It starts with a visitor’s book that appears to be stolen from an Italian museum. It ends with two large brushes that seem to be taken from a car wash. Maria Eichhorn and Lara Favaretto. In between you’ll come across works by Ed Ruscha, Gerhard Richter, Donald Judd and Carsten Höller. Quite unbelievable that all of this belongs to the collection of just one person: Belgian businessman and art collector Mark Vanmoerkerke. Luckily enough for us art lovers the man doesn’t keep his collection just to himself. Just as those two other private collections, Vanhaerents (Brussels) and Verbeke (Kemzeke), the Vanmoerkerke Collection is open to the general public (but on appointment only). Now is a good moment to make that trip to Ostend as none other than Jan Hoet presents his personal favorites from the collection in a special exhibition: Noli me tangere (through September).
Utopia Parkway 