Set on the site of the Boch Keramis factory in La Louvière, the new ceramics museum has opened its doors and is currently exhibiting some six hundred vases from the King Baudouin Foundation’s Catteau Collection.
As part of the exhibition « Les Plaisirs des Jardins au XVIIIe siècle » at the Château de Seneffe museum, visitors can discover four terrines and a trompe-l’œil acquired by the Léon Courtin – Marcelle Bouché Fund. This earthenware demonstrates the interest in everything relating to gardens, flora and fauna during the Age of Enlightenment.
The art deco chalice donated to the King Baudouin Foundation in 2013 is on show at the M-Museum in Leuven, until 12 July 2015. This modern liturgical piece was designed by the Benedictine monk Dom Martin and made by the Maison Wolfers Frères.
The Espace René Carcan, in partnership with the King Baudouin Foundation, is presenting a series of works submitted by candidates for the 2014 International René Carcan Prize for Printmaking. No less than 90 engravings will be on show at the BELvue Museum until 22 March 2015.
Thanks to support from the Heritage Foundation, the Groeninge Museum in Bruges has been enriched with a testimony to the art of Bruges manuscript illumination. This pre-Van Eyck manuscript has been the subject of extensive research. The result of this research is now presented as part of the exhibition The Bowet Book of Hours. A Bruges Masterpiece.
