{"id":8756,"date":"1972-12-12T15:54:06","date_gmt":"1972-12-12T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/collection\/galerie-vega\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T08:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:57:06","slug":"galerie-vega","status":"publish","type":"collection","link":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/collection\/galerie-vega\/","title":{"rendered":"V\u00e9ga Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nestled within the base of the Chiroux-Croisiers-Kennedy complex, which was nearing completion (1960\u20131976) and designed by Jean Poskin and Henri Bonhomme, the Galerie V\u00e9ga, founded by Manette Repriels in 1972 (opening with an exhibition of works by Sonia Delaunay), was situated beneath the bridge-like structure linking the two parts of the complex. Recognisable by its curved shopfront (shop no. 7), the venue was both discreet in relation to the built masses derived from Jean Royer\u2019s urban planning project, and impossible to miss due to its location at the heart of the pedestrian and vehicular traffic serving Les Chiroux. The layout proposed by Charles Vandenhove \u2013 who had designed Manette and Jacques Repriels\u2019 villa in Plainevaux ten years earlier \u2013 was both simple and practical, focusing primarily on the configuration of the exhibition space in the basement to double the floor area from 67 m<sup>2<\/sup>, with minor <em>ad hoc<\/em> alterations. His archives contain few documents relating to these adaptations, apart from those concerning the creation of the sign by Charles Vandenhove. The clean and powerful graphic design consisted of a square on its point, subdivided by a recessed \u2018V\u2019, bordered by two strips of blue neon tubes. The production of this sign, positioned above the entrance door, was entrusted to the Atelier d\u2019Art Jean Rets (who was due to exhibit there in 1976). This logo, stripped back to its simplest form for maximum impact, was widely publicised through the gallery\u2019s communications, the direction of which evolved rapidly under the influence of Fernand Spillemaeckers (Galerie MTL in Brussels), embracing minimal and conceptual art and bringing together artists such as Bernd &amp; Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Marcel Broodthaers, Pol Bury, Andr\u00e9 Cadere, Jacques Charlier, Patrick Corillon, Jo Delahaut, Peter Downsbrough, Gilbert &amp; George, Dan Graham, Simon Hanta\u00ef, Barbara &amp; Michael Leisgen, Sol LeWitt, Jacques-Louis Nyst, Dennis Oppenheim, Panamarenko, G\u00e9rard Titus-Carmel and L\u00e9on Wuidar. A photograph of \u2018Mirror Window Corner Piece\u2019, an installation by Dan Graham specifically arranged in 1976, appeared three years later on the cover of Benjamin H.D. Buchloh\u2019s book, <em>Dan Graham \u2022<\/em> <em>Video \u2013 Architecture \u2013 Television<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8244,"template":"","collection_type":[31],"class_list":["post-8756","collection","type-collection","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","collection_type-archives-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>V\u00e9ga Gallery - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/collection\/galerie-vega\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"V\u00e9ga Gallery - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nestled within the base of the Chiroux-Croisiers-Kennedy complex, which was nearing completion (1960\u20131976) and designed by Jean Poskin and Henri Bonhomme, the Galerie V\u00e9ga, founded by Manette Repriels in 1972 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/collection\/galerie-vega\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-16T06:57:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SCL_8694_1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2012\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/collection\\\/galerie-vega\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/collection\\\/galerie-vega\\\/\",\"name\":\"V\u00e9ga Gallery - 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