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Active for more than 25 years in the art world, Virginie Devillez is recognised as a Belgian and international art expert and dealer. She recently sold paintings by Anna Boch to the Musée d’Orsay (Paris) and Mu.ZEE (Ostend), by Marthe Donas to the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and by Evelyne Axell to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels). She holds a PhD in from the Université libre de Bruxelles (2001), published under the title Le Retour à l’Ordre. Art et Politique en Belgique (1918-1945) and awarded the Suzanne Tassier prize by the Royal Academy of Belgium.
Curator at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium from 2001 to 2013, Virginie Devillez was the lead project manager of the Magritte Museum inaugurated in 2009. She was also a member of the Acquisition Committee of the Ixelles Museum.
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From 2013 to 2016, Virginie Devillez managed internationally renowned contemporary art galleries (Daniel Templon, Micheline Szwajcer) before joining Sotheby’s where, from 2016 to 2023, she was an expert in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art. In this framework, she was responsible for the sale of a large number of works by René Magritte and historical Belgian collections.
Virginie Devillez is currently a member of the Committee for the authentification of works by René Magritte, a scientific collaborator of the Université libre de Bruxelles and independent curator, including the Anna Boch exhibition in the Museums of Ostend and Pont-Aven (2023-2024). She is currently curating a René Magritte exhibition at the Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en Provence (2028).
Active for more than 25 years in the art world, Virginie Devillez is recognised as a Belgian and international art expert and dealer. She recently sold paintings by Anna Boch to the Musée d’Orsay (Paris) and Mu.ZEE (Ostend), by Marthe Donas to the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and by Evelyne Axell to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels). She holds a PhD in from the Université libre de Bruxelles (2001), published under the title Le Retour à l’Ordre. Art et Politique en Belgique (1918-1945) and awarded the Suzanne Tassier prize by the Royal Academy of Belgium. Curator at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium from 2001 to 2013, Virginie Devillez was the lead project manager of the Magritte Museum inaugurated in 2009. She was also a member of the Acquisition Committee of the Ixelles Museum.
From 2013 to 2016, Virginie Devillez managed internationally renowned contemporary art galleries (Daniel Templon, Micheline Szwajcer) before joining Sotheby’s where, from 2016 to 2023, she was an expert in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art. In this framework, she was responsible for the sale of a large number of works by René Magritte and historical Belgian collections. Virginie Devillez is currently a member of the Committee for the authentification of works by René Magritte, a scientific collaborator of the Université libre de Bruxelles and independent curator, including the Anna Boch exhibition in the Museums of Ostend and Pont-Aven (2023-2024). She is currently curating a René Magritte exhibition at the Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en Provence (2028).
© Ch. Herscovici, avec son aimable autorisation