Contemporary Art

Brussels Celebrates 2017 with Art Highlights and Cocktails

By Sotheby's

T he New Year celebrations continued at Sotheby’s in Brussels this week with an evening of cocktails and Modern and Contemporary Art.

VALÉRIE DELFOSSE (STANDING), VIRGINIE DEVILLEZ, ASTRID HERKENS, FANNY SNIJDERS, ALEXIA MASSANT, MARIANNA LORA, EMMANUEL VAN DE PUTTE OF SOTHEBY’S BRUSSELS IN FRONT OF PAUL DELVAUX, JEUNES FILLES AU BORD DE L’EAU (FROM THE SURREALIST ART EVENING SALE , LONDON, 1 MARCH)

More than 100 guests gathered at the Brussels office to preview highlights from upcoming sales in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong.

ASTRID HERKENS, FANNY SNIJDERS, ALEXIA MASSANT OF SOTHEBY’S BRUSSELS IN FRONT OF ZENG FANZHI, MASK SERIES (FROM THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART EVENING SALE, HONG KONG, APRIL)

The highlights on show included works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul Delvaux, René Magritte, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Auguste Renoir and Zeng Fanzhi.

JIM DINE, ALL HALLOWS BLUES (FROM CONTEMPORARY ART DAY AUCTION , LONDON 9 MARCH)

Emmanuel Van de Putte, Managing Director Brussels said: “The event was a great start of the new season with the exhibition of exceptional works from Belgian provenance by international artists. It shows the continuous great taste of the historic Belgian collectors.”

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