National Participation of Belgium

Other Exhibitions
in Venice
 ATOPOLIS (Press Conference)
WIELS @ Mons2015
Curated by Dirk Snauwaert and
Charlotte Friling
Serra dei Giardini, Viale Giuseppe
Garibaldi, 1254 – 30122 Venezia –
Castello
Vaporetto: Giardini
8 MAY 2015 — 9.30PM
 The Base of Venice
With Robert Suermondt
Curated by Farid Chaïb-Sedduk
Castello 780 Fondamenta San Giuseppe I
– 30122 Venezia
Vaporetto: Giardini
National
Participation
of Belgium
Government of
Wallonia-Brussels Federation
9 MAY — 30 MAY 2015
Heartbreak Hotel
Curated by Walter Vanhaerents
Organised by the Vanhaerents
Art Collection
Zuecca Project Space, Giudecca –
Fondamenta delle Zitelle 32, Venezia
Vaporetto: Zitelle (lines 2 and 4)

6 MAY — 15 SEPTEMBER 2015
 PROPORTIO
With Michaël Borremans,
Lucia Bru, Jean-Marie Bytebier,
Berlinde De Bruyckere,
Raoul De Keyser, Jan Dries,
Ann Veronica Janssens,
Renato Nicolodi, Hans Op de Beeck,
Koen Van den Broek,
Koen Vanmechelen, Jef Verheyen
Curated by Axel Vervoordt and
Daniela Ferretti
Organised by the Axel & May Vervoordt
Foundation and the Fondazione Musei
Civici di Venezia
Palazzo Fortuny, San Marco, 3780,
Venezia
Vaporetto: Sant’Angelo (line 1),
San Samuele (line 2)

Vincent MEESSEN
and guests
Personne et les autres
Pavilion of Belgium
56th International Art Exhibition
la Biennale di Venezia
9 MAY — 22 NOVEMBER 2015
9 MAY — 22 NOVEMBER 2015
WIELS @ Venice
Dialogues between WIELS’ programme
and the Venice biennale
Coordinated by Zoë Gray (WIELS)
Organised by WIELS with the support of
the Flemish Minister for Culture
Palazzo Trevisan, Campo S. Agnese,
Dorsoduro 810, 30123 Venezia
Vaporetto: Zattere or Accademia

17 & 18 SEPTEMBER 2015, 7PM
More information on
www.belgianpavilion.be
56th International Art Exhibition — la Biennale di Venezia | 9 May – 22 November 2015
Exhibition
All the World’s
Futures
Curated by Okwui Enwezor
Chantal Akerman
Sammy Baloji
 Ricardo Brey
 Marcel Broodthaers
 Carsten Höller


9 MAY — 22 NOVEMBER 2015
National Pavilions
Armenity/Hayoutioun
 National Pavilion of
the Republic of Armenia
With Mekhitar Garabedian
Mekhitarist Monastery on the Island of San
Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venezia
Vaporetto: 20 from San Marco Zaccaria to
San Lazzaro
6 MAY — 18 OCTOBER 2015
Invisible Beauty
 National Pavilion of Iraq
Curated by Philippe Van Cauteren,
artistic director S.M.A.K.
Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture
in Iraq Ca’ Dandolo – Grand Canal San
Polo 2879 Venezia
Vaporetto: San Tomà
9 MAY — 22 NOVEMBER 2015
Collateral Events
 The Revenge of the Common Place
With Francis Alÿs, Song Dong,
Rinus Van de Velde
Curated by Prof. Hans De Wolf
Organised by Free University Brussels
(VUB) in association with Museum of
Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA)
Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Dorsoduro 960,
30123 Venezia
Vaporetto: Zattere or Accademia
9 MAY — 30 JUNE 2015
International conference:
The Revenge of the Common Place
On the tensions between originals and
copies in art and culture.
Curated by Prof. Hans De Wolf
Organised by Free University Brussels
(VUB) in collaboration with The Peggy
Guggenheim Collection, Venice
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Venice, Roof Garden.
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Dorsoduro
701, Venezia
Vaporetto: Accademia or Salute
21 SEPTEMBER 2015, 10AM
 GLASSTRESS 2015 GOTIKA
With Johan Creten, Wim Delvoye,
Thomas Lerooy, Pascale Marthine
Tayou, Hans Op de Beeck,
Koen Vanmechelen
Curated by Dimitri Ozerkov and
Adriano Berengo
Fondazione Berengo / Exhibition Space
on Murano / Campiello della Pescheria
Murano, Venezia
Palazzo Franchetti / Instituto Veneto
di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti / Campo S.
Stefano, 284, Venezia
Vaporetto: S.Angelo or Accademia
9 MAY — 22 NOVEMBER 2015
Salon Suisse 2015: S.O.S. DADA
Organised by Pro Helvetia in
collaboration with the Flanders Arts
Institute and with the support of the
Flemish Minister for Culture
Curated by Juri Steiner and
Stefan Zweifel
The Revenge of the Common Place
by Prof. Hans De Wolf, Free University
Brussels (VUB)

12 SEPTEMBER 2015, 7PM
A Collage of Opposites – On DADA,
Africa and its Diaspora
by Phillip Van den Bossche (Mu.ZEE)
& Contemporary Art Heritage Flanders
(CAHF)
16 OCTOBER 2015, 7PM
On Robert Filliou (working title)
by Anders Kreuger (M HKA)
19 NOVEMBER 2015, 7PM
Palazzo Trevisan, Campo S. Agnese,
Dorsoduro 810, 30123 Venezia
Vaporetto: 20 from San Marco Zaccaria
to San Lazzaro
56th International Art Exhibition — la Biennale di Venezia | 9 May – 22 November 2015
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