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.
Through the acquisition of the Chauve-Souris et Pavots bracelet, the Braet-Buys-Bartholomeus Fund has enriched our public collections with a unique piece of Philippe Wolfers jewellery.
The InBev-Baillet Latour Fund supports initiatives that safeguard important elements of moveable Belgian heritage. Thanks to the fund, a major work by Hendrick Goltzius has been able to be restored. Calls for 2015 applications to the fund close on 19 May 2015.
The aim of this fund is to safeguard works of art that show the European dimension of Brussels. The fund has supported, for instance, research and restoration of the Passion Reredos, by Güstrow, one of the most prestigious Brabant altarpieces made in the 16th century. Closing date for the call: 30 April 2015.
L’Homme de Tollund (Tollund Man), a magnificent portfolio by Hugo Claus and Serge Vandercam, has recently enriched the Michel Wittock Fund. The Bibliotheca Wittockiana was able to purchase the work with help from the Heritage Fund.
