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| RUBENIANUM COLLECTIONS |
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| Acquisitions |
- Please find an overview of library acquisitions from December 2017 and January 2018 here (pdf). All titles are available for consultation in our reading room.
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| Documentation & Archives |
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| Progress report |
The cataloguing of the rich photographic documentation of the Iconographic Institute, which started in the summer of 2016, has been completed.
- The initiative to found an Iconographisch Instituut originated in the late 1930s and became official in 1940. The non-profit organization aimed to make art more accessible to the public through photographic reproductions. Images were mounted on black paper with an identification label, sometimes with extra annotations. Art photographer Joseph Delville played an important role in the organisation as the headquarters was located at his address in the Kammenstraat in Antwerp.
- The organisation never reached its full potential and was discontinued in 1947, when the collection was transferred to the Print Cabinet. The voluminous photographic collection with a focus on European painting was maintained for some time, but over the years fell into neglect. In 2013 it was transferred to the Rubenianum. The collection of approximately 16 running metre (52.5 linear feet) is a testament to the ambitious project and represents an important precursor of our research institute.
- The collection has now been fully inventoried by artist’s name. The inventory in Excel as well as a more detailed description of the collection and its history are available through our archival database. In the future the collection will be integrated in our documentation, but in the meantime it is already available for consultation in our reading room.
For more information, please visit our website. |
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| INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Many Antwerp hands |
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| Call for papers |
On 5 & 6 November 2018 the Rubenianum will host the international conference Many Antwerp Hands: Collaborations in Netherlandish Art 1400-1750.
- We invite contributions that confront questions of artistic collaboration in the Low Countries in relation to a number of subjects. Abstracts of no more than 500 words, along with a CV, can be sent to Abigail Newman and Lieneke Nijkamp (Lieneke.Nijkamp@stad.Antwerpen.be) by March 1, 2018.
For more information, please visit our website. |
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| PROJECT: IN SEARCH OF FLEMISH MASTERPIECES |
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| Test list of 17th-century drawings for the Flemish List of Masterpieces |
The Rubenianum and the Print Room of the Royal Library of Belgium join forces in compiling a test list of seventeenth-century drawings to be considered for the Flemish List of Masterpieces.
- Objects and collections on this list are protected by the Flemish Masterpieces Decree.
- In the coming months project associates will scrutinize as many seventeenth-century drawings on Flemish grounds as possible in order to make a survey of qualified objects to be presented to the ‘Topstukkenraad’.
For more information, please visit our website or contact project manager Sarah Van Ooteghem at sarah.vanooteghem@kbr.be. |
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| Closing days |
- Wednesday 21 February 2018: in exception to the usual openings hours, the Rubenianum will be closed in the afternoon from 12 AM onwards due to maintenance works.
- Monday 2 April 2018: Easter Monday.
A full list of our closing days in 2018 is available on our website.
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| JOB vacancies |
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| Student jobs summer 2018 |
Every year the Rubenianum selects a number of students to temporarily reinforce the team.
- Students may be deployed to support the reception facilities, to help with the digital registration of artworks, to assign new documentation on artworks to the correct files, or to rearrange archive collections.
- Places are available during July, August and September. The last day to apply is 28 February 2018.
For more information, please visit our website. |
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| Agenda |
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| March |
Sunday 11 March 2018
- RUBENIANUM LECTURE Art and good government. The Antwerp Saint Luke's guild and the founding of the Academy, by Suzanne Duff
- Lecture in English. Participation fee is 4 euro. Registration is mandatory.
- For more information, please visit our website.
Thursday 15 March 2018
- STUDY DAY Een model daeraf alreede gemaeckt. De Quellinusdynastie als artistiek ontwerp- en aannemersbedrijf in 17de-eeuws Antwerpen
- Lectures in Dutch, English and French. Participation fee is 40 euro; 20 euro for students. Registration is mandatory.
- For more information, please visit our website.
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