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95 50 513 95 75 AGENDA THEAGENDA ROUTE 75 On the Trail of 25 Brussels Art Nouveau 25 5 QUÈ ON QUAN QUI WHAT WHERE WHEN WHO 5 EXPOSICIONS EXHIBITIONS 0 0 – th – “Roger Marx, un crític al costat de Nancy Fins al 28 d'agost de 2006 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy Sam “Roger Plompen Marx. An art critic with Nancy Until August 28 2006 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gaugin” www.nancy.fr/accueil/html/ DirectieGallé, Monumenten Monet, Rodin, en Landschappen Gaugin” van het Brussels www.nancy.fr/accueil/html/ Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Brussels
rd –“El goig pel color i l'exotisme” Berlín Fins al 3 de setembre de 2006 Bröhan-Museum –“The Joy of Coloureing and asked the Exotic” to provide Berlin a short article on Art Until September 3 2006 Bröhan-Museum www.broehan-museum.de www.broehan-museum.de Nouveau walks in Brussels presented me with something of a conundrum: How, within this rd –“L'Estil Guimard, àlbum d'un París Fins al 3 de setembre de 2006 Hôtel Mezzara –“Guimard's Style, limited Album scope, of a best to Paris convey a sense of thisUntil September 3 2006 Hôtel Mezzara
C. Bastin & J. Evrard © MRBC – Directie Monumenten en Landschappen van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest col·leccionista” www.lecercleguimard.com Collector” www.lecercleguimard.com tremendously rich and diverse heritage? Turning the matter over in my head, I came to th –“Assumptes familiars, germans i Brussel·les Fins al 10 de setembre de 2006 Bozar –“Family Affairs, Brothersthink at and one point of theBrussels Munros and the Until September 10 2006 Bozar germanes en l'art” www.bozar.be ScottishSisters Highlands. in Art” First listed by the surveyor Sir Thomas Munro, www.bozar.be the Munros are the highest individual mountains in Scotland. But B th –“Rebels i màrtirs: artistes del Londres Fins al 10 de setembre de 2006 National Gallery even–“Rebels dedicated and Munro-baggers Martyrs: The (climbing communityLondon speak for Until September 10 2006 National Gallery segle XIX” www.nationalgallery.org.uk thoseArtists who in complete the 19th theCentury” ascension of these peaks) will gladly www.nationalgallery.org.uk concede that the wild beauty of the Highlands cannot be summed –“Frank Brangwyn” Bruges Fins al 17 de setembre de 2006 Arents House up– by“Frank these Brangwyn” spectacular examples alone. Bruges Until September 17th 2006 Arents House www.brugge.be So while accepting that the privileged status of Brussels as www.brugge.be C. Bastin & J. Evrard © MRBC – Directie Monumenten en Landschappen van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest one of the Art Nouveau capitals of the world rests largely on the –“Gustav Klimt: 5 quadres de la Nova York Fins al 18 de setembre de 2006 Neue Galerie New York groundbreaking–“Gustav Klimt: works Five of Paintings pioneers from like VictorNew Horta, York we will not Until go September 18th 2006 Neue Galerie New York col·lecció de Ferdinand i Adele www.neuegalerie.org 'Horta-bagging'the Collection ofbut Ferdinand instead highlight and a number of examples www.neuegalerie.org Bloch-Bauer” Adele Bloch-Bauer” exhibiting the wide diversity of formal expressions that helped to –“Schaerbeek 1900, una comunitat al Brussel·les Fins al 24 setembre de 2006 Maison Autrique establish–“Schaerbeek Art Nouveau 1900, aas Commune a public art at in BrusselsBrussels around 1900. Until September 24th 2006 Maison Autrique tombant de segle” www.autrique.be theOur Turn first of itinerary the Century” takes us to the area known as the Squares, www.autrique.be at the time a newly laid-out neighbourhood. Its carefully planned –“La vegetació en l'Art Nouveau” Neuchâtel Fins al 8 d'octubre de 2006 Jardin Botanique de l'Université et de la Ville character,–“Vegetal blending Motifs in public Art Nouveau” spaces, complete Neuchâtel with ponds, fountainsUntil October 8th 2006 Jardin Botanique de l'Université et de la de Neuchâtel and grottoes with a surrounding stage set of elaborate façades, Ville de Neuchâtel + 41(0) 32-8896895 makes for a truly spectacular showcase of Belle Époque + 41(0) 32-8896895 –“Gustav Klimt: l'últim estudi” Viena Fins al 29 d'octubre de 2006 Klimt-Villa architecture,–“Gustav Klimt with many- Last originalStudio” Art Nouveau Vienna examples. Until October 29th 2006 Klimt-Villa
coupdefouet 7 | 2006 www.artnouveau.eu www.klimt.at Perhaps none is more so than the house of the artist de Saint- www.klimt.at coupdefouet 7 | 2006 www.artnouveau.eu Cyr, designed by Gustave Strauven in 1900 when he was 21 years –“Mackintosh i els seus contemporanis” Glasgow Del 3 d'agost al 31 d'octubre de The Hill House old,–“Mackintosh it is a tour de and force his on a plot only fourGlasgow meters wide! To its Until October 31st 2006 The Hill House 2006 www.glasgowmackintosh2006.com slenderContemporanies” verticality a dramatic signature is added by the large round www.glasgowmackintosh2006.com loggia on the top floor. The intricate curves of the stone, iron and –“Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh” Glasgow De l'1 d'agost al 2 de novembre Hunterian Art Gallery woodwork–“Margaret further Macdonald confer a Mackintosh” flamboyant exuberance Glasgow to the façade.Until It November 2nd 2006 Hunterian Art Gallery de 2006 www.glasgowmackintosh2006.com is precisely this striking façade that has made the Hôtel Saint-Cyr www.glasgowmackintosh2006.com one of the best-known examples of Brussels Art Nouveau. As the –“Mackintosh a la Billiard Room” Glasgow Fins al 31 de desembre de 2006 Willow Tea Rooms house–“Mackintosh so far has inalways the Billiard been in Room” private hands, Glasgow its interior is largelyUntil December 31st 2006 Willow Tea Rooms www.glasgowmackintosh2006.com unknown to the general public. Who would suspect the existence of www.glasgowmackintosh2006.com the more traditional but equally impressive 19th century neo-decor –“Barcelona i Modernitat: Picasso, Cleveland Del 15 d'octubre al 7 de gener de The Cleveland Museum of Art of– the“Barcelona stairwell? & Modernity: Picasso, Cleveland From October 15th to January The Cleveland Museum of Art Gaudí, Miró, Dalí” 2007 www.clevelandart.org Gaudí,A number Miró, ofDalí” houses at the southern end of the Squares, 7th 2007 www.clevelandart.org designed by Armand Van Waesberghe, offer further traces of TROBADES historicistMEETINGS styles integrated into Art Nouveau architecture. Most of –“Construir per a una vida nova. Les Bad Nauheim Del 27 al 30 de setembre de 2006 Jugendstilverein Bad Nauheim all,– “Building though, they for beara New witness Life - toArt the strongBad personality Nauheim of this From September 27th to Jugendstilverein Bad Nauheim ciutats modernistes a Europa” www.jugendstil-bad-nauheim.de creativeNouveau young Cities man in and Europe” give us a clue as to why in 1898 in thisSeptember 30th 2006 www.jugendstil-bad-nauheim.de 100 area alone he would get nine commissions, when just 19 years old 100
and completely unknown. th –”Laboratori Històric 3 – Riga 20 d'octubre de 2006 Reiterna nams –Historical Lab 3 – “Art Nouveau Riga Reiterna nams 95 October 20 2006 95 Modernisme i Decoració” www.artnouveau-net.com & Decoration”The geometric simplicity of forms and volumes of the house www.artnouveau-net.com
75 and studio of the architect Victor Taelemans stands in sharp 75 contrast to the baroque tendencies exhibited in the Hôtel Saint-Cyr. –“Art Nouveau i noves fronteres” París Novembre i desembre de 2006 Musée d'Orsay –“Art Nouveau and New Paris During November and Musée d'Orsay A short walk takes us to the personal house of the multi-talented www.musee-orsay.fr Frontiers” December 2006 www.musee-orsay.fr
25 G. Strauven, 1900. Hôtel St. Cyr 25 Per a informació actualitzada, coupDefouet recomana el lloc web del Réseau Art Nouveau Network, www.artnouveau-net.com For the latest updates, coupDefouet recommends the Réseau Art Nouveau Network’s website, www.artnouveau-net.com 5 5 Designed by Privat-Livemont, executed by Evaldre, 1897. Coloured glass window La Vague
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