The King Baudouin Foundation was able to acquire the ‘Recueil des plus beaux airs de ce temps’ composed in 1620, at Arenberg Auctions on 13 October, 2018. The manuscript has some thirty full-page miniatures, created on vellum and silk, all of exceptional quality.
Ensor’s masterpiece "Squelette regardant chinoiseries" (Skeleton looking at Chinoiseries) is on loan this autumn to the Vienna Kunstforum, as part of an important exhibition on Japonisme.
Our series of five ‘word paintings’ by Hugo Claus and Serge Vandercam, "Le Radeau de la Méduse" , lies at the heart of a new exhibition at the Royal Fine Arts Museums of Belgium. This chef d’oeuvre is just one of several works by the two artists on show until 27 January 2019.
Discover the masterpieces of Brussels artist Théodore van Loon at the BOZAR. Support from the René and Karin Jonckheere Fund and the Baillet Latour Fund has enabled the light of yesteryear to be returned to this exceptional heritage!
So, what could Utopia be like, this imaginary island where everything is guided by reason? The only original engraving that remains of the island described by Thomas More has been able to be acquired by the King Baudouin Foundation. It is now available for everyone to see at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp.
