During Antwerp Art Weekend, MASEREEL is preparing for the opening of its brand-new artist pavilion during OPEN MASEREEL, a two-day event in June, transforming the centre into a vibrant meeting place where audiences can discover innovative contemporary artistic practices.

This second edition of OPEN MASEREEL also marks the inauguration of new permanent and site-specific works, including an art integration by Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel and a permanent intervention by Patrick Van Caeckenbergh.

A group of MASEREEL alumni have been invited to intervene freely within the site: Gerard Herman, Serene Hui, Lili Huston-Herterich, Felix Kindermann, Sandrine Morgante, and Josse Pyl. Visitors are invited to experience the pavilion in its early stage, before it becomes part of the residency programme and is no longer publicly accessible.

The program also includes the premiere of Hibernus #3, a new series of commissioned works developed in MASEREEL’s printmaking studio by Carlotta Bailly-Borg, Sammy Baloji, Julien Meert, and Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei. A selection of these editions will be available in a limited series. Following the festival weekend, Hibernus #3 will remain on view during a series of additional opening days throughout the summer.

A lot more will be announced later, so stay tuned for June!

MASEREEL is a contemporary arts centre that combines an artist-oriented artistic programme with an international residency programme for artists and critics, with a special focus on printed matter at large.

As part of its artistic activity, MASEREEL produces and presents contemporary visual art, publishes artist publications and editions, and organizes events such as artist talks and an arts festival.

Equally fundamental is its international residency programme, which over the past decades has grown into one of the most challenging and inspiring environments for artists and critics to explore printed matter in all its facets or to integrate it within a broader practice. Located in a wooded area and equipped with a dynamic printmaking studio, the emphasis is on development, creation, and dialogue.