Geukens & De Vil Gallery turns into Geukens & De Vil Projects
After 25 years of gallery-experience in the Belgian and international contemporary art world art historians Yasmine Geukens and Marie-Paule De Vil changed direction in 2024. They decided to leverage their expertise, experience, and newfound independence to establish innovative curatorial, out-of-the-box, and cross-media projects.
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In everything we do, we adhere to FIVE KEY VALUES:
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QUALITY: All the services and advice we provide meet the highest standards. Whether it’s evaluating an artwork, organizing an exhibition, or advising on a purchase, clients can trust our expertise, attention to detail, and personalized approach.
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INTEGRITY: We have built our years of expertise on honesty and ethical conduct. This means genuine advice, without hidden agendas or conflicts of interest. Clients can trust that their interests are prioritized, and that they receive accurate and transparent information. This includes fair pricing and adherence to price agreements. We highly value mutual respect and transparency.
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LOYALTY: We serve long-term interests. We focus on building sustainable relationships, ensuring that clients can rely on continued support even after a purchase or a collaboration. We remain available for follow-up questions, further guidance, and future collaborations.
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AESTHETICS: We place great importance on beauty and artistic value. We assist in understanding how an artwork fits optimally within a collection or an exhibitionspace. A balance between formal, aesthetic, and contextual dialogues always serves as a foundational principle.
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AUTHENTICITY: We are authentic in our choices and stay true to ourselves. We don't compromise on principles we don't fully support. Instead, we fully commit to content, meaning and research.
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CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Over the years both gallerists have built up expertise and know-how on many artistic levels, which they intend to implement in a new differentiated way. Geukens & De Vil Projects aims to launch exciting autonomous projects unlimited by time and space, freed from prevailing standards and applicable norms. With the connections they built up over the years they will initiate independent collaborations with institutes, museums, private collectors, gallerists, artists and others.
With their background in art history and their knowledge of Old Master Fine Arts and Contemporary Art , Yasmine Geukens & Marie-Paule De Vil proved their curatorial mastership by organizing several successful art historical exhibitions. In the exhibitions Ecce Homo (2017-2018) and Finis Terrae (2022-2023) they intelligently linked theme-based contemporary artworks with existing museum-collections such as Museum Mayer Van den Bergh (Antwerpen), World Heritage Institute Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerpen), Snijders&Rockox House (Antwerpen), …
The social relevance of these projects inspired them to further explore this fascinating path of large-scale (and small-scale) temporary exhibitions.
However, future events will not exclusively focus on art but will expand to a fascinating myriad of opportunities that reflect the founders' extensive personal interests. Both are hugely inspired by the natural world, travels and food and have a particular passion for beauty which they find in old objects, furniture and architecture.
CONSULTANCY & ARCHIVING
In addition to curatorial projects, Geukens & De Vil Projects offers expertise in art-consultancy and archiving. Through a personal approach they guide you through the labyrinth of the artworld, introduce you to galleries, lead you through artfairs, visit artist studios and advise you in selecting artworks that enrich your personal life and environment.
If you have been piling up artworks, forgot when or where you bought them or in which exhibitions they have been showcased, Geukens & De Vil Projects is most happy to offer you a taylor-made solution and bring order in the chaos.
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