Grind Grind Grind, Release. An Exhibition as a Massage
The 2026 edition of Artefact departs from the question: how can an exhibition function as a massage? Bringing together the work of more than 20 national and international visual artists, the exhibition explores concepts such as the desiring body, longing and belonging. And just like a good massage, this exhibition seeks out the tension points. Not to dance around it, but to gently yet firmly acknowledge their existence, and work through it. What does it mean to long for? What does it mean to belong; to feel at home in your body, a community, a (self-chosen) family, a landscape? How do highly personal questions touch the political and social? What needs to be said? Where is the tension? What can offer release?
An open-hearted exhibition that welcomes you, challenges you, and invites you to find the release to your grind: may you wake up refreshed!
ARTISTS: Eglė Budvytytė, Nicola Turner, Carlotta Bailly-Borg, James Richards, Ange Leccia, Hervé Guibert, Latifa Echakhch, Vir Andres Hera, Tavares Strachan, Iván Argote, Moni Wespi, Banu Cennetoğlu & Yasemin Özcan, Lee Mingwei, Lies Daenen, Daniel Linehan & Michael Helland & Marieke Dermul, Maika Garnica, Oliver Beer and Stefanie Egedy.
CURATOR: Karen Verschooren
OPENING NIGHT
12 FEBRUARI 2026
19:00 - 1:00
(last entry expo at 22:00)
More info on the Opening Night
OPENING HOURS
13 FEB - 01 MAR 2026
WE-SA: 14:00 → 22:00
SU-TU: 14:00 → 19:00
We offer a wide range of guided tours - at fixed times, or custom-made, free of charge. All info on the guided tours via this link.
Works in the Exhibition
Warmblooded and Earthbound
The breeze blows gently, ...
Slaying the Hydra
Stand up straight and high, ...
Vita Activa (film)
Le Baiser
BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S)
Amoxtli
You Belong Here
Rising Trees
Composition for Face and Hands (ASMR)
What is it that you are worried about?
Collision & Déliquescence
Negative Hands
Moving Portraits - Fluid Rock
This is a Place for Us
Chaque souffle une danse
Slowed Landscapes
Release, Hold, Let Go
Selected Photographs & Ghost Image