Brüssel-Highlights im Februar 2024: Surrealism & Ensor

Im Februar 2024, wenn Belgien den Vorsitz im Rat der Europäischen Union übernimmt, werden die drei großen Kultureinrichtungen auf dem Mont des Arts im Herzen Brüssels mit Unterstützung von Visit Brussels, ein spannendes und umfangreiches Programm mit hochkarätigen Ausstellungen verbunden mit zwei historischen Ereignissen anbieten. 2024 ist der 100. Jahrestag der Publikation des Surrealistischen Manifests (1924) und zelebriert wird das Ensor-Jahr anlässlich seines 75. Todestages.

BOZAR, CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS, BRUSSELS
Histoire de ne pas rire. Surrealism in Belgium
21.02. – 16.06.24
James Ensor. Maestro
29.02. – 23.06.24
ROYAL MUSEUMS OF FINE ARTS OF BELGIUM
IMAGINE ! 100 years of international surrealism
21.02. – 21.07.24
KBR, ROYAL LIBRARY OF BELGIUM
James Ensor. Inspired by Brussels
22.02. – 02.06.24

Brussels' Highlights in February 2024: Surrealism & Ensor

In February 2024, when Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, three cultural institutions on the Mont des Arts in the heart of Brussels, will be offering an unmissable artistic itinerary, with the support of Visit Brussels. Surrealism will be in the spotlight to mark the centenary of the publication of the Surrealism Manifesto (1924), while Ensor Year will be in full swing to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of James Ensor.

BOZAR, CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS, BRUSSELS
Histoire de ne pas rire. Surrealism in Belgium
21.02. – 16.06.24
James Ensor. Maestro
29.02. – 23.06.24
ROYAL MUSEUMS OF FINE ARTS OF BELGIUM
IMAGINE ! 100 years of international surrealism
21.02. – 21.07.24
KBR, ROYAL LIBRARY OF BELGIUM
James Ensor. Inspired by Brussels
22.02. – 02.06.24

James Ensor, Pierrot and Skeletons, 1905, oil on canvas, KBC Bank NV, Brussels
Jane Graverol, Untitled (Liberated Woman), 1949, oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm, private collection, Brussels © Sabam Belgium 2023
Paul Delvaux The Pink Bows, 1937, oil on canvas, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp - Flemish Community, inv. 2850 © Foundation Paul Delvaux, Sint-Idesbald - SABAM Belgium, 2023, photo: Rik Klein Gotink 
René Magritte, The Cut-Glass Bath, 1946, gouache, private collection © Photothèque R. Magritte, Adagp Images, Paris, 2019
Max Ernst, Attirement of the Bride, 1940, oil on canvas © Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York)
René Magritte, The acrobat’s ideas, 1928, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Moderne Kunst in der Pinakothek der Moderne München
James Ensor, Eccentric masks, 1892, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm © Vincent Everarts Photographie
James Ensor, The Bad Physicians, 1892, oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm , Université Libre de Bruxelles © J. Geleyns - Art Photography
James Ensor, Russian music, 1881, oil on canvas, 133 x 110 cm © J. Geleyns - Art Photography
James Ensor, Monsieur et madame Rousseau parlant avec Sophie Yoteko, 1892, oil on wood, private collection
Marcel Mariën, The Tao, 1976, Assemblage, Charleroi, The Hainaut Province Collection - Deposit at BPS22 © Fondation Marcel Mariën – L’activité surréaliste en Belgique
Rachel Baes, Mad Love, s.d., oil on canvas, private Collection © Sabam Belgium, 2023
Paul Nougé, The Juggler, from the series Subversion of images, 1929-1930, photography, Collection Archives & Museum of Literature (AML), Brussels © Rights reserved
Salvador Dalí, Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War), 1936, The Louise and Walter Arensberg collection © Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
Toyen, Stimme des Waldes I (Voice of the Forest I), 1934, Moravská galerie v Brně
James Ensor, Skeletons tussle over a smoked, 1891, oil on panel, 16 x 21.5 cm © J. Geleyns - Art Photography
James Ensor, Belgium in the 19th century, 1889_90, pencil and coloured pencil on prepared panel, 160 x 212 mm © KBR – Royal library of Belgium
James Ensor, Eccentric insects, 1888, etching, 114 x 154 mm © KBR – Royal library of Belgium