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DE SOKKEL #7: Jef Geys

1 May until 21 September 2014
Jef Geys, one of the Belgium’s most prominent and prolific artists, has created an interactive installation in Antwerp’s Central Park for this edition of De Sokkel. The plinth is transformed into an advertising column.

Johan Creten. De storm

24 May until 14 September 2014
In 2014 the Middelheim Museum invited the Flemish artist Johan Creten (1963, Belgium) who lives in Paris to exhibit new and existing monumental work in Hortiflora for the exhibition “THE STORM”.

Signed, the artist. Traces of the First World War in the Middelheim Museum collection

3 May until 14 September 2014
For many of the artist on both sides of the front line, the First World War interrupted their lives, cutting through them and their (early) careers, much like a blunt axe. The Middelheim Museum is putting these artists and their work in the spotlight again, with a temporary signposted walking trail.

Henk Visch. Exactly as I remembered it

22 February until 23 March 2014
An experimental, collection-related exhibition, on paper and in the Braem Pavilion.

Pom’ po pon po pon pon pom pon

24 October 2015 until 27 March 2016
Pom’ po pon po pon pon pom pon is an outdoor group exhibition, developed by the artist Lieven Segers and museum director Sara Weyns.

Andrea Zittel. The Flat Field Works

13 June until 27 September 2015
This summer the museum will be hosting the work of American artist Andrea Zittel, a remarkable figure in the international world of art. Zittel will create an installation in Hortiflora and existing work will be displayed in the Braem Pavilion.

DE SOKKEL #9: Guillaume Bijl

17 May until 13 September 2015
Guillaume Bijl corrupts reality for this edition of De Sokkel

Developing expertise

The museum is developing a rare and much sought after expertise about art in open air, linking this to the field of art in public space.

Preserving and managing an outdoor art collection

Besides the creation of works for outdoor display, the preservation of an outdoor heritage collection – both in the park and in the public space – requires particular attention and a very specific approach

Art in public spaces

The Middelheim Museum is unique because of its relationship with the urban context.