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COLLOQUIUM : Before and after? Continuity or rupture? Belgian art around World War I (24 & 25.11.2016)
Published on 02.09.2016
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are organising an international scientific colloquium dedicated to the place of Belgian Art in a European context. For reasons of generational confrontation, the avant-garde and more traditional or singular positions are covered as well.
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium will celebrate their 215th birthday
Published on 02.09.2016
Exactly 215 years ago, on September 1st 1801, Napoleon Bonaparte signed the ‘Chaptal decree’ creating 15 departmental museums including the one in Brussels: hence the future Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium were born. From a few dozen paintings sent from Paris at the time, the collection has expanded to more than 20,000 works today, tracing the history of art from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century.
Public Organization of the Year 2016
Published on 06.07.2016
On Tuesday 28 June, after a big moment of suspense, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium obtained a position as a finalist for the Public Organization of the Year award.
The Museum's got talent: second edition!
Published on 15.01.2016
After the raving success of last year, even more staff members signed up and contributed to this extraordinary exhibition.
