This is a question many people ask when standing in front of a work of art: am I missing something, or is there more to see? Sometimes, the answer is straightforward. The work is complete in itself. Its material, its form, its presence are enough. In other cases, something seems to be missing, or it appears as part of an ongoing process or a more complex narrative. The question can also extend beyond the object itself, touching on the limits of human existence.
For this exhibition, Frédéric de Goldschmidt and Gregory Lang have brought together works by more than 50 artists from the collection, each offering a different response to this question. Some works are fully present; others point to what is partial or evolving, or confront the idea that there may — or may not — be anything beyond.
Works by: Adolf Luther, François Morellet, Sol LeWitt, Dadamaino, Günther Uecker, Marthe Wéry, Roman Opalka, Piero Manzoni, Nanda Vigo, Boris Mikhaïlov, Franz Erhard Walther, Jacqueline de Jong, Alighiero Boetti, Claudio Parmiggiani, Mary Corse, Hamish Fulton, Antony Gormley, David Wojnarowicz, Anne Marie Maes, Roni Horn, Ignasi Aballí, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Gabriel Orozco, Rachel Whiteread, Tacita Dean, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Jonathan Monk, Martin Désilets, Germaine Kruip, Jean-François Boclé, Joël Andrianomearisoa, Darren Harvey-Regan, Otobong Nkanga, Will Kerr, Alexandro Cesarco, Benjamin Sabatier, Kapwani Kiwanga, Alicja Kwade, Kate Owens, Oscar Santillán, Daniel Turner, Gabriel Chaile, Guillaume Barth, Hideyuki Ishibashi, Julian Charrière, Kirill Savchenkov, Luciana Magno, Nadia Guerroui, Camille Orso, Nicolas Faubert, Thomas Van Reghem, Bronwyn Katz.
Is That All There Is?
Opening: Saturday 18 April 14:00-21:00
On view: Tuesday 21 April – Saturday 11 July 14:00-18:00
press release:
Press Release Is That All There Is
30.05.2016 – Downtown Brussels Art : Downtown Brussels Art is the perfect day to visit 17 spaces in our vibrant neighborhood. We will open at 11:00 and you will be able to discover live the latest addition to the collection, Sí Pero No, as Spanish artist Guillermo Mora will make it in front of you. After stapling sheets of colored paper to a wall of the Cloud Bar, the artist will tear them away, incorporating physical gestures into the creation of a new work charged with movement and vitality. Guillermo Mora transforms monochrome painting into sculpture, and sculpture into the lasting trace of a performance.
Another processual and performative work is Anne Marie Maes’ Sensorial Skins. It is on Downtown Brussels Art that she will harvest the first skin created by the biological activity that took place over the first week of the exhibition.
Her performance Rituals with Microbial Ancestors poetically explores the close relationships between humans and bacteria, evoking a possible future where different worlds meet — forming a universe that is at once terrestrial and aquatic, human and microbial.
17:30 – Rituals with Microbial Ancestors, performance by Anne Marie Maes
11.07.2026 – Finissage ‘Is That All There Is?’ : A closing afternoon and evening. The program begins with a screening of the film An Invitation to Disappear by Julian Charrière, followed by Anne Marie Maes’s closing performance of Sensorial Skins, harvesting the second skin. Artists Nicolas Faubert and Hideyuki Ishibashi will then be in conversation about their work and artistic practices.
Nicolas Faubert presents a live performance exploring the relationship between movement, drawing and mark-making. Using a large plexiglass surface and an abrasive costume, the artist creates traces directly through bodily action, revealing the physical process behind a series of works featured in the exhibition.
The evening continues with DJ sets by Sylvia and Antoine Grenez, alongside drinks and informal conversations.