printed on 17-10-2018
RADAR
A magazine on the art, stories and people at BOZAR, taking you backstage and into the archives
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Who’s That Girl?
Her stunning portrait by Gustav Klimt opens the exhibition Beyond Klimt. New Horizons in Europe 1914-1938. She looks you straight in the eye on the posters promoting the show. But who is the woman in this striking image?
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RECAP: ORGAN NIGHT FEVER
Not a chair to be found in front of the stage, a restored organ on that stage, and 6 concerts that took the audience deep into the night. A transformed Henry Le Boeuf hall witnessed an exceptional Organ Night Fever on September 15th.
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Cachivache Bugui Bugui
Visual artist and all-round musician Joris Van de Moortel has drawn inspiration from the formal excesses of the baroque period for his solo exhibition Cachivache Bugui Bugui.
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Everybody’s Talking About… Beyond Klimt
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5 + 1 reasons to visit the exhibition on Theodoor van Loon
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Restoration of five paintings by Theodoor van Loon
On the occasion of the very first retrospective of the work of the Flemish Baroque painter Theodoor van Loon, several major works have undergone a thorough restoration, revealing their original colours and splendour. A fantastic opportunity to discover his work this autumn in Brussels!
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“You've got the box but we've got the matches”
Anectode from the C4 collective
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“There are no human rights without social justice”
“Trump isn’t a threat to our democracy. Hysteria is.” This is the title of the opinion piece published by Samuel Moyn in The New York Times, one year after the investiture of the new American president. But don’t be taken in, Moyn is not a fan of Donald.
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Cooking with the heart
Twice a week Collectactif organises tables d’hôtes that are open to everyone. The price of the meal is up to you: people pay what they want or what they feel able to.
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“Men can get involved, as long as the women call the shots”
In May 1968, progressive young people revolted. They wanted to fight the status quo and have more of a say. “In Flanders, the protests broke out early on. We were ahead of the rest of the world”, explains Chantal De Smet, former “Dolle Mina”.
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Drawing inspiration from may ‘68, with the benefit of hindsight
According to Geert Buelens we shouldn’t commemorate May ‘68, but rather learn from our mistakes and act accordingly. The issue today, isn’t the past, but the future.
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Cultural workers of the world, unite!
May ‘68 made it as far as the Centre for Fine Arts. On the evening of 28 May 1968, artists and writers gathered in a Brussels café. They all wanted to mark the event with an immediate collective action... And what an action it was!
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The sound of CharleWorld
This vinyl record is the key to the mesmerising, chaotic and radical universe of Charlemagne Palestine.
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This was Next Generation, Please!
“THANK YOU!” to all the youngsters, artists, teachers, cultural workers, organisations, partners and politicians and teams of BOZAR that turned this second edition of ‘Next Generation, Please!’ into a success story.
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Art under the magnifying glass
Last week, the world’s leading art experts gathered in Maastricht for the vetting days of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF).
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Follow live four events from the Afropolitan Festival dedicated to Afropolitan art, creativity and thought, on the theme "Black Artlantic".
From Brussels to Los Angeles, by way of Abidjan, Kinshasa, and Addis, the festival becomes a crossroads of creations, meetings, exchanges and proposes some fifteen multidisciplinary events. If you can’t get to BOZAR, don’t miss the chance to make the most of the presence of artists amongst us via four events in livestreaming.
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