Out of sight

Out of sight A venue for contemporary art The concerns of the day are discussed, and guests invited to the kitchen table are introduced to the internal world of the house.

OUT OF SIGHT was founded in 2018 by artists Dušica Dražić and Wim Janssen, imagined to be a shared kitchen table where a meal is served, and conversations emerge. The dynamism and encounter created around the kitchen table is what they look for. The program is build around international cooperations among artists, curators, researchers and the public at large. They strive for a critical and flexib

le approach, with the objective to support a development and experimentation in arts that is outside the logic of consumption and markets. OUT OF SIGHT aims to find a potential hidden within what is often perceived as different, marginal or even unwanted. They make room for the ephemeral and the ambiguous. It is a space where the poetic and the political meet.

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 On Mobilisation
21/05/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 On Mobilisation

Still carrying the energy from yesterday’s opening of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧. The evening felt less like an exhibition openi...
15/05/2026

Still carrying the energy from yesterday’s opening of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧. The evening felt less like an exhibition opening and more like a temporary gathering place, full of lovely people, conversations and shared attention. Thank you to everyone who came by during the first day of Antwerp Art Weekend and spent time with the works, with us, and with each other ♥

Working on this exhibition with Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen .geenen, and Eitan Efrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmann , co-founders of MESSIDOR , has been a real gift. The exhibition grew through dialogue, trust, and a shared sensitivity to image and memory, and it was beautiful to finally open that space together.

Today is the second day of Antwerp Art Weekend and BORGER and Out of Sight will be open from 12:00–21:00. Come by, spend time with the exhibition, bring a friend, return for a second look, or simply take a pause with us.

For those who already visited:
What stayed with you after leaving the exhibition?
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧
14.05-14.06.2026

MESSIDOR
Meggy Rustamova
Pieter Geenen
Sirah Foighel Brutmann and Eitan Efrat

OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 is part of the Close Encounters project.
Supported by Flanders — State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media
Images: Opening of the exhibition 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘪𝘳 at Out of Sigh . Thank you once again for the beautiful photos Miles Fischler

Only one day left until the opening of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 at Out of Sight and the start of Antwerp Art Weekend.We are lo...
13/05/2026

Only one day left until the opening of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 at Out of Sight and the start of Antwerp Art Weekend.

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧
14.05-14.06.2026

MESSIDOR
Meggy Rustamova
Pieter Geenen .geenen
Eitan Efrat and Sirah Foighel Brutmannreturn

OPENING EVENT > Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 19:00-22:00
OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp
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Opening hours during Antwerp Art Weekend

Thursday, 14 May — 12:00–22:00
Friday, 15 May — 12:00–21:00, part of BORGER
Saturday, 16 May — 12:00–18:00
Sunday, 17 May — 12:00–18:00

The 12th edition of Antwerp Art Weekend takes place across Antwerp from 14–17 May 2026. Take the opportunity to visit the city, discover all participating locations, exhibitions, performances, and artistic encounters across Antwerp.
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 is part of the Close Encounters project.
Supported by Flanders — State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media
Images:
1. Exhibition Flyers, photo: Out of Sight;
2. Antwerp Art Weekend by

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12/05/2026

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We are excited to welcome you to the opening of the exhibition 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 at Out of Sight on Thursday, 14 May fr...
12/05/2026

We are excited to welcome you to the opening of the exhibition 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 at Out of Sight on Thursday, 14 May from 19:00! For the exhibition MESSIDOR artists Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen .geenen, Eitan Efrat and Sirah Foighel Brutmannreturn return to earlier projects from their individual practices, reconsidering them in light of today’s geopolitical context.

Through newly produced works, reconfigurations and remakings, older works enter into dialogue with the present moment, opening them to renewed readings and shifting interpretations. The exhibition moves between past and present, proposing ways in which images, memories, sounds, and narratives can be continuously reactivated through time.

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧
𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦

And air enters open dark holes. And moves through the pathway of air. Not silently. It hisses and squeaks and peeps, trying to pass by, trying to break apart that painless persistent lump-stone lodged in the corridors of our bodies. 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘏𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴: that is how we named it. The world of hysteria nestled in our throats.

The tightness in the chest lingers in bodies. It expands and dries out the remaining restful alveoli. We crave air, anything that might devour those breathless pockets, absorb all our fear, sadness and anger.

And then air finally breaks in. Spreads through and between the bodies, among us. And we join in a cry-scream spreading like an echo, vibrating through languages, streets, buildings. It explodes into a murmuration of colours across landscapes.

(A temporary release, before the lump-stone nestles in again.)

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧
14.05-14.06.2026
OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp

OPENING during Antwerp Art Weekend
Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 19:00-22:00
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 is part of the Close Encounters project.
Supported by Flanders — State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media
Images: Set-up of the exhibition 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘪𝘳 at Out of Sigh , photo: Meggy Rustamova

Founded in 2015 by artists Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen, Eitan Efrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmann, MESSIDOR emerged as a p...
06/05/2026

Founded in 2015 by artists Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen, Eitan Efrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmann, MESSIDOR emerged as a platform to reflect on and experiment with the possibilities of collective practice within the contemporary artistic landscape in Belgium and beyond. The collective was conceived as a space for dialogue: a way to question authorship, exchange methodologies, share infrastructure, and explore how artistic practices can intersect while maintaining their individual trajectories.
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧
14.05-14.06.2026
OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp

OPENING during Antwerp Art Weekend
Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 19:00-22:00
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Pieter Geenen’s work is characterised by an interest in the potential of the gaze, exploring the relationships between duration and memory. Through his observant and site-specific practice, he seeks to bring the ever-changing world momentarily to a standstill — creating pauses in which doubt and reflection can arise. His work manoeuvres between the imagined and the real, the static and the moving, image and sound.

Meggy Rustamova’s practice unfolds through films and installations that combine images, gestures, and sound, often with a performative dimension. Her work explores relationships between individual and collective memory, language, and human behaviour, seeking ways to translate contemporary social and political realities.

The collaborative practice of Sirah Foighel Brutmann & Eitan Efrat focuses on the performative aspects of the moving image. Their work highlights the spatial and temporal possibilities of reading images, exploring the relationships between spectatorship and history, the temporality of stories and memories, and the material surfaces of image production.
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 is part of the Close Encounters project.
Supported by Flanders — State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media
Image: MESSIDOR — group portrait taken in Antwerp, on 18 April 2026


.geenen

02/05/2026

Come join us during Antwerp Art Weekend for something a little different.

We’re inviting you to share an ice-cream, and spend some time with Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen, Eitan Efrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmann, the artists who founded MESSIDOR collective eleven years ago. On Thursday, 14 May from 19:00 we will celebrate their work with the opening the exhibition 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧 at Out of Sight. It’s a simple moment to meet, talk, and be together.

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙞𝙧
14.05-14.06.2026
OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp

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Part of the Close Encounters project.
Supported by Flanders — State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media

𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐧 makes subtle, contemplative pieces that reflect a personal spirituality that is always in motion, always i...
31/10/2025

𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐧 makes subtle, contemplative pieces that reflect a personal spirituality that is always in motion, always in search of. His artistic practice is deeply intertwined with his life philosophy, focusing on impermanence, transformation, and memory, influenced by Buddhist thought and Tibetan culture. He delves into these themes through various mediums, avoiding a singular subject or technique. Through paintings, drawings, video, writing, site-specific projects and installations that often use fragile materials highly susceptible to change, such as loose pigment or incense ashes.

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𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐧 maakt subtiele, contemplatieve werken die een persoonlijke spiritualiteit weerspiegelen die altijd in beweging is, altijd op zoek is. Zijn artistieke praktijk is nauw verweven met zijn levensfilosofie, die zich richt op vergankelijkheid, transformatie en herinnering, beïnvloed door het boeddhistische gedachtegoed en de Tibetaanse cultuur. Hij verdiept zich in deze thema’s via verschillende media en vermijdt daarbij een enkel onderwerp of een enkele techniek. Door middel van schilderijen, tekeningen, video’s, teksten, locatiespecifieke projecten en installaties maakt hij gebruik van kwetsbare materialen die zeer gevoelig zijn voor verandering, zoals losse pigmenten of wierookas.
(𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔)
17/10–02/11/2025
OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerpen, BE
Artworks in the exhibition / Kunstwerken in de tentoonstelling:
Soft Mountain | 2021, Painting on a plastic bag
Removing and Collecting Dust | 2025, Installation
Removing and Collecting Dust: A Square | 2025, In-situ work on the wall
Through Labour | 2025, Video
Brick by Brick: Self-Portrait | 2025, Installation
Images / Beelden
1, 4: Latifa Saber
2, 3, 5, 6: Rabten Tenzin
7: Tatjana Huong Henderieckx

Supported by/Ondersteund door: Flanders — State of the Art

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition (𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔) on Sunday, 2nd November, at 16:00 ...
30/10/2025

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition (𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔) on Sunday, 2nd November, at 16:00 at Out of Sight, in the company of artists 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐥, 𝐉𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐮, 𝐑𝐢𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐩, 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, and 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐧.
Join us for a moment of conversation, reflection, and free drinks as the exhibition comes to a close.

This is the last week to visit the exhibition and you are warmly welcome.


Image/Beeld: Latifa Saber


OUT OF SIGHT
Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerpen, BE


Opening hours during exhibitions | Openingstijden tijdens tentoonstellingen
Thu-Fri / Don-Vri, 14:00–19:00
Sat-Sun / Zat-Zon, 12:00–18:00
During Borger / Tijdens Borger
Fri/ Vri, 14:00–21:00


Supported by / Ondersteund door: Flanders — State of the Art

𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 handles the conditions in which space is created, viewed and lived. To them, these conditions are materia...
30/10/2025

𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 handles the conditions in which space is created, viewed and lived. To them, these conditions are material, political and affective, connected to the gazes and the bodies that move around in this space.
“Speaking in a space starts with listening to this space. A space that is both material, immaterial, historical, political and physical.”
Site-specific gestures and painterly actions invite different ways of looking and moving. They are also the building blocks of a spatial vocabulary that Smolders repeatedly revisits and translates in order to read and touch upon new places. In this way, a practice unfolds in which ‘work’ appears both as labour and as form.
Starting from painting, Smolders seeks out the company of material, architecture, and language in order to understand space as shaped by time, movement, and memory.
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𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 houdt zich bezig met de condities waarin ruimte gecreëerd, bekeken en geleefd wordt. Voor hen zijn deze omstandigheden materieel, politiek en affectief, verbonden met de blikken en de lichamen die zich in deze ruimte bewegen.
“Spreken in een ruimte start bij luisteren naar deze ruimte. Een ruimte die zowel materieel, immaterieel, historisch, politiek als lichamelijk is.”
Plaatsgebonden gebaren en schilderkunstige acties nodigen uit tot verschillende manieren van kijken en bewegen. Ze zijn ook de bouwstenen van een ruimtelijk vocabulaire dat Smolders herhaaldelijk herziet en vertaalt om nieuwe plekken te lezen en aan te raken. Op deze manier ontvouwt zich een praktijk waarin ‘werk’ zowel als arbeid en als vorm verschijnt.
Vertrekkend vanuit de schilderkunst zoekt Smolders het gezelschap op van materiaal, architectuur en taal om de ruimte te begrijpen als gevormd door tijd, beweging en herinnering.

Artworks in the exhibition
Notes on Places, 2025 | 2025, Acrylic paint, plaster, beeswax and watercolour on fiberglass, edition: 250
Images
1, 3, 4: Out of Sight
2, 5: Latifa Saber

𝐑𝐢𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐩 is a visual artist who studied at LUCA School of Arts in Ghent, in the painting department. He currently li...
29/10/2025

𝐑𝐢𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐩 is a visual artist who studied at LUCA School of Arts in Ghent, in the painting department. He currently lives and works in Turnhout.
Van Gorp paints objects that, through their conventions, become vehicles for his narratives. His practice spans multiple media, with works often occupying the border between painting, installation, utilitarian object, and performance. Notably, textiles and paint on canvas are recurring and striking materials in his work.
He draws inspiration from cultural traditions that have largely lost their original meaning—where only the outward form remains. Whether referencing religious customs, such as a coffee table after a funeral, or the didactics of fashion houses in marketing their creations, Van Gorp disarms these unspoken truths, stripping away their contemporary interpretations.
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𝐑𝐢𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐩 is een beeldend kunstenaar die aan de LUCA School of Arts in Gent schilderkunst studeerde. Momenteel woont en werkt hij in Turnhout.
Van Gorp schildert objecten die door hun conventies een drager worden voor zijn verhalen. Zijn praktijk omvat meerdere media, waarbij zijn werken vaak het midden houden tussen schilderkunst, installatiekunst, gebruiksvoorwerpen en performancekunst. Opvallend is dat textiel en verf op doek terugkerende en opvallende materialen zijn in zijn werk.
Hij haalt inspiratie uit culturele tradities die hun oorspronkelijke betekenis grotendeels hebben verloren en waarvan alleen de uiterlijke vorm is overgebleven. Of hij nu verwijst naar religieuze gebruiken, zoals een koffietafel na een begrafenis, of naar de didactiek van modehuizen bij het op de markt brengen van hun creaties, Van Gorp ontmantelt deze onuitgesproken waarheden en ontdoet ze van hun hedendaagse interpretaties.

(𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔)

17/10–02/11/2025

OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerpen, BE


Artworks in the exhibition / Kunstwerken in de tentoonstelling:

Bleu, Black, Mauve | 2025, Installation

Send me one, I’ll send two back | 2024, Oil on canvas


Images / Beelden: Latifa Saber


Supported by/Ondersteund door: Flanders — State of the Art

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Somersstraat 31
Antwerp
2018

Openingstijden

Donderdag 14:00 - 19:00
Vrijdag 14:00 - 19:00
Zaterdag 11:00 - 18:00
Zondag 11:00 - 18:00

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