# Event Details

- **Event Name**: BLADE, Opening 2 July
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm (+02:00)
- **Event Description**: Dear ,

We are pleased to invite you to the opening of 44 Artists, 44 Blades, a group exhibition bringing together 44 visual artists around one charged and enduring object: the sword.

Across history, the sword has moved between warfare, ritual, ornament, myth and image. It has been a weapon, a status symbol, a relic, a character, a fantasy and a screen icon. No single form has ever fully defined it. Instead, the sword has continually changed shape according to culture, function, style and imagination.

For this exhibition, each artist was invited to bring a sword into the gallery. The result is a collection of distinct responses to an object that carries both historical weight and symbolic excess: elegant, violent, ceremonial, fictional, absurd, sacred, ornamental, animated or alive in spirit.

The exhibition opens on Thursday, July 2nd at 18:00 at DMW Gallery, Koolstraat 15, 2140 Borgerhout.

We would be glad to welcome you there.

Artist: With artists Alice Pandolfo, Alice Vanderschoot, Anouk Van Offenwert, Attila Buonsenso, Ayrton Eblé, Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, Bernard Depuydt, Brent Decraene, Daan Peeters, Daria Patrikeeva, Davide Zulli, Dimitris Siokis, Elen Braga, Elvira Mulkay, Esther Babulik, Fia Cielen, Geoffrey de Beer, Hans Wuyts, Hussein Shikha, Ignace Cami, Indrikis Gelzis, Jelle Spruyt, Joost Pauwaert, Karina Beumer, Kaspar Dejong, Lara Gasparotto, Lieven Segers, Lisa Ijeoma, Mathias Mu, Nadia Naveau, Purna Renault, Stef Van Looveren, Tom Poelmans, Tom Volkaert, Veronika Pot, Walter Wathieu, Warre Mulder, Willem Boel, William Ludwig Lutgens, Witold Vandenbroek, Xander Faes, Yannick Val Gesto and Yoon Shun.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/antwerp/blade-opening-2-july/200030161939308
- **Event Categories**: Exhibitions, Art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Antwerp
- **state**: AN
- **country**: Belgium
- **location**: Koolstraat 15, 2140 Borgerhout, Belgium
- **lat**: 51.2111
- **long**: 4.43867
- **full address**: Koolstraat 15, 2140 Borgerhout, Belgium, Koolstraat 13, 2140 Antwerpen, België, Antwerp, Belgium

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: BLADE, Opening 2 July
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/c62b1594e639acaf33e92eb84dd8d2a0a8f495cd5f682882c44bdf4a22cf07ba-rimg-w1200-h629-dcfeffed-gmir?v=1780165388

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is BLADE, Opening 2 July being held?
  - **A:** BLADE, Opening 2 July takes place on Thu, 02 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 02 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Koolstraat 15, 2140 Borgerhout, Belgium, Koolstraat 13, 2140 Antwerpen, België, Antwerp, Belgium.
- **Q**: Who is organizing BLADE, Opening 2 July?
  - **A:** BLADE, Opening 2 July is organized by DMW Gallery.

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