Gleanings
Must-see exhibitions, fairs, events or happenings — gleaned by the editors and presented in compact form.
Jacqueline Mesmaeker (Brussels, 1929–2023) worked quietly, steadily, for decades. Her practice unfolded across media — drawing, sculpture, video, language — without allegiance to any single form. What binds the work is not a medium but a mode of attention: slow, deliberate, attuned to the minor key. Things half seen, half remembered. A gesture, a shadow, a pause.
From the beginning, her work has been described as steeped in a literary and poetic imaginary, with nods to Carroll’s disorie (…)
