program and activities 2011
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- until 23rd January 2011 > EXHIBITION ‘Luc Tuymans: A vision of Central Europe’ [in the scope of Brugge Centraal]
- until 30th January 2011 > EXHIBITION 'Van Eyck to Dürer' [in the scope of Brugge Centraal]
- 8 April - 16 October 2011 > EXHIBITION ‘The Origin of Bruges’
- 29 September 2011 to 26 February 2012 > EXHIBITION 'Sick in Bruges'
Arentshuis, Belfort, Hallen, Memling in Sint-Jan Hospitaalmuseum,Forum+ (Concertgebouw), Grootseminarie
open every day from 9:30 to 17:00, except on Monday
€ 11 (indiv.) | € 9 (red.) | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free to children under 6 and Bruges residents
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Born in 1958, Luc Tuymans is one of the leading artists of his generation. His fascination with Central Europe’s eventful history has been translated into a highly personal exhibition. Some thirty refreshingly innovative artists from that region show work that displays a clear vision of society. Like Tuymans, they don’t shy away from themes such as war, violence and trauma.
A key role is allocated to animation film, a genre Central Europe excels in and which the art world is increasingly embracing. Work will be shown by internationally celebrated animation artists from that region.
In the run-up to the exhibition, Pawel Althamer’s striking work ‘Balloon’ will hover above Bruges.
The exhibition trail will lead to five locations in the city, providing an idiosyncratic and up-to-the-minute view of a region on the move.
Curator: Luc Tuymans with the cooperation of Edwin Carels (in association with Cinema Lumière)
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Groeningemuseum
open every day from 9:30 to 17:00, except on Monday
€ 11 (indiv.) | € 9 (red.) | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free to children under 6 and Bruges residents
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In the fifteenth century the Flemish Primitives triggered an artistic revolution in Central Europe. Talented painters like Jan van Eyck with his brilliant eye for detail, introduced new painting styles and techniques. Their influence spread rapidly and inspired scores of artists, including the painter, draughtsman and etcher Albrecht Dürer.
Van Eyck and Dürer are two great masters from the period 1420-1530. A pioneering exhibition brings together first-rate works by them and some of their contemporaries, drawn from notable European and American collections. Paintings and other art forms will illustrate the interaction between the Flemish Primitives and art in Central Europe. The exhibition looks set to be one of the cultural experiences of 2010.
With masterpieces by Bouts, Campin, Dürer, Lochner, Memling, Schongauer, van der Goes, van der Weyden, Van Eyck, ...
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Bruggemuseum-Gruuthuse
open every day from 9:30 to 17:00 | closed on Mondays
€ 6 | € 5 | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free for children under 6 years and Bruges residents
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Bruges was a thriving market town. Everyone also knows Jan Breydel, Pieter de Coninck and the Dukes of Burgundy. But what was it like before that? How is it that a city was founded at this exact spot? The exhibition takes you to the source: you discover the early history of the Bruges region and all its myths which have emerged over the centuries. For example, Bruges would have been situated near the beach, there were Roman soldiers all over the place, and it was founded by the Vikings. Recent archaeological finds, however, tell quite different stories. Sources are being interpreted differently nowadays. The exhibition illustrates the first human traces, the landscape evolution and the way man adapted to this environment.
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29 September 2011 to 26 February 2012 > EXHIBITION 'Sick in Bruges' Top
Memling in Sint-Jan
open every day from 9:30 to 17:00 | closed on Mondays
€ 8 (indiv.) | € 6 (red.) | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free for children under 6 years and Bruges residents
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Nowadays, medical science is advancing at a rapid rate, but this is not the way it has always been. In centuries gone by, doctors, surgeons, nurses and apothecaries struggled to do their best with the limited means at their disposal to improve the lot of their fellow man, by curing the sick where they could or by offering a gentle and pain-free death to those who were beyond help. The age of herbal remedies, the cruel torments of the plague, and the veneration of the so-called 'healer' saints are all vividly brought back to life in the old wards of the medieval Sint-Jan Hospital.
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