Marollen

Grote Zavel

Brussel

At the Place du Grand Sablon, you find the famous chocolatiers Wittamer and Marcolini.

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Van weleer / d'Autrefois

Brussel

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The enhanced photograph entitled ’D’autrefois’ seems to be the only remaining part of the central pane of a triptych Khnopff created in 1905 and exhibited several times immediately after its completion, including in Brussels, Venice, Bruges, Paris and Munich.

This triptych evoked a physical portrait of the city of Bruges and Khnopff alluded to this reference in the title variations employed throughout the varied catalogues. The left pane depicted a canal, the right one Marie of Bourgogne’s tomb.

The picture, with its unusual framing, evokes the mysterious figure of a recumbent woman, drinking from a goblet, underlining the sacred aspect of the vision (from Anne Adriaens-Pannier, in catalogue ‘Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921)’, Brussels, RMFAB, 2004, p. 249-261)

English Translation by Marianne Reynolds (2010)

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Villersstraat

Brussel

Named after the refuge of the Cistercians of Villers la Ville, in the neighborhood of Nivelles. The house stood at the corner of the Eikstraat (Oak Street), but was replaced by the Lyceum's library. This street was known as Cattestraete (Cats Street), because of its stray cats but was renamed in 1851 because a Cats Street already existed near the Place Rouppe. That one disappeared some decades later. Part of the first surrounding wall of Brussels (13th century) can be seen at the end of this street.


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Frison house

Brussel

The Frison house is built by Art nouveau architect Victor Horta. It was built for the lawyer Frison.

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Lebeaustraat 37

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Centre Jacques Brel

Brussel

Jacques had some nice songs on dogs. 'Ne me quitte pas' ends with: Je me cacherai là A te regarder Danser et sourire Et à t'écouter Chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir L'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main L'ombre de ton chien Ne me quitte pas Or, in 'Les Filles et les Chiens: Mais les chiens Ça ne vous donne rien Parce que ça ne sait pas Faire semblant de donner Les chiens Ça ne vous donne rien C'est peut-être pour ça Qu'on doit les aimer?

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Minet Frères

Brussel

The luxury antique book shop of Minet brothers has moved to Rue Livorno 36 near the Avenue Louise and this place becomes a ruin. On the green freeze above the showcase, paintings of cats. 'Minet' is a common name given to a cat in French language



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Museumplein

Brussel

Op het Museumplein vinden we o.a. de voormalige residentie van Karel van Lotharingen, die als gouverneur over de Zuidelijke Nederlanden regeerde in opdracht van de Oostenrijkse keizerin Maria Theresia.

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Hofberg

Brussel

Old England is een voormalig warenhuis dat 1899 door architect Paul Saintenoy werd gebouwd in Art Nouveau stijl.

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‘CLUSTER’ (2010) - RAINER GAMSJÄGER - location : SQUARE

Brussel

‘Cluster’ is a monumental multi-channel video installation. White smoke almost seems to dance in front of a black background.

It looks like a natural phenomenon, but in fact we see images of a smoke bomb.

Rainer Gamsjäger (AUT, 1974) creates computer-generated works, but is often inspired by nature. The artist made, amongst others, a series of works about natural phenomena to which ‘Cluster’ forms the epilogue. Gamsjäger uses self-programmed software to manipulate digital structures.

 

 

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Paleis van Karel van Lotharingen

Brussel

The palace of Charles of Lorraine is now as musuem (Museumplein 1, Brussels). Charles was very much interested in alchemy. The palace had its own lab and library. Charles was also head of the freemaçons.

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Witmeur

Brussel

Thierry Poncelet, one of the Witmeur Gallery's artitst, paints the heads of dogs onto ancient portraits to get to this result. This way of mixing pets and humans is a fun tradition since Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844-1934) painted 'dogs playing poker' advertisements for the tabacco industry.



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Heuvelstraat

Brussel

The most of what you see on the "Grote markt" is not older than the 17th century, except the City hall of 1402. All what was destroyed before that was destroyed. Where once stood the old belfry is now the St Michael's Tower. The lake, the town halls and the 1st Meert from the 14th century are no longer visible.

During the war of 1695, Brussels was besieged by Marshal Villeroy. Only the hall was not destroyed with artillery. The buildings have reopened between 1695 and 1702 by Louis XIV. There were many genres used as Baroque, Renaissance, Rococo and Louis XIV style. Nevertheless, this square was the most harmonious square in Europe.

It was during this rebuilding that a number of streets that lead to the square were corrected. This was the case for the Hoedemakersstraat, the Colline and Boterstraat.


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Le Cercueil

Brussel

If you love funerals or anything morbid, this is the pub for you. Before, this was a student pub.

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Haringstraat

Brussel

The name Haringstraat or 'Heringstreet' got its origin fomr the first fishmarket which was locatedhere.

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Spanjeplein

Brussel

Het standbeeld van Don Quichot en Sancho Panza op het Spanjeplein is een copie van het origineel dat op de Plaza de Espa±a in Madrid staat.

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‘UNTITLED’ (2011) - Nicolas Provost - location : Centraal Station/Gare Central

Brussel

The new short fiction film from Nicolas Provost is made completely out of stock footage. Stock footage refers to film or video footage that already exists. For example: moving images of cities, famous buildings, dangerous wildlife.

Filmmakers often use this prefabricated material as illustrative material in a very sober way. Provost wants to show that stock footage can also have an esthetic and cinematic value and that it can tell a story.

Nicolas Provost (BEL, 1969) is a filmmaker and visual artist who lives and works in Brussels. His work is a reflection on the grammar of cinema and the relation between visual art and the cinematic experience. 

 

 

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Bar Recyclart

Brussel

Sinds einde'97 - begin'98 is de vzw Recyclart actief met een professionele ploeg en startte ze met de organisatie van de verschillende activiteiten en de inrichting van verschillende ruimtes in het station Brussel-Kapellekerk.

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Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege

Brussel

President of Europe, Herman Van Rompuy went to school at the Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege till 1965. From here, he went to study philosophy and later on economics.

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Nancystraat

Brussel

Nancystraat - Art Nouveauwoningen 1900 - arch. Sneyers

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Centre International de Documentation Marguerite Yourcenar

Brussel

Het cultureel centrum "Centre International de Documentation Marguerite Yourcenar" is gelegen in Bruxelles.


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Kleuterschool

Brussel

Deze kleuterschool, voltooid in 1900 en oorspronkelijk bestemd voor 200 kinderen, is ontworpen door Victor Horta.

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De pauwen / Les paons

Brussel

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Degouve de Nuncques likes solitude and it’s only on rare occasions that a living figure animates his work, always reminiscent of a dream. Silence – heavy, mysterious and imperious – seeps through it all.

All movement is banned, life has come to a standstill and the birds which should have given life to these evocations of real life are only magical creatures, prompting tender and poetic emotions(from Gisèle Ollinger, in ‘Musée d’Art Moderne. Œuvres choisies’, Brussels, RMFAB, 2001, p. 104-105)

English Translation by Marianne Reynolds (2010)

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Kleine Zavel

Brussel

De Kleine Zavel wordt gedomineerd door het standbeeld van de Graven Egmont & Hoorn die in 1568 onthoofd werden.

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Christus / Christ

Brussel

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“Black is the most essential of all colors.” wrote Redon in To Oneself, a revealing work, as the pictorial and graphic production of this visionary poet, who was fascinated by science, a music lover and passionate about literature.

This Christ is part of the works that Redon called “The Blacks”. These were his charcoals, etchings and lithographs, produced after the 1870 war, once he’d asserted his individual style. The figure of Christ is relatively rare in his first Blacks, created throughout the 1870s and 1880s, a time period which saw the emergence of an idealist line of thought.

Later, Redon would frequently borrow from religious imagery – the figure of Buddha joining the one of Christ – so conducive to suggesting mystery, evocating a spiritual atmosphere and expressing metaphysical questions.

This charcoal drawn, as was the artist’s habit, on colored paper, in this case yellow, has turned a lovely shade of gold thanks to fixatives and the passing of time. The velvety material, pencil-etched in parts, the depth of the various shades of blacks, the modeling determined by the use of chiaroscuro – obtained by crisp contrasts between dark and light tones – stump and gum, all show an amazing technical mastery (from Brita Velghe, in ‘Musée d’Art Moderne. Œuvres choisies’, Brussels, RMFAB, 2001, p. 58-59)

English Translation by Marianne Reynolds (2010)

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Palace Of Justice

Brussel

The Palace of Justice was built between 1866 and 1883. The square in front of it is named after the architect: Joseph Poelaert.

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Panorama

Brussel

The panorama at the Palace of Justice gives you a view from the CERIA/COOVI tower in Anderlecht (very close to the Ansell - office) on the left to the Atomium on the right

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Justitiepaleis

Brussel

The Courts of Brussels.

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Vossenplein

Brussel

Vossenplein - Place du Jeu de Balle - Den â met - Le vieux marché - Loiezemet - Kaatspelplaats - Marché aux puces - Hirch par terre. Geen plein in Brussel heeft zo veel namen. Wat betekenen ze allemaal?

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Marollen

Brussel

The 'Marollen' is a very old neighbourhood in Brussels. It is located between the Courthouse en the South Station. The centre of the Neighbourhood is the 'Kapellekerk' and the 'Vossenplein', which are famous for their fleemarkets. The inhabitants of this neighbourhoud are called 'les Marolliens'. In the Middleages, the neighbourhood was located just outside the walls (1st fortification walls). Outside these walls, near the 'Hallepoort' was a leprosarium. The nonary of 'Maria Colentes' was taking care of the leperds. The name changed from 'Maria Colentes' to 'Maricollen' to 'Marollen'.

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Birthplace Toots Thielemans

Brussel

The world famous jazz artist Toots Thielemans was born in the house with number 241 in the High Street.

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