The 11th edition of the Triennale of Ottignies – Louvain-la-Neuve
Thriller: Think Common, Play Public
27. 9. – 28.10.2025
Location: Ottignies–Louvain-la-Neuve,
Brabant Wallon, Wallonia
spread across several public and unusual sites
Artists:
Mohamed ALANI, Jofroi AMARAL, Ethan ASSOULINE, Studio ATZORI, Marianne BERENHAUT, David BERNSTEIN, Jean-Pierre BERTRAND, Aline BOUVY, Marc BUCHY, Jean CASANOVA CASTELL, Mirko CANESI, Claude CATTELAIN, Nicolas CHUARD, Magnus Frederik CLAUSEN, Cathy COËZ, Thomas COUDERC, Lia D CASTRO, Juan D’OULTREMONT, Victor DELESTRÉ, David DE TSCHARNER, Émeline DEPAS, Marcin DUDEK, Laurent DUPONT, Charlotte FLAMAND, Rohan GRAËFFLY, HUDINILSON Júnior, Maud GOURDON, Ulrike JOHANNSEN, Laurent JOURQUIN, Anouk KRUITHOF, Nicolas LAMAS, Eloïse LEGA, Nastya LIVADNOVA, Jonas LOCHT, Alizée LOUBET, Tom LOWE, Léo LUCCIONI, Anna MANCUSO, Wobbe MICHA, Diego Miguel MIRABELLA, Giovanni MORBIN, Margherita MOSCARDINI, Florian PUGNAIRE, Claudia RADULESCU, Anna RAIMONDO, Roger REMACLE, Magali REUS, Batsheva ROSS, Vivien ROUBAUD, Miljohn RUPERTO, Matthieu SALADIN, Michael VAN DEN ABEELE, Emmanuel VAN DER AUWERA, Oriol VILANOVA, Leen VOET, Walter WATHIEU, Marcel WALLDORF & LA BARAQUE.
11th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Ottignies–Louvain-la-Neuve
Through a journey featuring around sixty Belgian and international artists, the Triennial presents contemporary works that are surprising, critical, playful, participatory, or biting.
Contemporary art steps out of galleries to take over unusual venues — storefronts, abandoned swimming pools, sports facilities, and administrative buildings — in the heart of the city as well as in natural surroundings.
This edition explores, with humor and subtlety, the concept of public space in both its physical and intangible dimensions. The artists examine the ties that connect us, the tensions that divide us, and the values we may (or may not) share. Inclusion, sustainability, diversity, social justice… these are just some of the themes explored through artistic proposals that provoke thought and invite collective reflection.
Curator of the Triennial: Emmanuel Lambion
Emmanuel Lambion describes himself as a Brussels-based art worker, operating at the intersection of curation, art criticism, and artistic production. With over 25 years of experience and around 129 exhibitions and artistic projects designed for public spaces, he has also held institutional leadership and curatorial roles at the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée in La Louvière, at ARBA–ESA (the Royal Academy of Fine Arts), and at Botanique in Brussels. In 2008, he founded Bn PROJECTS, an independent curatorial platform, building on his earlier involvement with Komplot. Through Bn PROJECTS, he developed and structured public space projects such as PARK58, B-1010, and be DIX_TIEN, as well as programming for Maison Grégoire, the second-oldest artist-run space in Brussels.
Since 2024, his curatorial base has been located at KXX / Überchannel, on the 20th floor of a 1970s modernist tower — offering an unmatched view over Brussels and the future KANAL museum.
Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free admission: All venues are open to the public free of charge.
These artworks will be on view by Giovanni Morbin:
