A major group exhibition taking place at The Merode in Brussels, unfolding around the elusive and multifaceted theme of “the invisible.” Spanning over six decades, the exhibition brings together more than fifty works, creating a dialogue between seminal figures of conceptual and post-war art and a younger generation of contemporary artists. Significant works by Sol LeWitt, Robert Barry, Piero Manzoni, Rosemarie Trockel, Robert Mangold, Lynn Hershman Leeson, David Wojnarowicz, and Tino Sehgal are presented alongside more recent artistic proposals by Carole Vanderlinden, Loup Sarion, Sophie Whettnall, Loïc Raguénès, Sin Wai Kin, Valérie Mannaerts, Michel Tombroff and Armineh Negadari.
Through this cross-generational lens, the exhibition explores invisibility as a conceptual strategy, a visual paradox, a spiritual condition, and a tool to reveal political realities. It traces how artists, from the 1960s to today, have engaged with what resists perception—whether by reducing form to its most minimal expression, dematerialising the artwork entirely, or revealing what remains hidden within systems of representation.
In painting, the invisible emerges through processes of reduction and abstraction, where monochromatic surfaces and minimal gestures evoke the immaterial and the unseen. In conceptual practices, it challenges the necessity of physical presence, positioning the idea itself as the artwork—sometimes existing only as a set of instructions, a certificate, or even a thought. Lastly, the invisible takes on a political dimension, exposing underlying power structures, systemic violence, and the realities of marginalised or surveilled communities.
By bringing these approaches together, the exhibition offers a compelling exploration of how art can make visible what is, by nature, unseen.
With works by:
Eva Barto, Martin Belou, Robert Barry, Greet Billet, Daniel Boccato, Marinus Boezem, Charlotte Vander Borght, Stanley Brouwn, Angela Bulloch, Vincent Chenu, Edith Dekyndt, Rhea Dillon, Peter Downsbrough, Miranda Fengyuan Zhang, Michel François, Mekhitar Garabedian, Valérian Goalec, Geert Goiris, Tine Guns, Gerard Herman, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Irina Jasnowski Pascual, Donald Judd, Jenna Kaes, Morten Knudsen, Rosemarie Trockel, Nicolás Lamas, Louise Lawler, Walter Leblanc, Sol LeWitt, Bernd Lohaus, Valérie Mannaerts, Piero Manzoni, Robert Mangold, Katja Mater, Céline Mathieu, Guy Mees, François Morellet, Robert Morris, Armineh Negahdari, Giulio Paolini, Loïc Raguénès, David Rickard, Tim Rollins, Camille Orso Caël, Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei, Tino Sehgal, Loup Sarion, Sophie Whettnall, Lawrence Weiner, Mia Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Anna Zemánková and Rémy Zaugg
Dates: April 25-July 17,2026/ opening Friday April 24 at 7.45 pm
Open Monday to Friday, 8 am-9pm
The Merode, Place Poelaert 6, 1000 Brussels
To book a visit please email laurencedujardyn@gmail.com