Focus on Brussels


In a city about 9000 km away from where they’re based, Brussels art centre WIELS collaborates with the recently opened TANK Shanghai in an exhibition that reflects on the dualistic nature of Belgian contemporary art and culture.

Every year, the Biennale Interieur, together with magazines Knack Weekend and Le Vif Weekend, select a Belgian ‘designer of the year’. This year, the accolade goes to none other than Linde Freya Tangelder AKA destroyers / builders.

Last month Pierre Marie Giraud gallery in Brussels hosted a solo exhibition for first time, showcasing Michael Verheyden’s furniture.

TLmag spoke to the recently established A.R.M. studio about how their 5 female founders banded together, their core values and the importance of sustainability in contemporary (textile) design.

TLmag caught up with Betty de Stefano, founder of Brussels based Collectors Gallery, to get her take on Belgian style and innovation in contemporary jewellery making.

Including the works of over 80 artists, Fondation Thalie’s most recent exhibition is a cabinet of curiosities filled with paintings and drawings from Brussels’ biggest private collectors and collections.

Alongside it’s 40 exhibitors at BOZAR, the international drawing fair Art on Paper celebrates it’s fifth anniversary by launching a programme-filled Brussels Design Week in more than 20 major Brussels art institutions, centres and schools.

TLmag sat down with auctioneer, professor and president of the European Federation of Auctioneers, Henrik R. Hanstein to talk about the most recent events in the ever-changing art market and its legislation.

TLmag speaks to celebrated Belgian architect Francis Metzger about his dedication to renovating iconic structures and the notion that architecture requires an ethic that goes beyond the idea of beauty.

In this second monograph exhibition, A+ Architecture and BOZAR highlight Belgian architecture firm BAUKUNST’s unique image-driven methodology and decade-long practice through models, mechanisms, photographs and various videos.

TLmag talks to Kustaa Saksi about craftsmanship and the inspiration behind ‘Archipelago’, a 26-metre long tapestry commissioned by the Finnish Government for the European Council in Brussels.

This Sunday, visual artist Bela Silva opens the doors to her studio in Brussels’ very own Zaventem Ateliers to host a cosy brunch where everyone is invited to come and gather, collect, sit, talk and eat.