & Taxis, Art on Paper has gradually consolidated its position as Europe's leading fair for drawing and works on paper.

For its 2024 edition, the show will continue to benefit from the prestigious space of the Gare Maritime thanks to a framework agreement with the Tour & Taxis venue.

This installation in an emblematic location offers a superior experience for visitors and galleries alike, while reinforcing the image and attractiveness of the show.

Thanks to close collaboration with galleries, strong partnerships and various initiatives to increase its influence, it has become a key annual event for collectors and art lovers alike.

Art on Paper has developed as a visibility platform for drawing, thanks in particular to Brussels Drawing Week and the support of its advisory board members.

In 2024, Art on Paper, the international drawing fair, will celebrate its 9th edition from October 3 to 6, 2024.

Expertise in the field of CSR, and its tools: Circular Event Toolkit and My Impact Tool

Art on Paper benefits from the expertise developed by VO Group in the field of CSR, and in particular from its tools (Circular Event Toolkit and My Impact Tool), which enable it to measure and manage the impact of events and identify areas for improvement.

In 2024, Art on Paper will be setting up a monitoring system using 8 data sheets covering all phases of the event (furniture, decoration, food, venue, waste management and consumables, signage, giveaways and goodies, mobility). By measuring our activities, we will be able to take concrete annual measures to systematically reduce our socio-economic and environmental impact.

We have chosen the Gare Maritime: an eco-responsible venue that sets the benchmark for eco- design. We encourage visitors to use public transport (access details are available on our website).

We give priority to digital campaigns, QR code production and online information to reduce paper consumption. We use reusable partitions, without any fabric covering, which sets us apart from other shows that use them. Recycling garbage cans are available throughout the show, as well as in the Gare Maritime and the Food Market, which adopt a circular approach. As an organization committed to economic development and the promotion of the city, we give priority to working with local suppliers wherever possible.

Rémie Vanderhaegen

Winner of the 2023 Eeckman Art Prize

Sarah Minutillo

Laureate of the Eeckman Art Prize 2022

Eeckman Art Prize 2024

- Call for Projects

Art professionals, experts and collectors, specialised in drawing

Carole Ebtinger

Laureate of the Eeckman Art Prize 2021

Focus on the KBR Collection of Drawings

Vincent Geyskens:

a search for reality through images

Joost Declercq and Charlotte Crevits, a shared vision of drawing

Exhibition 'Philippe Vandenberg - Molenbeek'

at BOZAR

BOZAR is exhibiting works on paper by the Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg in the exhibition 'Molenbeek', which can be visited until 24 January 2021. 

This is the first solo exhibition in Belgium of Philippe Vandenberg (1952 - 2009). It retraces the last years of his life spent working in his studio in Molenbeek. His drawings are observations of his neighbourhood that he experienced as 'burlesque': ''an imaginary place where personal and collective traumas intermingle with the problems of big cities and world conflicts''.

More information on the visits: bozar.be
And about the artist: philippevandenberg.be
Visit the online exhibition: bozar.be/magazine