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Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

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Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

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19/06/2026

Final weekend.

This is your last chance to visit three of our current exhibitions before they close on June 21.

Discover The Way Things Settle, Bernd Lohaus’ solo exhibition curated by Brenda Guesnet, featuring the artist’s remarkable pigment works from the 1970s. Explore The Wunderwall Enlarged, a dynamic presentation bringing together a wide range of emerging artistic voices. And experience Draw The World Awake, Walter Van Beirendonck’s exhibition of 155 original design drawings, offering a rare insight into his creative universe.

Three exhibitions. One final weekend.
On view until June 21, 2026.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
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18/06/2026

Shirley Villavicencio Pizango, The Snake and the Fox (2026).

In her paintings, Shirley Villavicencio Pizango weaves together personal memory, cultural symbolism and emotional reflection. Figures, animals and objects coexist within vibrant compositions, creating scenes that feel both intimate and allegorical.

In The Snake and the Fox, meaning remains deliberately open. The animals appear not merely as subjects, but as carriers of association and emotion, inviting multiple readings. As throughout her practice, Villavicencio Pizango balances tenderness and tension, allowing the work to move between the personal and the universal.

The painting forms part of A Tear for Power, her third solo exhibition with the gallery, opening on June 27.

Shirley Villavicencio Pizango
The Snake and the Fox, 2026
Oil on canvas
96 x 65 cm

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17/06/2026

Shirley Villavicencio Pizango.

Alongside her paintings, a new series of ceramic vases forms an integral part of A Tear for Power. These sculptural works extend the themes of the exhibition into three-dimensional space, introducing a physical presence that complements the intimacy of the paintings.

Like her portraits, the vases carry traces of memory, identity and transformation. They embody a quiet dialogue between the personal and the symbolic, inviting viewers to move through the exhibition not only visually, but spatially. Together, they contribute to the contemplative atmosphere that defines this new body of work.

Featured works:

Ceramic vase, 58 x 30 cm
Ceramic vase, 60 x 38 cm
Ceramic vase, 60 x 32 cm
Ceramic vase, 61 x 25 cm

Part of A Tear for Power
June 27 – August 30, 2026

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16/06/2026

Final week to visit The Way Things Settle by Bernd Lohaus.

This exhibition brings together a selection of works that highlight the openness, vulnerability and quiet intensity that define Bernd Lohaus’ practice. Through pigment, gesture and material, the works invite a slower way of looking, one grounded in attention, presence and experience.

At the centre of the exhibition are the reenacted pigment works from the 1970s, allowing visitors to encounter a dynamic and lesser-known aspect of Lohaus’ oeuvre. Together, the works reveal an artist whose practice remains remarkably relevant in its openness to chance, transformation and dialogue.

Visit the exhibition during its final week.

On view until June 21, 2026.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.be
van.de.velde

15/06/2026

Final week to visit The Wunderwall Enlarged.

Over the past weeks, The Wunderwall Enlarged has slowly transformed. As artworks found new homes with collectors, empty spaces began to appear across the walls. What may seem like absence becomes part of the exhibition itself, a reminder that art continues to live beyond the gallery, entering new contexts and new conversations.

What began as a floor-to-ceiling constellation of voices now carries visible traces of exchange, discovery and connection. The changing walls reflect the very idea at the heart of The Wunderwall: supporting artists, creating encounters and allowing works to continue their journey.

Visit the exhibition during its final week and experience this evolving presentation in its current form.

On view until June 21, 2026.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.be
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contemporaryart

13/06/2026

We are pleased to share that Christopher Colm Morrin will be exhibiting works in 'Songs of Innocence and Experience, Part II', opening on 20 June 2026 at Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh.

Presented as Frank Walter’s 100th birthday approaches, the exhibition brings together an outstanding group of Walter’s paintings alongside works by Beatrice Arraes, David Austen, Hayley Barker, Alvaro Barrington, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Robert Coutelas, Andrew Cranston, Peter Doig, Sky Glabush, Nick Goss, Mia Kokkoni, Aubrey Levinthal, John Maclean, Elizabeth Magill, John Joseph Mitchell, Christopher Colm Morrin, Craig Murray-Orr, Cassi Namoda, Andrew Pierre Hart, Ellen Siebers, Tal R and Rose Wylie.

Songs of Innocence and Experience, Part II
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Opening: 20 June 2026
On view until 12 September 2026

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Christopher Colm Morrin
Grace, 2022
Oil on linen in artist’s frame
21.5 × 36.3 × 2.5 cm

Christopher Colm Morrin
Catalyst, 2022
Oil on jute in artist’s frame
21.6 × 36.5 × 3 cm

11/06/2026

Shirley Villavicencio Pizango’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, A Tear for Power, opens on June 27.

In A Tear for Power, Villavicencio Pizango presents a new body of work exploring the fragile boundary between self-image and self-absorption. Through intimate self-portraits and emotionally charged compositions, the exhibition approaches narcissism not as vanity, but as a vulnerable desire for recognition, control and love.

Drawing from personal memory, cultural symbolism and everyday encounters, her paintings balance tenderness with confrontation. The works invite viewers into a world where vulnerability and power become inseparable, revealing the emotional complexity that lies beneath the surface of identity.

Alongside the paintings, a selection of ceramic vases expands the exhibition into the physical space, reinforcing the contemplative atmosphere that runs throughout the presentation.

Shirley Villavicencio Pizango
Echoes of my hidden soul, 2026
Oil on canvas
164 x 169 cm

Exhibition June 27 – August 30, 2026

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10/06/2026

Edouard Devriendt on painting, emotion and transformation.

For Devriendt, every painting begins with an image, but the real question lies elsewhere: when does an image become a painting? Through gesture, material and the physical presence of paint, he searches for moments where a work moves beyond its photographic source.

The works presented in The Wunderwall Enlarged are part of this ongoing investigation, while also serving as a space where emotions, thoughts and anxieties can take form. “Painting has become a kind of therapy,” he reflects, a way of placing feelings onto the canvas and, ultimately, looking back at them from a distance.

Now on view as part of The Wunderwall Enlarged at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde through 21 June 2026.

Devriendt will also present a solo exhibition in our Project Space this September.
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Learn more about the exhibition on our website: sofievandevelde.be

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09/06/2026

Opening June 27: Gallery Sofie Van de Velde presents Pop Art, a group exhibition curated by .steenbeke_van.de.velde

This summer, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde presents its first large-scale Pop Art exhibition in the main gallery space. Curated by Henri Steenbeke, the exhibition brings together a vibrant selection of works that demonstrate how art from the past can remain surprisingly fresh, playful and relevant today.

By engaging with a rich artistic history through a contemporary lens, Henri Steenbeke offers a renewed perspective on one of the most influential movements of the twentieth century. As a third-generation gallerist, he approaches Pop Art not as a historical chapter, but as a living visual language that continues to shape the way we see the world around us.

Created in collaboration with Henri Steenbeke / Van de Velde, the exhibition unfolds as a graphic and energetic summer presentation, celebrating the bold imagery, humour and cultural impact that define Pop Art.

Exhibition
June 27 – August 30, 2026

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.be

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08/06/2026

A look back at the opening of Draw The World Awake by Walter Van Beirendonck.

Last Friday, we were delighted to welcome so many visitors to the gallery for the opening of this special exhibition, presented in the context of Antwerp Fashion Festival. Bringing together 155 original design drawings, the exhibition offers a unique insight into the imagination, freedom and visual language that have shaped Walter Van Beirendonck’s practice for decades.

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate this occasion and share in the opening weekend.

For those who could not attend, Draw The World Awake remains on view until June 21, 2026. We warmly invite you to visit the exhibition and discover these remarkable works firsthand.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
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Léon Stynenstraat 21
Antwerp
2000

Openingstijden

Dinsdag	13:00 - 18:00
Woensdag	13:00 - 18:00
Donderdag	14:00 - 18:00
Vrijdag	14:00 - 18:00
Zaterdag	14:00 - 18:00
Zondag	14:00 - 18:00

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