Art Brussels

With Myrthe van der Mark

Hosted by Michel François

24/04/26 – 05/06/26

What’s that?
A videotape.
I found it outside on the steps.
Who’s it from?
I don’t know.
There isn’t anything on the envelope.
Does it say anything on the tape?
No. Nothing.
Well, let’s see what’s on it.
Come on.
Must be from a real-estate agent.
Maybe.

With Daniel Boccato, Walker Evans, Myranda Gillies, Adrianna Glaviano, Micah Hesse, Shelby Jackson, Quincy Langford, Alexander Page, Marrow, Alicia Mersy, Jonathan Monk, Loup Sarion, Charlotte vander Borght.

24/04/26 – 15/05/26
Opening: Friday April 24 from 17 PM

Charlotte vander Borght and Loup Sarion are Lips, a coming together of two sculptors to make small, everyday objects. In 2024, Lips manifested as a fully functioning and much-visited bar, hosted within the walls of Galeria Mascota in Mexico City. The Lips Bar became a space to gather, drink, and encounter art, and one another, differently. Now, in April 2026, at the invitation of EDEN ISLAND, a new iteration of the Lips Bar will emerge, this time in Brussels. On the top floor of a temporarily vacant hôtel particulier in the Sablon, behind one of a kaleidoscope of doors, Lips again collapses fiction onto function. Conceived in the atmosphere of a warm, spring sunset and the yellow hues of tobacco-stained dive bars, this version features amber-toned glassware hand-blown in Mexico, leather stools crafted from goat skins, handmade coat-hooks, and ochre-plastered walls as its backdrop.

Led by two driving themes, ivresse and trompe-l’œil that meet under the sign of doubling, or double vision, vander Borght and Sarion have invited mostly New York-based artists, both living and dead. Their works, and their spirits, are brought into resonance with the intoxicating and sensual atmosphere of the Lips Bar.

With Damien Deroubaix (main artist), Xavier Antin, Ignasi Aballi, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Vivien Roubaud, Tom Callemin, Nicolas Lamas, Louise Sartor, Caroline Van den Eynden

Curated by Tom Jonckers

24/04/26 – 16/05/26

Vernissage 02/04/2026

03/04/26 – 31/05/26

Through a journey combining art, research, and interactive devices, the exhibition offers a critical and sensitive exploration of self-representation, from the tradition of self-portraiture to contemporary digital practices. It questions the artistic, social, political, economic, and psychological dimensions of self-image: aesthetic (re)interpretation, militant uses, affirmation of identities, commercialization of image, narcissism, and the excesses of the selfie.

With Sarkis

23/04/26 – 20/06/26

Free access on presentation of the Art Brussels VIP Card

With Kim Farkas, Agata Ingarden, Minne Kersten, Vibeke Mascini, Mónica Mays, Chantal van Rijt

Curated by Koi Persyn

18/04/26 – 10/05/26

MOThS is a group exhibition curated by Koi Persyn in collaboration with Komplot, presenting the artistic practices of Kim Farkas (1988, FR), Agata Ingarden (1994, PL), Minne Kersten (1993, NL), Vibeke Mascini (1989, NL), Mónica Mays (1990, ES), and Chantal van Rijt (1984, NL). Drawing on the French mots and The Death of the Moth – two eponymous essays by Virginia Woolf and Annie Dillard – the exhibition explores the moth as a literary metaphor for both transience and transformation, embodied in the tension between life and death. The moth becomes a symbol of ecstatic self-sacrifice, reflecting human resilience and artistic creation. Through themes of mourning and desire, the artists ‘illuminate’ the metamorphosis within the cycle from caterpillar to moth. The Chapel of Boondael thus becomes a giant cocoon in which these emerging voices take shape, unfolding further through a public programme before ultimately taking flight.

MOThS is realised with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Polish Institute Brussels.

Free access on presentation of the Art Brussels VIP Card

With Oussama Tabti, Mouhcine Rahaoui

Curated by Laurent Courtens, Sabine Sil

24/04/26 – 31/05/26

Laurent Courtens and sabine sil join forces as co-curators to invite artists Oussama Tabti and Mouhcine Rahaoui, whose practices converge in a sensitive exploration of human geographies and the fractures they reveal.

Derived from the Spanish contrabando (“smuggling”), the term TRABENDO is mainly used in western Algeria. It refers to the informal economy and the discreet flows that cut across both markets and contemporary borders. Between survival strategies, parallel networks, and the movement of goods and narratives, these practices expose often overlooked realities.

Through their research, Oussama Tabti and Mouhcine Rahaoui examine the connections between labor, memory, and the circulation of objects and stories. Their works highlight situated experiences — at the crossroads of industrial legacies, migration, and social change — while opening a space for reflection on what is transmitted, transformed, or lost at the margins of official narratives.