WIELS
Paid entrance, no reservation required.
Avenue Van Volxem 354
1190 Forest
EXPO OBSTAKLES, Willem Oorebeek
EXPO Patuá/Patois, Paulo Nazareth
GUIDED TOUR KETS tours
BEHIND THE SCENE Expo Host tours
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WIELS is a contemporary art centre located on avenue Van Volxem in Forest. As one of the most important contemporary art institutions in Europe, WIELS is dedicated to the presentation and production of temporary exhibitions by national and international artists.
EXPO WIELS presents OBSTAKLES, a major retrospective exhibition of Willem Oorebeek (1953), a Dutch-born artist who has been living and working in Brussels since the 1990s. For many decades, parallel to what the “pictures” generation investigated, Oorebeek has explored the impact of images and the erosion and inflation of the viewing experience caused by mass reproduction.
EXPO Paulo Nazareth (old man, Brazil) is an artist who creates as he walks. With his self-styled Arte de Preceito (precept art), his artistic practice is rooted in radical displacement and movement, such as crossing borders on foot. His work confronts the interplay of memory, language, and ritual in communities shaped by Afro-Brazilian, Indigenous, and anti-colonial struggles.
GUIDED TOUR Each week the KETS draw inspiration from the challenging exhibitions at WIELS. They are happy to share their knowledge about the exhibitions with you.
Languages: NL, FR, EN
Hours: every 20 min. between 18h and 19h30
Capacity: 20 people
BEHIND THE SCENE For the Expo Host Tour, students and Article 60 employees are ready to welcome visitors. Let yourself be guided by their experiences and anecdotes about the behind-the-scenes of the contemporary art centre.
Languages: NL, FR, EN
Schedule: every 20 min. between 18h and 21h30
Capacity: 20 people
