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Design
Museum
: http;//design.museum.gent.be
The
building which houses the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is an extremely
impressive example of the characteristic Flemish bourgeois architecture
of the 18th century. On entering the museum one is immersed in the world
of a rich, 18th-century Ghent family. The drawing rooms with authentic
parquet floors and panelled walls and ceilings are adorned with a wealth
of period furniture. The new extension to the museum is in itself a sight
worth seeing. The 18th-century facade facing the inner courtyard has been
completely restored. Behind it there is a light and airy modern building.
Ai Weiwei's table with pole "infiltrated" and was shown in this
museum from April 30 till Jun 13, 2004.
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Musée
d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
: http://www.moca-lyon.org
The
Musée d'Art Contemporain was inaugurated at the occasion of the
Third Lyon Biennial. Its policy of promoting the creation of works of
art, which is without any real equivalent in France, gives artists the
opportunity to experiment with unusual materials, forms, ideas and dimensions
and to create works that are in harmony with the venues in which they
are presented. Today, the collection houses the largest number of installations
ever brought together by a museum in France. The MCAF participated, through
loan of Wang Xingwei works, in the exhibition "Le Moine et le Démon",
which ran from June 9 till August 15, 2004.
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Provinciaal
Museum voor Moderne Kunst - PMMK -
: http://www.pmmk.be
The
provincial Museum for Modern Art of the West Flanders Province. The building
which houses the museum was originaly conceived -in 1947- as a supermarket.
It was transformed to a museum for modern and contemporary art in 1986.
The museum disposes of 12.000 m² exhibition space, on 5 different
levels. MCAF participated in the 2001 exhibition "New Classical Movements
in the Art of Today " through loan of works.
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Salvatore
Ferragamo : http://www.salvatoreferragamo.it
Situated
in Florence, on the 2nd floor of Palazzo Spini Feroni, the museum was
opened to the public in 1995 by the Ferragamo family, in an effort to
illustrate Ferragamo's artistic qualities and the important role he played
in the history of shoe design and international fashion. The museum arranges
exhibitions of its own historical collection with the participation of
contemporary artists, and promotes and hosts exhibitions and events linked
to art and culture. MCAF participated in the exhibition CHINESE OBJECT:
DREAMS & OBSESSIONS from
June 21 to August 31, 2004 through a loan of works from Ai Weiwei
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Sint-Pietersabdij
: http://www.gent.be/spa
Kunsthal
Sint-Pietersabdij organises cultural-historical exhibitions in the abbey
of St. Peter, one of the most beautiful monuments in Gent. Different objects
and works of art are continuously shown, carefully chosen within a certain
framework. Ai Weiwei's "coca cola vase" infiltrated the exhibition
"The Realm of the Dragon" which was held from April 2 to August
29, 2004.
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Vlaamse
Opera : http://www.vlaamseopera.be
Flanders
Opera manages two magnificent historical buildings in Gent and Antwerp.
Each season they bring the same programme at both stages, which is unique
in Europe. Flanders Opera is working with the best of a new generation
of young artists from Belgium and abroad. In that way they are able to
captivate the attention of over 120000 visitors per season from all over
Belgium and other European countries.Ai
Weiwei's majestic chandelier "infiltrated" the Flemish Opera
in Gent and was exhibited in one of the spaces from April 30 till June
13, 2004.
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