NEWSLETTER
FAIR PROGRAMME
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21/01/2014
Treasures to hand down, wonderful stories to share
By François Schuiten, comic book artist and scenographer, and Dominique Allard, Director of the King Baudouin Foundation
The King Baudouin Foundation’s devotion to the transmission of cultural...
22/01/2014
Living with Style
By Axel Vervoordt, gallery owner, antique dealer, interior designer....
Axel Vervoordt is considered one of the most original and adventurous collectors and dealers of our time. His is known worldwide for...
23/01/2014
The Enchanted Pose rediscovered – When a Magritte hides a Magritte...
By Michael Duffy, Painting Conservator, and Danielle Johnson, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture - Museum of Modern Art, New York
During the preparation of the exhibition...
24/01/2014
What a mask can say: thoughts on the iconography of a RMCA Luba masterpiece
By Dr Julien VOLPER, art historian, researcher and assistant curator of the section of ethnography at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (RMCA)
The famous horned helmet mask collected by Oscar...
26/01/2014
Leonardo da Vinci and The Book Of Doom
By Simon Hewitt, Oxford-trained art historian and art-market journalist since 1985
An investigation into the origins of Leonardo's recently discovered Portrait of Bianca Sforza (1482/3-96) –...
28/01/2014
The History and Evolution of Interior Decoration from 1850 to today
By Gerald WATELET, stylist, TV presenter, chef, and… interior designer
Creativity has been a human characteristic since the beginning of time, and consciously or unconsciously, people have always...
30/01/2014
New insights into the paintings and drawings of Hieronymus Bosch
By Prof.Dr. Fritz Koreny, former Curator of German and Dutch drawings at the Albertina Graphic Collection (1971-2000) and Professor at the Institute of Art History at the University of Vienna.
Critical...
31/01/2014
The Conservation Process for Antique Tapestries
The conservation of a tapestry involves cleaning, visual integration, lining, hanging and storing. All these aspects will be discussed ...
01/02/2014
Shipwrecked Secrets: Rediscovering the Ancient World along the Maritime Silk Route.
In the warm tropical seas of South East Asia, there is a world of adventure, ancient shipwrecks, trade routes, and precious cultural finds. Nicolai von...