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Exhibition in Art & History Museum: Shin hangaThe new prints of Japan 1900 - 1960

18/10/2022

The Shin hanga exhibition (14/10/2022 – 15/01/2023) will feature no less than 220 Japanese prints from two private collections in the Netherlands, as well as sketches, studies and prints from the collection of the grandson of the publisher Watanabe. Next to these works, the visitors will find a selection of Shin hanga prints from the rich collection of the Art & History Museum.

The Shin hanga (literally « new prints ») art movement was a revival of traditional printmaking (ukiyo-e) in the early 20th century. The publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962), noting the decline in xylographic production due to competition from new imported techniques such as photography and lithography, was the movement's greatest promoter. He gathered around him artists whose drawings were printed using traditional woodblock printing techniques.

The public will see a selection of masterpieces from three leading shin hanga collections.

Shin hanga – The new prints of Japan 1900-1960 fits into the Art & History Museum’s vision of sharing top works with a wider public. The subject matter is easily accessible.

The fascinating beauty and rarity of the prints will be mouth-watering not only for enthusiasts, but also for those discovering this art for the first time

While retaining classic themes such as landscapes, beautiful women (bijin), kabuki actors and flowers-and-birds, Shin hanga prints also reflect a modernizing Japan and seduce with a new aesthetic and an extremely high production quality.

The public will see a selection of masterpieces from three leading shin hanga collections, that is two Dutch private collections and the Japanese collection of Watanabe Shōzaburō, the publisher who was the key figure of the shin hanga movement. For this exhibition, his grandson is lending prints that have never before been seen outside Japan. These loans are supplemented with shin hanga prints from the Art & History Museum’s own rich collection.

Shin hanga. The new prints of Japan 1900-1960 13.10.22 > 15.01.23
Art & History Museum
Cinquantenaire Park 10  1000 Brussels
Tuesdays to Fridays: 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last tickets at 4 p.m.  Closed on Mondays, on 25th December and 1st January Admission prices  €16 / 12 / 6 free for 0-18 years free

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Halloween@Mini-Europe

13/10/2022

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From October 22 to November 6, Mini-Europe makes you tremble with fear – but also shiver with pleasure. For the occasion, the park dons the colors of Halloween: hundreds of skeletons and monsters have messed up the park. It's a party for skeletons and zombies in the Lunapark but also in and under the cemetery.

What happened with the plane crash at the airport? And over there, is that the train ghost or ghost train? There will be thousands of details to observe. We also mention the revolt miniatures against the model maker: their turn to twist his arms, to drill him, to glue him and to to paint. True to its reputation, Mini-Europe makes it a point of honor to entertain its visitors with fun and humour, but also to highlight our European heritage.

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Would you like to know the origins Halloween tradition? You don't fear the darkest witch stories of the Middle Age ? Then you are making the right choice by visiting Mini-Europe during the autumn holidays. Additional entertainment is planned from Saturday October 29 to Tuesday November 1: the familiar 1/25 scale models will be visited by actors and extras in the flesh who will bring even more life to the park. During four days, visitors will benefit from additional entertainment. During your visit, you risk coming across a balloon-sculpting Bellhop looking for his haunted hotel, a pirate in trouble of adventures that will challenge you to a sword fight or the angel of death that will freeze your blood!
A make-up stand will allow visitors to treat themselves to an even more marked horror look.
The price of admission to Mini - Europe remains unchanged during Halloween@Mini-Europe.

From October 22 to November 6, Mini-Europe makes you tremble with fear – but also shiver with pleasure.

Additional entertainment is planned for October 29, 30, 31 and November 1 From Saturday October 29 to Tuesday November 1.

The familiar 1/25 scale models will be visited by actors in the flesh which will bring even more life to the park.

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Halloween@Mini-Europe

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VAT number: BE1015.089.657

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