Greta Meert Gallery in Brussels
Pentagone · Contemporary programme
Editorial Profile
Greta Meert is an established presence within the Brussels gallery landscape, operating from the Pentagone with a program that bridges historical and contemporary practices. Since its founding in the 1980s, the gallery has maintained a consistent engagement with conceptual art, minimalism, and post-war avant-garde positions, often presenting works that foreground structure, seriality, and the material conditions of display. Its exhibitions regularly juxtapose historically significant figures with more recent or under-recognized practices, creating a dialogue across generations rather than a strictly market-driven roster. Media such as photography, installation, sculpture, and artist books are central to its program, with a curatorial approach that privileges formal precision and intellectual coherence over spectacle.
Within the network of galleries in Brussels, the gallery occupies a specific role as a point of continuity between earlier conceptual legacies and current artistic production. Its long-term collaboration with artists such as Marcel Broodthaers, as well as its sustained engagement with figures like Louise Lawler or Christopher Williams, situates its program within a broader international discourse on image-making and institutional critique. In the context of contemporary art in Brussels, it contributes to a scene where historical awareness and curatorial rigor remain closely intertwined, complementing both younger experimental spaces and more research-driven institutional frameworks. Through regular participation in international fairs and collaborations, the gallery extends its reach beyond the local context while maintaining a program that remains anchored in a critical reading of conceptual traditions.
Selected Artists
Katinka Bock
German
Iñaki Bonillas
Mexican
David Claerbout
Belgian
Edith Dekyndt
Belgian
Anne Neukamp
German
Magali Reus
Dutch
Koen van den Broek
Belgian
Pieter Vermeersch
Belgian
Selected Exhibitions
Le contrat naturel
Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Katinka Bock, Gerard Byrne, Jef Geys, Mimmo Jodice, Louise Lawler, Sophie Nys, Marina Pinsky, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Struth, Larry Sultan & Mike Mandel, Jeff Wall, Henry Wessel, Joe Zorrilla
1961-1970
Jef Geys
He Loved Him Madly
Liam Everett
Bands, Curves and Brushstrokes
Sol LeWitt
please stay, my pale blue friend
Catharina van Eetvelde
Diese eine Landschaft
Valerie Krause
CORNERED
Louise Lawler
HOTELS
Magali Reus
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