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Axel Vevoordt Gallery
Boris created the Axel Vervoordt Gallery in 2011. The gallery opened in a historic space in the centre of Antwerp with an exhibition by Günther Uecker
Boris chose to open the gallery in the same exact place where his father had mounted exhibitions for Uecker and Jef Verheyen in the 1970s. The first exhibition — and those that followed — linked this new start to the company’s long history with art and its original home in the Vlaeykensgang. This continued a path of more than 40 years of working closely with artists
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In the spring of 1969, following a tip from his mother, Axel walked through a hidden passage in the center of Antwerp and discovered a medieval alleyway lined with 15th and 16th century houses. The collection of buildings — known as the Vlaeykensgang — were in desperate need of renovation. Acting intuitively, he acquired the first eleven houses and saved them from demolition. Even though he was 21 years old, he set out to restore the homes one-by-one, a project that lasted several years
In the Vlaeykensgang's private spaces, Axel and his wife May created a home that blended seamlessly with an art and antiques business that became the company it is today
Exhibitions
Threads of Being: Textiles, Time and Transformation
Group Exhibition
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Axel Vervoordt Gallery
April 25 - August 14 2026
Curated Archive
Head of a Deity — ca. 1182 - 1215
Axel Vervoordt Gallery
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A Bayon-style sandstone head from Cambodia, its fractured surface and serene expression carrying quiet gravity
Table — ca. 1978
José Zanine Caldas
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José Zanine Caldas’s pequi wood table carries the elemental force of Brazilian modernism
Untilted — 1963
Tsuyoshi Maekawa
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Tsuyoshi Maekawa’s 1963 Gutai work turns burlap and oil into a charged surface of tension and movement
Triple Signal — 1976
Takis
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Takis’s Triple Signal rises with delicate precision into a poised meditation
Related Editorials
Human Traces: Presence, Absence, and Material Memory
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Axel Vervoordt Gallery brings together Ida Barbarigo, William Turnbull, El Anatsui, and Bosco Sodi in a meditation on material, memory, and the transformation of the ordinary into the sacred
Gallery Contact
Axel Vervoordt Gallery Antwerp
Kanaal
Stokerijstraat 19
2110 Wijnegem — Belgium
The gallery is open every Friday from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. and every Saturday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.Staff can be reached Monday-Friday 9 a.m. till 5 p.m.The reception is closed on Monday
Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong
21F, Coda Designer Centre
62, Wong Chuk Hang Road
Entrance via Yip Fat Street (next to Ovolo Hotel)
Hong Kong
info@axelvervoordtgallery.com.hk
Open Tuesday-Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m