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The European network on cultural management and policy

 ENCATC Cultural Happy Hours
 Report 2013-2019

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ENCATC Cultural Happy Hours Report 2013-2019 - The European network on cultural management and policy
The ENCATC Cultural Happy
Hours are an initiative of
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                                                    From 2013 until February 2019, 49
ENCATC, the leading European                        ENCATC Cultural Happy Hours have
                                                    been organised
network on cultural
management and policy.

Launched in February 2013,
these cultural evenings bring                                           6
together representatives from             ENCATC Cultural Happy Hours have
                                            been hosted in 6 European cities:
the cultural, business, and                  Brussels, Barcelona, Maastricht,
educational sectors to enjoy an                    Paris, Prague, and Venice

informal occasion to network
and exchange ideas in different
cultural settings.
                                    74   partnerships established

The ENCATC Cultural Happy
Hours are done in partnership
with the Creative Europe Desks
Wallonie-Bruxelles and
Vlaanderen and with the support
of the Creative Europe
                                                          In   2018         several ENCATC
                                                          Cultural Happy Hours were
                                                          organised with the European Year of
programme of the European                                 Cultural Heritage label
Union.

More than 50 organisations,
among them arts, cultural,
educational, business and
political institutions, have also
partnered as Friends of the
ENCATC Cultural Happy Hours.          1,448
In 2018, the ENCATC Cultural           ENCATC Cultural
Happy Hours were also proud to       Happy Hour guests

be a partner of the European
Year of Cultural Heritage and the
opportunity it brought to
celebrate and raise awareness
about heritage and key players
bringing it to the fore.                       35        countries represented

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Sex, Money & Power                          Brussels Philharmonic
                                              CONTEMPORARY ART                            MUSIC

           2013                               The inaugural ENCATC Cultural               This was an evening to celebrate to
                                              Happy Hour was held at the Maison           Flagey’s 75th Anniversary and its
                                              Particulière – Arts Center in Brussels.     historic importance in radio and
                                              A     group     of   invited     cultural   television in Europe. It began with a
                                              professionals,      policy       makers,    special behind-the-scenes tour of the
                                              educators,      and     artists     were    award          winning        Brussels
                                              welcomed by the Maison’s founders,          Philharmonic that included a meeting
                                              Myriam and Amaury de Solages, to            with the Concertmaster and violin
                                              visit the “Sex, Money and Power”            soloist, Otto Derolez. Next, our guests
                                              exhibition. ENCATC member,            art   attended the reception and opening
                                              historian, Claire Giraud-Labalte from       of the exhibition “75 years: Sound
                                              the Université Catholique de l’Ouest        factory – between technique and
                                              (France),     gave       a      selected    architecture” followed by a classical
                                              commentary, weaving her knowledge           music concert in the iconic Flagey
                                              of art history and stories from her         symphony hall.
                                              research to raise questions and
                                              provoked critical thinking to look
                                              beyond contemporary art work and
                                              question mankind’s relationships with
                                              sex, money and power.

CPAS Museum                                   CAB Art Centre                              Le Corbusier &
MUSEUM & HERITAGE                             CONTEMPORARY ART                            Photography
                                                                                          CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

The CPAS (Public Centre for Social            The CAB Art Center hosted this              Celebrating the anniversary of Le
Welfare) has a wonderful collection           debate     on      “Brussels     &   the    Corbusier’s 125th birthday in 2012, we
of cultural heritage. Christophe              contemporary        art  field”.   Sonia    had a private visit to the “Le Corbusier
Pourtois, Member of the Conseil de            Dermience, curator at Komplot, began        and Photography” exhibition. Guided
l’Action    Sociale      de      Bruxelles    with an introduction to Brussels’           by Christophe Pourtois, Director of the
welcomed our guests for a private             contemporary art scene. Our Cultural        CIVA - International Center for City,
tour led by David Guilardian, the             Happy Hour guests learned how               Architecture & Landscape, our
museum’s curator. The visit shed light        Brussels is becoming a leading hub          guests went on a journey to
on the profound impact the CPAS               for contemporary art, the factors that      investigate Le Corbusier’s deep
Brussels has had on the city’s                have led to its actual positioning, and     relationship with photography, not
residents and its valuable artistic and       trends for further development. To          only as representation, but also as a
heritage collection reflects not only its     discover more of the CAB as an              means of artistic research. They
rich cultural history, but also is a visual   emerging contemporary art centre, a         toured works of one of the most
and informative journey showing how           private tour of its temporary exhibition    influential figures of XX century
it has cared for the Brussels                 “The Fold” was led by CAB Director,         architecture and were introduced to
community and centuries of fighting           Eléonore De Sadeleer.                       the CIVA, a vibrant cultural landmark.
poverty and disease.                                                                                                            3
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Wonderland                                  Brussels Creative Forum                   Brussels Art Factory
POLICAL CONFLICT IN ART                     CREATIVE INDUSTRIES                       CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

The     "WONDERLAND”           exhibition   Under a marquee on the Palace             The Brussels Art Factory is bustling
presented works of political conflict in    Square, in the heart of Brussels’ arts    hub of creativity, a unique centre for
art by Israeli and Palestinian artists      district, our Cultural Happy Hours        contemporary artistic production and
We invited our guests to attend the         guests attended the “Network of           distribution in Brussels supported by
opening at the European Parliament.         Networks” drink at the first-ever         SMartBe. Opened in July 2011, the
The exhibition, organised with the          Brussels Creative Forum. The Forum        BAF offers spaces and ateliers to its
support of the GUE/NGL and the              aims to bring greater attention to the    residential artists, fostering their
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Brussels,           uniqueness and abundance of               creativity, interaction and exchange. It
featured more than 40 photographs,          Brussels’ cultural and creative offers.   also regularly organises exhibitions to
montages, paintings, and videos.            The event was an opportunity to           showcase the promote their work.
Curator, Ms. Shirley Meshulam along         grasp Brussels’ creativity, richness,     Cultural Happy Hours guests were
with the exhibition’s producer, Mr.         diversity, expertise, relevance and       given an after hours tour of more than
Yossi Ben Bassat, and the German MP         originality in music, performing arts,    20 ateliers to meet and speak with the
Wolfgang Gehrcke presented the              visual arts, architecture and heritage,   artists and creators who were more
project and their visions for peace and     museums, festivals, cultural centres,     than happy to share and present their
the importance of the artist voice.         and exhibitions.                          work and artistic inspiration.

Europe Refresh                              France’s Cultural Policy in
CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP &                 the Middle East & North
CROWDFUNDING
                                            Africa
                                            CULTURAL DIPLOMACY

                                                                                        “This initiative
                                                                                        is exactly what all
                                                                                        cultural people in
                                                                                        Brussels need.
                                                                                        Informal meetings in
Our Cultural Happy Hours were               For the last Cultural Happy Hours of
                                                                                        informal settings such
invited to attend and discover the first    2013, we invited our guests to a            as arts centres,
-ever Europe Refresh, a European            special talk on “France’s Cultural
gathering for crowdfunding. This            Policy in the Middle East & North           museums, arts
initiative was organised by Les Halles      Africa” by S.E.M. Bernard Valero,           galleries etc. are just
de Schaerbeek in partnership with           French Ambassador to the Kingdom
KissKissBankBank,      the     European     of Belgium. Organised by ENCATC at          great to get to know
leader of crowdfunding. Dozens of           the CIVA - International Center for         better people active
projects were selected from citizens        City, Architecture & Landscape, after
across Europe (and India, the guest         the talk, guests were invited to a          in the same field and
country of this first edition). The visit   private guided tour of the CIVA’s
                                                                                        other sectors.”
included a tour of 50 projects about        temporary exhibition "XDGA_160_
art, ecology, new energies, new             EXPO Xaveer De Geyter Architects".                        Frédéric Meseeuw
technologies, education, research,                                                       Institutional adviser at BOZAR,
health, agriculture, and humanitarian
                                                                                          Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
issues.

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The BRAFA Art Fair                         As Sweet as it Gets
                                          FINE ART, ANTIQUES, MODERN AND             CONTEMPORARY ART
                                          CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN

          2014
                                          Our visit to the BRAFA, one of the         ENCATC member, BOZAR, Centre for
                                          world’s oldest and most prestigious        Fine Arts hosted this Cultural Happy
                                          art fairs, began with a conference         Hour were our guests entered into
                                          entitled “Sociologie et psychologie du     the world and artistic imagination of
                                          marché      de    l’art  contemporain:     contemporary Belgian artist Michaël
                                          témoignages de collectionneurs”.           Borremans. The visit included a
                                          Through an intimate discussion with        guided tour of the exhibition "As
                                          art collectors and experts, invited        sweet as it gets" and cocktail
                                          guests gained a better understanding       reception. Borremans made his
                                          of the sociology and psychology of         international breakthrough in the late
                                          today’s contemporary art market.           1990s with a varied body of work
                                          Afterwards, guests were treated to a       (including drawings, paintings, and
                                          guided visit highlighting the most         films) that laid bare the deceptive
                                          prized     collections   among     the     nature of representation and the
                                          hundreds of galleries represented          absurdity of existence in a suggestive,
                                          from around the globe.                     ironic way. His focus on the power of
                                                                                     the imagination makes his subversive
                                                                                     visual idiom especially engaging.

Influences plurielles                     Europe Refresh II                          Foire Interationale d'Art
CONTEMPORARY ART                          CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP &                Contemporain
                                          CROWDFUNDING                               CONTEMPORARY ART

Our after hours visit to the exhibition   Following the first successful edition,    In a first for the Cultural Happy Hours,
"Influences plurielles" was a visual      a second visit to Europe Refresh, the      ENCATC and its guests went to Paris
experience into the creation of           European crowdfunding fair was             for an organised guided tour of the
contemporary       Belgian      painter   highly anticipated. Our guests toured      Foire           Interationale      d'Art
Emmanuel Beyens. Cultural Happy           Les Halles de Schaerbeek which             Contemporain (FIAC) at the Grand
Hour guests were welcomed by the          housed more than 40 projects from          Palais. Our guests were received by
artist himself who shared his creative    Europe and Canada selected for their       Eric Le Maillot, the FIAC’s Deputy
inspiration and gave a tour of the        artistic qualities as well as efforts to   Director who presented the Foire's
works on display. Hosted at the           address social issues and solidarity in    background and aims, Amandine
Banca Monte Paschi Belgi, this was        the      economy.     Supported       by   Milossis, an Art Market Expert at
also an opportunity to learn how the      KissKissBankBank,      the    European     Groupe EAC, a member of ENCATC,
banking sector supports the careers       leader of crowdfunding, the selection      guided our guests through fair’s most
of Belgian artists thanks to the          of projects displayed innovative ideas     renowned works and some of the
intervention from the bank’s director     and concepts from enthusiastic             hidden treasures displayed by the
                                          entrepreneurs.                             world’s most prestigious art galleries.

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TAG bxl, the Accessible Art
Gallery
ART & NEW AUDIENCES

                                            “I have attended a number of Cultural
                                            Happy Hours hosted by ENCATC, and
                                            whether it was a behind the scenes tour of
TAG bxl is a fresh player in Brussels’      an international art exhibition, or front row seats
art scene with a unique focus on
emerging artists. Our guests listened
                                            at the opening of a Brussels fashion week
to a debate on "Access to art,              event, the events have all been interesting,
democratisation process and finding
new audiences" Speakers included            thought-provoking and fun. The initiative has
Monica Urian de Sousa, Programme            created opportunities for lasting cross-sectorial
Manager, Audience Development,
European Commission; Dorian Van             connections and strengthened ties towards
Der Brempt, Managing Director,              collaborations within the cultural and creative
deBuren; Johanna Suo, Partner,
Art&Communication, TAG bxl; Mahir           industries.”
Namur, President European Cultural
Association, Strategy Consultant in
                                                                                                  Stefanie Thomas
Culture and Communication; and                                            Head of Strategy & Projects at CUMEDIAE
Savina Tarsitano, Artist. They also had
a private tour of works by artists
Savina Tarsitano, Fabian Vogler, and
Emmanuel Beyens.

                                          The BRAFA Art Fair                         Body Talk
                                          FINE ART, ANTIQUES, MODERN AND             CONTEMPORARY ART
                                          CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN

          2015
                                          Not surprisingly, another trip to the      WIELS is housed in one of the rare
                                          BRAFA was in high demand following         examples of modernist industrial
                                          the success in 2014. For this visit, our   architecture in Brussels. A former
                                          guests enjoyed the finest examples of      beer brewery originally designed in
                                          archaeology, tribal art, furniture,        1931, today it is an historically
                                          paintings, drawings, sculpture, design,    classified building, It’s vast and open
                                          jewellery and other art objects and        spaces make it ideal to host artist
                                          curiosities put on display by 126          residencies and put on ambitious
                                          exhibitors from a dozen countries. To      exhibitions      by      national    and
                                          celebrate     the     BRAFA's      60th    international artists, On this visit we
                                          anniversary, a special exhibition          toured “Body Talk” aimed at
                                          curated by the King Baudouin               addressing issues of feminism,
                                          Foundation paid tribute to collectors      sexuality and the body, as they play
                                          and showcased works gathered               themselves out in the work of a
                                          exclusively from private Belgian           generation of women artists from
                                          collections.                               Africa active since the early 1990s.
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Institut Supérieur de                      Art Brussels                              Fashion Atelier of Nina
Peinture Van Der Kelen -                   CONTEMPORARY ART                          Meert
Logelain                                                                             CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
DECORATIVE PAINTING

The Institut Supérieur de Peinture         For our first Cultural happy Hour visit   One of Belgium’s most prominent
Van Der Kelen - Logelain is one of         to Art Brussels, we were welcomed         fashion     designers,    Nina   Meert
the world’s most prestigious schools       by Katerina Gregos,the fair’s Artistic    opened her atelier and private
in the field of wood and marble            Director. She shared her experience       showroom for this Cultural Happy
imitations and other decorative            managing the international art fair and   Hour. In her beautiful store and atelier
painting techniques. Sylvie Van der        how she overcomes challenges faced        in Ixelles, Ms. Meert shared her design
Kelen, granddaughter of the School's       by artists trying to enter the            philosophy, explained her innovative
founder, delighted our Cultural Happy      commercial sector and international       business model, and presented the
Hour guests with a history of this         stage. Having set the scene, next we      challenges she overcame to become
unique artistic practice and provided      toured works on display in 191            an internationally renowned Belgian
a better understanding of the school's     galleries     from     34    countries,   fashion designer. She also unveiled
values as well as the special              represented in three main sections:       her current and upcoming collections
techniques developed and perfected         PRIME presenting established artists,     during an intimate tour of her
within its walls for over 130 years. In    YOUNG presenting emerging artists         workspace filled with sketches,
addition to visiting the school, we        and a new section, DISCOVERY,             fabrics, patterns, garments and more.
were also treated to a practical atelier   featuring 14 galleries representing
of decorative painting for a special       lesser-known and emerging artists.
hands-on experience.

Summer of Fashion                          Mexican Art & Culture                     Portraits of Artists
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES                        CULTURAL DIPLOMACY                        CONTEMPORARY ART

ENCATC member, BOZAR, Centre for           The Mexican Embassy in Brussels           This was an exception visit to
Fine Arts hosted this lively debate        opened its doors to our Cultural          “Portraits of Artists”, the complete art
with internationally renowned fashion      Happy Hour guests for an evening of       collection of SMart, never before
designer Diane von Fürstenberg on          immersion in Mexican art, culture, and    exhibited to the public. Bringing
the “Empowerment of Women in               cuisine. We received a warm               together works from the 1960s
Fashion”. She was joined by panelists      welcome from Ambassador, Mr Juan          onwards, the collection includes more
Veerle Windels, Anne Chapelle,             Jose Ignacio Gomez Camacho. He            than 300 pieces by 50 artists from
Rosario Dawson and Abrima Erwiah.          was joined by Cultural Attachée,          seven countries coming from various
After the talks and a cocktail             Marina Castañeda who gave a short         disciplines. As a special treat, the after
reception, our guests toured four          presentation on Mexican cultural          hours visit included a guided tour by
exhibitions on the history of Belgian      policy and soft power. Guests toured      two of the collectors: Alain de
fashion design, fashion photography,       paintings by celebrated Oaxacan           Wasseige, art dealer and collector for
and prominent influencers and              artist, Sergio Hernández and watched      over     thirty   years     and    Judith
designers.                                 a screening of a classic Mexican film,    Verhoeven, who have step by step
                                           Arráncame la Vida (Tear This Heart        built the collection along with Julek
                                           Out, 2008), based on the best-selling     Jurowicz, a member of ENCATC.
                                           novel by Angeles Mastretta.
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Espronceda Art and                         Anatolia. Home of eternity
Culture Center                             ART FESTIVAL
CONTEMPORARY ART

                                                                                         “We are very
                                                                                         happy at Espronceda
                                                                                         to host Cultural
                                                                                         Happy Hours as they
The first Cultural Happy Hour in Spain     Europalia is a biennial festival using        prove to bring
was a visit to Espronceda, new             art to connect people by inviting a
innovative and contemporary space,         guest country to put on a four-month          together extremely
platform,     and     multi-disciplinary   programme with hundreds of artistic           interesting and
environment for artists, curators, and     events to open dialogue between
educators. Guests were introduced to       cultures. Our guests were welcomed            exciting people. There
the centre by its co-founders: Henrik      at Europalia’s headquarters for a talk
                                                                                         are always enriching
Sprengel, Holger Sprengel and Elia         with its Director of International Affairs
Sabato. They learned about the             and        Communications,         Pablo      conversations and
momentum behind this project, why it       Fernandez.       The     meeting     was
was erected in Barcelona, and what’s       followed by a guided visit to the
                                                                                         fantastic exchanges
new about the its business model. An       exhibition     “Anatolia.    Home      of     of ideas.”
international panel discussion on          Eternity” at the BOZAR, a member of
“Managing Independent Art Centres:         ENCATC for a discovery of one of the                        Holger Sprengel
Towards new management, business           greatest cradles of cultures in the            Co-founder of Espronceda Art
and     leadership     models”      was    world with an extraordinarily rich                      and Culture Center
moderated by ENCATC member,                heritage thanks to an uninterrupted
Lluís Bonet, from the University of        and twelve millennia-long succession
Barcelona.                                 of civilisations

                                           The BRAFA Art Fair                           Passa Porta
                                           FINE ART, ANTIQUES, MODERN AND               LITERATURE
                                           CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN

          2016
                                           Becoming an annual gathering for our         Held in the framework of Passa
                                           Cultural Happy Hour guests, we               Porta’s seminar series “Needs &
                                           started off a new year with another          Necessity”, the event was opened by
                                           visit to the BRAFA Art Fair. To learn        Ilke Froyen, Passa Porta’s Director
                                           about the place in today’s art market        who presented the aims and activities
                                           we invited researcher, aesthetico-           of     this  unique       gateway      to
                                           political theorist, critic and strategist,   contemporary       world      literature.
                                           Denis Maksimov, to share his insight         Ukrainian author, Andrey Kurkov
                                           and his favourite pieces on display.         (Death and the Penguin, The Milkman
                                           He introduced our guests to the              in the Night, Ukraine Diaries…) read
                                           notion of “the art world” and ignited        from his work and discussed his views
                                           reflections on the importance of             on the tensions between writing
                                           questioning narratives in art history        fiction and being a close observer of
                                           and contemporary art, the actuality of       the recent turmoil in his country.
                                           connoisseurship and expertise, and
                                           the strategies of art collection
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Art Brussels                                Atelier Marcel Hastir                        LaVallée’s cultural space
CONTEMPORARY ART                            HERITAGE & CULTURAL                          CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
                                            ENTREPRENEURHIP

Following the success of last year's        This Cultural Happy Hour was a way           A project of ENCATC member,
visit, ENCATC was pleased to offer          into the world and creative place of         SMartBe, LaVallée brings together a
Cultural Happy Hour guests an               Marcel Hastir, painter, theosoph and         diversity of creatives with varied skills
enjoyable evening of networking and         member of the wartime Resistance.            to encourage the emulation of ideas.
a guided visit of Art Brussels. Taking      An inconspicuous building situated in        Pierre Pevée, LaVallée’s manager, led
place for the first time at Tour & Taxis,   the heart of the European quarter is         the tour of the premises, explained
this edition of Art Brussels included       not widely known to the public as an         how it functions, and introduced
141 galleries (including 31 newcomers)      open space for visitors to see the           members of its community. It was a
from 28 countries, represented in           artist’s works, atelier, and living space    moment to visit behind-the-scenes of
three     main       sections:   PRIME,     as well as for enjoying an exciting          a dynamic creative space, speak with
DISCOVERY and a new section,                cultural programme. Following the            artists, learn about their artistic
REDISCOVERY,          with   works    by    guided visit, our guests met the             mediums, and watched them work.
important artists, living and deceased,     founders of OneHouseStand, an                Our guests were also treated to a
from the historic to the avant-garde,       online platform helping to context           sneak peek of the selected work of
who have been under-estimated,              venues with clients. Its listings of offer   students by a special jury of the
overlooked, or unduly forgotten.            exclusively private homes and                Académie       des    Beaux-Arts     de
                                            cultural spaces, including the Atelier       Bruxelles, which was hosted by
                                            Marcel Hastir.                               LaVallée.

Espronceda Art and                          Moi Vasarely
Culture Center                              CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURAL
                                            DIPLOMACY
                                                                                           “ENCATC's
CONTEMPORARY ART
                                                                                           Cultural Happy
                                                                                           Hours concept
                                                                                           is a unique platform
                                                                                           for creation of
                                                                                           knowledge,
                                                                                           promotion of cross-
Returning to Espronceda, this time          The Balassi Cultural Institute in              cultural
ENCATC was honoured to have                 Brussels, Cultural Service of the              understanding and
among its guests American members           Hungarian Embassy, welcomed our
from the Association of Arts                guests with an introduction by Zsófia          respect, sharing ideas
Administration Educators (AAAE).            Villegas-    Vitézy,   the    Institute’s
                                                                                           among its members
Guests heard from Manuel Aramendia          Cultural Counsellor. She presented
Zuazu, Associate Dean of the Fine           activities    and    cultural    events        about cultural and
Arts Faculty, University of Barcelona,      organised in the space, its connection
a member of ENCATC and had a talk           to Brussels’ cultural heritage within its
                                                                                           creative domains of
with the artist Fabian Vogler whose         walls, as well as the current exhibition       Brussels, Belgium, as
works were on display in the                “Moi Vasarely”. The           exhibition
exhibition Liquid Gender. Guests also       included posters, paintings and                well as beyond it.”
toured     the    sound     installation    videos by contemporary artists                            Yelena Kharitonova
Emotional Decrypter by Francesco            inspired by Victor Vasarely (1906-                 Founder of Caravan Cultura
Giannico.                                   1997) as well as original works by the                          CreAcademy
                                            artist himself.
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The BRAFA Art Fair                        Bulgarian Haute Couture
                                             FINE ART, ANTIQUES, MODERN AND            FASHION & CONTEMPORARY ART
                                             CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN

          2017
                                             To kick off a new year, we were           In his first solo exhibition in Belgium
                                             honoured once again to invite our         presented by Inspiring Culture,
                                             Cultural Happy Hours guests to            Bulgarian born artist Zhivko Sedlarski,
                                             discover the 62nd edition of the          has put on display a collection of
                                             BRAFA Art Fair. BRAFA 2017 brought        sculptures in brass and steel,
                                             together 132 galleries and art dealers    celebrating the world of Haute
                                             from 16 countries, including 13 new       Couture and some of his favourite
                                             names.     Archaeology,     jewellery,    creations. Our guests also learned
                                             paintings,    sculptures,    furniture,   about the events that inspired the
                                             design, ceramics, porcelain, clocks,      artists shown work, his participation
                                             objets d'art, glassware, antique          “Dialogue With Emperor Qin” (a
                                             frames, original cartoon plates and       current touring exhibition by Inspiring
                                             other contemporary creations on           Culture), and his artistic collaboration
                                             display retraced more than four           with a refugee from Afghanistan, Sami
                                             millennia of art history from across      Nouri. Now living in France, Nouri is
                                             the continents.                           working under the tutelage of Jean-
                                                                                       Paul Gaultier at the famous designer’s
                                                                                       studio.

Art Brussels                                 Venice Art Biennale                       Ethno Tendance Fashion
CONTEMPORARY ART                             Walking Tour                              Week
                                             CONTEMPORARY ART                          CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

On this evening, we discovered the           Brussels, Paris, Barcelona and now        Ethno Tendance Fashion Week is the
world of Art Brussels, which                 Venice! In a Cultural Happy Hour first,   largest event of its kind in Belgium
continues to build on its profile and        an evening of cultural discovery and      around international, multicultural and
track record as one of “Europe’s             networking was organised as a             inclusive fashion. It puts on the latest
foremost discovery fairs”. Welcomed          walking tour through the city’s public    fashion trends inspired by African art
with an introduction by the fair’s Head      installations displayed for the 57th      and culture. It includes stunning
of VIP Relations, Marie Vander Elst,         edition of the Venice Art Biennale.       catwalks,     artistic   performances,
guests learned how the fair privileges       Among the many installations by           contests for best new talents, a pop
solid artistic content and profiling         renowned international artists our        up store, a beauty corner, exhibitions,
surprising artistic practices which one      guests toured, the highlight was          workshops, and debates. ENCATC
does not see at other art fairs. To see      seeing “Support” by the Italian artist    and our guests had a special project
first hand, we had a guided tour to          Lorenzo Quinn. Emerging from the          presentation by Farah Ridane and
discover the highlights among the            grand canal, it features two large        Julie Maricq from the management
more     than      140     internationally   hands appearing to prop up the Ca'        team. They presented the structure,
established galleries coming from            Sagredo Hotel.                            challenges for human resources,
around the globe.                                                                      fundraising techniques, and audience
                                                                                       engagement practices.
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BEL:EST                                    Art and Science Lab                         “The Cultural
URBAN DESIGN                               ART & CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
                                                                                       Happy Hour
                                                                                       was the
                                                                                       perfect way to take a
                                                                                       moment for connection
                                                                                       and engaging dialogue,
                                                                                       all in a dynamic fine arts
“BEL:EST. A Laboratory for Europe in       Spanish Embassy opened its doors to         setting. Hearing from a
Brussels” is a project involving five      welcome Cultural Happy Hour guests
Estonian and five Belgian architecture     to learn about the cultural and
                                                                                       new artist and being
firms. During their collaborations, they   scientific diplomacy of Spain through       able to explore their
explored a number of urban design          its Arts and Science Lab in Belgium
and architecture problems that the         that hosts artistic and scientific
                                                                                       work with them was
city of Brussels faces everyday. The       projects, debates, workshops, and           also a delight. This is the
conclusions and proposals stemming         small-size performances within its
from their debates on the European         walls. Presentations were given by          perfect opportunity to
capital's    urban     planning      and   Sergi Farré, Scientific and Cultural        meet new people and
architecture are the core of the           Counsellor at the embassy, Felipe
exhibition hosted by BOZAR, Centre         Santos, Director of Instituto Cervantes     enrich one's network
for Fine Arts, a member of ENCATC.         in Brussels, and Guadalupe Melgosa,         while also being
Attending the opening, our guests          Spain’s Education Counsellor to
heard from Indrek Saar, Minister of        Belgium,        Netherlands         and     energized by wonderful
Culture of Estonia and Paul Dujardin,      Luxembourg. Guests enjoyed “It’s a
CEO of the Centre for Fine Arts.           trap” by Spanish artist Carolina Tafalla.
                                                                                       art!”
                                           a duet performance by Hugo Ranilla              Katy Coy, Executive Director,
                                           de Castro (violin) and Adrián               Association of Arts Administration
                                           Hernández Altelarrea (clarinet).
                                                                                                              Educators

                                            The BRAFA Art Fair                         TEFAF Maastricht
                                            FINE ART, ANTIQUES, MODERN AND             FINE ART, ANTIQUES AND DESIGN
                                            CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN

          2018
                                           The year started with a Cultural            ENCATC held a very exclusive
                                           Happy Hour to the 63rd BRAFA Art            Cultural Happy Hour for its first
                                           Fair. It was a unique occasion to see a     partnership      with    the    TEFAF
                                           selection of breath-taking art works,       Maastricht. Guests were treated to a
                                           including a recently re-discovered          private space for networking time and
                                           masterpiece by Rubens, and network          to get an overview of the art fair. This
                                           and       create   connections     with     was followed by a guided tour of
                                           colleagues based in Brussels and            some of the most breath-taking
                                           beyond. Our guests also had a guided        pieces on display. Established in 1988,
                                           tour to gain a better understanding of      TEFAF is widely regarded as the
                                           the history and stories behind              world’s pre-eminent organization of
                                           artworks selected from the 134              fine art, antiques, and design. TEFAF
                                           galleries and art dealers from 16           champions the finest quality art from
                                           countries at the fair and offering a        across the ages by creating a
                                           panoply of works of art retracing           community of the world’s top art
                                           more than four millennia of art history     dealers and experts to inspire lovers
                                           from across the continents.                 and buyers of art everywhere.
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Art Brussels                               PRAGUE CREATIVE                            House of European History
CONTEMPORARY ART                           CENTRE                                     MUSEUM, CULTURAL HERITAGE
                                           CREATIVE URBAN LABORATORY

More than 30 guests delved into the        The first ENCATC Cultural Happy            The House of European History
contemporary art world of Art              Hour in the Czech Republic was held        (HEH) opened its doors for a special
Brussels. After her welcome with an        during the 2nd ENCATC Capacity             after-hours visit for our Cultural
introduction to Art Brussels, Nele         Building Days and Youth in Action          Happy Hour guests. We were
Verhaeren, Head of Galleries, took         Day. 34 guests from 10 countries           received by Taja Vovk van Gaal,
our guests on a special tour of the fair   joined for this unique opportunity to      Creative Director who also gave a
to see the most exciting pieces on the     visit the Prague Creative Centre, a        guided visit. She explained the
contemporary     art    market.    She     new hub established by Prague City         challenges of respecting different
introduced the group to gallery            Hall. It is intended to be the city’s      experiences and view points held
owners and representatives who             living and creative laboratory that        around Europe in different countries,
presented the artists they represent       links         active        inhabitants,   regions, and cultures - not to mention
and some of the works on display. Art      representatives of non-governmental        the translations done in all the EU’s
Brussels is organsised around the          organisations and the private sector       official languages! The museum
PRIME, REDISCOVERY, DISCOVERY              with representatives of the public         strives to construct European identity
sections offering a mix between the        sector. The hope is these exchanges        by using the concept of memory
young and upcoming and the                 of different actors will to allow them     because at the end of the visit, it
renowned and recognised.                   to discover innovative solutions for a     hopes visitors will come away with
                                           creative city and have the output of       more reflections, increased tolerance,
                                           their cooperation integrated in the        and a greater sense of shared
                                           urban development strategy.                European identity.

Brussels Gallery Weekend                   Bruno Lussato Institute
CONTEMPORARY ART                           CULTURAL HERITAGE,
                                           INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

This visit to the Brussels Gallery         24 ENCATC Cultural Happy Hour
Weekend (BGW) was a first for the          guests had an exclusive tour of the
ENCATC Cultural Happy Hour. 16             Bruno Lussato Institute which
guests for came out to discover the        houses an impressive collection of
inspiring collections on display and       Japanese Mingei folk art with some
the BGW which celebrates the               pieces ranging from the 12th-19th
general    reopening    of   Brussels      century.    With    presentation   on
contemporary art galleries and non         “Searching for Asia in the Capital of
profit spaces, gathering together          Europe: Introducing ULB-EASt” we
great shows all around the city. We        learned      about      Belgium-Japan
were welcomed by Sybille du Roy,           relations. The event was a moment to
Director of the Brussels Gallery           learn about Japan’s rich cultural
Weekend and Belgian curator Louis-         heritage and connections between
Philippe Van Eeckhoutte who                Belgian and Japanese organisations
presented the BGW’s concept and            cooperating during the European
gave a guided tour.                        Year of Cultural Heritage.

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NEWMUSEUM(S)                            The BRAFA Art Fair
       DOCUMENTARY FILM                        FINE ART, ANTIQUES, MODERN AND
                                               CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN

2019
       To celebrate the start of a new year,   In 2019, ENCATC partnered once
       on 30 January in Brussels ENCATC        again with the BRAFA Art Fair. Beatrix
       partnered with Museimpresa for an       Bourdon, the fair’s Managing Director
       exceptional evening to discover the     presented the highlights for the 2019
       film “Newmuseum(s). Stories of          edition which hosted 133 galleries and
       company archives and museums”.          art dealers from 16 countries. BRAFA
       The screening at the European           has a rich offer with a panoply of art
       Parliament of this documentary film     collections which cover 20 specialities
       directed by Francesca Molteni was a     This year’s guests of honour were
       powerful and visual reminder of the     internationally renowned duo Gilbert
       commitment of company archives to       & George. Having started out as
       preserve     their    heritage   and    performance artists, they became
       showcasing museums dedicated to         famous for their large-scale photo
       telling their stories to benefit the    pieces. These are often in very bright
       development of the Italian and          colours with superimposed black
       European cultural identity.             gridlines evoking the windows of
                                               yesteryear.

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Friends of the ENCATC Cultural Happy Hours

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