The Léon Courtin-Marcelle Bouché Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has purchased two remarkable 18th century cabaret trays in Tournai porcelain. The oval trays were used to present a small coffee or tea service for one or two people.
The Malines terrine, the Ondine table centrepiece and Marcel Wolfers’ Mirador candelabras are among the silverware masterpieces from the King Baudouin Foundation’s collection on show until 20 October 2013 at the New imperial style (De nieuwe stijl van de keizer )exhibition at the Umicore Zilverpaviljoen in Antwerp.
On the initiative of the Laubespin Lagarde Fund, the Société Archéologique de Namur has published a reference book and mounted a double exhibition entitled Freÿr-sur-Meuse. Un patrimoine exceptionnel en province de Namur. From 3 May to 22 September 2013 at the Château de Freÿr and the Musée des Arts Anciens du Namurois respectively.
A book and three DVDs on art films in Belgium during the 1940s and 1950s
made by people such as Charles Dekeukeleire, André Cauvin, Henri Storck, Paul Haesaerts and Luc de Heusch. The latter was able to be produced thanks to support from the Léon Courtin-Marcelle Bouché Fund.
The Bibliotheca Wittockiana has organized Papier-Papier, a competition and an exhibition of paper bookbinding. The first prize, offered by the King Baudouin Foundation, was awarded for the project of two students at the Cambre, Jessica Astier and Camille Boisaubert. From 19 April to 9 June 2013 at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels
