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Anne-Marie Crowet, Architecture, Art Nouveau, Brussels, Design, Fin de Siècle, Henry van de Velde, Jugendstil, Museum, Victor Horta
Alphonse Mucha : “The Nature”,
1899-1900.
Photo : Bruno Piazza (Gillion Crowet)
In december 2012, a friend mailed me an article about a new Art Nouveau museum in Brussels. According to the article, the museum would open it’s doors on 7 May 2013. But today, planning a trip to Brussels for the weekend, I looked up the website of the museum only to find out that it will not open until the beginning of December 2013! I can’t help but feeling a bit disappointed… I was so much looking forward to go there!
According to the website of the museum, they are going to have many famous Art Nouveau artists on display, including Victor Horta and Henry Van de Velde. Art Nouveau architecture will be evoked by means of a 3D projection. The museum will be distinguished by its multidisciplinary nature, through a partnership with the Royal Library, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, the Royal Museums of Art and History, Cinematek and the Brussels Capital Region for housing the Gillion Crowet collection, which will be one of the museum’s highlights (Ms. Anne-Marie Crowet collected more than 200 Art Nouveau objects during her life).
So tomorrow we’ll have to do without this new and promising museum, but I’m sure there will be more than enough to see. And I’ll have an excuse to go back to beautiful Brussels in December.
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Cobra.be (Dutch)
Fin-de-Siècle Museum Brussels
Fin-de-Siècle Museum Brussels
Pictures from the exhibition
About Art Nouveau 
According to the most recent information, the museum will be open to the public from 6-dec-2013 onwards…
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the posted link is not active, but possibly outdated. I visited the museum early dec. 2013, wonderful! and I cannot remember having seen a more conceived, elaborated museum theme, bravo! Go and see for yourself . Hope to see other exhibitions in this museum in the future. About for instance Gustav Klimt , Egon Schiele, Louis Tiffany …
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Dear Joka, thanks for letting me know. I have removed the link. I hope to be able to visit the museum myself soon… Thanks for reading!
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