When World War One broke out, Eugène Ysaye was deeply distressed. After starting at the Berlin concert and playing there for such a long time, he could not understand all this carnage. A refugee in England, he lost all his property, while his three sons were engaged on the front lines.
The theme of ritual and religious dances in Indonesia is now a mass attraction. As the subject of tourism-related endeavours, they sometimes lose their sacred quality, which is deeply rooted in Indonesian culture.
Produced for the magazine "Kult, Carnet de Voyage Sénégal", Angie Pir's collages, Jemmy Lamar's illustrations and Xavier Lozet's photos tell the story of Côte FM, a community radio station in Nianing (Petite Côte in Senegal). However, these works reveal much more than a trip; they are the reflection of an adventure that leaves no-one unscathed, of an experience that is so overwhelming that it has to be shared.
Indonesia effortlessly evokes exoticism, South-east Asia, its cultures and its spices. Since ancient times, spices have been transported to Europe and used in our dishes throughout the centuries. This is the story of the journey of spices from Asia to our corner of the world, and their use – which has varied over the centuries – as recounted by the "The Spice Route. From Indonesia to our plates” exhibition.
The Object of the Month which inaugurates the year 2020 is a calendar; to look at the time, cycles, organization and evolution of societies...
Since 2007, the foundation of public utility "Liège Patrimoine" has been working to promote, restore and extand Liège's heritage. For the objects of the Month of December, the Foundation lends us two exceptional works from the bequest of Mr Gérard Lefèvre in 2018.
This Object of the Month dedicated to the ceramics of the Linear Pottery culture is to be compared to the artifacts displayed in the exhibition Roots, the civilizations of the Lower Danube to be discovered at the Grand Curtius, from November 8, 2019 to April 26, 2020, within the framework of EUROPALIA ROMANIA.
The Object of the Month of September is a prestigious cup created in 1914, at the request of the City of Paris, by René Lalique.
This August’s month, the Grand Curtius highlights a processional banner from the rich textile collections of the religious art department depicting an agnus dei (Lamb of God).
The Object of the Month is a bronze and marble clock representing Napoleon on the eve of the Battle of Wagram (1809). The Emperor of the French, resting his feet on a roundshot surmounted by the imperial eagle, shows his superiority over his opponents while keeping a firm gasp on the world.