The Eye of a Curator
‘Some gallery owners I saw more often than my own mother’
Editor-in-chief Nicole Ex visited La Verrière in Brussels – the almost-square, light-filled space. Curator Joël Riff: ‘I want to share what it feels like to stand in the artist’s studio – that sense of freedom, the searching, the beauty.’
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The studio of Claudine Monchaussé, © Anthony Girardi.
Claudine Monchaussé: Sourdre is on view from 11 September until 13 December 2025 at La Verrière (Fondation d’entreprise Hermès) in Brussels.
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