Axel Vervoordt

Axel Vervoordt Art, architecture, and interior design practice founded in 1969 in Antwerp, Belgium. The Home collection is another major part of the activities.

Our work concerns a philosophy of life, using beautiful and rare objects as raw material. We believe it is our task to rediscover exceptional works from the entire span of the history of art and decoration, revealing them for their original form and perfection. The expression of their inner soul creates a new harmony between the piece, its new home and its new owner. In order to provide our client

s with a privileged and full service, our company works with a group of highly skilled people specialised in 4 specific departments. Axel Vervoordt can rely on a team of 5 art historians when it comes to the acquisition of almost 250 works of art worldwide each month. After the examination of their historical significance, aesthetic importance and intrinsic value, the most important pieces are well documented. This information allows us to certify each item's authenticity and get a profound insight in our entire collection. They also attend international art fairs and provide consultancy in our projects. These projects are led by an architectural team of engineers, architects, draughtsmen and interior decorators assigned with the creation of spaces and environments, which will not only feel like home but also suit the personality and lifestyle of their owners. We like to give our clients a custom made approach, therefore each member of our architectural team will follow up their personal project from day one to the finishing touch. In this process the client will be involved very closely via meetings with Axel Vervoordt on a regular basis in which they will be advised up to the slightest detail. For our projects we can fall back on a stock of 13.000 pieces with a wide range of items including panelling, mantelpieces, parquets, ceilings etc… all of which is carefully treated by the restoration workshop. Being a rather extended part of the company these traditionally trained people combine specialized knowledge with respect for the authenticity of a piece. Thanks to these highly skilled craftsmen we can do a lot within the company, from the restoration of antiques to reparation, treatment of marbles, production of libraries, coffee tables etc…

The fourth division of our company are the home furnishings. Based on the third floor of Kanaal this department is occupied with the selection of the finest natural fabrics for drapes, upholstery, carpets and all those other issues where fabrics are essential within a project. Because antique furniture often lacks real comfort, Axel Vervoordt has created his own line of sofas, chairs, tables and lamps. As the fastest growing element in the company this collection is characterized by the mixture of modern leisure and harmonious proportions. Their unpretentious sober design and outstanding craftsmanship endow these furnishings with that timeless quality, which we aim for in all of our creations

The essential part of Axel Vervoordt is that all of these departments are interwoven, they all serve the same goal; offering our client an exclusive and comprehensive service. We like to share beauty and offer quality.

24/06/2026

As summer unfolds, we’re pleased to invite you to visit Axel Vervoordt Gallery before our annual summer closure.

The galleries at Kanaal will be open until Saturday, 18 July, and will reopen on Friday, 7 August. Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong will reopen on Tuesday, August 4th.
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Several exhibitions are currently on view, bringing together solo and group presentations that explore material memory, transformation, gesture, and presence.
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Sopheap Pich
Works
Until August 29, 2026
Kanaal
 
The first solo exhibition in Belgium by Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich presents a new body of work rooted in material, process, and the relationship between form and experience.

Now on view- - -Lucia Bru. Aux choses mêmes - - -Over the past thirty years, Lucia Bru (1970, Brussels) has developed a ...
23/06/2026

Now on view
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Lucia Bru. Aux choses mêmes

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Over the past thirty years, Lucia Bru (1970, Brussels) has developed a sculptural practice grounded in an experimental approach to materials – paper, crystal, porcelain, cement, and plaster – in which geometry and chance converge to form structures that are at once minimal and complex. The cubes, cages, grids, squares, and even mirrors that constitute the main ‘families’ of her work emerge as the empirical outcome of deliberate interventions and the erratic reactions of the materials. Attentive to the responses of the materials she explores through a creative process open to chance, the sculptor positions herself as an interlocutor for a mineral world whose agency, memory, and surprising fluidity she acknowledges, opening it to the organic, the animal, and the human. Through drawing, photography, and video, Lucia Bru seeks to render tangible the fragile and transient presence of a breath, a reflection, a fold, a curve, a hollow, or a shadow. This same attentiveness to the sketch — vulnerable by nature — has, since her early days, led her to preserve every attempt on the shelves of her studio, gradually forming a living and vital archive of her own practice. These experimentations – as discreet as they are surprising – whose composition recalls Eva Hesse’s celebrated Test Pieces, offer both a retrospective and forward-looking view of Lucia Bru’s practice.
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Aux choses mêmes
14.06.26 > 01.11.26

19/06/2026

Mexican artist Bosco Sodi’s latest series, Scroll Paintings, is now on view at Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong.

Known for his richly textured, vividly coloured paintings, Sodi’s practice focuses on material exploration, the creative gesture, and the spiritual connection between the artist and his work. In this artist interview, Sodi reflects on the origins of this new body of work, the ideas that shaped it, and the process each painting undergoes. The scroll — a format traditionally associated with precision and structure — enters into dialogue with the artist’s instinctive, material-driven practice, which embraces spontaneity and the surrender of control.
The result is a collection of works that capture fleeting moments in time — inviting viewers to dwell on the material presence and rhythm of each piece. 
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Bosco Sodi
Scroll Paintings
May 30 - September 5, 2026
Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong

On behalf of our entire team, collaborators, and clients, it’s an honour to be included in the inaugural list. Thank yo...
10/06/2026

On behalf of our entire team, collaborators, and clients, it’s an honour to be included in the inaugural list. Thank you

“My philosophy on living has been shaped by the idea that to live in an environment that’s closely connected to nature b...
08/06/2026

“My philosophy on living has been shaped by the idea that to live in an environment that’s closely connected to nature brings peace. You can feel nature’s illumination like a light in your brain. It cleanses your eyes and helps shape your spirit with its warm glow. The clarity gives you a sense of freedom. Through this freedom, you’re more open to sharing experiences with those around you.” Boris Vervoordt
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📷: Salva Lopez for

Kimsooja’s “Dimensions of a Needle” is now open at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto.•⁠ ⁠- -Leading concep...
03/06/2026

Kimsooja’s “Dimensions of a Needle” is now open at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto.
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Leading conceptual artist (b. 1957, Daegu, South Korea) presents site-specific installations across Floors 1 and 3 that illuminate the philosophical and material foundations of her practice. Working across diverse mediums, the exhibition unfolds through the metaphor of the needle —an axis, threshold, and point of encounter—through which Kimsooja has long explored handcraft traditions, female labour, nomadism, co-existence, memory, and transformation. Rooted in a philosophy of “non-doing” and “non-making,” her work uncovers rather than imposes. The needle becomes a model of consciousness—piercing yet binding, dividing yet connecting—while stillness emerges as a resistance to the acceleration of contemporary life.

On Floor 1, suspended traditional textiles—collected from Amsterdam’s diverse immigrant communities—hover as portable architectures of memory and as canvases released from their stretchers. Positioned underneath are the Bottari produced on-site in Oude Kerk, filled with clothing from the city’s multiple communities. These bundles embody themes of migration, belonging, and identity by resonating with Amsterdam’s history as a city of arrival and departure. Nearby, the video A Needle Woman – Paris (2009) anchors the space in stillness: the artist stands motionless within the city’s flow, a living point threading disparate lives and drawing attention to the urban fabric.

On Floor 3, the Meta-Painting works return to painting’s material origin in linen cultivated and hand-processed by the artist, while ceramic vessels and plates from the Deductive Object–Bottari series translate wrapping into weight and void, each pierced or patterned with constellations of needle holes that open form to air and light. Together, these works propose wrapping and piercing as acts that shape not only objects, but consciousness itself—where the simplest fold or incision holds the depth of the unknown.
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Until August 16, 2026
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“To Breathe—Mokum” credit: Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
All works courtesy of Axel Vervoordt Gallery and the artist.

Now open: Bosco Sodi, “Scroll Paintings”- - -Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present “Scroll Paintings”, a solo exh...
30/05/2026

Now open: Bosco Sodi, “Scroll Paintings”
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Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present “Scroll Paintings”, a solo exhibition of works by Mexican artist

This marks Sodi’s sixth solo presentation with the gallery and his second in Hong Kong. Known for his richly textured, vividly coloured paintings, Sodi’s practice focusses on material exploration, the creative gesture, and the spiritual connection between the artist and his work.

« Scroll Paintings” debuts a new body of work that emerged from the extended time the artist spent in his Kyoto studio over the past few years. There, immersed in a form of silence, Sodi turned his attention away from building mass, towards something more elusive: holding a moment. The resulting paintings are quiet yet profound contemplations of time, expressed through languages of materiality and form.

Sodi’s longstanding affinity with Asian culture began more than two decades ago, when he was invited to an artist residency in Tokyo. Since then, the philosophical concept of wabi-sabi has been a vital thread running throughout his practice.

27/05/2026

Now on view at Kanaal
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Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Belgium by Sopheap Pich (b. 1971, Battambang, Cambodia). The exhibition brings together a new body of work that continues Pich’s engagement with material, process, and the relationship between form and experience.

Pich is widely recognised for sculptures and wall-based works made from locally sourced bamboo and rattan, as well as works constructed from hand-forged copper and recycled aluminium. Rather than imposing form onto matter, Pich allows structures to emerge through repetition, tension, and accumulation. A latent grid informs both his woven and constructed works. “I work with materials that carry life within them,” he has noted. “They already have a history. My role is to listen and respond.”

Closing Tuesday- - - New York 2026- - -Axel Vervoordt is pleased to participate in the 2026 edition of TEFAF New York wi...
18/05/2026

Closing Tuesday
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New York 2026
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Axel Vervoordt is pleased to participate in the 2026 edition of TEFAF New York with a solo presentation of works by Ida Barbarigo from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

The selection highlights the pioneering artist’s unique approach to abstraction. Barbarigo’s paintings, especially her Chairs series, recast ordinary objects as evocative symbols of presence and absence. Through repetition, distortion, and atmospheric space, she creates psychological tension, transforming literal objects into profound energetic ideas. This curated selection places the chair within abstraction as both motif and metaphor, blurring the line between object and emotion.

We look forward to welcoming you at Stand 206, one of the historic rooms on the venue’s second floor.

TEFAF New York takes place at the Park Avenue Armory and the final day is Tuesday, May 19th, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

16/05/2026

Closing Soon in Hong Kong
Jaffa Lam, “Asteroid J-734”
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Jaffa Lam’s solo exhibition Asteroid J-734 is entering its final week.

In this deeply personal exploration of life paths, identity, and belonging, Lam transforms scenes captured in local communities and hidden corners of the city — along with found objects — into works that reflect her unique memories of Hong Kong and a quiet nostalgia for her hometown in Fuding. Searching and (re)discovering the meaning of home and self, the exhibition presents new materials, such as umbrella ribs and ceramics, that embody the journey Lam has been on over the past few years.

The exhibition closes on Saturday, 23 May.
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Finissage and Book Launch with the artist in presence Saturday, May 23rd, 2-6 p.m.

On the occasion of the closing of Lam’s solo exhibition, Axel Vervoordt Gallery invites you to a special afternoon gathering and the launch of the artist’s new publication, Beyond the Blue. Beyond the Blue is the exhibition catalogue accompanying Lam’s largest institutional show to date, held at the Shenzhen Sea World Culture and Arts Center early last year. 

Guided tours of Asteroid J-734 led by the artist will take place at 3p.m. and 5 p.m.

Each tour is limited to 15 participants. All attendees will receive a signed copy of the book.

RSVP is essential.

Please email mailto:[email protected] to register your interest.

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