About Spazio Nobile

Rue Franz Merjay 142 & 169

1050 Brussels, Belgium

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About the Co-Founders

Lise Coirier (FR-BE) and Gian Giuseppe Simeone (IT-SE) are the co-founders and directors of Spazio Nobile Gallery (Brussels), established in 2016. Both art historians, they bring complementary backgrounds that bridge contemporary creation, cultural heritage, and international cooperation.

French-born Lise Coirier has lived and worked in Brussels for three decades, dedicating her career to building bridges between art, design, and cultural discourse. As curator, publisher, and cultural entrepreneur, she is also the founder and editor-in-chief of TLmag – True Living of Art & Design, an annual print and digital magazine launched in 2008 that explores contemporary culture through the lens of art and design. Alongside her curatorial work at Spazio Nobile, she has initiated and directed several European cultural projects, including Human Cities and Glass is Tomorrow, and has published widely on fine art and design, reinforcing her commitment to cultural mediation and knowledge production.

Gian Giuseppe Simeone, of Italian-Swedish origin and based in Brussels, is an art historian and archaeologist specialised in the valorisation of artistic and cultural heritage. His work has long focused on positioning culture as a driver of international dialogue and development. Through his consultancy, Culture Lab, he has designed and managed large-scale cultural cooperation projects, often funded by the European Union, that connect contemporary creation and cultural heritage across Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean. He has contributed to major exhibitions, research programmes, and co-productions in the visual arts, music, theatre, and design, while also leading numerous studies and evaluations on the role of culture in fostering social and economic development. He is the author of several reference works on European and international cultural policy and heritage.

Together at Spazio Nobile, Coirier and Simeone curate and promote projects at the crossroads of contemporary fine art, applied arts, and design. Their vision is to highlight the poetics of materiality and the cultural resonance of artistic practices, fostering dialogue between artists, audiences, and institutions on both local and international levels.

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About Spazio Nobile

Spazio Nobile is a contemporary applied art and fine art gallery in Brussels, Belgium, known for its bold exhibitions and commitment to promoting innovative, boundary-pushing work. The gallery presents a range of emerging and established artists and designers from around the world, providing a platform for experimental practices and new creative directions in both fine art and collectable design. When art historians Lise Coirier and Gian Giuseppe Simeone founded Spazio Nobile in 2016, they combined their passions for design and art history to establish a fruitful dialogue with applied art, design and photography. Without boundaries between disciplines, they have created a collection of unique art and design pieces, limited editions and installations, with a particular sensitivity to nature and minerality. The gallery also publishes TLmag_True Living of Art & Design, launched in 2008, an annual international print and online magazine dedicated to curating and capturing the culture of collecting. TLmag has evolved over 15 years with creative influencers, collectors, curators, artists, designers and architects who have shaped the contemporary art and design scene. The magazine and artist monographs are published by Spazio Nobile Editions. Spazio Nobile Studiolo, a permanent showcase in front of the main gallery, has been curated by the gallery since 2020.The co-founders have also extended the gallery experience to their private villa in Tervuren, on the outskirts of Brussels, with Villa Spazio Nobile, and in Sweden, at The 25 Columns, built by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen (watch the Grand Designs’s video), overlooking Lake Siljan from the heights of Plintsberg, Dalarna.