printed on 19-06-2019
RADAR
A magazine on the art, stories and people at BOZAR, taking you backstage and into the archives
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Jef Geys: an ode to banality
Jef Geys (1934-2018) was an artist who famously said he did not create art. Twenty-seven years after the last Geys exhibition at BOZAR, he returns to the Centre for Fine Arts with an exhibition about the 1969 Tour de France.
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An interview with architect Kiki Verbeeck
"The exceptions define the standard"
How do you turn a stack of prints into an interesting exhibition? BOZAR put this question to Kiki Verbeeck, who together with Yves Malisse runs architecture firm URA. They were asked to design the exhibition Prints in the Age of Bruegel. "A scenographer has to take the visitor by the hand, but make them feel like they are discovering everything for themself."
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A Tapestry with a View
Among the many astonishing masterpieces that travelled back to Brussels for our Bernard van Orley exhibition, one tapestry in particular stands out for its historical importance. Find out why a horse, and a view of Brussels, have set the pulse of the art world racing for several centuries.
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When a street becomes a landscape
Baron Hortastraat has become unrecognisable. The landscape architect Bas Smets has transformed the small, dead-end street between the upper and lower city, between the violins of the Centre for Fine Arts and the drills of the BNP-Paribas building site, into a rolling landscape with trees.
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Fantastic Beasts
And we know Where to Find Them. Our exhibition Prints in the Age of Bruegel is positively teeming with them! From the (almost) scientifically accurate to the mythological; sometimes hiding in a corner, sometimes taking centre stage. So let’s go on a safari through the 16th century imagination.
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Yuja Wang: a pianist unlike any other
Yuja Wang, the female counterpart to her compatriot Lang Lang, has swept through the classical music landscape like a whirlwind. The Chinese pianist now solos with the most prestigious orchestras, including the Berliner and Wiener Philharmoniker. She is our guest at BOZAR on 3 June with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, performing Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto and Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand. A chance to get to know this remarkable personality.
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13.05.2019 – 19:00
Video: Creating together. Celebrating 10 years of Eastern Partnership
An event that celebrates the cooperation between the European Union and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine for a Slavic and Caucasian jazz concert. A unique concert celebrating youth, diversity and cultural dialogue.
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Prose for Van Orley: Ubah Cristina Ali Farah
Authors on paintings. BOZAR asked 5 writers to choose a work from the exhibition Bernard van Orley. Brussels and the Renaissance and inhabit one of its characters. Ubah Cristina Ali Farah chose Ecce Homo.
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Prose for Van Orley: Vamba Sherif
Authors on paintings. BOZAR asked 5 writers to choose a work from the exhibition Bernard van Orley. Brussels and the Renaissance and inhabit one of its characters. Vamba Sherif chose The Dubbing of Saint Martin by Emperor Constantine.
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Prose for Van Orley: Max Urai
Authors on paintings. BOZAR asked 5 writers to choose a work from the exhibition Bernard van Orley. Brussels and the Renaissance and inhabit one of its characters. Max Urai chose The Battle of Pavia. Attack on the French Camp and Flight of the Besieged.
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s art!
We’ve already had Tintin, Magritte, Les Diables Rouges, Tomorrowland and the Smurfs themed aeroplanes, and today Brussels Airlines is unveiling its 6th Belgian Icon: a unique aeroplane inspired by the Flemish painter Bruegel the Elder. A gigantic flying artwork and the most complex aeroplane design in the world will take to the skies as of 3 May.
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Elisabeth Leonskaja saves the day
The Russian pianist, nicknamed the ‘lioness of the keyboard’ lives and plays intuitively. With her unrivalled sense of space and freedom, she strips away any kind of superficial glamour from every score and penetrates to its deepest core. She graciously steps in for her friend Radu Lupu, who has to cancel his entire remaining season due to health reasons, and maintains from his original programme Schubert’s last sonata D. 960.
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24.04.2019 – 20:00
Video: Hank Willis Thomas, Christine Eyene & Patrick Gaspard: a conversation on art and politic
During this evening conversation, artist Hank Willis Thomas, curator Christine Eyene and Open Society President Patrick Gaspard review the artist’s work in light of evolving political contexts.
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Prose for Van Orley: Myriam Leroy
Authors on paintings. BOZAR asked 5 writers to choose a work from the exhibition Bernard van Orley. Brussels and the Renaissance and inhabit one of its characters. Myriam Leroy chose the portrait of Margeret of Austria.
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Interview with Pierre-Laurent Aimard
HOW TO KEEP THE PASSION ALIVE
The French pianist has a profound respect for works and diverse forms of musical thought. In order to keep his passion alive, he’s concentrating on Bach’s Goldberg Variations: a piece that’s as inspiring as it is imposing.
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Prose for Van Orley: Jeroen Olyslaegers
Authors on paintings. BOZAR asked 5 writers to choose a work from the exhibition Bernard van Orley. Brussels and the Renaissance and inhabit one of its characters. Jeroen Olyslaegers chose Job and Lazarus Polyptych.
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