Jef Cornelis

Biography Jef Cornelis (Antwerp, Belgium, 1941) Jef Cornelis is a film director living and working in Antwerp. Cornelis works for Belgian television (BRTN) since 1963. The films Cornelis has directed on art, architecture, literature, theater and opera include Picasso in Paris (1966); documenta 4 (1968); James Lee Byars (1968/69); Marcel Broodthaers: Museum for 17th Century Art (1969); Daniel Buren (1971, 1986); Sonsbeek buiten de Perken (1971); Dutch Architecture, 1920 to 1940 (1971); Europalia: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ’60 – ’70 (1971); documenta 5 (1972); Art as Critisism – When is Art Not Critical? (1973); The Paris Biennial (1985); OMA: Rem Koolhaas (1985); De langste dag (1986); Sonsbeek ’86 (1986); Dames en Heren, Jan Fabre (1990); 5 films on South American art and culture at the occasion of the exhibition America Bride of the Sun (Antwerp, 1991); Voyage à Paris (1992); The Music Box (1993); Les Vacances de Monsieur Magritte (1994); Brussel, scherven van geluk (1995); and C’est moy que je peins (1995).

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Facts and Rumours

Each year, since its inception in 1990, Witte de With invited an artist to curate an exhibition. Witte de With encourages each guest curator to develop his project according to his own personal choices so that the resulting exhibition offers …Read more

Call it Sleep

Each year, since its inception in 1990, Witte de With has invited an artist to curate an exhibition. To mark the 100th anniversary of cinema, Witte de With invited a guest curator from the world of film and television: Jef …Read more

Vaast Colson, Together in a tree-trunk, 1985-2005 Courtesy of the artist

Monopolis – Antwerp

Witte de With presents Monopolis – Antwerp, an exhibition organised in collaboration with three contemporary art centers in Antwerp: MuHKA, Extra City en objectif_exhibitions. Friday 9 September 2005: debate at 3:00 PM, opening from 5:30 PM, with performance by Building Transmissions at …Read more