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ceramic brussels, the international fair dedicated to contemporary ceramics, will be held from 25 to 28 January 2024 on the Tour&Taxis site.
The fair will bring together more than 60 galleries, institutions and key players in contemporary ceramics in the heart of Brussels in a unique scenography.
The sculptor Johan Creten will be the fair guest of honour 2024 and, as a member of the advisory board, will contribute to the fair’s programming and take part in the selection of galleries.
The fair has the support of renowned international experts in the field of contemporary ceramics, who make up its advisory board for the first edition.
This new event will take the form of a militant fair, resolutely focused on showcasing contemporary ceramics, with an intense agenda that includes visits and exhibitions, a series of conferences and the publication of an annual review.
The fair will emphasize the experience and encounter of content, while at the same time creating an international market and networking platform.
Johan Creten
Johan Creten, a pioneer of the ceramic revival in contemporary art, is the guest of honour of the 2024 fair.
The artist will be given pride of place at the fair, and as a member of the advisory board, will contribute to the programming of the fair and the selection of participating galleries.
Johan Creten / Galerie Transit
Tour&Taxis,
Brussels
ceramic brussels will be held on the Tour&Taxis site, one of the main events hub in Brussels.
Tour&Taxis, once Europe’s largest platform for the exchange of goods, is now a major cultural hotspot and events venue in Brussels, and includes residences, offices, retail spaces, restaurants, and the largest city park to be developed in the center of Brussels in over a century.
ceramic brussels will cover a surface area of more than 7,000 square meters, spread over the two sheds of Tour&Taxis. It will feature exhibition areas, talks and conferences, lounge, hospitality facilities and more.
4 objectives
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to showcase the diversity of artistic approaches to ceramics
through the selection of international galleries and the
involvement of leading global institutions and players
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to offer a unique forum for high-level exchanges and
networking,
and encourage interactions and collaborations
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to contribute to the production of content by publishing
an annual magazine devoted to ceramics
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to launch the ceramic brussels art prize, a european call for projects with an international jury, and
several prizes awarded during the fair
galleries applications
for the 1st edition
of ceramic brussels
Deadline to apply:
15.09.2023
Galleries submit their application online by filling in the application form.
Applications will be submitted to the advisory board of the fair.
The selection of the galleries will be made public in September
2023.
Gallery presentation
Download the informations and participation conditions
Online application
Submit your application online by filling in the application form
Contact
Please contact us for further information
Marion Verboom / La Verrière Hermes (Brussels)
The call for projects is open to Europe resident artists
not represented by an art gallery.
The deadline for applications is Friday 05 September 2023. Please read the terms and conditions carefully and follow the instructions when submitting your application.
Applications will be submitted to the jury. The laureates will be made public before the end of September 2023.
Jury:
Caroline Andrin
Artist and Head of the ceramics programme
at La Cambre Visual Arts
Jean-Marc Dimanche
Independent artistic advisor,
general curator
of the Biennale de Mains de Maîtres Luxembourg
Pascale Mussard-Siegrist
Vice-president of the Fondation d’Entreprise Hermès and President of the Villa Noailles Association
Stéphanie Pécourt
Curator and Director of the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles
in Paris
Joël Riff
Curator at Moly-Sabata, Fondation des Artistes (Sablons)
and La Verrière, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès (Brussels)
Art Prize brochure
Download the informations and participation conditions
Online application
Submit your application online by filling in the application form
Contact
Please contact us for more information
Roger Coll / Puls Ceramics
programme
The fair will offer an intense programme of activities.
In addition to the participating galleries and institutions,
ceramic brussels will be offering a series of conferences and more.
The agenda will be released in October.
1.
An annual magazine devoted to ceramics will provide an overview of
contemporary ceramics through interviews, opinion pieces, exchanges
and conversations. The magazine will cover technical, economic,
historical, philosophical and practical subjects relating to
contemporary ceramics.
2.
An agenda of meetings, debates and conferences to be developed in
partnership with leading institutions and partners.
3.
An agenda of visits, meetings and off-site activities designed to
discover, meet and encourage exchanges (collectors, institutions,
workshops, etc.).
fair management
The fair is co-managed by a Franco-Belgian duo, Jean-Marc Dimanche and Gilles Parmentier.
The duo, who respectively initiated several of renowned exhibitions, artistic events and/or fairs in Luxembourg, France and Belgium, shares the running of the fair, playing on the strength of their complementary skills.
To find out more about the management team and the launch of ceramic brussels download our press release :
Johan Creten
Sculptor
Christine Germain-Donnat
Director of the Musée de la Chasse
et de la Nature (Paris, FR)
Magdalena Gerber
Lecturer and Head of CERCCO, HEAD (Geneva, CH)
Geertje Jacobs
Director of the EKWC international artist-in-residence and centre-of-excellence for ceramics (Oisterwijk, NL)
Ludovic Recchia
Art historian and curator specialising in modern and contemporary ceramics, Director of Keramis (La Louvière, BE)
info & contacts
Jean-Marc Dimanche
jean-marc@ceramic.brussels
+33 6 16 24 08 28
Gilles Parmentier
gilles@ceramic.brussels
+32 476 91 07 87
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