“The Fruit Does Not Need to Be Distributed”

The visit starts already outside the museum, where unexpected works appear around the entrance and parking area. Inside, Bram Vreven’s “vloei – flow” draws attention with moving water controlled by automated systems. After years of studying natural flow, the artist creates shifting aquatic patterns where light reflections and air bubbles add a living, almost meditative quality. Nearby, Marc de Roover shows “return to nature,” a series of site-specific sculptures built on rhythm and careful observation of the landscape. Will Beckers adds ecological installations that explore the fragile balance between nature and human intervention.

The visit starts already outside the museum, where unexpected works appear around the entrance and parking area. Inside, Bram Vreven’s “vloei – flow” draws attention with moving water controlled by automated systems. After years of studying natural flow, the artist creates shifting aquatic patterns where light reflections and air bubbles add a living, almost meditative quality. Nearby, Marc de Roover shows “return to nature,” a series of site-specific sculptures built on rhythm and careful observation of the landscape. Will Beckers adds ecological installations that explore the fragile balance between nature and human intervention.

‘vloei – flow’, artist Bram Vreven

work by Gustave Asselbergs.

work of Desmond Morris.

The exhibition includes “Remember me,” a retrospective of Gustave Asselbergs (1938–1967), a pioneer of Dutch pop art. His short but intense career produced paintings, collages, and installations shaped by politics, war, cinema, and space exploration. He also developed a personal “image alphabet” in search of a universal visual language. Another highlight is herman de vries with “from here and everywhere,” where natural materials like leaves and stones are collected and recontextualized, blurring the line between art and science. The show also features Desmond Morris in a curated in memoriam selection that places his work in dialogue with other collections.

work by Gustave Asselbergs.

work by Gustave Asselbergs.

work by Desmond Morris.

The summer exhibition at Verbeke Foundation becomes less a display and more a living ecosystem of ideas. Between scientific observation, ecological reflection, and artistic experimentation, the show invites visitors to move freely through shifting meanings—where even fruit, metaphorically speaking, refuses to be neatly distributed. Verbeke Foundation, Westakker 1, Kemzeke (Stekene) more info www.verbekefoundation.com Photos ©2026, Sonny Plasschaert