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Belgium has a long and distinguished artistic tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages. Despite its political and linguistic divisions, the region corresponding to today's Belgium has seen the flourishing of major artistic movements that have had tremendous influence on European art and culture.

Artist  Sam Vanallemeersch  depicts Adolphe Sax and other icons from Belgian culture in a parade for the country's National Day (2014)

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Nowadays, to a certain extent, cultural life is concentrated within each language Community.  Since the 1970s, there are no bilingual universities or colleges in the country except the Royal Military Academy and the Antwerp Maritime Academy, no common media and no single large cultural or scientific organization in which both main communities are represented.

Illustration by Kolchoz

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Monasteries in Belgium were centres of production for religious art such as Carolingian art and Ottonian art.
The area that produced Romanesque Mosan art later on, is now largely in Belgium.
In the later Middle ages the Netherlandish painting was widely acknowledged and Flanders became one of the richest areas in Europe.

The Gravensteen Castle, Gent
It dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353. It has been repurposed as a court, prison and even as a cotton factory.

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The religiously themed Carolingian and Ottonian art was produced in monasteries.

Plaque of Christ Triumphing over Evil,
Rheno-Mosane region, 8C, ivory with blue glass

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Mosan Art (11th, 12th and 13th centuries) is a regional style of art from present-day Wallonia, and western Germany represented with elaborately designed manuscripts with illustration and decoration, metal and enamel work.

Mosan art, early 11C; around 1160-1170
Prov. of the Sainte-Croix church, Liège

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Notable Mosan architecture in Wallonia: Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles  and the churches of Waha and Hastiere, Dinant.

Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, 11C, Nivelles

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Not packed in a bus. Not herded with a group. Self guided walk is the SAFEST way to sightsee!

Ghent has several cathedrals and churches that are definitely worth a visit. Ghent is a city that values beautiful, elegant architecture, which is reflected in its sacred buildings. Some of the most magnificent churches are Saint Bavo Cathedral, Saint-Nicolas' Church and Saint Michael's Church. This self-guided tour will lead you to the most stunning churches in this splendid city.

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Guide Name: Tour of Ghent's Churches
Guide Location: Belgium " Ghent (See other walking tours in Ghent)
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Sightseeing)
# of Attractions: 8
Tour Duration: 3 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 5.5 Km or 3.4 Miles
Author: vickyc
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:

Saint Elisabeth Church

Saint Michael's Church

St. Nicholas' Church

Saint James Church

Saint Bavo Cathedral

Saint Anna Church

St. Peter Abbey

St. Paulus Church

Saint Michael's Church is a Roman Catholic church devoted to the Archangel Michael. Construction of the current church probably began in 1440 and took place in two phases, separated by a long interruption. During the first phase, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the western part of the building was built, including the tower, the three-aisled nave and transept. This was completed in 1530. Continued construction of the steeple started in in 1566. Then, due to religious conflicts, not only did construction stop, but looting and destruction took place, and part of the church was demolished in 1579 by the Calvinists. From 1623 to 1659, the architect Lieven Cruyl worked on the building. The church has a rich neo-Gothic interior, including an altar and a pulpit, and is decorated with Rococo and neoclassic statues and several eighteenth-century and Baroque paintings, including "Christ Dying on the Cross" by Anthony Van Dyck and paintings by De Crayer and Philippe de Champaigne.

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St. Nicholas' Church is one of the oldest and most prominent landmarks in the city. Begun in the early 1200s as a replacement for an earlier Romanesque church, construction continued through the rest of the century in the local Scheldt Gothic style (named after the nearby river). Typical of this style is the use of blue-gray stone from the Tournai area, the single large tower above the crossing, and the slender turrets at the building's corners. The central tower, which was funded in part by the city, served as an observation post and carried the town bells until the neighboring belfry of Ghent was built. These two towers, along with Saint Bavo Cathedral, still define the famous medieval skyline of the city center. One of the treasures of the church is its organ, created by the famous French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.

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Saint Bavo Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, is the seat of the Diocese of Ghent. The building is based upon the Chapel of St. John the Baptist, a primarily wooden construction; it was consecrated in 942. Traces of this original structure are evident in the cathedral's crypt. The chapel was subsequently expanded in the Romanesque style in 1038. From the 14th through the 16th centuries, nearly continuous expansion projects in the Gothic style were executed on the structure. A new choir, radiating chapels, expansions of the transepts, a Chapter-house, nave aisles and a single tower were all added during this period. Construction was considered complete in 1569. The cathedral is noted for its Ghent Altarpiece, formally known as "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb". This altar is considered one of the most important works of the early Northern Renaissance.

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St. Peter Abbey is an old abbey that dates back to the 7th century. It has been rebuilt several times. The current building was built in the 17th century in the Baroque style. It later acquired classic elements, including a portico and columns. Many beautiful decorations and sculptures adorn the abbey.

Walking Tours in Ghent, Belgium

Creating your own self-guided walk in Ghent is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.

Ghent is a beautiful Belgian city, the largest one in the East Flanders province. It boasts many interesting museums and art galleries , many of which showcase contemporary art. The most important museums include the Design Museum, the House of the Alijn Family, the Museum of Folklore and more. An art lover's trip to Ghent won't be complete without a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts and... view more

Tour Duration: 3 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 5.8 Km or 3.6 Miles

Ghent has many local foods and crafts that you will want to buy. There are several specialty shops that sell unique Belgian and Ghent merchandise. Belgium is especially famous for its delicious chocolate and good beer, and there are many stores selling these delicacies. Other specialty shops include bakeries and local designer clothing stores. This self-guided tour will lead you to the best... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.6 Km or 2.2 Miles

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City Walk: Tour of Ghent's Churches, Ghent, Belgium

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Not packed in a bus. Not herded with a group. Self guided walk is the SAFEST way to sightsee! Ghent has several cathedrals and churches that are definitely worth a visit. Ghent is a city that values beautiful, elegant architecture, which is reflected in its sacred buildings.

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The type of book is also known as a "display book". In the Illuminated manuscript the text is supplemented with decoration, initials and illustrations. The majority are of a religious nature. Up to the 12th century, most manuscripts were produced in monasteries in order to add to the library or after receiving a commission from a wealthy patron. By mid 15 century Netherlandish books, especially from Ghent and Bruges, dominated the European market. They were created for an international clientele of princes, dukes, cardinals, bishops, and wealthy burghers.The Virgin and Child with Angels

Master of Guillebert de Mets, Ghent, Belgium, 1450 - 1455
Tempera, gold leaf, ink on parchment

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See the Illuminated Manuscripts in KBR, Brussels (LINK)

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See the Illuminated Manuscripts in KBR, Brussels (LINK)

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Belgium has been hiding a treasure for 600 years

Six centuries ago, Brussels belonged to the rich and powerful Dukes of Burgundy. Skilled politicians and cultured patrons, they established a stirring treasure, a unique and fascinating collection of manuscripts: the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy.

These masterpieces, which have survived the ravages of time and of history, have been looked after for you by KBR. It is now opening its vaults to share the highlights of this fantastic collection via its new museum. The sixteenth-century Chapel of Nassau and the various rooms that surround it will form the backdrop to the museum.

The museum offers you the opportunity to share in Europe's medieval cultural past, and admire beautiful illuminated manuscripts.

Illuminated manuscripts

These days, everyone knows about Jan Van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, but the miniature artists, responsible for producing illuminated manuscripts, are every bit as impressive. So much so that some say that the finest Flemish Primitive paintings can perhaps be found in manuscripts.

It is these original manuscripts that are at the heart of the new museum.

We will tell you the history of these books and the era that produced them. You will find out why you shouldn't trust rabbits, in what way the Middle Ages were hilarious, how mermaids were spotted in Brussels, and discover how history books sometimes lie...
Opening 18 September 2020.
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A museum for everyone

Everybody is different, and so is every museum visit. Choose which course you want to follow:

In-depth tour: Savour the knowledge from Dukes' library. We offer in-depth information on all the documents on display. Take the time to explore each piece in detail.

Discovery tour: Everything you need to know, in a nutshell. The explanations are shorter, but equally historically correct.

Children's tour: Child-friendly explanations - but secretly also fun for adults.

Do you only have time for a flash visit to the museum? Then have a look at the pieces that are not to be missed. They are marked with a golden hourglass.

Museum experience

KBR museum is much more than just looking at manuscripts. There is also a lot to experience! Manuscript characters dance on the ceiling or whisper stories in your ear.

Do you prefer to get hands-on with history? That's possible. Design your own miniature, test your copying skills or date a manuscript. You can also touch the materials that were used to make a manuscript.

Practical information

Opening hours

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm

Closed on Mondays

Closed on 1 January, Easter and Monday 15 August, 1 May, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 21 July, 15 August, 1 November, 11 November, 25 December

Location

KBR - Mont des Arts 28, 1000 Brussels

Entry via the main entrance of KBR.

Both the building and the museum are accessible for visitors with disabilities. Holders of a disabled parking permit can find parking spaces in front of the building, at Boulevard de l'Empereur 4.

Tickets

Standard : 11 EUR

Concessions: 8 EUR
65+, students, groups of min. 15 people

Free:

<18 years, visitors with a disability (+ 1 accompanying adult), Belgian teachers (Lerarenkaart/carte PROF), jobseekers, ICOM card, museumPASSmusées.

Free tickets are only available at the ticket desk.

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Guided tours

In English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish

Duration: 1,5 hours

Max. 15 people per group

Prices:

Week: 85 EUR+ ticket at group rate

Weekend : 95 EUR + ticket at group rate

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Six centuries ago, Brussels belonged to the rich and powerful Dukes of Burgundy. Skilled politicians and cultured patrons, they established a stirring treasure, a unique and fascinating collection of manuscripts: the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy. These masterpieces, which have survived the ravages of time and of history, have been looked after for you by KBR.

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Art from the areas making up modern Belgium
is called Netherlandish (from 1570 until the separation with the Netherlands) and Flemish (until the 18th century)

In the height of Burgundian influence in Europe, the Low Countries became the political and economic centre of Northern Europe, noted for their crafts and luxury goods. A majority of the works created in that time were destroyed during waves of iconoclasm in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today only a few thousand examples survive.

The Low Countries indicated in Latin as Belgico (1631)
The Low Countries include the modern countries of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Flemish Primitives aka Netherlandish Art                                        aka Northern Renaissance   

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Flemish Primitives aka Netherlandish Art                                        aka Northern Renaissance   

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The Northern Renaissance (15th, 16th century) was flourishing in present day Belgium. Especially in the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, Leuven, Tournai and Brussels. This artistic development coincides with the Italian Renaissance, but is considered as an independent evolution.

Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434

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The major Netherlandish painters include Campin, van Eyck,
Rogier van der Weyden, Dieric Bouts, Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes and Hieronymus Bosch.

Hieronymus Bosch, The Temptation of St. Anthony (detail), 1501

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These artists made significant advances in natural representation and illusionism. Their work typically features complex iconography. The subjects are usually religious scenes or small portraits. Before the 16th century landscape was depicted with detail, but thought of  mostly as a background.

Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, 1460.
Van der Weyden moved portraiture away from idealisation and towards more naturalistic representation.

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The materials were generally oil on panel, either as single works or altarpieces in the form of diptychs, triptychs or polyptychs.
The period is also noted for its sculpture, tapestries, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass and carved retables.

Hubert and Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432
This polyptych is seen as the first major work of the Early Netherlandish period.

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See the Ghent Altarpiece (Het Lam Gods) in St Bavo's Cathedral  (LINK) 

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See the Ghent Altarpiece (Het Lam Gods) in St Bavo's Cathedral  (LINK) 

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The Early Flemish painters and brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck's Altarpiece is in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. It was made between 1420 and 1432.

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Hieronymus Bosch (1450 – 1516) is a Netherlandish painter from Brabant.
He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work contains fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives. Within his lifetime his work was collected and widely copied, especially his macabre and nightmarish depictions of hell. His pessimistic and fantastical style cast a wide influence on northern art of the 16th century, with Pieter Bruegel the Elder as best-known follower. Today he is considered a hugely individualistic painter with deep insight into humanity's desires and deepest fears. Only about 25 paintings are confidently recognised as his, along with eight drawings.

Detail from Christ Breaking Down the Gates of Hell, 1540

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From Bosch to Magritte exhibition in SMAK Museum in Gent (LINK)

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From Bosch to Magritte exhibition in SMAK Museum in Gent (LINK)

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2015-2017: roadmap towards a new collection display
The rehanging of the collection of the MSK Ghent started in the autumn of 2015. Under the title "The Golden Age Revisited", we rearranged the galleries with seventeenth-century art from the Netherlands. This year's emphasis is on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which form the basis of the museum's collection. The rehanging will be completed in October 2017, exactly ten years after the previous rehanging of the museum's permanent collection.

The updated display is founded on a chronological tour of the museum, from neo-Classicism around 1800 to the heyday of Surrealism around 1950. Within this general framework, we will create new thematic galleries, as well as adding a multitude of new additions to the collection that will be on display for the first time.

Highlights and newcomers
Highlights - and crowd-pleasers - will be the new monographic galleries on James Ensor, Théo Van Rysselberghe and George Minne, and thematic galleries featuring portrait and landscape, the art of the Sint-Martens-Latem School and the Lys Region, Belgian and international Expressionism, abstract art from the Twenties, and Surrealism. The high-quality overview of Belgian and international art from this period has a modernity that is not yet too well known by the general public.

The museumit will also exhibit recent additions to the collection that have not yet been exhibited in the galleries, such as a work by the young Ford Madox Brown, a life-sized watercolour by Léon Spilliaert, an early plaster sculpture by Auguste Rodin, two abstract paintings by Pierre-Louis Flouquet and a striking painting by Jules Schmalzigaug. We will also exhibit an important series of bequests and donations from the collection of Jozef and Ferdinand De Blieck. They comprise about twenty paintings and sculptures by artists such as Emile Claus, Valerius De Saedeleer, George Minne, Albijn Van den Abeele and Gustave Van de Woestyne.

An encounter between the old and the new
The MSK, from which the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K.) was created, has a long tradition of cooperation with contemporary artists. The reorganisation is a wonderful opportunity to integrate contemporary arts at various crossroads. The museum has invited three contemporary artists - Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh and Ria Verhaeghe - to engage in a dialogue with older art, and to intervene at various locations throughout the museum.

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The Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) revised the presentation of its permanent collection in the autumn of 2017. Ten years after the renovation of the museum building (2002-2007) we took a new, fresh look at our permanent collection.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30 – 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. A painter and printmaker from Brabant, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He was a pioneer in making both subject on focus in large paintings. His choice of themes were innovative and original for his time, as he was from the first generation of artists to grow up when religious subjects had ceased to be the natural subject matter of painting. He also painted no portraits (the other other popular choice) . He traveled to Italy and returned to settle in Antwerp.

The Hunters in the Snow, 1565, oil on wood

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Visit the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels!  (LINK) 

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Visit the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels!  (LINK) 

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The permanent collection includes The Dutch Golden Age and Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s masterpieces as well as many others.

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Flemish Baroque painting refers to the art produced in the Southern Netherlands during Spanish control in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The period roughly begins when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south with the Spanish recapturing of Antwerp in 1585 and goes until about 1700, when Habsburg authority ended.

During this period Belgium had an artistic boom.
It gave birth to the immensely popular Baroque Flemish school of painting.
The cities of Bruges and Antwerp (home to Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens) and Ghent were the richest in the region and became artistic centres.

Peter Paul Rubens, Woman and Boy with Candles, 1616

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Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat.  He lived in Antwerp and is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition. His unique dramatic Baroque style emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality.
He often worked on historical paintings with religious or mythological subjects, hunt scenes, portraits (of friends, and self).
He also designed his own house in Antwerp, where he lived and worked.
The Rubenshuis, is now a museum.

Peter Paul Rubens, Daniel in the Lion's Den (1615)

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From the Flemish Primitives to modern masters and Flemish Expressionists. With Rubens in a leading role. And the world’s most important Ensor collection as pivot point.

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Rubens, Van Eyck, Fouquet, Ensor, Magritte and other great names besides. That's the KMSKA collection. Their art is travelling the world right now or waiting patiently in storage. Because we're renovating our museum. In the meantime, our curators have been working hard on the new presentation of the collection.

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Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. Peter Paul Rubens was his teacher and had a major influence on his work.

Anthony van Dyck, Charles I with M. de St Antoine, 1633

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This time was full of artistic styles and cultural developments in Europe and Belgium had it's sufficient representation.

Movements such as Impressionism, Romanticism, Symbolism (had its roots in Belgium, France and Russia), Expressionism and Surrealism were reflected in the works of the Belgian artists Georges Lemmen, Théo van Rysselberghe, Félicien Rops, Constant Permeke, Rene Magritte, James Ensor, Paul Delvaux, Michaël Borremans, Jan Fabre and many more.

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Félicien Rops (1833 – 1898) was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism.
He was a painter, illustrator and  printmaker.

Pornocrates, 1878

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James Ensor (1860 – 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was an important influence on Expressionism and Surrealism.

Death and the masks, 1897

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The Mu.ZEE collection highlights James Ensor, and Constant Permeke alongside with other temporary exhibitions!

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Constant Permeke (1886 – 1952) was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish Expressionism.

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René Magritte (1898 – 1967) is an emblematic Surrealist artist. His challenges  the perception of reality. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art and conceptual art.

He described his paintings as "visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, 'What does that mean?'. It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable."

Golconda, 1953 (fragm.); Man in a Bowler Hat, 1964; Memory , 1948

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Visit the amazing René Magritte Museum in Brussels (LINK)

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Visit the amazing René Magritte Museum in Brussels (LINK)

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Paul Delvaux (1897 – 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often considered a surrealist although he only briefly identified with the Surrealist movement.

Landscape with lanterns, 1958

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The avant-garde CoBrA (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam) movement  appeared in the 1950s and their name was given by the belgian artist Christian Dotremont.

Their working method was based on spontaneity and experiment, and they drew their inspiration in particular from children’s drawings and from primitive art forms.

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Luc Tuymans (born 1958) is a Belgian visual artist who lives in Antwerp.
He explores our relationship with history and our ability to ignore it.
World War II is a recurring theme in his work. In his paintings, violence often brews and is tangible, but remains out of the picture. The works indirectly show their confusing or traumatic content and cause discomfort to the viewer. He borrows  many visual principles from cinema and observes the shocking reality with the clinical eye of a pathologist.

Singing in the rain, 1996

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Jan Fabre (born 1958) is a Belgian contemporary multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer.

Hommage à Jacques Mesrine, 2011

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Michaël Borremans (born 1963) is a Belgian painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Ghent. His painting technique draws on 18th-century art. His influences are Édouard Manet, Degas and Diego Velázquez. In recent years, he has been using photographs he has made himself or made-to-order sculptures as the basis for his paintings.

What Else Could They Do, 2019

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Belgian architects had been at the forefront of the Neoclassical architecture movement between the mid 18th and 20th centuries.

In the end of the 19th century Art Nouveau style was created by the Belgian architects Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, Paul Hankar, Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde. It was coined as a style in Paris.

The Art Nouveau style was vastly popular in Belgium until after the First World War. Numerous houses designed by Victor Horta survive to this day and are in UNESCO's World Heritage Site.

The spectacular glass cupola of Victor Horta's Van Eetvelde House.

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Visit the world-class Art Nouveau buildings in Brussels! (LINK)

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Visit the world-class Art Nouveau buildings in Brussels! (LINK)

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Away with all those neo-styles, it's time for new materials like iron, steel and glass! The style revolution had already begun in France and Britain, but it was in Belgium that Art Nouveau was born, thanks to the visionary mind of Victor Horta.
It was born in 1893, with the building of the Tassel hotel, which (better than any manifest could have done) gave rise to the new architectural style.

The building was a first major calling card for Horta, who went on to leave his mark on the capital along with the support of other great architects of the end of the 19 th century and beginning of the 20 th century such as Hankar, van de Velde, etc.

The era had moved on from Gothic Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, etc. It was itching for new ideas, materials and an elegant natural style, with a touch of Japan to counter the cold, grey march of industrialism.

It was also a fruitful period for areas for urban development: times were prosperous and the population was more than happy to provide funds for construction. In return, Brussels got Art Nouveau gems that remain to this day the envy of the rest of the world.

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10 must-visit world-class Art Nouveau buildings in Brussels!

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Away with all those neo-styles, it's time for new materials like iron, steel and glass! The style revolution had already begun in France and Britain, but it was in Belgium that Art Nouveau was born, thanks to the visionary mind of Victor Horta.

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Visit the Musical Instrument Museum in BRussels (LINK)

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Visit the Musical Instrument Museum in BRussels (LINK)

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Internationally renowned museum for its collection of over 8,000 instruments.It's built in 1899 by Paul Saintenoy out of girded steel and glass in the Art Nouveau style, as well as the adjoining 18th-century neoclassical building designed by Barnabé Guimard.

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In a beautifully restored complex in Brussels, of which one part is Art Nouveau and the other, neoclassical in design, the 1200 most interesting instruments are assembled in 4 galleries, enhanced by images, sound and text panels. No wonder that, since its opening in 2000, the MIM has become a first…

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Belgian comics played a major role in the development of European comics alongside France.

Comic art, known as bande dessinée or the 9th Art, first became popular in Belgium in the 1920s, but achieved huge popularity internationally after the Second World War. It is considered an essential part of Belgian visual culture, as well as one of the country's main artistic influences internationally.

The best known series, The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, first appeared in 1929, and have been translated into fifty languages, selling a total of 200 million copies.

The Belgian Comic Strip Center, is a museum in Brussels, devoted to Belgian cartoon art.

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Juanjo Guarnido, The Workshop Secrets of a Master - POSTER EN

Famous for his amazing series Blacksad, Juanjo Guarnido is an author whose artistic talent soon swept him to foreign shores. He was born in Spain in 1967, and he has been passionately drawing since...

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The Belgian Comic Strip Center - Museum Brussels

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Juanjo Guarnido, The Workshop Secrets of a Master - POSTER EN Famous for his amazing series Blacksad, Juanjo Guarnido is an author whose artistic talent soon swept him to foreign shores. He was born in Spain in 1967, and he has been passionately drawing since...

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Little illustrations I've made on Belgium