The Heritage Fund has purchased a series of 13 preparatory drawings by Hans Bol, as well as the Adrien Collaert prints made from them. The series will enrich the Royal Library’s collection.
From 8 to 11 November, the BELvue Museum is organising a number of activities around the exhibition Notre Congo. La propagande coloniale belge dévoilée. On 11 November, you can also take part in guided visits and lectures on the theme of World War I.
On 17 November 2014, Ethnocoll is organising a symposium on the challenges facing ethnographic and non-European collections and the legal aspects regarding their return.
An Art Deco vase ‘au poulpe’, designed by Charles Catteau for the Boch Frères company in La Louvière, illustrates the impact of archaeological discoveries from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages in Greece. The vase is one of the masterpieces from the Claire De Pauw - Marcel Stal collection.
It is with great sadness that the King Baudouin Foundation has learned of the unexpected death of Sir Pierre Bauchau. In 1999, Pierre Bauchau and his wife donated to the Foundation a ewer and basin made by Théodore Rasier and which had once belonged to Rubens. This act of great generosity pioneered a new type of patronage, one that has continued to develop ever since.
