Expositions and Activities 2010

Bruggemuseum-Volkskunde, Balstraat 43, Brugge
Open every day from 9.30 to 17.00, closed on Mondays
€ 2 (indiv.) | € 1 (red. and young people 6-25 y.) | free to Bruges residents and children aged under 6
Stadsarchief (Municipal archives), Burg 11a, Brugge
Open every day from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:00
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This double exhibition about Guillaume Michiels shows both his work as a folklorist in Bruggemuseum-Volkskunde, as his important collection about the iconography of Bruges in the Stadsarchief.
Guillaume Michiels (1909-1997) is known best as a painter of city views, interiors, still lifes and common portraits. His love for these themes is parallel to his lifelong effort as a folklorist and private collector. All his passions, namely collecting, publishing, folklore and exhibitions, concentrate around the same subject: Bruges. His efforts for the city's history and folklore lead to the foundation of the museum of folklore. Michiels was the conservator of this museum from 1936 until 1951, but afterwards he still had an important influence as a giver, publisher and exhibition maker.
The exhibition in the Guillaume Michiels room puts his personal diversity and his folkloristic collection in the spotlights. In the Stadsarchief his iconographic collection and publications are shown.
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Memling in Sint-Jan - Hospitaalmuseum
daily from 9:30 to 17:00 | Monday closed
€ 8 (indiv.) | € 6 (red.) | € 1 (youth 6-25 years) | free to Bruges residents and children aged under 6
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After a prolonged, intense restoration, the Pre-Eyckiaans Ursula Shrine has been added again to the permanent exhibition of Memling in Sint-Jan. This small shrine contained the relics before they were kept in the great Ursula Shrine by Hans Memling. A number of related objects are also displayed, such as reliquaries, sculptures, documents and tomb paintings. Educational panels tell about the different steps of the research and the restoration of this jewel. The museum shop has a small publication in French and Dutch for sale.
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Forum+ [Concertgebouw]
Open every day from 9.30 to 17.00 hrs, closed on Mondays
€ 2 (indiv.) | € 1 (red. and youth 6-25 years) | free to children under 6 and Bruges residents
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Tim Vets (° 1974, Wilrijk), being a guitarist, mixes his contemporary jazz backgrounds with live electronics and other compositional techniques. In his installations he explores the dynamics between generative processes and constructive principles that are both musically and visually active: rotation, reflection, combination, evolutionary processes, displacement. With ACTION!, The first edition of the new festival COME ON!, Concertgebouw Brugge pays attention to ‘art on the spot’. Music, musical theatre and dance are created here and now. Tim Vets does not only contribute with his installations, he also participates in the ACTION! Happening with Champ d’Action.
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Bruggemuseum-Gruuthuse
open every day from 9:30 to 17:00 | closed on Mondays
€ 6 | € 5 | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free for children under 6 years and Bruges residents
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Bruges is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. In 2000 the Unesco quite rightly listed the entire historic inner city as a World Heritage site. Between the meandering alleys and romantic canals you can readily imagine being in the Middle Ages, and you will unavoidably fall under the spell of the city’s elegant mystery. Although the inner city of Bruges holds countless mediaeval memories, the world famous townscape is mainly a late 19th century creation. With this unique exhibition the Bruggemuseum-Gruuthuse offers an elucidation for this 19th century patina of the city for the very first time. Discover the true face of Bruges and its brilliant inventor Louis Delacenserie and view the picturesque city from a different angle!Hundred years after his death we can place the realisations of Delacenserie in their right perspective without avoiding the still very lively discussion on architecture in Bruges. In collaboration with Knack.
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Bruggemuseum-Gezelle | Bruggemuseum-Volkskunde | church of O.LV-ter-Potterie - Hospitaalmuseum | Grand Seminar | Saint-Anna church | windmill site Kruisvest
Open every day from 9.30 to 17.00 hrs, closed on Mondays
€ 10 (indiv.) | € 8 (red.) | € 1 (youth 6-25 years) | free to children under 6 and Bruges residents
[tickets offer acces to all locations for the time of the project]
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'Double time' refers to the poetry in the 19th and 20th century, and a small part of the first decade of the 21st century. This edition is inspired by Guido Gezelle, the father of Dutch experimental poetry, although he never knew this.
Poetry in double time also points out the relationship between word and image. It is wise to avoid text accompanying images. And yet both art disciplins will be combined in Bruges, both indoors and outside. The Bruges Saint-Anne's Quarter, also known as 'The Lost Quarter', is the ideal place to do so, because Bruggemuseum-Gezelle, O.L.V.-ter-Potterie, Saint Anne's Church, Bruggemuseum-Volkskunde, Kruisvest, Grand Seminar, ... are all situated there.
And of course 'Double time' also refers to two seasons: winter and spring. Two seasons with their own character will create the atmosphere of this new event. More information: www.dubbeltijd.be.
Org: Musea Brugge + Brugge Plus + Public Library
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Memling in Sint-Jan
Open every day from 9.30 to 17.00, closed on Mondays
€ 8 (indiv.) | € 6 (red.) | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free to Bruges residents and children aged under 6
[the permanent collections of Memling in Sint-Jan and O.L.V.-ter-Potterie are included in the price]
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Artist Lieve Van Stappen became fascinated by the rich archives of the Bruges OCMW (Public Centre for Social Welfare), especially by everything concerning the theme of abandoned children, orphans, motherhood, death and life, loss and mourning, from the past until now. Her exhibition 'Moving Archives' shows the results of her long and profound research in these archives as well as in the Hospitaalmuseum's collection. Her investigation also steered her towards a number of abandoned children and birth mothers, whose testimonies left a lasting impression. In this way, she learned to look at their world and at the pieces from the archives and the collection through the eyes of abandoned children. The London Foundling Museum, with its unique collection about foundlings, and its numerous testimonies and objects, is also a partner in this fascinating project.
Confronting, intimate artistic creations bring an emotional story.
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Bruggemuseum-Gruuthuse
Open every day from 9.30 to 17.00 hrs, closed on Mondays
€ 6 (individual) | € 5 (reduction) | € 1 (youth 6-25 years) | free to Bruges residents and children aged under 6
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Tapestries, silver, lace, ceramics and much more: the Bruggemuseum-Gruuthuse displays the very best pieces from its collection. The new display also refers to ‘links’ with the other locations of the Bruggemuseum, which together tell the history of the city. This exhibition marks the re-opening of part of the Gruuthuse Palace. The building has undergone a major ‘face-lift’ in recent times. The prayer chapel, overlooking the Church of Our Lady, is once again open to the public.
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Memling in Sint-Jan - Hospitaalmuseum
Open every day from 9.30 to 17.00 hrs, closed on Mondays
€ 8 (indiv.) | € 6 (red.) | € 1 (youth 6-25 years) | free to children under 6 and Bruges residents
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‘Ivory in Bruges’ is an exhibition of precious and delicate jewels. The collection of ivory art works comes from Bruges churches, monasteries and museums. Most of these exceptional objects are of religious origin, but there are also a number of buckles and even an early hairpin. These unique pieces, some of which date back to the 12th century, are brought together for the first time in the medieval wards of Saint John’s Hospital.
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Arentshuis, Belfort, Hallen, Memling in Sint-Jan Hospitaalmuseum,Forum+ (Concertgebouw), Grootseminarie
open every day from 9:30 to 18:00, except on Monday
€ 11 (indiv.) | € 9 (red.) | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free to children under 6 and Bruges residents
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Born in 1958, Luc Tuymans is one of the leading artists of his generation. His fascination with Central Europe’s eventful history has been translated into a highly personal exhibition. Some thirty refreshingly innovative artists from that region show work that displays a clear vision of society. Like Tuymans, they don’t shy away from themes such as war, violence and trauma.
A key role is allocated to animation film, a genre Central Europe excels in and which the art world is increasingly embracing. Work will be shown by internationally celebrated animation artists from that region.

In the run-up to the exhibition, Pawel Althamer’s striking work ‘Balloon’ will hover above Bruges.
The exhibition trail will lead to five locations in the city, providing an idiosyncratic and up-to-the-minute view of a region on the move.

Curator: Luc Tuymans with the cooperation of Edwin Carels (in association with Cinema Lumière)
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Groeningemuseum
open every day from 9:30 to 18:00, except on Monday
€ 11 (indiv.) | € 9 (red.) | € 1 (6-25 y.) | free to children under 6 and Bruges residents
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In the fifteenth century the Flemish Primitives triggered an artistic revolution in Central Europe. Talented painters like Jan van Eyck with his brilliant eye for detail, introduced new painting styles and techniques. Their influence spread rapidly and inspired scores of artists, including the painter, draughtsman and etcher Albrecht Dürer.

Van Eyck and Dürer are two great masters from the period 1420-1530. A pioneering exhibition brings together first-rate works by them and some of their contemporaries, drawn from notable European and American collections. Paintings and other art forms will illustrate the interaction between the Flemish Primitives and art in Central Europe. The exhibition looks set to be one of the cultural experiences of 2010.

With masterpieces by Bouts, Campin, Dürer, Lochner, Memling, Schongauer, van der Goes, van der Weyden, Van Eyck, ...
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