The longest day of the year is a perfect time for a walk through Frijthout in my hometown of Hove. Especially when trumpet music accompanied the opening of the temporary open-air exhibition ‘Light gives comfort (Licht en Troost).’ About twenty works of art are spread over the landscape park and garden of the castle of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Art-sights
CULTURE @ HOME (part 3)
In a time where everyone has to stay at home as much as possible, we can explore cultural expressions virtually from our living room. With ‘An Artwork a Day,’ Mario Mauroner Gallery for Contemporary Art in Salzburg and Vienna publish a work of art with a clear explanation on the net. Only Sunday is a … Continue reading
CULTURE @ HOME (part 2)
In a time where everyone has to stay at home as much as possible, we can explore cultural expressions virtually from our living room. With the ‘Royal Museum of Mariemont’ situated near Morlanwelz, in Wallonia in the French part of Belgium, we penetrate in the ‘universe of the collector Raoul Waroqué,’presented in a museum inaugurated … Continue reading
Culture @ Home (part 1)
In a time where everyone has to stay at home as much as possible, we can explore cultural expressions virtually. In the article ‘So You can’t go to the museum. But you can bring the Museum to your home’ we read: “Research has shown that viewing art can reduce stress and anxiety, increase motivation and … Continue reading
‘CROSSROADS’…and beyond
In Brussels, in the Art & History Museum, colorful road lines on the floor guides you through a collective symbolic system about beliefs, values and practices of cultures on which they were conceived. In this case the decline of the Western Roman Empire at the same time the beginning of a time of change. A … Continue reading