What is Meessen De Clercq?
'''Meessen De Clercq''' is a [[contemporary art]] gallery in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Philosophy|url=http://www.meessendeclercq.be/gallery/|access-date=6 July 2016|archive-date=19 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619021856/http://www.meessendeclercq.be/gallery/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lequeux|first1=Emmanuelle|title=Pourquoi Bruxelles attire-t-il le monde de l'art?|journal=Beaux Arts Magazine|date=2014-05-02|pages=126–128}}</ref> The gallery is in an old building with three floors.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lorent|first1=Claude|title=A propos des mutations des galeries|journal=La Libre|date=2015-12-11|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Auwelaert|first1=Patrick|title=Brusselse topgaleries (5) Galerie Meessen De Clercq|journal=Kunst Tijdschrift Vlaanderen|date=2014-12-01|pages=361–362}}</ref> In 2007, [[art historian]] Olivier Meessen and art lover Jan De Clercq began to work to start a contemporary art gallery in [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Meessen et De Clercq, le wallon et le flamand|journal=Connaissance des Arts|date=2012-12-01}}</ref> In April 2008 the gallery opened, with a group show of works by seven artists. After this first show, the gallery closed to rebuild it. From September 2008 the gallery re-opened with group and solo shows by both older and new artists.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Legrand|first1=Dominique|title=Galeriste, sans chloroforme|url=http://archives.lesoir.be/arts-plastiques-un-nouveau-lieu-pour-l-art_t-20080417-00FQ2Y.html?queryand=%22galeriste+sans+chloroforme%22+&queryor=galeriste+sans+chloroforme+&firstHit=0&by=10&when=-1&begYear=1989&begMonth=01&begDay=01&endYear=2016&endMonth=07&endDay=05&sort=datedesc&nomau=+Dominique+&rub=CULT&rub2=&pos=0&all=1&nav=1|website=lesoir.be|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> == Artists == Artists who show their work include:<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Van den Storm|first1=Dieter|title=Meessen De Clercq, een olivlek voor jong talent|journal=De Standaard Magazine|date=2014-04-26|page