Vision
Today, ArtOnPaper enters a new chapter under the direction of a renewed team.
Emmanuelle Indekeu, General and Artistic Director, leads the fair’s strategic and curatorial vision, joined by Louise Malfait, Director of Communication and Experience, who shapes its narratives, formats and modes of engagement. Together, they articulate a vision grounded in depth, coherence and long-term relevance.
In a world undergoing rapid transformation in cultural practices — where lifestyles are continually reshaped by technological acceleration — ArtOnPaper seeks to reaffirm the fundamental role of the art fair: a space for intellectual exchange, social connection and influence. The fair adopts a deliberately refined format, conceived as a timeless capsule in which ancient, modern and contemporary works engage in a demanding and meaningful dialogue.
By embracing values of longevity and human reconnection, ArtOnPaper offers exhibitors a precisely designed setting, bespoke visibility tools, and encounters characterised by a high relational intensity.
ArtOnPaper aspires to act as a catalyst within both the Belgian and international art scenes, positioning itself within a broader cultural ecosystem. More than an event, the fair proposes an intellectual and aesthetic experience — where collecting, discovery and dialogue become a way of life.
Team
ArtOnPaper is led by a team committed to curatorial rigour, strategic clarity and long-term relevance.
General & Artistic Director
Emmanuelle Indekeu
Emmanuelle Indekeu is a Belgian curator and cultural strategist whose work unfolds across independent platforms, institutions and international collaborations.
In 2015, she became Director of Island, an artist-led platform supporting Belgian and Belgium-based practitioners not represented by galleries, creating a space for visibility, experimentation and dialogue.
Her curatorial practice spans both institutional and private spheres. As Chief Art Officer at TheMerode in Brussels, she conceived and structured the art department, defining its cultural vision, developing strategic partnerships, and overseeing exhibitions and patronage initiatives over five years.
She also curated Massimo Dutti’s Art in Progress project across Europe, placing contemporary art in dialogue with architecture and brand environments.
In parallel, since 2018, she has developed an academic practice at La Cambre, where she lectures and joined the photography department alongside Hervé Charles, reinforcing her commitment to artistic research and transmission.
Her approach is guided by the conviction that art is inseparable from intention — that every work, space and encounter carries meaning to be revealed.
At ArtOnPaper, she leads the fair’s strategic and curatorial direction, positioning works on paper — ancient, modern and contemporary — as active sites of thought, dialogue and cultural continuity within the Belgian and international art scenes.
Communication & Experience Director
Louise Malfait
Trained in architecture and communication, Louise Malfait has spent over a decade shaping experiences at the crossroads of art, design and luxury.
Her career unfolds through international art fairs, brand activations and high-end events, where she has led projects with both strategic precision and creative sensitivity.
Louise approaches each project as a composition — balancing narrative, atmosphere and detail. She believes that meaningful experiences emerge from coherence: between space and intention, audience and content, vision and execution.
At ArtOnPaper, she shapes the fair’s communication and experiential formats, ensuring that every encounter — from VIP programmes to public engagement — reflects the fair’s intellectual depth and relational intensity.
Her commitment is simple: to create moments that resonate beyond the event itself — thoughtful, precise and enduring
Founder
Michel Culot
Michel Culot is the founder of Art on Paper. Born from his passion for the arts, and particularly for practices related to paper, the fair began in 2014 as a pop-up event before quickly evolving into a recognised platform for solo exhibitions, with a rigorous curatorial commitment and a spirit that is freer, more accessible and more convivial than traditional art fairs.
Under his leadership, Art on Paper became an institutionalised event hosted at BOZAR, strengthening Brussels’ presence on the European drawing scene and expanding its international reach.
Michel Culot’s vision has shaped the founding identity of the fair — rooted in insight, experimentation and dialogue — laying the foundations for its continued development as a major forum for drawing and works on paper, from old masters to contemporary art.
Michel Culot is also the founder of VO Communication, one of the most recognised live-marketing agencies in Belgium. He sees Art on Paper as a powerful tool for creating value for all stakeholders, particularly in strengthening Brussels’ position as a European capital of the arts.
Programme Manager & Coordinator
Bruna Martins
Bruna Martins is a Brazilian cultural practitioner based in Belgium. Her trajectory brings together studies in Communication and Journalism across Brazil, Belgium, and France, complemented by a Master’s degree in Cultural Management and Cultural Mediation and postgraduate studies in Curatorial Studies. Over the past years, she has cultivated an independent practice rooted in close collaboration with artists and curators, notably through work within studios, galleries, and international residency projects.
Bruna approaches curatorial and discursive formats as spaces for exchange, where artistic practices can be situated within broader cultural, social, and political conversations. She is particularly attentive to how art world contexts can extend beyond their frameworks to create conditions for encounter, reflection, and shared experience.
At ArtOnPaper, she leads the Talks Programme, conceiving a series of events that expand the art fair beyond its format into a dynamic cultural platform,one that encourages exchange, engages diverse audiences, and generates new forms of visibility and desirability around contemporary artistic practices.
Production & Logistics Director
Dimitri Bertrand
With over thirty years of experience in the events industry, Dimitri Bertrand has developed a strong and recognized expertise in the production and logistics of complex projects. A graduate in communication from IHECS in Brussels, with a focus on sociocultural engagement and lifelong education, he has built his career around the end-to-end management of events — from concept to delivery — integrating strategic, technical and human dimensions.
At VO Event, where he serves as Project Leader, he oversees a wide range of projects including fairs, institutional, corporate and public events. His approach is grounded in rigorous stakeholder coordination, strong anticipation skills and a constant commitment to execution quality, ensuring alignment between strategic objectives and operational delivery.
Deeply engaged in sustainability challenges, he acts as an advisor within VO Group and actively contributes to the integration of more responsible and circular practices in event production.
At Art on Paper, he leads production and logistics, ensuring the smooth, precise and controlled execution of all event operations.
VIP Experience & Ambassador Relations Director
Jennifer Buyck
Jennifer brings together an international background in hospitality, business development and community building, with a particular interest in cultivating meaningful relationships and long-term engagement. Having worked across luxury hospitality and entrepreneurial environments, she has developed a practice centered on creating experiences that combine attention to detail with a strong sense of connection.
Alongside her professional experience, Jennifer is actively involved in family business and entrepreneurial networks, where she contributes to conversations around leadership, continuity and intergenerational engagement. These experiences have strengthened her understanding of how communities are formed, nurtured and sustained over time.
At ArtOnPaper, she leads Ambassador Relations and the VIP Programme, developing a network of collectors, patrons and advocates around the fair. Her focus is on creating thoughtful encounters and fostering a sense of belonging that extends beyond the event itself, strengthening the ties between ArtOnPaper and its wider cultural ecosystem.
Selection committee
Pierre Bismuth
Pierre Bismuth (b. 1963) is a French artist and filmmaker based in Brussels, whose work spans a wide range of media — examining the normative systems that shape our perception of the world and questioning, often with humour, the notions of authority, legitimacy and value through strategies of appropriation, displacement and recontextualisation. In the world of cinema, he is widely known for co-authoring the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and for his directorial debut Where is Rocky II (2016). He has held major solo exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2021), the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (2022), West Den Haag (2022), the Kunstmuseum Sankt Gallen (2017) and the Kunsthalle Wien (2015). He is represented by Jan Mot in Brussels and Christine König in Vienna.
María Inés Rodríguez
María Inés Rodríguez is a curator with extensive experience in leading roles across major international institutions. Her work explores the relationship between artistic practices and their historical, political, and social contexts, fostering dialogue between art and broader cultural dynamics at both local and international levels.
She has held key positions at MASP (São Paulo), served as Director of CAPC (Bordeaux), and as Chief Curator at MUAC (Mexico) and MUSAC (Spain).
She is currently Director of the Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation in Brussels and Founder and Artistic Director of TropicalPapers.org
Since 2022, she has been a guest advisor to the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam), a board member of Fondation Martell and LaM Museum, and a member of the acquisitions committee of Kanal–Centre Pompidou (Brussels). She has also served as a jury member for the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award (2019–2026) and is currently involved in the In Situ programme (2023–2026) by Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso and Cité internationale des arts.
Sabine Taevernier
Sabine Taevernier is an art expert and advisor to public and private collections. She holds a master's degree in art history from the KU Leuven.
In 1983, she began working as a freelance curator specialising in the art of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and organised several exhibitions on Symbolism, Expressionism and, in particular, James Ensor in collaboration with the museums of Ghent, Antwerp, Milan, Rotterdam and Frankfurt. She was recruited by Christie's in 1988 and remained there for 10 years as an expert in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art.
She became an independent consultant and resumed her curatorial activities in 1998. As a specialist in James Ensor, she founded the Ensor Advisory Committee in 2002 and took part in most of the artist's national and international exhibitions. Since 2005 she has been associated as an expert with the Belgian Chamber of Art Experts.In 2015 she became a member of the Council for the Conservation of Movable Cultural Heritage in Flanders (Topstukkenraad) and in 2019 she was appointed Vice-Chairman. Since January 2021, she has been a trustee of the King Baudouin Foundation, an independent and pluralist Belgian and European charitable foundation. An art enthusiast, she has always collected contemporary art.
Anne Pontégnie
Anne Pontégnie is a Brussels-based curator. She leads AP Office, which she founded in 2018. She co-founded Wiels and previously served as co-director of Le Consortium in Dijon. Since 2011, she has overseen the Cranford Collection in London. Over the course of her career, she has curated a number of landmark exhibitions, including Mike Kelley: Educational Complex Onwards: 1995–2008, the 2003 Lyon Biennale, Printemps de Septembre in 2011, and, more recently, Christopher Wool: See Stop Run (New York – Marfa). In April, she inaugurates Thomas Houseago: Sculptures in the gardens of Banca March in Madrid, followed in June by the 10th edition of the Biennale of Painting at the Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum in Deurle.
Fabian Kluth
Fabian Kluth is the founder of one.
one. is considered to be one of the youngest private art collections and platforms for contemporary art.
With one of one., he opened the first presentation of the collection in 2026 in collaboration with the Berlin-based creative studio PRESENCE. He is also the host of the one.voice podcast, where he speaks with people from a wide range of industries and cultural backgrounds.
Driven by the constant pursuit of exceptional artworks, the overarching vision of one. is to create a foundation for dialogues that extend beyond the present and bring people together.
Previous Selection committee:
2024
ADVISORY BOARD
Anne Bambynek, Curator, National Bank of Belgium
Ravi Bhansali, Art Collector
Virginie Devillez, Fine art Expert and art Advisor
Gwenvael Launay, Director of Almine Rech
Gallery Pascal Neveux, Director of FRAC Picardie
Sabine Taevernier, Art expert and advisor to public and private collections
2023
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Anne Bambynek Curator, National Bank of Belgium
Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collector and Founder, Cloud Seven
Joost Declercq Artistic Director, Art on Paper
Florence Derck Co-founder DEMAIN Art
Virginie Devillez Fine Art Expert and Art advisory
Paul Vanhonsebrouck Art collector
2022
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Anne Bambynek Curator, National Bank of Belgium
Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collector and founder, Cloud Seven
Joost Declercq Artistic Director, Art on Paper
Benedicte Goesaert Artist liaison Paul Vanhonsebrouck Art collector
2019
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Florence and Daniel Guerlain Art collectors
Kate Macfarlane Co-director, Drawing Room
Sophie Lauwers Head of exhibitions, BOZAR
Reyn van der Lugt Art collector
2018
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Joost Declercq Director, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Florence and Daniel Guerlain Art collector
Sophie Lauwers Head of exhibitons, BOZAR
Yves Lecointre Director, Frac Picardie l des mondes dessinés
Kate Mc Farlane Co-director, Drawing Room
Reyn van der Lugt, Art collector
2017
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Joost Declercq Director, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Olivier Gevart Director, Ete 78
Sophie Lauwers Head of exhibitions, BOZAR
Yves Lecointre Director, Frac Picardie/des mondes dessinés
Tanguy Van Quickenborne, Art collector
2016
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department,
La Cambre Joost Declercq Director
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Olivier Gevart Director
Ete 78 Yves Lecointre Director, Frac Picardie/des mondes dessinés
Francesco Rossi, Rossicontemporary
Christophe Veys, VeysVerhaevert Collection
2015
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder Head of the drawing department, La Cambre
Olivier Gevart Directeur, Ete 78
Harlan Levey Harlan Levey Projects
Francesco Rossi, Rossicontemporary
Maïté Smeyers, BOZAR
Expo Christophe Veys, Veys-Verhaevert Collection
Genesis and development
ArtOnPaper was initially conceived as an experimental pop-up format, driven by the initiative of Michel Culot in collaboration with the late Pierre Hallet (1953–2021). From the outset, the project was grounded in a precise conviction: that drawing and works on paper constitute a primary site of artistic thinking rather than a subsidiary practice.
Its ambition was to create a fair dedicated to drawing and paper-based practices, not as a peripheral medium, but as a central language of artistic thought. From its inception, the fair positioned itself as a rigorous platform where works on paper — ancient, modern and contemporary — could be approached in their full conceptual, historical and aesthetic complexity.
Its foundation lies in the conviction that paper is both a site of experimentation and a place of memory, where ideas take form with immediacy and precision. This early intuition rapidly gained structure and visibility.
From 2015 onwards, with the decisive support of Paul Dujardin, ArtOnPaper took on a new scale and found its institutional anchorage at BOZAR. At the instigation of Michel Culot, together with Adeline d’Ursel and Paul Dujardin, a formal collaboration agreement was established to support the creation of a platform dedicated to the promotion of contemporary drawing.
Positioned as a hosted event within BOZAR, the fair developed in close dialogue with the institution, benefiting from its architectural, symbolic and intellectual context.
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