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Aeroplastics Contemporary Rue Blanche 32. (Tram #93, #94. Wed-Sat 2-8pm.) Beautiful townhouse with regular displays of themed contemporary art, featuring works by up-and-coming artists such as Skip Arnold, Koen Wastijn and Dana Wyse.
Costermans Pl du Grand Sablon 5. (Tram #92, #93, #94. Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 10am-noon & 2-6pm.) Famous Grand Sablon antiques shop, established in 1839 and now run by Marc-Henri Jaspar-Costermans. Its specialty is eighteenth-century furniture and objets d'art as well as paintings and beautifully crafted clocks. There's also an impressive range of old fireplaces and wrought ironwork. Prices are mostly prohibitive, but it's a lovely place to look around nonetheless.
De Leye Rue Lebeau 16. (Tram #92, #93, #94. Tues-Sat 10.30am-12.30pm & 2.30-6.30pm.) Just off place du Grand Sablon, this newly established shop specialises in high-quality seventeenth- and eighteenth-century silverware and everything from silver candlesticks to serving ladles, mirrors, statuettes, teapots and gravy boats. Excellent selection and competitive prices.
Kanal 11 & 20 Bd Barthélemy 11 & 20. (Métro: Comte de Flandre. Wed-Sat 2-6pm.) Eight galleries dedicated to contemporary art. Particularly interesting is the Crown Gallery which shows young Belgian and foreign artists as well as more established artists like Liam Golub and Nancy Spero. H&R Projects (linked to the Hussenot Gallery in Paris) shows Belgians, French and Americans such as 1960s artist Alain Jacquet or the more contemporary Gregory Crewdson, Karen Kilimnik and George Pardo.
Kenulf Van Bockstade Pl du Grand Sablon 9. (Tram #92, #93, #94. Thurs-Fri 2-6pm, Sat 10.30am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-2pm.) Long-established and popular fine art gallery specializing in romantic paintings dating from the nineteenth century, and early twentieth-century Impressionist paintings. Full of portraits, rustic landscapes and seascapes.
Orion Art Gallery Rue aux Laines 19. (Tram #92, #93, #94. Wed-Fri noon-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm.) Specialist in modern art, with changing exhibits every six weeks representing young as well as more established artists. Exhibitions have included works by Bart De Zutter, Gerald Dederen and Japan's Masahiro Kanno.
Primitive Art Rue Lebeau 12. (Tram #92, #93, #94. Call for opening times on 02 511 78 08.) Sublime assortment of African, Oceanic and Indian art, including a collection of immense two-metre-high wooden figurines from Oceania.
Sabine Wachters Av de Stalingrad 26. (Métro: Lemonnier. Tues-Sat 11am-7pm.) Gallery specializing in young unknown artists, as well as big names such as Andy Warhol, Donald Judd and Daniel Spoerri.
Euroline, rue du Marché-aux-Herbes 52 (Jan-March Mon-Sat 10am-8pm and Sun 10am-7pm; April-Dec Mon-Sat 9am-11pm and Sun 10am-7pm), is the ultimate in EU kitsch, with flags, car stickers and objets d'art , all with the golden stars of the EU insignia.
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from $95.38 USD