Poles are obstacles on my daily path. If you are daydreaming and try to pass through you will bump. Well this one in modern art museum Wiels in Brussels is a nice one with the recycled stickers that you are given when entering the museum.
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It is really sad in Antwerp.
Very sad…
And lonely.
Very lonely…
Like this:
Living in Saint Gilles of Brussels I am fond of art nouveau. Actually my place is located only a few streets far from the house of Victor Horta.
Today returning from the hair dresser I was waiting for the tram in front of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts. As the public transport in Brussels is already with the summer schedule waiting times are rather long. The tram stop is just in front of the stairs to the museum. I have decided to enter to see the new exhibition about the Hotel Aubecq, which is a house designed by Victor Horta for Belgian industrialist Octave Aubecq, the co-founder of cookware manufacturer Le Creuset. Here is some facts about the house:
- The house was designed with three facades in order to allow maximal exposure to natural light. Construction of the frame and exterior lasted from 1899 to 1902; the interior construction was completed in 1904.
- Hôtel Aubecq was destroyed in 1949, but some of the facades have been saved with the hope that it will someday be rebuilt. One of them can be found at the entrance to Tenbosch Park, approximately 300 meters from its original location.
- Some of the original interior pieces from the house, including stained glass and wood furniture, are now on display at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Even before moving to Saint Gilles some years ago, I remember trying to find and visit the museum of Victor Horta with my father. Since May the 29th, it is the second time I am visiting an exhibition with his soul surrounding me. Today while visiting the exhibition I also recalled our memories with the fine furniture that was presented in Orsay museum. Well today it was rather a high-speed exhibition visit, I think i stayed less than 10 minutes without entering the video room. Since the exhibition will remain open I guess I will pay another visit later in August also I have to visit the warehouse where they keep the facade of the house. In my to-do list I have to add more visits to the art nouveau houses especially in Saint Gilles.
Here are the details concerning the exhibition:
In commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of the Belgian architect Victor Horta, Brussels-Capital Region’s is proud to celebrate a unique heritage: the facade of the Aubecq hotel. The facade of this outstanding architectural achievement has been saved from demolition and fully restored. It will be shown to the public from the 1st of July to the 9th of October, as part of an exhibition dedicated to this masterpiece. For the occasion, a number of Horta’s period furniture designs will be brought together and exhibited in collaboration with the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Exhibition
Joining fragments together, assembling dispersed pieces, the exhibition retraces the building’s eventful history, from its construction to its recomposition, and invites the visitor behind the scenes of this architecture and its creator.
Place
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
rue de la Régence 3
1000 Brussels
Opening hours
The exhibition is open free of charge
Tuesdays to Sundays
from 10:00 to 17:00
Access
métro 1, 5
trams 92, 93
bus 27, 38, 71, 95
Brussels Central railway station
Visiting the warehouse
Guided tours of the warehouse where the façade stones are kept will also be arranged throughout the exhibition.
Brussels is a bizarre city. Although its located few blocks away I never been to the Museum of Fantastic Art.
The “ETRUSCHI IN EUROPA” exhibition, conceived and organised by Historia, is an extraordinary voyage of discovery of an ancient people who lived in Central Italy between the 9th and 2nd centuries BC. The tour of the exhibition features video facilities using excellent images recorded in the original sites and in 18 prestigious Italian museums. The visitor can discover the great Etruscan civilisation on a single visit which will bring them from the origins through to Romanisation, by way of the great and powerful cities of the period, showing how everyday life was lived inside homes, clothing worn, the world of the hereafter, and Etruscan art using gold, ceramics and bronze.
Numerous images of original objects and virtual reconstructions are rendered in 3D using special technology which allows viewing on dedicated screens with and without the help of two-colour filter glasses.
The reliefs, 3D reconstructions and renderings – displayed in over 500 square metres of floor space – are the work of the 3DOM Research Unit of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler, in collaboration with the Fondazione Graphitech – Centre for Advanced Computer Graphics Technologies.
“ETRUSCHI IN EUROPA” a Multimedia Exhibition
9 October 2010 – 24 April 2011
Musée du Cinquantenaire
Brussels
On the 26th of February, Museum Night Fever will be braving the wintry weathers once again to offer you a wild night! 19 Brussels museums and over 500 young people have let their creativity run free to concoct a seismic programme for you: pop/rock/folk concerts, games, fashion shows, installations, dance, performances… and a spectacular afterparty at BOZAR. Nothing will be left out!
If you think that you already know the Brussels Museums inside out, this night will leave you speachless!
26/2 – 18.00 > 00.00 : MNF 2011 INFORMATION POINT @ BIP (RUE ROYALE 2-4, AT THE DESK OF BRUSSELS TOURISM – BITC)
Here is my self schedule for tonight, I do not know if I can make it to all but for sure I will be at the Wiels for the new exhibition of David Claerbout.
I have been to the major survey of Francis Alÿs (born in Antwerp in 1959) at Wiels.
sometimes doing something leads to nothing
Lodz sinema müzesinin bahçesinde sürreal bir yolculuk. Dev topuklu ayakkabı, telefon, tabak çatallar…
Eylül sonundan Aralık başına kadar Brüksel’de her hafta belirli müzeler Nocturnes kapsamında akşamları kapılarını açıyor. Ben haftaya oyuncak müzesine gitmek istiyorum.
