The U.S. premiere of the internationally traveling exhibition on the work of contemporary Belgian artist Michaël Borremans opens at the DMA in March 2015. Co-organized by the DMA and Center for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR) and curated by Jeffrey Grove, Michaël Borremans: As sweet as it gets is the first to bring together the artist’s paintings, drawings, and films from over the last fifteen years in a single survey. The exhibition is comprised of well-known and rarely exhibited works from private and public collections in Europe and the United States, including 50 paintings, 40 drawings, and five films.
Michaël Borremans: As sweet as it gets requires a $16.00 special exhibition ticket.
Michaël Borremans: As sweet as it gets is co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and BOZAR/the Centre for Fine Arts Brussels. The presentation is made possible by TWO X TWO for AIDS and Art, an annual fundraising event that jointly benefits amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research and the Dallas Museum of Art, and by the Contemporary Art Initiative.
Images: Michaël Borremans, The Devil’s Dress, 2011, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp and David Zwirner New York/London, © Photographer Ron Amstutz; Michaël Borremans, The Angel, 2013, oil on canvas, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp, © Photographer Dirk Pauwels; Michaël Borremans, Strategy, 2008, oil on canvas, Private Collection Switzerland, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp, © Photographer Peter Cox; Michaël Borremans, The Preservation, 2001, oil on canvas, Private Collection, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp, ©Photographer Peter Cox; Michaël Borremans, Automat (I), 2008, oil on canvas, Private Collection, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp, © Photographer Peter Cox; Michaël Borremans, 10 and 11, 2006, oil on canvas, Private Collection, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp, © Photographer Peter Cox; Michaël Borremans, The Wooden Skirt, 2011, oil on canvas, Private Collection, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp and David Zwirner New York/London, © Photographer Ron Amstutz; Michaël Borremans, The Glaze, 2007, oil on canvas, Private Collection Switzerland, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp , © Photographer Peter Cox