SÌ at Etablissement d’en face

Artists: Danai Anesiadou, Michel Auder, Thomas Bayrle, Judith Bernstein, Guillaume Bijl, stanley brouwn, Ellen Cantor, Jef Cornelis, Ryan Cullen, Sara Deraedt, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel, Luciano Fabro, Terry Fox, Isa Genzken, Steinar Haga Kristensen, Werner Herzog, Will Holder, Karl Holmqvist, Irina Jasnowski Pascual, Dorota Jurczak, Henrik Olai Kaarstein, On Kawara, Pierre Klossowski, Gijs Milius, Rafael Moreno, Jacques Louis Nyst, Henrik Olesen, Willem Oorebeek, Hatice Pinarbasi, Cameron Rowland, Lin May Saeed, Michael E. Smith, Antonia Tietze, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Michael Van Den Abeele, Bob Van Der Wal, Richard Venlet, Jan Vercruysse, Danh Võ, Leen Voet, Amelie Von Wulffen, Peter Wächtler

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Venue: Etablissement d’en face, Brussels, Belgium

Date: June 23 – September 8, 2024

Photography: all images courtesy of the artists and Etablissement d’en face

Note: Exhibition booklet is available here

Etablissement d’en face is delighted to present Sì, a major exhibition, opening on June 22nd, dedicated to Margot Vanheusden, who passed away around the same time last year. Conceived as both a personal portrait and a celebration of her contribution as one of Etablissement’s key members for a period of over 20 years, the exhibition features an extensive list of artists with whom she collaborated or would have liked to collaborate — relationships which often evolved into close friendships. It takes its title from a word that is emblematic for Margot. Sì, both as an affirmation and expression of enthusiasm.

The works in the exhibition are shown alongside a selection of objects that she collected in the office of Etablissement d’en face and reflect her approach and personality.

Sì runs from June 22nd till September 8th, 2024 and is initiated by Miguel Wandschneider and put together in collaboration with Liska Brams, Nina Janssen, and Harald Thys. It spans all four floors of the Art Deco building housing Etablissement d’en face — another one of Margot’s discoveries.

With the support of the Vlaamse Overheid, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Duvel Moortgat NV

With thanks to the participating artists, Argos, Baronian, Collection Lucien Bilinelli, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Galerie Buchholz, dépendance, Laurence Dujardyn, Electronic Arts Intermix, Galerie Lars Friedrich, Gether Contemporary, Golding Collection, Fréderic de Goldschmidt, Maxwell Graham Fine Art, Xavier Hufkens, Karma International, LConcept, Frédéric Nicolay, Cameron Rowland, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Chris Sharp Gallery, Vincent Stroep, Micheline Szwajcer, Trautwein Herleth, Miguel Wandschneider, WIELS, and everyone who helped with the production of the exhibition.

Special thanks to the Friends of Etablissement d’en face.