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  • View of “John Cornu and Peter Downsbrough,” 2018. Photo: Gilles Ribero.

    View of “John Cornu and Peter Downsbrough,” 2018. Photo: Gilles Ribero.

    John Cornu and Peter Downsbrough

    Attic

    If many alternative art venues are tucked away in backyards or basements, attic, as the name suggests, sits at the other end of the spectrum—it occupies the top floor of a building that used to be home to a publishing company. The floor has recently been taken over by several galleries and transformed into one of the Belgian capital’s contemporary art hubs. After entering the imposing edifice and climbing the stairs, the visitor found herself not in a refined white cube but in a kind of garret room, where it quickly became clear that this dual presentation of works by John Cornu and Peter

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