As we mark our 170th anniversary, it is a pleasure to welcome the work of Chantal Maquet to Galerie Indépendance, reaffirming our commitment to contemporary creation and cultural dialogue.
Chantal Maquet’s exhibition presents scenes of work and moments of leisure, professional environments and vacations.
Her art brings past and present into conversation and reveal the continuity of everyday life and the shared rhythms that connect individual and collective experience over time. This exhibition offers a thoughtful way to engage with our past through a contemporary and deeply human perspective.
Chantal Maquet’s practice is based on a singular approach: she collects anonymous photographs found at flea markets or drawn from family archives, such as those of grandparents. For the artist, these images are not mere documents, but fragments of lives, bearing witness to meaningful moments for the people depicted. They thus become a raw material that she reinterprets and transforms through painting.
To mark our 170th anniversary, we commissioned Luxembourgish artist Chantal Maquet to create three new works inspired by the Bank’s photographic archives. Rather than illustrating history, Maquet approached the archive as a living ecosystem, one shaped by people, gestures, habits, and the quiet evolution of work.
A meeting of the bank’s public façade and its internal systems, linking arrival with movement.
Entry Point, 2026
140 x 75 cm
Oil on canvas
The headquarters occupied by BIL between 1902 and 1989, on Boulevard Royal, now houses the Central Bank of Luxembourg.
A layered view of office life across decades, where tools change but gestures endure.
Carbon Copy, 2026
140 x 120 cm
Oil on canvas
The evolution of the trading room over time.
An exploration of waiting spaces, from reception areas to the vault, where stillness meets control.
Holding Area, 2026
140 x 130 cm
Oil on canvas
Inaugurated in 1989, the Indépendance headquarters offers a direct view of the vaults and the reception hall.
Discover the exhibition from a whole new perspective through our interactive virtual tour. Explore and enjoy an immersive experience as if you were really there.
An experience created in partnership with Virtual Rangers, specialists in designing immersive interactive environments.
Exhibition brochure