Events

This exhibition will be held as part of the Maeterlinck year, which takes place from 22 October 2011 till 28 April 2012.

George Minne and Maurice Maeterlinck were “symmetrical minds” who were considered innovators in the international art circles of their time. This exhibition illustrates the artistic exchanges between Maurice Maeterlinck and expressive artist George Minne. The artists joined forces at the beginning of their careers (Minne illustrated Maeterlinck’s first collection of poems, Serres chaudes) and they had a great influence on each other’s artistic choices.

Date

22/10/2011 > 19/02/2012

Venue

Museum of Fine Arts (MSK - Museum voor Schone Kunsten)
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 07 00
F. +32 9 240 07 90
e-mail: museum.msk@gent.be
www.mskgent.be

Departure and arrival of the opening race of the international cycling season for over 60 years!

Date

25/02/2012

Venue

Departure & arrival: Sint-Pietersplein

Info

Het Nieuwsblad – De Gentenaar
Haerensesteenweg 228
1800 Vilvoorde
T. +32 2 303 35 00
http://www.omloophetnieuwsblad.be/

Kaj Franck was one of the creators of legendary Finnish modern design. This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. To commemorate this legendary designer, the Design museum Gent is hosting a retrospective of his work.

Date

19/11/2011 > 26/02/2012

Venue

Design museum Gent
Jan Breydelstraat 5
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 99 99
F. +32 9 224 45 22
e-mail: museum.design@gent.be
www.designmuseumgent.be/ENG/whats-new.php

Coca-Cola has existed for 125 years and a lot can be said about the design of the brand. Photos, ads and campaigns, bottles, cans, posters, glasses and paintings give you an insight into the history of this world-famous soft drink.

Date

19/11/2011 > 26/02/2012

Venue

Design museum Gent
Jan Breydelstraat 5
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 99 99
F. +32 9 224 45 22
e-mail: museum.design@gent.be
www.designmuseumgent.be/ENG/whats-new.php

Mekhitar Garabedian presents his solo exhibition at the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art. He examines how the rupture caused by migration continues to determine the present and how multilingualism shapes the position and psyche of migrants. In addition to numerous references to literature, music and philosophy his work also refers to other visual artists.

Date

03/12/2011 > 26/02/2012

Venue

S.M.A.K.
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 76 01
F. +32 9 221 71 09
e-mail: museum.smak@gent.be
www.smak.be

At the foyer of Vlaamse Opera you can enjoy a monthly OperaLunch with performances by musicians from the Flanders Opera Choir and Orchestra, up-and-coming singing talent and successful soloists. Following the performances, you can have lunch at the Opera salons.

Date

14/10/2011 > 02/03/2012
14/10/2011, 04/11/2011, 02/12/2011, 13/01/2012, 10/02/2012, 02/03/2012
12.30 pm

Venue

Vlaamse Opera Ghent
Schouwburgstraat 3
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 268 10 11
F. +32 9 223 97 26
e-mail: info@vlaamseopera.be
www.vlaamseopera.be (available in Dutch)

Tickets

€ 8.00 > € 25.00

Info & tickets

Vlaamse Opera Ghent
T. +32 70 22 02 02
www.vlaamseopera.be (available in Dutch)

Take a closer look at your clothing, carpet or tissue and you’ll be amazed. Discover the aesthetic, religious and political meanings behind textiles. Do you think they are trivial or emotionally charged? This exhibition shows you all textiles in all their glory.

Date

15/10/2011 > 25/03/2012

Venue

MIAT (Museum of Industriual Archaeology and Textiles)
Minnemeers 9
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 42 00
F. +32 9 233 07 39
e-mail: publiekswerking.miat@gent.be
www.miat.gent.be/ (available in Dutch)

This exhibition will be held as part of the Maeterlinck year, which takes place from 22 October 2011 till 28 April 2012.

The blue bird (L'Oiseau bleu) evokes the philosophical fairytale by Maurice Maeterlinck that goes by the same name. With a light touch, this exhibition takes visitors to the supernatural and mysterious dream world of Tyltyl and Mytyl. Led by Bérylune, a fairy, they wander around the land of memories. Their task is to find the untouchable Blue Bird, which symbolises fortune. The blue bird (L'Oiseau bleu) is a curious story with many layers, that ranges from a magical fairytale to deep considerations about man and his fate.

Date

09/12/2011 > 22/04/2012

Venue

Centre d'Art Abbaye Saint-Pierre (Kunsthal Sint-Pietersabdij)
Sint-Pietersplein 9
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 243 97 30
F. +32 9 243 97 34
e-mail: drr.sintpietersabdij@gent.be
www.gent.be/sintpietersabdij

Ghent-born photographer Edmond Sacré (1851-1921) left behind a very diverse oeuvre. His photographs show how Ghent was transformed around the turn of the century. Through Sacré’s photos, this project analyses the link between images of the city and the changes it went through.

Date

18/11/2011 > 22/04/2012

Venue

STAM - City Museum Ghent (Stadsmuseum Gent)
Bijlokesite
Godshuizenlaan 2
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 14 00
F. +32 9 267 14 98
e-mail: stam@gent.be
www.stamgent.be/en

On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Maeterlinck’s Nobel Prize the City of Ghent organizes in 2011 and also in 2012 a number of cultural and tourist events, which will put the emphasis on his Ghent roots and on the importance of the city in his literary development. The Maeterlinck memorial programme will consist of several initiatives like concerts, exhibitions, walks and literary happenings, organized by various cultural partners.

• 17 > 21/05/2011 // L'Intruse // Kunstencentrum Vooruit
• 22/10/2011 > 19/02/2012 // The world of George Minne and Maurice Maeterlinck (De wereld van George Minne en Maurice Maeterlinck) // exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts
• 09/12/2011 > 22/04/2012 // L’OISEAU BLEU. Op zoek naar geluk – À la recherche du bonheur – Chasing happiness // exhibition at St Peter's Abbey Arts Centre
• 21/01 > 06/05/2012 // Maeterlinck concerts // various locations
• 27 & 28/04/2012 // Les Aveugles // Kunstencentrum Vooruit
• Douze Chansons: composition and world creation by a collective of international composers
• Pelléas and Mélisande: Claude Debussy's opera based on Maeterlinck’s play of the same name, adapted into a chamber opera by Luc Brewaeys.
• Colloquium

Date

22/10/2011 > 28/04/2012

Venue

Various locations

Info

Departement Cultuur - Staf
Veldstraat 82
9000 Gent
Tel.: +32 9 269 84 60
Fax: +32 9 269 84 79
e-mail: directie.cultuur@gent.be

This double exhibition focuses on the various views and convictions about children and education which have arisen throughout history and recently. The exhibition illustrates how strongly the approaches and expectations towards children and youngsters can differ, as well as the birth of child psychiatry: how have politicians, physicians and educators protected and helped children in danger?

The second part of this double exhibition will be held at the Lokettenzaal of the Flemish Parliament, from mid-October 2011 till the end of December 2012.

Date

01/10/2011 > 20/05/2012

Venue

Museum Dr. Guislain
J. Guislainstraat 43
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 216 35 95
F. +32 9 216 35 35
e-mail: info@museumdrguislain.be
www.museumdrguislain.be (available in Dutch)

Hybrid opera held in the framework of the Maeterlinck year, which takes place from 22 October 2011 till 28 April 2012.

The storyline: twelve blind people are on an island, with a priest as their guide. After a while, it turns out the priest has died. All the blind can do, is wait for death. Les Aveugles is a dark meditation about human existence. The music was composed by young Flemish composer Daan Janssens. The setting was created by internationally renowned visual artist and playwright Patrick Corillon. This is a “hybrid” opera, a creation which combines various techniques and approaches to share the basic concept of the play – the way humans perceive their fate – with the audience.

Date

27 & 28/04/2012

Venue

Kunstencentrum Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 20
F. +32 9 267 28 30
e-mail: info@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en

Info & tickets

Booking office Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 28
e-mail: tickets@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en

LOD
Bijlokekaai 3
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 266 11 33
e-mail: info@LOD.be
www.lod.be/ 

These concerts will be held as part of the Maeterlinck year, which takes place from 22 October 2011 till 28 April 2012.

Maeterlink’s oeuvre was a huge source of inspiration for contemporary composers and even after his death a lot of composers wrote music to his poetry and plays. More than eighty composers were inspired by his oeuvre, making Maeterlinck by far the most inspiring author in music history. Music Centre De Bijloke Ghent wants to highlight this remarkable cultural and historical fact linked to the city of Ghent.

Programme:

• 21/01/2012: Brussels Philharmonic - Arnold Schönberg
• 02/02/2012: Maeterlinck Kwartet - Milhaud, Debussy
• 11/02/2012: Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen - Gabriel Fauré
• 17/03/2012: Orchestre National de Lille - Jean Sibelius
• 04 & 05/05/2012: NABLA (Joahim Brackx)

Date

21/01 > 05/05/2012

Venue

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent

21/01, 11/02, 17/03, 04/05, 05/05

Venue

Hogeschool Gent Conservatorium
Hoogpoort 64
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 20 74
F. +32 9 269 20 08
e-mail: international.cons@hogent.be
www.hogent.be/cons (available in Dutch)

26/01

Info & tickets

Booking office Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 92 92
e:mail: tickets@debijloke.be
www.debijloke.be/node/2093

http://www.maeterlinck100.be/

Picture

logo maeterlinckjaar

Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) is sometimes considered the most eccentric English Pre-Raphaelite. He was one of the main representatives of the British movement, which combined a socially committed modernism with an interest in medieval art and religious traditions. Brown painted phenomenal landscapes, lively portraits and vivid historical scenes, which surprise the onlooker with their originality. The exhibition in Ghent showcases not only his works, but also those of his Belgian contemporaries.

Date

25/02/2012 > 03/06/2012

Venue

Museum of Fine Arts (MSK - Museum voor Schone Kunsten)
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 07 00
F. +32 9 240 07 90
e-mail: museum.msk@gent.be
www.mskgent.be

Every year in July jazz enthusiasts can have a great time during the Gent Jazz Festival. Renowned artists from Belgium and abroad make up the programme.

Date

04/07 > 15/07/2012

Venue

Bijlokesite
Bijlokekaai 7
9000 Gent

Info

www.gentjazz.com & Fnac shops

A sparkling cultural popular festival with numerous performances of various national and international artists: a unique event in Europe, thanks to the varied and free offer of (music) performances, (street)theatre, exhibitions, animation for children, fairs, parades and so much more!

Date

14/07 > 23/07/2012

Venue

Various locations

Info

Coordination
Dienst Feestelijkheden
Gasmeterlaan 107
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 46 00
F. +32 9 269 46 59
e-mail: feestelijkheden@gent.be
www.gentsefeesten.be

This year’s theme is 'Music, word and image' (‘Muziek, woord en beeld’)

Date

09/09/2012

Venue

Various locations

Info

http://www.openmonumenten.be/

12. TRACK is a temporary exhibition with 30 international artists that leaves permanent traces in the intimate, private and the public.

TRACK MANIFESTO/ GENT/ VERSIE 1.0/ 11.5.11

In 2012 Ghent is honouring its reputation as a city of culture more than ever before. From May to September, TRACK is tracing a new trail through the city: 30 international artists are collaborating with people and organisations from the city to bring you a unique exhibition project. TRACK will take you through neighbourhoods and streets, buildings and squares, and show you contemporary art: not simply 30 images, but projects with a unique reason of being, a surprising history, a hidden story or, in any case, an intense relationship with the city. Ghent’s many museums and cultural institutions have joined the initiative to create an interesting cross-fertilisation and a vast activities programme.

The trail will consist of six clusters in the city.

Date

12/05 > 16/09/2012

Venue

Various locations

Organisation

S.M.A.K.
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 76 01
F. +32 9 221 71 09
e-mail: museum.smak@gent.be
http://www.smak.be/

Info

www.track.be
www.track.be/trade

Ghent becomes a music-lover’s Mecca for three whole weeks. Hundreds of performers provide a varied mixture of classical, jazz and world music.

It opens with the festive OdeGand. The streets alongside Ghent’s waterways overfl ow with music, animation, art and spectacle. And to top it off: a sparkling fi rework display.

Date

15/09 > 29/09/2012

Venue

Various locations

Contact

Festival van Vlaanderen Gent
Kleine Gentstraat 46
9051 Gent
tel 09 243 94 94
e-mail: info@gentfestival.be
www.gentfestival.be

Info & tickets

Uitbureau Gent
Kammerstraat 19
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 77 88
e-mail: tickets@uitbureau.be 
www.uitbureau.be (available in Dutch)

The event developed into one of the most important festivals of Europe and the world. At least 200 films from every corner of the world struggle for your attention. It is here too that the prestigious World Soundtrack Awards are handed over every year.

Date

09/10 > 20/10/2012

Venue

Various locations

Info & tickets

Filmfestival van Vlaanderen - Gent
Leeuwstraat 40b
9000 Gent
tel. +32 9 242 80 60
http://www.filmfestival.be/

The oldest quarter of Ghent organises its own mini festivities, displaying maximal atmosphere and ambiance. For amateurs of more intimate events.

Date

10/08 > 12/08/2012

Venue

Patershol

Info

www.patershol.org

Every year, the very best track racing cyclists compete for the victory in the legendary 'Kuipke' cycling stadium.  Every day you can watch the race for points, the team race, the elimination race, the time trial, the super sprint and the derny. Don’t miss this spectacle!

Date

20 > 25/11/2012

Venue

't Kuipke
Citadelpark

Info

Golazo sports
Schoebroekstraat 8
3583 Beringen
T. +32 11 45 99 00
http://www.z6sdaagse.be/