Dirk Snauwaert

From Blomme to Wiels: The foundation of a contemporary art institution in a modernist architecture
Dirk Snauwaert is the initiator and artistic director of Wiels, a new art center in Brussels located in the Blomme, the corner building of the former Wielemans-Ceuppens Breweries. From January 2005 until December 2007, the team of Wiels has been working on both the restoration and the refurbishment of the historical building, and the artistic and financial development of the center. The Blomme building is one of the rare examples of modernist industrial architecture in Brussels.