With her new exhibition, Hot Flashes, on view at Casino Luxembourg — Forum d’art contemporain from June 21 to October 12, 2025, Aline Bouvy examines the experience of childhood as a stage in social and political construction.
Tools of labor, subjects of revolt or protest, objects of desire and pleasure, but also of suffering or deprivation— for Aline Bouvy, bodies represent a vast field of study, experimentation, and subversion. As a multidisciplinary Belgian-Luxembourgish artist, she favors no single medium.
The exhibition itself emerges as her medium of choice. Hot Flashes opens with a large-scale mural, whose motifs, drawn from the aesthetic of the 1970s, evoke the familiar colors of childhood wall decorations. Disassociated and enlarged to the scale of Casino Luxembourg, the artist’s painted elements create an uncanny sense of familiarity.
Both a visual and architectural device, a central piece then divides the large hall of the art center, resembling a closed set. Composed of a long, tall one-way mirror, this sculpture reveals the space and the bodies moving through it in a disquieting play of asymmetries. By manipulating scale, Aline Bouvy explores the tangible proportional relationships between body and space, inviting visitors to experience them directly. The exhibition thus creates a silent, tense, stage-like environment, where one is reflected and observed—without always knowing they might be seen themselves. Specially conceived for the exhibition, a series of new works invites each viewer to question their own perception.
With Hot Flashes, Aline Bouvy reflects on the stages of our lives, including childhood—a time of growth, observation, experimentation, and confrontation with others. The exhibition evokes the notion of childhood confined within structures, caught between the gaze of others and an often-curtailed imaginary freedom. It invites us all to critically examine our own past.
About Aline Bouvy
Born in 1974 in Watermael-Boitsfort (Belgium), Aline Bouvy is a visual artist whose work resonates with universal themes. Her practice serves as a tool for questioning bodies, spaces, and norms, bringing feminist perspectives and subverted conventions into sharp focus.
Aline Bouvy studied at ERG – École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels and later at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. Among her solo exhibitions, Cruising Bye at MACS Grand Hornu in Charleroi (2022) stands as the most comprehensive presentation of her work to date. More recently, her practice has been showcased at Triangle-Astérides in Marseille (2024), Kunsthal Gent in Ghent (2021), New Space in Liège (2020), and Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (2019).
In 2026, Aline Bouvy will represent the Luxembourg Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale.
About Casino Luxembourg
Ideally located in the heart of the capital, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain has been showcasing contemporary art through an international program since its founding in 1996, with a strong focus on a younger generation of artists. The art center houses a variety of public spaces with multiple uses and purposes, combining contemporary art with a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Alongside the exhibition spaces, the ground floor includes a library and bookshop specializing in contemporary art, as well as an area dedicated to educational activities. The first floor is entirely devoted to temporary exhibitions, featuring solo shows and thematic group exhibitions.
These are complemented by a diverse program of guided tours, talks, concerts, and workshops for all audiences. Far from conventional museum models, Casino Luxembourg functions as a laboratory for emerging artistic practices and future-oriented trends.
In 2026, Casino Luxembourg will celebrate its 30th anniversary. It was the first cultural institution to initiate Luxembourg’s presence at the Venice Biennale and has organized no fewer than seven Luxembourg pavilions to date.
