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Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

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België
Antwerp
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, located in two areas in Antwerp, stands for entrepreneurship in art.
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05/09/2026

Today's the day.
We are delighted to welcome you this afternoon for the opening of our new exhibition programme.

Join us from 1–6 pm and discover:
• Edouard Devriendt – Then let's keep dancing
• Artist Portfolios - Curated by Henri Steenbeke - Van de Velde
• Dirk Van Saene - All nightingales understand one another

We look forward to seeing you at the gallery.

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“In Dirk Van Saene’s work, beauty and alienation, humour and melancholy, vulnerability and tragedy can coexist within a single figure. Many of these figures emerge from his immediate surroundings and personal history.”

DIRK VAN SAENE
"Empty artist’s Studio", 2026
Oil on canvas.
162 x 150 cm

Today
1–6 pm

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.bevan.de.velde

04/09/2026

Three exhibitions. Three different perspectives.

Tomorrow, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde opens:

• Edouard Devriendt – Then let's keep dancing
A new body of paintings exploring observation, memory and atmosphere.

• Artist Portfolios - Curated by Henri Steenbeke - Van de Velde
A selection of artist portfolios and printed works celebrating the craftsmanship and richness of the printed medium.

• Dirk Van Saene - All nightingales understand one another
Presenting a new exhibition dedicated to one of Belgium's most distinctive artistic voices.

We look forward to welcoming you tomorrow.
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AMBER ANDREWS
Paws and Poice, 2024
Hand painted multiple
20 x 15 cm (Etching)
39 x 27 cm (Paper)
Edition of 12 plus 3 artist's proofs ( #2/12)

EDOUARD DEVRIENDT
Juweel, 2026
Silver
50cm
Edition of 20 plus 5 AP ( #3/20)

DIRK VAN SAENE
"I can be you", 2026
Stoneware.
55 x 24 x 27 cm

Opening
Saturday, September 5
1–6 pm

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.bevan.de.velde

03/09/2026

On Saturday, September 5, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde opens three new exhibitions:

Edouard Devriendt – Then let’s keep dancing
On y va, 2026
Oil on linen
36 x 44,5 cm

Artist Portfolios - Curated by Passie Voorkunst
BRUCE NAUMAN
Infrared Outtakes, 2006
508 × 711 mm

- All nightingales understand one another
Portret Dirk Van Saene

Join us for the opening and discover the new exhibition programme.

Saturday, September 5
1–6 pm

We look forward to welcoming you.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.be

Sofie Van de Velde

03/09/2026

On Saturday, September 5, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde opens three new exhibitions:

1. Edouard Devriendt – Then let's keep dancing
On y va, 2026
Oil on linen
36 x 44,5 cm

2. Artist Portfolios - Curated by .steenbeke_van.de.velde
MAN RAY
Resurrections des mannequins. Paris : Jean Petithory,, 1960
185 x 142 mm

3. Dirk Van Saene - All nightingales understand one another
Portret Dirk Van Saene

Join us for the opening and discover the new exhibition programme.

Saturday, September 5, 1–6 pm

We look forward to welcoming you.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.be
van.de.velde

31/08/2026

James Ensor Scènes de la vie du Christ, 1921

James Ensor turns the life of Christ into a strange, colourful theatre of angels, monsters, crowds and carnival.

For Scènes de la vie du Christ, Ensor looks back to the medieval world where the sacred and the grotesque could exist side by side. But these are not simply biblical scenes. Christ Walking on Water, Christ Calming the Waters, The Entry of Christ into Brussels, Christ Mocked also reflect Ensor himself, his imagination, his sense of humour, and his struggle against the conventions of his time.

In brilliant reds, blues, yellows and greens, the familiar becomes uncanny. Crowds turn into spectacles, monsters resemble Gothic gargoyles, and religious stories become visions of light, chaos and celebration.

As Ensor put it: what the untrained eye sees as “disorder, chaos, and inaccuracy”, the artist sees as the subtle play of light.

Art triumphing over darkness.

JAMES ENSOR
Scènes de la vie du Christ, 1921
32 colour plates by James Ensor, including the frontispiece.
310 × 250 mm
One of 250 copies on Van Gelder Holland paper.
Éditions Sélection, Brussels, 1921.

Part of Artist Portfolios
5 September – 11 October 2026

For inquiries: [email protected]
sofievandevelde.be
Curated by .steenbeke_van.de.veldevan.de.velde

30/08/2026

A table, a deck of cards, a moment held still.

In Still Life with Playing Cards (1948), Jean Brusselmans turns an everyday scene into a carefully balanced composition. Shape, colour and perspective give the familiar subject its own distinct rhythm.

The work offers another glimpse into the visual language of Brusselmans, ahead of our upcoming exhibition dedicated to the Belgian painter.

We have already assembled a strong selection of works for the exhibition. Do you have a work by Jean Brusselmans in your collection that you would like to inform us about? We would be pleased to hear from you at [email protected].

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Jean Brusselmans
Still Life with Playing Cards, 1948
Oil on canvas
125 × 106 cm

Jean Brusselmans – Ode to the Heroic Existence of the Artist
17 October – 22 November 2026
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]

Sofie Van de Velde

29/08/2026

Final weekend.

Today and tomorrow are your last chance to discover our three current exhibitions:
Pop Art - curated by .steenbeke_van.de.velde
Project Space - / Piero Manzoni
A Tear for Power -

The gallery is open Saturday & Sunday, 13:00–18:00.

Come by for one last look before the exhibitions end on August 30.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.bevan.de.velde

27/08/2026

Opening this Saturday: REFUGE Pavilion.

This render reveals the design for the new pavilion by artist Ives Maes and designer Samyra Moumouh, opening this August in Park Baron Casier, Waregem.

Inspired by the principle of the camera obscura, the circular structure will become a space for observation, encounter and wonder. Throughout the month, REFUGE will come to life through performances, screenings, workshops and other public activities.

Opening 29 August in Waregem.

Ives Maes & Samyra Moumouh
REFUGE Pavilion
29 August – 27 September 2026
Park Baron Casier, Waregem

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.be

van.de.velde

26/08/2026

When art becomes an act of resistance.

In 1937, Pablo Picasso created Sueño y mentira de Franco (The Dream and Lie of Franco): 18 etched scenes responding to the Spanish Civil War and the violence of Franco’s regime.

After the bombing of Guernica, Picasso’s imagery became increasingly confrontational. The portfolio was accompanied by a poem, while proceeds from its sale were used to support the Spanish Republican cause.

A powerful example of how the printed portfolio can move beyond paper and become a political voice.

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PABLO PICASSO
Sueño y mentira de Franco, 1937
Stamped signature (each). No. 780 of 890 copies.
Two etchings with aquatint, printed on Chine collé, mounted on Japanese paper.
IIe state B.e – Ve state B.e
Individually framed.

315 × 420 mm (plate size)
590 × 405 mm (sheet size)

Part of Artist Portfolios

5 September – 11 October 2026
For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.be

Curated by .steenbeke_van.de.velde
van.de.velde

25/08/2026

Final week.

Three exhibitions, one last chance to see them at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde:

Pop Art - curated by .steenbeke_van.de.velde
Project Space - / Piero Manzoni
A Tear for Power -

On view until August 30, 2026.
We look forward to welcoming you for their final days.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Learn more on our website: sofievandevelde.bevan.de.velde

Adres

Léon Stynenstraat 21
Antwerp
2000

Openingstijden

Dinsdag	13:00 - 18:00
Woensdag	13:00 - 18:00
Donderdag	14:00 - 18:00
Vrijdag	14:00 - 18:00
Zaterdag	14:00 - 18:00
Zondag	14:00 - 18:00

Website

http://www.sofievandevelde.be/

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