Wide White Space Gallery
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| - | The low rents made the area attractive to both immigrants and those seeking a bohemian lifestyle. The rock bottom prices, for example, made it possible for [[Anny De Dekker]] to open the “[[Wide White Space Gallery]]” (1966-1976) on the ground floor of “Het Bootje”, an architecturally eclectic house on the corner of Schildersstraat and Plaatsnijdersstraat, and now a listed monument. | + | The Wide White Space gallery opened on the ground floor of the house known as "Het Bootje" in [[Antwerp]]'s Plaatsnijdersstraat in Autumn 1966. |
| + | Early exhibitions included works by [[Dr Hugo Heyrman]] (The Happy Spacemaker) and [[Panamarenko]]. | ||
| + | In its first years the gallery hosted many of the leading lights of the European art scene. | ||
| + | The gallery was an initiative of [[Anny De Decker]] and [[Bernd Lohaus]]. It closed in 1976. | ||
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The Wide White Space gallery opened on the ground floor of the house known as "Het Bootje" in Antwerp's Plaatsnijdersstraat in Autumn 1966. Early exhibitions included works by Dr Hugo Heyrman (The Happy Spacemaker) and Panamarenko. In its first years the gallery hosted many of the leading lights of the European art scene. The gallery was an initiative of Anny De Decker and Bernd Lohaus. It closed in 1976.
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