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Article date: Thursday, October 12, 2023

Dorothy Iannone – Love Is Forever, Isn’t It ? in MuHka, Antwerp

The exhibition Love Is Forever, Isn't It? presents one of the most comprehensive surveys of Dorothy Iannone's prolific body of work, to be showcased at M HKA.

Article date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Turning Heads Bruegel, Rubens and Rembrandt in KMSKA Antwerp

Faces are very much in the spotlight at the KMSKA this autumn. Our first major exhibition after the museum’s grand reopening focuses on the development of a new genre, the head study.

Article date: Tuesday, October 10, 2023

The Museum St John's Hospital in Bruges Reopens as New Museum focusing on Care and Hospitality

The St John's Hospital in Bruges, one of the oldest and best-preserved hospital buildings in Europe, reopens on 16 December as a completely new, contemporary museum. The new museum is conceived as a place that speaks to the heart, where hospitality - in all senses of the word - and care - through all ages - are central.

Article date: Thursday, October 5, 2023

Museum Visits in The Netherlands Show Significant Recovery in 2022, But Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

In 2022, there were a total of 23.5 million museum visits, despite the mandatory closure in the first 4 weeks of the year. While the return of the public is good news for the sector, the rising costs are putting significant pressure on museums.

Article date: Thursday, October 5, 2023

The Royal Military Museum Belgium Celebrates its Centenary on the Cinquantenaire Site in Brussels

The Museum’s story starts in the 19th century. The Jubilee Park is then just an exercise ground for the Civic Guard who holds its Sunday meetings there. Urban expansion creates a residential area, connecting the town to its suburbs.

Article date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023

New Masterpiece in the Collection of Museum M, Belgium

M Leuven has acquired a unique 15th-century drawing from the circle of Rogier van der Weyden. The Swooning of the Blessed Virgin and two Marys (c. 1458-1469) was previously on long-term loan to M from 2011 to 2017.

Article date: Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Flemish Minister of Culture, Jan Jambon, allocates an Extra 18 Million Euros a Year for the Cultural Heritage Sector

The Flemish Government has decided to allocate an additional 18 million euros over the next five years to the cultural heritage sector. This brings the total amount for structural operational subsidies within the Cultural Heritage Decree to 51.5 million euros per year.

Article date: Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Wright Morris - The Home Place

Foam has opened 2020 with the first-ever exhibition in the Netherlands of the celebrated American author Wright Morris (1910-1998). As well as being a writer, Morris devoted a short period of his life to photography. In his own distinctive way, he portrayed the poverty and decline that plagued the United States in the 1930s and 40s.

Article date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019

M Leuven Presents Solo Show by Belgian Artist Nel Aerts

Starting on 25 October 2019, M is presenting a solo exhibition by the Belgian artist Nel Aerts (1987, Turnhout). Aerts transformes the architecture of the hall and thus introduces her own universe into the museum. The exhibition brings together both older and new work, including a series of new sculptures that Aerts is exhibiting for the first time.

Article date: Monday, October 7, 2019

RKD Acquires Previously Unknown Letters, Postcards and Photos by Piet Mondrian

The RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History purchased eighteen unknown letters and postcards by Piet Mondrian at an auction in Paris. The letters were to the Remonstrant cleric and collector Hendrik van Assendelft, and to an American couple who were fellow artists. The letters to Van Assendelft contain new information on Mondrian's stay in the Netherlands during the First World War, when his work underwent the crucial development from naturalistic to abstract. The letters show that Van Assendelft was an important sounding board for Mondrian.

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