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An Authentic Spirit Permeates His New Home Furnishings Collection

Axel Vervoordt

Vision — Axel Vervoordt

Vandendriessche lives in a former military barrack that dates back to 1614. In his garden, which was designed by the late landscape luminary Jacques Wirtz, there is even an original pigeon tower, once used for sending messages to surrounding castles. Architects Claire Bataille and Paul Ibens renovated the elongated stone building in the 1980s in […]

Boris Vervoordt and Michael Gardner’s home in Antwerp.

Design lessons from the master of humble luxury

The Belgian collector, antiques dealer and designer outlines what the art and objects in his library mean to him

Axel Vervoordt has earned renown as a collector, antiquarian, interior designer and, most recently, curator. He counts among his clientele royalty, rock stars, financiers, tech tycoons and artists. Yet he has little interest in “style,” at least as it is currently defined, because essentially, Vervoordt is…

Much like his Wong Chuk Hang gallery, renowned art curator Boris Vervoordt’s Antwerp home is a treasure trove that brims with family, art and authenticity

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Photographer David Prince looks inside.

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