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In the MAS for the eclipse of the sun by the moon the
evening before
Eclipsed sun setting in the west under the
overhang of the MAS
*****
Dirk Van Saene, Invitation to view .... at
Westway
Dries van Noten
Fan
Walter Van
Beirendonck
THE ANTWERP SIX
Reviewed by ANDRE BEAUMONT
This 2026 exhibition and retrospective of the work of The Antwerp Six in MoMu, Antwerp, made a great impression on me. I know the period in the design industries when they studied and emerged well. I know some of the locations, having familiarised myself with Antwerp over the past two decades. I even recall being handed an unexpected flyer outside Olympia that year, with unpronounceable names on it, but, not being in the fashion world, being a little disappointed it did not give me instructions on how to get in. Maybe it was one of them, maybe not. Sometimes I find everyone has met me once.
To put together this exhibition with many delicate and historical artifacts must have taken an immense amount of work and I cannot even begin to tell their story better than it, in any review form, so I suggest you make a diversion to see it in the months that it will remain open. They are crucial figures to Antwerp history and Belgian culture now.
I like the work of all of them but most of all I was drawn to that of Marina Yee, who died in December 2025, and, for whom, either her studio space or a room of hers was recreated in the exhibition.
Momu
Dirk Bikkembergs
Walter Van Beirendonck
Dirk Van Saene
Dries Van Noten
Marina Yee
Ann Demeulemeester's monochrome collection was absolutely stunning
Two subwoofer-sized speakers and spooky lighting