Het Fonds Orcona kocht recent het ‘Archief James Ensor’: de vrucht van 40 jaar onderzoek over Ensor en zijn tijdgenoten. Deze belangrijke bron voor onderzoek werd in bewaring gegeven aan Mu.ZEE in Oostende. Zo blijft de kennis over Ensor in België en toegankelijk voor een breed publiek.
A bust, probably representing the violinist Irma Sèthe, one of Eugène Ysaÿe’s students and a central figure in the Belgian avant-garde, has joined the KBR Museum thanks to the intervention of the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund, managed by the KBF.
The Comte Thierry de Looz-Corswarem Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has acquired an extremely rare, 18th century Meissen porcelain bowl that was part of the armorial service of Charles-Alexander of Lorraine. As of today, the bowl is on show for everyone to admire at the City of Brussels Museum, in the King’s House. A real feast for the eyes!
In 2024, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Surrealism. The opportunity to highlight our Prize Jacqueline Nonkels! This prize is awarded to an initiative that contributes to the conservation and promotion of Belgian Surrealist heritage.
The Marie-Jeanne Dauchy Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has acquired Léon Spilliaert’s design for the cover of Fernand Crommelynck’s play 'Le Sculpteur de Masques', published by Léon Deman. The work has been entrusted to the Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium.
