De Sokkel #10: Yan Tomaszewski

10 October 2015 until 10 April 2016

Creating an ephemeral monument with local specialties, such as fashion or chocolate, Yan Tomaszewski turns the Stadspark’s plinth in Antwerp into a sacrificial altar.

Roman Signer. Projet pour un jardin

29 October 2016 until 2 April 2017

With the monumental installation Bidon Bleu, Roman Signer created a permanent artwork for the Middelheim Museum in 2012. Now you can rediscover the idiosyncratic work of this artist, who is also a scientist and performer.

Het oog van de meester maakt het paard vet

8 until 29 September 2012

This exhibition 'Het oog van de meester maakt het paard vet' (The Master’s eye fattens the horse) is an encounter of three active visual artists and a group of creative people who suffer from autism.

Bernhard Willhelm and Jutta Kraus in the Braem pavilion

26 May 2012 until 13 January 2013

Fashion designers Bernhard Willhelm and Jutta Kraus will be making an initial selection of works of international relevance in the Middelheim collection.

DE SOKKEL #3: Study for different perspective

2012

The Klein Antwerp community association and the Middelheim Museum join forces to add a cultural dimension to an empty plinth in the park.

Folkert de Jong. Amabilis insania. The pleasing delusion

26 October 2013 until 6 April 2014

In autumn 2013, the new Hortiflora exhibition site and Het Huis will open for a tailor-made solo show by the Dutch artist Folkert de Jong.

DE SOKKEL #5: Ilaria Lupo - Private colloquies on a public sculpture

12 May until 22 September 2013

As of 12 May, the Italian artist Ilaria Lupo will exhibit a new sculpture on the nineteenth-century plinth in Antwerp’s Central park.

DE SOKKEL #6: Folkert de Jong

6 October 2013 until 20 April 2014

Folkert de Jong also created a work for De Sokkel in Antwerp’s City Park – in the margin of his exhibition.

My Little Paradise

26 May until 15 September 2013

Seven national and international artists reflect on the art historical significance of the Garden of Eden and about the contemporary, social significance of a paradise.

Vic Gentils and Rezsö Berczeller. 1+1=33

24 February until 1 September 2013

The "Large Chess set" (1966-67) by Vic Gentils (1919-1997, Belgium), a monumental installation with 32 unique pieces, is in the Braem Pavilion.