In October, spotlight on new artistic networks

Our 2021 call for applications for the visual arts & creative writing research residency closed on 15 October. The Foundation would like to warmly thank each of the 360 artists, performers and writers who sent us their application.

For this research residency, the Foundation provides a place for writing with the opportunity of a public presentation within the programme as a reading, projection and/or performance. The residency sessions will take place from February to June and from September to November 2021 for a duration of 4 to 6 weeks. A grant of 900 euros for a full month residency will be awarded to the laureates.

The announcement of the laureates will occur during the first two weeks of December by a selection committee chaired by Nathalie Guiot and composed of:

• Marianne Derrien, independent curator (France)
• Valérie Mréjen, novelist, visual artist and video maker (France)
• Joël Riff, independent curator, in charge of exhibitions at Moly-Sabata (France)
• Alyssa Saro, literary programme maker at Passa Porta (Belgium)
• Antony Hudek, Director of Dhondt Dhaenens Museum (Belgium)
• Julien Amicel, Director of Fondation Thalie (Belgium)

As a reminder, this call was addressed to artists (represented by a gallery) and writers (who have already published) with no age or nationality limit. From the first analytical trends emerge a majority of women artists working in the visual arts in Europe, aged between 25 and 40. Here below are the first relevant statistics regarding the total of 360 applications received:

European applications: 224 (62%)
Applications from outside Europe: 136 (38%)
Writers: 90 (25%)
Visual artists: 236 (65%)
Performers: 34 (9%)
Women: 196 (54.5%)
Between 25 and 40 years old: 184 (51%)

The Foundation is pleased to announce its collaboration with two new artistic partners: Trampoline association for the influence of the French scene, and World Art Foundations, an active network gathering more than 350 international foundations.

Working collectively towards the recognition of our artistic programming is more than ever essential to face the health, ecological and economic crisis we are going through. Networking to defend contemporary creation is intended to create synergies of resources and knowledge and allows for actions with greater impact.

Trampoline

Created in 2019 by Laurent Dumas (CEO of the Emerige group), chaired by Paula Aisemberg (director of artistic projects at Emerige, former director of the Maison Rouge), Trampoline association brings together private cultural structures that unite their efforts to take collective action in favour of the international influence of the French artistic scene. Trampoline thus affirms the commitment of its fourteen members to work together to support and promote visual artists both in France and abroad around three main axes:

• Inviting directors and curators from international institutions to France to enable them to formulate projects abroad.
• Supporting projects for the exhibition and dissemination of French performing artists abroad.
• Communicating on the richness of the proposals in favour of French performing artists.

Fondation Thalie joins Trampoline alongside ADAGP, Comité professionnel des Galeries d’Art, Bullukian Foundation, Francès corporate Foundation, Martell corporate Foundation, Neuflize OBC corporate Foundation, Pernod Ricard Foundation, Fondation des Artistes, Bredin Prat corporate Foundation, Emerige Foundation, Fonds Hélène & Edouard Leclerc pour la Culture, Lafayette Anticipations, SAM Art Projects.

More information about Trampoline’s actions: here

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World Art Foundations

Created in 2015 by Helena Stork and Peter Deckers, founders of the Herman Krikhaa Foundation, World Art Foundations today brings together more than 350 international art foundations. The platform aims to create a synergy between art foundations around the world, while sharing their individual histories, missions, art collections and public programmes with an international audience.

The Fondation Thalie joins World Art Foundations‘ members alongside international private foundations such as Barnes Foundation, Maeght Foundation, Carmignac Foundation, Boghossian Foundation, Beyeler Foundation, Hermès corporate Foundation, Henri-Cartier Bresson Foundation, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Julia Stoschek Collection, Luma Arles Foundation.

More information on WAF’s actions: here

Following the decision taken this Saturday, October 24 by the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region to suspend all cultural activities in the Region, the Foundation will be closed to the public until November 19.

While waiting for welcoming you back, find the interview of Caroline Achaintre, Nathalie Guiot and Vincent Honoré, director of exhibitions at the MO.CO, Montpellier, about the exhibition Vue liquide broadcasted on RTBF: here

“Façons De Voir” was broadcast live on October 15 at 10 pm, in the programme Par Ouï-Dire by Pascale Tison, on the Prem1ère, RTBF / directed by Fanny Lacrosse.

All practical information and updated sanitary measures can be found on our website.

As part of EXTRA, with the support of the French Institute and the Cooperation and Cultural Action Service of the French Embassy in Belgium.

Editions Thalie present their last multiple, Private Architecture (oui oui, non non), a jewelry signed by the Belgian-born artist Valérie Mannaerts.

Launched by Nathalie Guiot, Editions Thalie has been supporting the creation of limited edition artists jewelry for several years. Sculptor as much as painter, the Belgian-born artist Valérie Mannaerts has imagined for this 2020 season, Private Architecture (oui oui non non), a jewelry inspired by the pre-Columbian pectoral jewel in leaf cutting. A singular jewel linked to the plastic universe of the artist: ornamental and whimsical.

Born in 1974 in Brussels, Valérie Mannaerts is represented by Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Brussels & Athens. Her work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions, including Convex/Concave: Belgian Contemporary Art, TANK, Shanghai (2019), What is Ornament? Architecture Triennial, Lisbon (2019),  Solid Liquids, Real Somethings, Bernier/Eliades Galerie, Brussels (2017); Kunsthalle Münster (2016); Everything Architecture, BOZAR, Brussels; Small Museum for the American Metaphor, RedCat Gallery, Los Angeles (2014). 

In a context of profound upheavals that are having a strong impact on the cultural sector, the artistic experience is being transformed and engages us, as an art center, in deep reflections oriented towards the values of the Foundation.

We envisage these reflections collectively: to know your appreciation of the place and our programming, in order to better meet your current and future aspirations, seems to us essential. This is why we would very much appreciate it if you could give us a few minutes of your time to share your experience of the Foundation: this way!

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