Rui Chafes X Alberto Giacometti

The exhibition Rui Chafes X Alberto Giacometti: Gris Vide Cris III, co-organized by Museum Beelden aan Zee, the Fondation Giacometti and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, brings together the work of two artists separated by space, time, and visual language. 

Portuguese sculptor Rui Chafes (Lisbon, 1966) was born the same year Alberto Giacometti (Borgonovo, 1901 – Chur, 1966) passed away. Both artists strive for a state of immateriality and transcendence, attempting to give form to the invisible: Giacometti through a process of dematerialisation; Rui Chafes by pushing the boundaries of the material iron. Through his abstract installations, Chafes offers visitors a unique, sensory experience of Giacometti’s work, in which stillness takes centre stage. This will be Rui Chafes’ first exhibition in the Netherlands.

Curators: Helena Freitas and Brigitte Bloksma

Thumbnail: Alberto Giacometti, Standing Woman, 1956 © Succession Alberto Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Header: Rui Chafes, La Nuit, 2018 with Alberto Giacometti, The Nose, 1947-1950. Collection Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris, 2025