The Foundation’s collection is in demand for this new space in the heart of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. It bears witness to the central role of Brussels in artistic creation at the end of the 19th century.
The exhibition Fabulous tales of beasts and men opened at the Musée Provincial des Arts Anciens du Namurois on 14 November. Two children’s rattles from the Michel Wittock Fund are among the exhibits, as well as a bishop’s crook from the Trésor d’Oignies.
Since 19 October, the De Ganay manuscript - one of the four copies made of the notebook containing Rubens’s theoretical notes - has been the centrepiece of a special exhibition organized by the Rubens House. The manuscript acquired by the King Baudouin Foundation in 2012, has been entrusted to the Rubens House.
Four of the five « word paintings » from the series entitled Le Radeau de la Méduse, jointly created by Hugo Claus and Serge Vandercam, are on show until January 5 2014 as part of the exhibition “Hugo Claus. Omdat ik geen beeld ben” at the Mu.ZEE in Ostend. A large part of Hugo Claus’s pictorial works are assembled in this exhibition.
