In every artistic practice there are points of return: insistent images, obsessive forms, narratives that keep retelling themselves in different ways. These fixations are not mere repetitions; they are engines—intimate attractions around which works organize themselves, shifting and transforming over time.

Lines of Attraction explores these zones of personal gravity. Bringing together artists from different generations, the exhibition highlights practices that resonate through their deep attachments to matter, memory, and storytelling. Here, what matters is less stylistic proximity than the encounter of inner forces.

On the occasion of its second participation in Antwerp Art Weekend, Galerie Christophe Gaillard presents works by Ceija Stojka (Austria, 1933–2013), Michel Journiac (France, 1935–1995), Hélène Delprat (France, 1957), Pascal Convert (France, 1957), Michelle Lopez (USA, 1970), Nancy Brooks Brody, (USA, 1962-2023), Julien des Monstiers (France, 1983), among others.

Between these artists, time is not a gap but an active substance: it circulates, connects, and overlaps. The works converse through what obsesses them—a persistent image, a recurring gesture, a materialized memory. Fixations become a shared language, opening a space where intergenerational exchange is not a theme but a vivid experience.

Conceived without hierarchy or fixed itinerary, the exhibition invites visitors to trace their own paths. Lines of attraction emerge as the eye moves, shift with each encounter, and remain deliberately open.

Based in Paris and Brussels, Galerie Christophe Gaillard is actively engaged in the international art scene through art fairs such as Art Basel (Basel, Paris, Hong Kong, and Miami), BRAFA, Paris Photo, and Art Genève. The gallery champions an approach rooted in dialogue—between artists, between works, and between the public and artistic creation.

Lines of Attraction thus offers a space of slowness and attention, where the gaze lingers and where artists’ fixations become points of encounter.

Founded in 2007, Galerie Christophe Gaillard develops a research-driven curatorial
programme at the crossroads of emerging contemporary practices and historically significant
figures. Attentive to singular and committed voices, the gallery has accompanied a generation
of international emerging artists, including Julien Des Monstiers, Smith, Rachel de Joode,
Cate Giordano and Léo Orta, while also representing major figures of contemporary art such
as Hélène Delprat and Anita Molinero.
Alongside its primary market activity, the gallery maintains an active presence on the
secondary market and is deeply engaged in the long-term support, critical reassessment and
institutional circulation of artists’ estates represented by the gallery, including
Richard Nonas, Michel Journiac, Daniel Pommereulle, Ceija Stojka and Pierre Tal Coat.
Central to the gallery’s identity is a strong editorial policy and a research-based approach,
developed through publications, cross-disciplinary collaborations and an author-in-residence
programme, in close dialogue with institutions. The gallery is committed to securing
institutional visibility for all of its artists through exhibitions, acquisitions and research-led
projects.
Based in Paris since 2015, the gallery operates from a private mansion comprising two
complementary exhibition spaces, enabling a flexible and rigorous curatorial programme. Its
activities are further expanded through La Résidence – Le Tremblay, dedicated to research,
writing and creation, and L’Usine, a large-scale facility supporting the production,
conservation and circulation of artworks. Together, these spaces form an integrated ecosystem
dedicated to long-term artistic development.
In 2023, Galerie Christophe Gaillard opened a gallery in Brussels, extending its curatorial
programme within the Belgian and international art scenes.
The gallery maintains close relationships with leading partner galleries and major institutions
and public collections, offering its artists strong institutional visibility. This engagement is
reflected in its regular participation in major international art fairs, including Art Basel (Basel,
Paris, Hong Kong and Miami), BRAFA, Paris Photo,...