BELGITUDE
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JULY 2015
ART
EuropeanGhosts
Ostend’sMu.ZEEexamines changing
Westernattitudes towardsAfrican
art thismonthwith
EuropeanGhosts:
TheRepresentationofAfricanArt
in the20thCentury
. The showdraws
on theRoyalMuseum forCentral
Africa’s collection, featuringmore
than45photographsby the likes of
ManRayandWalker Evans, aswell
as exhibits onGauguin’sTahiti period
andethnographerMichel Leiris.
From4 July.
muzee.be
ART
From
Picasso
to Jasper
Johns
Master printmaker Aldo
Crommelynck (1931-2008)
must have had an address
book like no other: artists
from JoanMiró toGeorges
Braque via Le Corbusier availed
themselves of his services at
theMontparnasse studio he
opened in 1956. Seven years
later he and his brother Piero
relocated toMougins near
Cannes to be near theirmost
celebrated client, Picasso, for
whom theyworked extensively
until his death in 1973. Back in Paris, theyworkedwith British
artists such as RichardHamilton andDavidHockney, and
their NewYork studio entertained regulars including Chuck
Close, Jasper Johns and Ed Ruscha.
This retrospective at Brussels’ Centre de la Gravure focuses
on the Picassoworks, alongside collaborations with American
artists such as JimDine and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Until 6 September.
centredelagravure.be
FESTIVALFROLICS
Four bigones
1
SUMMER OF FASHION
Allmonth, summeroffashion.be
This ambitious sartorial festival animates
Brussels allmonth,with installations, talks,
auctions andmore. Hit BOZAR for Juergen
Teller’s shots ofVivienneWestwood.
2
CACTUS FESTIVAL
10-12 July, cactusfestival.be
Amid-sized alternative tomega-festivals
likeTomorrowland andDour, this Bruges
stalwarthostsGrace Jones, ThurstonMoore,
AnnaCalvi andBelgian rock gods dEUS.
3
THE GHENT FESTIVITIES
17-26 July, gentsefeesten.gent
This hugely colourful affair is one of
Europe’s biggest city festivals, attracting
twomillion visitorswith its funfairs, boat
trips, free comedy, music and theatre.
4
WECANDANCE
8-9August,wecandance.be
Themodish electrobeach festival returns
toZeebruggewith a capon ticket
numbers, and an intriguing tropical theme.
