Visit Luxembourg's Art Week Fair 12-14 November, or take a look at our list of galleries, many open year round.
Want to be inspired or challenged by art? Want to see the work of established and emerging artists under one roof?
Or maybe you just want something to do with the kids on a rainy afternoon. If so, we have a list of art galleries and exhibitions to get you started, but first, Art Week.
Dedicated to contemporary art produced internationally and in Luxembourg, this large-scale exhibition, which started in 2015, is the brainchild of the Agence Luxembourgeoise d'Action Culturelle, the Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg and ArtComptemporain.lu, and is supported by the Ville de Luxembourg, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Economy.
This year, some 80 galleries for established and emerging artists, together with artist collectives will be taking part at the fair's new location at Glacis Square on Fouerplaatz. It will be open to the public on 12 November from 11.00 to 18.00, 13 November from 10.30 to 19.30, and 14 November from 10.30 to 18.00.
From 30 October to 5 December residents in Luxembourg can see a giant and intricate cast iron sculpture (Te Danzante) at the Robert Schuman roundabout, the work of renowned Portuguese artist Vasconcelos. A living piece it will has been planted with jasmine seeds.
Performance projects mostly at the MUDAM and Casino Luxembourg include one entitled Metamorphosis from the ykaskmkmpp artist collective with artists from Luxembourg, Lisbon and Iceland, and the audiovisual project ultra social pop from Filip Markiewicz, which includes film and music linking pop culture to populism. You can get a rubber stamp "tattoo" as part of the Forever Immigrant project to create a community that reflects the permanent uncertainties of immigrants, or hear some rock and metal inspired spontaneous compositions on the electric guitar and drums by PARADICE.
There'll be guided tours of the Family of Man and the exhibition "Stronger than memory, weaker than dewdrops", plus roundtables on how to integrate art in public spaces and the post-Brexit/post-Covid art market.
The fair supports emerging galleries and artists collectives and is a great place to purchase affordable art. Several smaller participating art galleries will continue to hold parallel events and display artworks from a number of countries. You can find out more about Art Week, here.
Salon du Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg is an annual exhibition of contemporary art from Luxembourg housed at Tramsschapp also in Limpertsberg. It started on 31 October and will finish on 14 September, and is open weekdays from 14.00 to 19.00 and weekends from 10.00 to 19.00. Forty emerging and established artists are selected in the fields of fine, graphic and applied arts, selecting three works from the past two years, all of which can be bought.
Not specifically part of art week, Galerie 39 at 39 rue de Hellange in Dudelange, will have an exhibition of the artists Fernand Roda and Bertrand Ney (open weekends 15.00 to 19.00 from 14 November to 12 December).
The newest addition to the art scene in the city at 14 rue Notre-Dame, this gallery will bring together artists from all walks of life, both local and international, with opening exhibitions featuring Ugo Li, Pit Riewer and Valentin van der Meulen.
find out more in the "Luxembourg Times" , published on 11 November 2021
