Gallery sights in Brussels
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Tour Japonaise
On the edge of the Domaine Royal, Tour Japonaise is used for temporary Japanese art exhibitions.
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Hôtel Hannon & Contretype Photographic Gallery
If you’re into photographic art you might want to catch an exhibition here. Even if you’re not, it’s worth stopping by for the splendid Art Nouveau building in which it’s housed, Hôtel Hannon, designed in 1902 by Jules Brunfaut and graced by stone friezes and stained glass.
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Wiels
Brussels’ old Art Deco Wielemans-Ceuppens brewery, just southeast of the Marolles, has been converted into a chilled new contemporary art space mounting six temporary exhibitions each year. You can leaf through art magazines at the café-restaurant and occasionally catch live music here.
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Musée d'Art Moderne
The Musée d'Art Moderne houses 19th- and 20th-century art and occupies a subterranean gallery that meanders for six levels below ground. Due to the opening of the new Magritte Museum here, some of the collection has been moved to the Dexia Art Centre in Rue de l'Écuyer. Whether here or there, earlier highlights to look out for include sculptures by Constantin Meunier, Ensor's macabre fighting skeletons, and many paintings by Paul Delvaux.
Other national artists include Léon Spilliaert and Rik Wouters, both of whom belonged to the Fauve group of painters. The international scene is much less extensive but look out for Francis Bacon's delightful Le Pape aux Hiboux (Pope…
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Musée d'Art Ancien
To view the collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts chronologically, start with the Musée d'Art Ancien. Begin with the Flemish Primitives, including works by Rogier Van der Weyden, Dirk Bouts, Hans Memling and Gerard David. Move onto Quinten Matsijs, whose paintings demonstrate a turning point in Flemish art as traditional realistic scenes were superseded by the more flamboyant Renaissance style imported from Italy.
The Breugel family, in particular Pieter Breugel the Elder, comes next. The mysterious Fall of Icarus is one of his most famous works, although De Volkstelling (The Census at Bethlehem, painted in 1566) is more typical of his distinctive peasant scenes.…
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