The Brussels Gallery Weekend is an event dedicated to visual contemporary art in Brussels. This weekend usually occurs in September and is divided in two main tours. One throughout the main art galleries of the city and one, curated by an independent curator, in the main artistic institutions.
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The Weekend also hosts professional gatherings, talks, workshop visits, performances and screenings.
The galleries
The participating galleries in 2015 were Aeroplastics, Valérie Bach, Albert Baronian, Catherine Bastide, dépendance, Feizi, Pierre-Marie Giraud, Gladstone, Hopstreet, Xavier Hufkens, Independent, Jablonka Maruani Mercier, Rodolphe Janssen, Jeanrochdard, Jozsa, Keitelman, Harlan Levey Projects, Levy.Delval, Greta Meert, Meessen De Clercq, Jan Mot, MOT International, Nathalie Obadia, Office Baroque, Almine Rech, Michel Rein, Sorry We're Closed, Super Dakota, Micheline Szwajcer, Daniel Templon et Caroline Van Hoek.
The Curated Tour
In 2015, the tour was curated by Caroline Dumalin (Wiels). She proposed a curated selection of contemporary art collectives and institutions: Aleppo, apes&castles, les Ateliers Claus, BOZAR, Bureau des Réalités, Enough Room for space, Etablissement d’en face projects, KVS, La Loge, Middlemarch, Wiels.