A former Soviet Akcent

A new art gallery recently opened across the road from my office here in Brussels. Called the Akcent Gallery, it specializes in "Modern and contemporary art from former Soviet countries". I popped in there for the first time today to see a very interesting small exhibition called 'Accents of Socialist Realism' (my favourite canvas: a 1975 work called 'Woman crane driver'). The gallery, on Chaussee de Vleurgat, is run by a friendly Ukrainian expat called Anzhela Prazdnichnykh. Anzhela explained to me that the next exhibition will be of paintings from Georgia. Here's looking forward to it.

Accents of Socialist Realism is at the Akcent Gallery, Brussels until November 23rd.