De Zutter art gallery

De Zutter Art Gallery in Knokke-Heist, founded by Michael De Zutter as the MDZ ART GALLERY in 2003, has built a solid reputation over the years in the world of visual arts with presenting art spanning from 1945 to the present, featuring exhibitions of Post-War, CoBrA, and ZERO artists, contemporary masters, and emerging talent.

EXHIBITION

CoBrA:DE ZIEL VAN COBRA: PASSIE VOOR VRIJHEID L’ESPRIT COBRA : LA PASSION DE LA LIBERTÉ

07/08/2026 -

14/09/2026

This exhibition takes you on a journey from 1939 to the late 1980s, following the development of some of the most influential artists associated with the CoBrA movement. While CoBrA officially existed only between 1948 and 1951, its spirit of freedom, spontaneity, and experimentation continued to inspire its members for decades.

The exhibition focuses on five key artists: Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Corneille, Asger Jorn, and Carl-Henning Pedersen. Through their works, you will see how their artistic language evolved—from early experiments before the Second World War to the mature and expressive paintings of the late 1980s.

Together, these artists shared a belief that art should be intuitive, imaginative, and deeply human, making CoBrA one of the most influential avant-garde movements of the twentieth century.

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Michael
De Zutter

My mother introduced “art” in general in our family, but it was my father’s passion for modern and contemporary art that inspired me, Michael DE ZUTTER, to do what I do today. Nobody who knew me was surprised that when I got my law degree, I didn’t go into Law but into Art, and so making my job of my longtime passion.

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