Panel discussion, Chicago/SOFA's virtual art fair
Friday, November 6, is the first day of Intersect Chicago/SOFA's virtual art fair, with that day's programming dedicated to glass. As...
KOEN VANMECHELEN
ARCHIVE
A selection of former exhibitions.
CCP/PCC, TOUCH ME Festival, Zagreb (Croatia), 17 SEPT - 3 OCT
In the midst of crisis and forbidden touches, we are grasping new futures! Since 2005 and through its five past editions, Touch Me...
Do Not Argue - D.N.A., Louise Gallery, Durbuy (BE)
Symbolic dimensions such as art and science - human culture - are the building blocks of the human world. They are a reaction to...
UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS
Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Venice (IT)
5 SEPT 2020 - 7 JAN 2021
Curated by Najda Romain & Koen Vanmechelen Fondazione Berengo is proud to present UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS, an exhibition that...
OUT OF FOCUS - OC d'Annexe, De Haan (BE)
01 July - 31 August 2020
Visibility indicates understanding or misunderstanding. To be seen or not to be seen. Understandable or unintelligible. Everything...
"In the absence of the Artist", Virtual Exhibition, 14 APR - 14 JUN 2020
The virtual exhibition 'in the absence of the artist' brings together works of 33 Belgian artists, for you to enjoy at home. Selected...
Human Rights House Tulum (MX), Opening 10 NOV, 2019
In this Human Rights House, situated on an ancient headland between the lagoon and the sea, one can feel the origin of life that once...
Medusa, OVIDIUS in Metamorfose, University Library KULeuven, 21 NOV 2019 - 16 FEB, 2020
Sparkling, slightly ironic, a master narrator. Publius Ovidius Naso, commonly known as Ovid, will always remain one of the most...
Under Pressure, Open Secret, From sand, works in glass, Milan (IT), 24/7
BUILDINGBOX is dedicating the 2019-2020 season to contemporary glass art with the project Dalla sabbia, opere in vetro (From sand, works...
2 (DIMENSION)3, Fondation Linda et Guy Pieters, Knokke (BE)
This fall, Guy Pieters Gallery presents recent paintings by Koen Vanmechelen in Knokke. EXHIBITION FACTS 13 OCT - DEC, 2019 Albertplein...
COSMOCAFE, UNDER PRESSURE, Art & Food Festival, Turku (FI), 5-8 SEPT, 2019
Food and Art Festival Turku brings together food lovers, wine enthusiasts and culinary professionals from all over the world. The...
The Worth of life, solo exhibition, Teatro dell’architettura, Mendrisio-USI (CH)4 OCT - 2 FEB, 2020,
From Friday 4 October 2019 to Sunday 2 February 2020 at the Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio-USI opens the exhibition “KOEN...
Art The Hague, Wilford X, 2 - 6 OCT, Den Haag (NL)
Art The Hague, is a contemporary art fair presenting a combination of renowned galleries such as Galerie Ramakers, Livingstone Gallery...
Panel Debate, Draw Art Fair, 19 MAY, 2019, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
On may 19th Koen Vanmechelen will take part in a panel debate at the Draw Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Draw Art Fair London...
Genetic Freedom – C.C.P., Scenarios about Europe, GFZK, Leipzig (DE), 2011
Europe is a frayed construction, whose contours have changed again and again over the course of the centuries – a projection surface for...
Golden Cord, Fondation Linda & Guy Pieters, Saint-Tropez (FR), 29 SEPT - 1 DEC, 2019
This fall, Koen Vanmechelens presents a new series of bronze and marble sculptures at Fondation Linda & Guy Pieters. There is an essence...
Art with Me, Tulum (MX), 24 - 28 APR, 2019
Art With Me is an international arts, music and cultural festival curated to inspire us be more connected to ourselves and build...
Creatures Made to Measure, Design Museum Gent (BE), 17 MAY - 29 SEPT, 2019
Factory farming or laboratory meat, cuddly pets or robots in animal form: the relationship between animals and humans is often the...
GLASSTRESS 2019, Curated by Vik Muniz and Koen Vanmechelen, 9 MAY - 24 NOV, 2019, Venice (IT) - exte
Returning for the 58th Biennale di Venezia, the sixth edition of GLASSTRESS brings together a new line-up of leading contemporary artists...
LABIOMISTA, Bozar, I Love Science Festival, Brussels (BE), 26-28 APR, 2019
BOZAR invites artist Koen Vanmechelento create the entrance marker at the “I Love Science festival”. By bringing together and exploring...
BRAFA Art Fair, Guy Pieters Gallery, Brussels (BE), 26 JAN - 3 FEB, 2019
BRAFA is one of the leading European art and antiques fairs. With a consistent focus on high quality, authenticity and diversity, the...
Warme Boekenavond, 30 NOV, Antwerp (BE)
Tijdens de Warme Boekenavonden praat Silvie Moors met een schrijver of een bekende lezer (M/V/X) over diens lees- en schrijfleven. Koen...
FOOD: Bigger than the Plate, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (UK), 18 May - 20 OCT, 2019
FOOD: Bigger than the Plate will explore how innovative artists, individuals, communities and organisations are radically re-inventing...
Art Salon, Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Once in a Lifetime, Vienna, 12 NOV
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna currently hosts the world’s largest collection of paintings and other media by Pieter Breugel the...
Speech, Graduation Ceremony of the European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation, EIUC, Venice
The European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) is the main teaching programme of the European Inter-University...
Iconic Works, group exhibition, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, FEB-MAY 2020, Ateneum, Helsinki, JUNE-SEP
In this exhibition, international contemporary artists will offer takes on some of the most famous and beloved works of European art. The...
Koen Vanmechelen at Amnesty International's festival; ALL RIGHTS! Let's talk about the futur
Koen Vanmechelen is one of the invited speakers at Amnesty International's first festival on Human Rights. Other speakers of this free...
Glasstress Ptuj Slovenija, 16th Festival of Contemporary Art, 6 JUL - 9 SEP, 2018
The 16th edition of Art Stays, the largest Slovenian festival of contemporary fine art, entitled Fragile, focuses on the fragility of art...
It's About Time to enjoy Food&Art, 23 - 26 AUG, 2018
Gosta Restaurant has recently been chosen as Finland's most delicious museum restaurant. Coinciding with Vanmechelen's exhibition; IT'S...
Under Pressure - Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Join the Dots, Trieste (IT), 30 MAY - 2 S
In the summer of 2018 Imago Mundi travels to Trieste: from 29th May to 2nd September, the exhibition “Join the Dots / Unire le distanze”...
New Worlds: Art between Museum and Laboratory, Villa Rot, Burgrieden (DE), 24 JUN - 3 OCT, 2018
Since the middle of the twentieth century, artists have been trying to expand the boundaries of visual arts. In search for new forms of...
IT'S ABOUT TIME, Serlachius Museum, 19 MAY - 16 SEPT, 2018, Finland
IT’S ABOUT TIME brings internationally acclaimed conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen’s art to Serlachius Museum Gösta and its surrounding...
Coming World Remember Me, Palingbeek Ypres, 30 March - 11 NOV, 2018
Visit Koen Vanmechelen's landart installation for ComingWorldRememberMeat the Palingbeek in Ypres. Remembering, helping, reflecting and...
Il TERZO GIORNO, Sex and Mortality, 20 APR - 1 JUL, 2018, Parma (IT)
Group exhibition curated by Didi Bozzini at PALAZZO DEL GOVERNATORE, Parma (IT) For more information; http://www.ilterzogiorno.it/ Nature...
Inauguration of INCUBATED WORLDS, Ethiopia, APR, 2018
In April 2018 a unique poultry facility opens in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Incubated Worlds is an artwork and research center at...
Finissage 14 SEPT, cosmOpolitan Gallery, Genk (BE)
On the 14th of September, the cosmOpolitan Gallery will open its doors for the very last time. In 2013, Yannick Nijs and Luc Vrielinck...
Ecovention Europe, 3 SEP - 7 JAN, De Domijnen, Sittard (NL)
“Ecovention Europe” complements Museum De Domijnen’s particular focus on artists who imaginatively tackle real-world issues like gender,...
Vision of the Owl, galerie valerie Bach, 8 SEP - 4 NOV, 2017, Brussels (BE)
On the occasion of Brussels Gallery Weekend's 10th edition, Valérie Bach Gallery is pleased to present Koen Vanmechelen's first solo...
CELIBATAIRE DIVAS, JULY, 1 - AUG, 31, 2017, Refugehuis Hasselt (BE)
Art gallery De Mijlpaal hosts a contemporary art expo, in close resemblance with the Virga Jessefeesten and the miracle of the bleeding...
Protected Paradise, GLASSTRESS, La Biennale di Venezia, MAY 11 - NOV 26, 2017, Palazzo Franchetti, V
At the 57th Venice Biennale, the imposing, twelve-meter high installation Protected Paradise of Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen makes a...
Performance at Design Indaba, Cape Town (SA), March 2017
Design Indaba is a series of events under the slogan “A better world through creativity”. It is most widely known for its annual festival...
The Beauty of the Beast, Kasteel d’Ursel, Hingene (BE), MAY 25 – OCT 15, 2017
Art history began with animals when over 30,000 years ago human beings painted them on the walls of caves. In the centuries that followed...
VII Socle du Monde, Biennial of Denmark, APR. 29 - AUG. 28, 2017
As in previous years, the Denmark Biennale is a tribute to the Italian artist Piero Manzoni (1933-63), the provocateur whose epoch-making...
Glasstress, Boca Raton Museum of Art,
Miami (US),31 JAN. – 2 JUL., 2017
The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents 42 works by 33 artists living or working in 23 countries, all working with glass. Artist includes...
Force of Nature, The Art Pavilion, London (UK), MAR. 4 -APR. 6
An exhibition of works by international contemporary artists inspired by nature. Curated by James Putnam From the beginning of human...
Ethiopia, CosmOpolitan Gallery, Genk (BE), FEB. 23 - SEPT.
Ethiopia presents the story of an evolution, an enquiry into how societies co-exist and evolve. The exhibition marks the launch of an...
LUCY at the Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
From the 22nd until the 30th of October, we are participating in the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven with LUCY - Peel Petuum Mobile. A...
ENERGY/MASS (solo), Wasserman Projects, Detroit (US), SEPT 22 – DEC 17, 2016
“What came first the chicken or the egg?” “Both,” says artist Koen Vanmechelen, “All matter consists of energy and mass.” A response...
Planetary Community Chicken hatches in National Museum of Zimbabwe
Koen Vanmechelen believes that art is a vital aspect of society and core of the creation of healthy communities. His latest exhibition in...
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