L'Enfant Sauvage
L'Enfant Sauvage is an exhibition and creation space dedicated to photography. It was opened by Pauline Caplet, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis in July 2020. The gallery features local, Belgian and international photographers using various techniques, but with a notable preference for analogue prints. Artist talks, workshops, screenings and book releases are programmed throughout the year, creating an intimate exchange with a large and diversified public.
L'Enfant Sauvage
Contretype
Contretype is an association that was founded in 1978 by Jean-Louis Godefroid (1952-2013). It describes itself as an exhibition, production and distribution space focusing on creative photography irrespective of particular practices or genres. For more than thirty years, Contretype has been engaged in catering for European and extra-European artistic output in Brussels and, by establishing working relationships with its partners, distributing the output of Belgian artists abroad. The main activities of Contretype are : exhibitions in Cité Fontainas or, externally, setting up photographic missions, artists’ residencies, publishing photography books and portfolios and holding conferences on photography.
Contretype
Hangar — Photo Art Center / Gallery
Hangar is the photo art center of Brussels.
Hangar organizes 3-4 large exhibitions per year among which a major annual event: PhotoBrussels Festival. Hangar is dedicated to all forms and sensitivities of contemporary photography. No restrictions as to genres, territories, or modes of operation. The only thing that counts is the artist, what they have to say about our time, and the scenographic experience they offer to the visitor. Hangar focuses on emotion as much as on the understanding of the medium. The exhibitions also serve as a theatre for conferences, workshops, performances, and meetings. Hangar is also a publisher of photography books and a bookshop offering a selection of novelties as well as the sale of limited editions. Created by a passionate Belgian art collector, Hangar is located in the heart of the Châtelain neighborhood in Brussels and spread on more than 1000m2.
Hangar — Photo Art Center / Gallery
Contraste - L'atelier de photographie
Contraste is a venue dedicated to photography, hosting a gallery and a school. The Contraste gallery organises exhibitions and conferences open to the public.
For 25 years, Contraste has been teaching photography to the general public. Focusing. Exposing. Processing. Revealing. Mastering the techniques. Educating the eye. Atelier Contraste's mission is to teach all the necessary skills to produce quality photographs. By sharing their professional experiences and their passion for the medium, the teachers - all graduated from art schools - teach basic and advanced notions of photography. Contraste offers an approach to photography for different audiences of all levels and ages. Weekly workshops, holiday courses, but also short workshops, personalised private lessons and conferences.
The Contraste gallery presents two exhibitions per year.
Contraste - L'atelier de photographie
Fondation A Stichting
Instigated by Astrid Ullens de Schooten, the state-approved A Foundation opened south of Brussels in October 2012. It aims to support the creation, awareness and conservation of photographic images. The purpose consists of exploring the challenges and contradictions surrounding document images in order to examine this very visual world that we inhabit. Three temporary exhibitions are organised each year. The collection is central to the A Foundation. It comprises great sets of works by photographers with a documentary tendency; many of them are highly regarded throughout the world. Since 2015, the A Foundation has also devoted one exhibition per season to a young creator. It is a real platform for photographic images, is also a partner for exhibition and publishing projects organised in conjunction with other cultural institutions.
Fondation A Stichting
Botanique
The former botanical gardens provide the unique location for the stylish cultural centre of the French community and are a great place to relax. Concerts are held in the intimate surroundings of its eight spaces and multipurpose halls, of which the most famous are the Orangerie, the Rotonde, the Museum, and the Witloof Bar.
Botanique