Urban Societies

June 2025 – January 2027, an Urban Societies chapter and exhibition series on the theme of the cigarette, in the smoking room of Le New Touquet, a bar in Saint-Gilles, before the ban on smoking rooms in Belgium, with a wall painting by Ralph Schuster echoing the colors of the cigarette.

The Smoking Room – Le New Touquet
Chaussée de Waterloo 8
1060 Brussels
@damichele_chezmichel

Urban Societies is a Brussels-based curatorial platform exploring contemporary art through exhibitions in shifting locations. Rooted in context and dialogue, the project evolves fluidly—open to changes in form, tone, and intention. The Smoking Room programme is one temporary chapter within this broader framework.

– Sébastien Ricou
sebastienricou.com