Art Antwerp

Saturday 13 December
3 PM
Talk with Benedicte Goesaert, Axel Geerts and Joëlle Dubois (KETELEER GALLERY) (NL)

On 13 December at Art Antwerp, curator and art advisor Benedicte Goesaert will moderate a conversation between artist Joëlle Dubois and art collector Axel Geerts on collecting, creating, and the accessibility of contemporary art. Together, they explore their personal trajectories from the first artworks that left a mark to the ways in which a practice or collection evolves over time. With openness, they address choices, doubts, and sensitive topics, showing how concrete experiences can shape both artistic development and collecting. The talk concludes with a Q&A.

About the Speakers:   

Benedicte Goesaert 

Benedicte Goesaert is a Belgium-based independent curator and art advisor with over 15 years of experience in the contemporary art world. In 2020, she founded Benedicte, offering services for curatorial projects, private collections, acquisitions, and legacy care. Before establishing her own practice, she worked as a director at Zeno X Gallery (2011–2019), representing artists internationally and engaging with collectors across major art fairs and exhibitions. Benedicte combines professionalism with a sensitivity to emotion, bringing human depth to every collection and curatorial project she engages with.  

Axel Geerts 

Axel Geerts (27) has been collecting contemporary art for about four years now, with a special love for young and mid-career artists. By day he works in private equity in Geneva, but whenever he can, he immerses himself in the art world. 

For him, art is not a hobby but pure energy. He enjoys supporting museums and projects that carry that same creative spark. 

Joëlle Dubois  

Joëlle Dubois’ (b. 1990. Ghent, Belgium) work addresses identity, memory, and emotional inheritance. Employing humour, irony, and intimacy, Dubois’ early paintings explore how women navigate self-perception, the body and the desire for human connection within a culture dominated by digital media and constant external imagery, revealing tensions between private vulnerability and public representation.  

Over time, her practice has become more autobiographical, especially following the loss of her mother after a long illness. While grief, loss, and transgenerational memory continue to inform her work, her recent projects focus on transformation and renewal. 

Location: Tribune