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Exhibition title: BORIS TELLEGEN, a friendly takeover
Artist: Boris Tellegen
Venue: Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA), Quai du Hainaut 41, 1080 Bruxelles
Dates: Until May 28, 2017
A monumental and playful installation in situ, spread over 3 floors, crosses 20 years of work, from the street to the museum, by Boris Tellegen aka Delta, the “Dutch Master” of graffiti.
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Exhibition title: YVES KLEIN, LE THÉÂTRE DU VIDE
Artist: Yves Klein
Venue: BOZAR, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Bruxelles
Dates: Until August 20, 2017
After the prestigious Tate Liverpool, Bozar is hosting this exhibition by famous French artist Yves Klein. Klein became renowned thanks to his monochromatic works painted with the "international Klein blue". Like no one before him, his art expressed the idea of an infinite spirituality and his quest for the immaterial. Through his pictorial pieces and his spectacular performances, Yves Klein is considered to be a precursor of the Happening and Body Art movements. The exhibition presents outstanding pieces, some of which were never shown before, and offers to the public the possibility to discover this avant-garde artist.
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Exhibition title: POL BURY / TIME IN MOTION
Artist: Pol Bury
Venue: BOZAR, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Bruxelles
Dates: Until June 4 2017
The belgian artist Pol Bury (1922-2005) is one of the founders of Kinetic Art. He started as a painter influenced by Magritte, and was also part of the artistic groups Jeune Peinture belge and CoBrA. He then decided to follow his own artistic path. Fascinated by the art of Alexander Calder, Bury explored the medium of sculpture and integrated movement in his pieces Thanks to a profoundly personal work, with a strong surrealist influence and a great sense of innovation, he became a key player in the Paris and New York art scenes, thus gaining an international recognition.
