> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.catapult-platform.art/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Sorry We're Closed Gallery: Munchies Art Club visit during Art Brussels the Booth and the Gallery - URL: https://www.catapult-platform.art/sorry-were-closed-gallery-artist-nikki-maloof/ - Published: 2022-05-10T07:09:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-01-18T16:54:23.000Z - Description: Sorry we're closed Gallery: Munchies Art Club Visit during the Art Brussels, there stunning gallery and booth. - Author: Dominique Catherina Foertig - Tags: Exhibition ## SORRY WE’RE CLOSED | NIKKI MALOOF | GUTTED | RETROSPECTION**‍** **The Munchies Art Club** has been an ardent follower of the Belgian gallery [Sorry We’re Closed, ](http://www.sorrywereclosed.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art)which we visited when we were in Brussels for the [Art Brussels 2022](https://www.catapult-platform.art/art-now-2022/art-brussels-contemporary-art-fair-april-2022). Through the gallery we have discovered some awe-inspiring artists such as **Eric Croes**, **Nikki Maloof**, **Jansson Stegner**, and **Matt Kleberg** to name a few. ![sorry we are closed, exhibition](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a6543de104a4d40623bb1_artist%20nikki%20maloof.jpg) Sorry We're Closed gallery - Installation view | Image @ Munchies Art Club ![nikki maloof artist, who is, sorry were closed,munchies art club, prominent, galleries, ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a6818bad6e45616fe4efe_sorry%20were%20closed%2C%20nikki%20maloof.jpg) Inside the Neo classical Villa of the Sorry We're Closed gallery | Image @ Munchies Art Club ![brussels, solo exhibition, figurative, female artist, unique, feature, viewing room, gutted, fishes,](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a73d3e1de468ecf19c096_chicken%20painting%20detail%20Kopie.jpg) Close up | Nikki Maloof | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club ![large paintings, pink color, prominent, drawing paintings ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a7b8bffcba42d719aa575_nikki%20maloof%20drawings.jpg) Installation view Gutted | Nikki Maloof First attracted by the gallery's name, we soon came to recognise that their selection of artists was exactly the art we appreciate and their Instagram @sorrysorry\_were\_closed account shares content we truly enjoy. It was on the top of our list for galleries in Brussels we wanted to visit. Its owner **Sébastien Janssen**, comes from a background in the arts, born to the Belgian galerist and collector Stéphane Janssen. His brother also followed in their father’s steps and is the owner of the prominent gallery, [Rodolphe Janssen](https://www.catapult-platform.art/art-now-2022/rodolphe-janssen-contemporary-art-gallery-brussels-sausage-party) also situated in Brussels. ![collages, luminous tropical lightness, artwork, art, artists, auctions, belgium](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a71ee0cd16414a8a9c0b2_close%20up%20pencil%20drawing%2C%20fish.jpg) Close up of drawing Nikki Maloof | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club ![somber, peoria, painter, artist, contemporary, modern, american artist](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a68386fa82fb509979e2c_maloof%2C%20solo%20exhibition.jpg) Installation view Gutted | Nikki Maloof | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club Sorry We’re Closed was first established in 2005\. It actually all began with a project room. A white square 3,50 x 3,50 x 3,50 lit space, exhibiting artworks, visible through a window day and night. In 2008, Sorry We're Closed moved to a bigger venue offering their artists more exhibition space. Just recently, in 2021, the gallery moved again, doubling its space by moving into a breathtaking neoclassical villa in the very central district of Brussels called Sablon. ![sorry we are closed, exhibition view](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a68507330d807e455823d_large%20paintings%2C%20nikki%20maloof.jpg) Nikki Maloof | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club Sablon, is a charming area where art galleries, antique stores and corner bistros are to be found next to confectioners and chocolatiers. In the past, prominent noblemen inhabited Sablon such as the Turn und Taxis family. In the 19th century, the aristocracy left Sablon, spreading out to newer chicer districts of the time. ![young art to collect, poem, poetry, still life, perspective, distorted](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a6543de104a4d40623bb1_artist%20nikki%20maloof.jpg) Gutted Nikki Maloof | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club Not until the late 60s early 70s did Sablon set the foundation for what it is today, a popular artistic lively hub filled with historical architecture. Visit Sablon and explore the galleries, shop at one of the many exquisite antique shops, eat sweet delicacies while you walk, sit and enjoy a meal and drink an ice cold Belgian beer in one of the many lovely restaurants there. After all the distractions on our way to the gallery, we finally made it there. We stood in front of the much photographed sign Sorry We’re Closed on a plaque to the right next to the door. As we enter we read on our left in blue letters Nikki Maloof - Gutted ![weirdness lingers, intimacy, anxiety, cover new york times, bird cage, nikki maloof artist, who is, sorry ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a71c55dc33cf0be734b6d_entrance%20sorry%20were%20closed.jpg) ![galleries, brussels, solo exhibition, figurative, female artist, unique, feature, viewing room, gutted, fishes,](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a7eeaffcba428649ac723_entree%20sorry%20were%20closed%20gallery.jpg) Insight Sorry We Are Closed - Full House with Art - Image Courtesy of Catapult Munchies Art Club Before us a spectacular foyer with a grand stairwell. Next to it, a large vase filled with long thin branches with small flowers. The air smells of fresh paint. We are welcomed by the director of the gallery, Émilie Pischedda. After a brief exchange, we move on to the right into the rooms of the ground floor to see the exhibition that was on view at the time from American artist Nikki Maloof. WOW! Pops through my head! The large impressive paintings, hanging on the high white-washed walls, formidable! It totally flashed me. ![ large paintings, pink color, log, new, world, art, artists, auctions, belgium](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a6572c0616b13b5923ad8_gutted%2C%20exhibition%2C%20solo.jpg) ![prominent, drawing paintings collages, luminous tropical lightness, artwork, munchies art club, online ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a7202b68c4f002ab44314_pigs%20head%2C%20painting%2C%20maloof.jpg) Sorry We are Closed current exhibition Nikki Maloof Image Courtesy by Munchies Art Club Nikki Maloof's still-life paintings and drawings on view include gutted and sliced fish, crabs, and shrimps set with intricately drawn patterns found on wallpaper, the tablecloth, the dishes. A large painting with the head of a butchered animal head sits on a plate, and next to it is the recurring meat grinder in Maloof's work, with pinkish string-like minced mixtures flowing from it. ![art platform, feature, exhibition, art show, on view, solo show, brussels, international](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a686ce549797bd6c9ee1f_drawings%20maloof%20artist.jpg) Installation view exhibition Gutted | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club ![brussels, solo exhibition, figurative, female artist, unique, feature, viewing room, ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a7fd2585a1b19faa6280d_who%20is%20nikki%20maloof.jpg) Nikki Maloof | Exhibition Sorry We're Closed gallery| Image credit @ Munchies Art Club Even though the subject matter would normally be unsightly, the artist achieves extraordinary artworks full of energy, colour and beauty. I am mesmerised. The exhibition continues above and we ascend up to the first floor where we are now welcomed by a statue reminding me of a Greek ancient deity. ![art new, world, auctions, unique, young collectors, original, ](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a7f659cfe426ba46ee20c_sorry%20were%20closed%2C%20brussels.jpg) Upstairs Sorry We're Closed | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club ![nikki maloof artist, who is, sorry were closed,munchies art club, prominent, galleries, sablon](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a7f810dfa878e49b5835f_interior%2C%20mansion%2C%20sablon.jpg) Sorry We're Closed | Image credit @ Munchies Art Club ![historical mansion, interior, brussels, on view, international art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a7f91587d5fa71e860e7f_interior%2C%20mansion%2C%20art.jpg) ![weirdness lingers, intimacy, anxiety, cover new york times, bird cage, nikki maloof artist, who is, sorry were closed galleries](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/627a800b585a1bc776a628ca_belgian%20galleries%20sablon.jpg) A Circular wooden banister frames a circle that allows you to look down to the ground floor and up to a non accessible second floor. What an amazing place. Once again we enter two rooms one with a beautiful old fireplace and continue to highly enjoy the works of the artist Maloof. We stay longer than we usually do. The work is full of such interesting details, it's hard to pull away. The exhibition is no longer on view. We were lucky to catch it before it closed. I strongly recommend art lovers when in Brussels to take the time to visit the Sablon district and make sure to visit the Sorry We're Closed gallery and see what they are showing. --- ## Read More about Art Brussels and our visit: [Navigating Art Brussels 2022 with Ernst Koslitsch: A Visual Journey”Munchies Art Club extended an invitation to artist Ernst Koslitsch to explore Art Brussels, its galleries, and the city’s rich cultural and historical heritage.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-809.png)Catapult - The New Munchies Art Club | Critical CuratorsDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/ernst-koslitsch-at-art-brussels-for-munchies-art-club--2.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/art-brussels-2022/) [Discover Art Brussels with a visit by Munchies Art Club MagazineArt Brussels with Catapult Munchies Art Club - Art Fair Highlights![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-810.png)Catapult - The New Munchies Art Club | Critical CuratorsDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/visit-art-brussel--the-new-art-fair-with-munchies-art-club-1.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/art-brussels-2022-contemporary-art-best-of/) [Rodolphe Janssen Gallery Unveils “Sausage Party” Exhibition Adjacent to Art BrusselsDiscover “Sausage Party” at Rodolphe Janssen Gallery—art, innovation, and dialogue.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-811.png)Catapult - The New Munchies Art Club | Critical CuratorsDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/Rodolphe-Janssen-Gallery-Unveils--22Sausage-Party-22-Exhibition-Adjacent-to-Art-Brussels.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/rodolphe-janssen-gallery/) --- ## No fluff. 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