In the context of RendezVous - Brussels Art Week
Opening: (Not) All Is Gold
(Not) All Is Gold is an exhibition exploring the shifting notions of value and value creation in contemporary art. Built around works from the collection of Frédéric de Goldschmidt, the exhibition also includes new commissions, loans, and invited contributions, bringing together 53 international artists.
17:00 - 21:00
Free
The project takes its title from the familiar proverb “not all that glitters is gold,” reimagined to question whether everything might, in fact, hold or become valuable. Diverse works and materials across the exhibition integrate intrinsic and symbolic worth, economic and artistic systems, and the often paradoxical strategies artists use to sustain their practice.
Key themes emerge:
- The interplay of precious and humble materials, from marble to cardboard;
- Critical reflections on the art market and its transactional protocols;
- Artist-collector collaborations that redefine value through exchange.
The ground floor combines a series of works that illustrate the different areas of investigation of the show with works such as Wade Guyton’s lithographs printed over a 1928 Manet exhibition catalogue from the Matthiesen Gallery in Berlin, a copy once owned by Frédéric de Goldschmidt’s grandmother, Jacques André’s unemployment stamp canvases commenting on the artist’s precarious status, Marc Buchy’s speculative labor contract, Teresa Estapé’s diamond stripped of commercial worth and Giovanni Morbin’s performance documentation asserting idleness as political resistance.
Opening: 4 September 2025, 17:00 – 21:00.
During RendezVous – Brussels Art Week 4-7 September 11:00-18:00.
Open Tuesday – Saturday 14:00 – 18:00 until 28 February 2026.