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Rib

Independent art gallery based in Rotterdam, Charlois. Founded by Maziar Afrassiabi in 2015, Rib is housed in a former butcher shop in Rotterdam-Charlois.

Rib is a space for art, where the interplay between different forms and formats informs its layered and extradisciplinary programme. Rib is driven by both the vision of the artists and the will to challenge the institutionalising conditions for the production and presentation of contemporary art. Since its inception, Rib has employed an evolutionary logic instead of a thematic succession; exhibiti

ons, collaborations, recurring (online) residencies, long-term projects and off-site interventions all interlock to animate this living organism.

10/04/2026

Exhibition Opening
Daniel Laufer
The Architecture of Story
17.04.2026, 19:00

Rib is pleased to announce The Architecture of Story, a solo exhibition by Daniel Laufer (b. 1975, Hanover; lives in Berlin), 18 April – 7 June 2026.

The exhibition is curated by Kunsthalle Lingen and hosted by Rib, marking the first chapter of an institutional collaboration between the two organisations. Laufer's show at Rib runs simultaneously with his larger solo exhibition Time Fragments at Kunsthalle Lingen, which opens on 10 April and runs through 7 June. Together, the two presentations offer complementary perspectives on Laufer's practice across two very different spatial and institutional contexts.

The second stage of this collaboration will follow in 2027, when Rib curates a restaging of The Last Terminal: Reflections on the Coming Apocalypse at Kunsthalle Lingen, translating and extending the multi-year exhibition programme that unfolded at Rib between 2021 and 2025 across three volumes and fourteen chapters into a single group exhibition.

Daniel Laufer works across painting, film, installation, sculpture, and performance, constructing intermedial constellations from historical and contemporary filmic techniques, language, painting, and stage design. Having worked as a scenic painter before studying art, his installations carry a material specificity — props, storyboards, and built environments are not incidental to the moving image but structurally inseparable from it. His films resist the logic of seamless narration; instead, they fracture temporal continuity, exposing the gaps, cuts, and silences through which storytelling reveals its own construction.

26/03/2026

The wait is over.
After three days of building and a little chaos, we’re ready to welcome you across all 17 locations of the festival. Think paintings, sculptures, photography and more, in spaces you’d never expect.

Open Thursday to Sunday, 11:00–18:00 (a few exceptions apply).

Explore the full program and map via the link in bio.
See you in Charlois! 🗺️

23/03/2026

Our festival guide with the full program is now online:

20/03/2026

Almost time! In less than a week, 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔 is coming to 17 locations across Charlois with group shows, live performances and unexpected encounters.

From De Barones Se***op, to Attractiepark Rivoli Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam and Oude Kerk Charlois, come experience art in the everyday places you know and love.

Explore with us. See the digital map at our link in bio.

19/03/2026

Find us between a dream world and a double-sided painting. We bring you the work of Nie Pastille and Philipp Schwalb in collaboration with JUBG, at 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔.

Nie Pastille’s () work begins with fragments of random gestures. It feels familiar, awakens memories, triggers moods, but remains open. Colors, shapes, bodies, structures - they open up worlds that cannot be explained, but felt. Like a walk-in dream world that is not always gentle. What holds the work together is affection and care – less a theme, more an inner force. It conveys a feeling of being safe and secure that is not tied to a place, but to closeness and connection.

What roles do pictures and images play in society? Philipp Schwalb’s () recent paintings are coins: two-sided (direct/complex) and activated by (ex)change. The 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘵-𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳-𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺-𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 (2025) are a series of thirteen book-sized, double-sided, Delft-blue works. Each painting simultaneously, “coloristically” and “constellationally,” interweaves four narrations, using its own precise language, methods, and arguments to form one Bild. Each combines a storyline about cobalt with a book by Octavia Butler, a moment from the artist’s family history, and the philosophy of painting. The cobalt narrative traces its history as a pigment in Delftware, addressing its socio-economic implications, its status as a raw material, its mining, its role in art history, its use in lithium batteries, and its functions in the human body.

JUBG (.space) is a Cologne based gallery for contemporary art, founded in 2020 by Jens-Uwe Beyer, Albert Oehlen and Alexander Warhus. It is a space for conversation and inspiration that connects art and music, sound. JUBG works with artists, musicians, writers, whether from the underground or acclaimed positions. The gallery program shows international artists and influential musicians combined in unique collaborations.

Meet us in Charlois from 26-29 March!

Photo 1: Nie Pastille, 𝘞𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 2025.

Photo 2: Philipp Schwalb, 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, 2025.

18/03/2026

Do clothes carry hidden meanings? Come and find out in the second edition of 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔. In collaboration with gallery Gauli Zitter, we invite you to experience Jakob Brugge’s work first-hand.

Jakob Brugge’s () practice deals with the symbolic potential of everyday objects, especially clothes. How does a baseball cap or a belt relate to lifestyle, ideology, or political affiliation? When and how does a specific shirt become a uniform, a sign of belonging, a behavior even?

In 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 (2025), these and other questions materialize in sculptures that deviate from mere found objects. Symbolic clothes are fabricated, encased, molded, cast, replicated, and transformed by the artist.

Gauli Zitter () is an art gallery founded in 2023 by Piero Bisello and Philip Poppek. It shows Belgian and international artists in its location in Brussels and at international fairs.

Discover artworks in unexpected places of Charlois at 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔, between 26-29 March.

Photo: Jakob Brugge, 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 2025.

16/03/2026

A radiation warning and a staged time bomb. We collaborate with Etablissement d’en face to present works by Raymond W. Barion and the duo Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys at 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔.

Raymond W. Barion’s sculpture 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘯 (2025) is a brass replica of a Cobalt 60 sealed radioactive source. The original Cobalt 60 Column was developed at the Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario in the early 1950s. It was created to help study irradiation effects in biology and industrial contexts. The 'Drop and Run' words engraved in it are supposed to work as a warning, and yet by the time you pick up and start to read 'Drop', the radiation caused by Co60 would already have claimed your arm, finish 'and Run' and the dose of radiation would be lethal.

By the duo Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys (), an 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 (2025) will be on view. The small cardboard sculpture is an exact copy of a fake time bomb seen in an episode of the German television series Aktenzeichen XY... Ungelöst.

Etablissement d’en face () is an art space in central Brussels. It aims to present artistic practices to an international audience by offering conditions of professional production to a wide spectrum of contemporary artists. Founded in 1991 by the artists Alec De Busschère, Delphine Bedel, Christophe Draeger and Patrick Everaert, it was originally located in the Rue d’Artois and moved to the Rue Antoine Dansaert in 2002. Over the years, it has been programmed by various individuals.

Encounter these works while moving through 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕, from 26–29 March, with free admission in Rotterdam Charlois.

Photo 1: Raymond W. Barion, 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘯, 2025.

Photo 2: Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 48 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘸𝘪𝘬 & 𝘒𝘸𝘢𝘬, 2004/2023.

15/03/2026

Het Zuid Manifest invites you to come party with us on March 27 at 21:30. We couldn’t imagine a better setting than the dreamy, hazy world of Subway Pool Café in Charlois.

Three DJs will accompany us: Barnt (), Hendrik Meyer () and Jens-Uwe Beyer ().

Three figures from the heart of European techno and experimental club music. Between them, they carry decades of dancefloors across 40+ countries, releases on Kompakt, Berghain residencies, and a shared rootedness in Cologne’s underground scene. Expect heavy, considered techno sets.

See you in the south. 🖤

13/03/2026

How much space does it take to travel? In the series 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 (2025), artist Sam Marshall Lockyer explores the physical space that travel vessels occupy. To be seen at 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔, in collaboration with art gallery KIN.

The vacuums, handbags and suitcases in these paintings are made from stencils and outlines of the private containers that populate our domestic and travelling lives, recognizable vessels that do not reveal their contents. A reflection on the possibility of a painting as a physical register of material and space, an opaque container, simultaneously withholding and sharing information.

Lockyer’s () sculptures 𝘉𝘰𝘹 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 and 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 (2025) are made from fragments of fabric, like shirts, coats, rags and the textile from the London tube and bus seats. These fragments are molded around and take the shape of existing objects like buckets, kettles, cups and containers.

KIN () is a gallery founded by Nicolaus Schafhausen in 2023 located in the heart of Brussels. With a focus on artistic positions that defies easy categorization, the program strives for an interdisciplinary approach. KIN stands for kinship and, as such, collaboration with others is part of the gallery’s DNA. KIN is a platform for artistic exchange, it presents exhibitions, develops projects, and programs events.

Take a trip to Charlois and visit 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔 between 26-29 March.

Photo1: Sam Marshall Lockyer, 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and KIN.

12/03/2026

In the series 𝘌𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴 (2026), Gabriel Kuri reimagines matchsticks as oversized objects. In collaboration with Esther Schipper gallery, we bring them to Charlois during 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔.

Gabriel Kuri’s () work is complex yet deeply intuitive, combining found elements that can be understood as allusions to fundamental human activities: expenditure of energy (fire, food, nourishment), the organization of knowledge (mathematics), visual representation of information and play.

Objects such as oversized matches or cigarette butts, as well as lengths of building or insulating materials are recurring motif in Gabriel Kuri's work, connoting a human presence, spent energy or time, and evoking the sometimes brittle beauty of the everyday.

In 𝘌𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴 (2026), Kuri’s giant matchsticks - both with their red sulphur tip intact and burned - evoke the expenditure of energy but also the need for light and warmth in such make-shift shelters. In the festival, you will find them placed by the artist in multiple locations and dispositions.

Esther Schipper () founded her first gallery in Cologne in 1989. After German reunification, she opened a satellite space in Berlin in the mid-1990s, where it has since developed an influential international program. Since then, the gallery has expanded globally, integrating Johnen Galerie in 2015 and opening spaces in Seoul, Paris, and New York.

Between 26-29 March, you can discover Gabriel Kuri’s works and more around Charlois, during 𝑯𝒆𝒕 𝒁𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔.

Photo 1: Gabriel Kuri, 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘳é𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, Esther Schipper, Paris 2023. Photo by Andrea Rossetti. Courtesy of the artist and Esther Schipper.

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KATENDRECHTSE LAGEDIJK 490B
Rotterdam
3082GJ

Openingstijden

Vrijdag	14:00 - 18:00
Zaterdag	14:00 - 18:00

Website

http://www.ribrib.nl/

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