The MoMu Library regularly receives donations which enable us to grow our collection. In the spotlight today: Stan Schoonbaert's personal Bartsons collection.
Chocolatier Julius Persoone translated twelve silhouettes from the MoMu Collection into as many unique chocolates. He walks us through the inspiration behind The MoMu Chocolate Collection.
MoMu sits down with recent Antwerp Fashion Department graduate and MoMu Award winner Laura Meier Hagested to discuss the inspiration behind her collection '(Please) Lose Yourself In Me' and her plans for the future.
Laure Van Brempt and Vera Roggli are the Antwerp-based duo WIESI WILL. Their collaboration arises from their shared love for materials, sustainable craftsmanship, and experimental research into structures and textures.
Each year MoMu grants the ‘MoMu Award’ to an MA student of the fashion department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. This award is granted to the student whose work stands out because of its unique graphic language with a photoshoot!
Klaas Rommelaere graduated from the fashion department at KASK Gent in '13. He focuses on visual art inspired by his personal life, family, etc. Rommelaere expresses himself through textile and crafts, creating flags, tapestries, masks and installations.
In partnership with MoMu, Mvslim (online community uniting people from different backgrounds and cultures) will hold its first Modest Fashion Forum in Antwerp. 8 speakers will provide insights into the modest fashion industry within the European context.
Nel Aerts pushes the boundaries of traditional media. With the flat perspective, characteristic figures, reoccurring patterns, and a signature colour palette, her visual language is instantly recognizable in every medium.
Anton Cotteleer transforms human and animal shapes into alienating sculptures. Recently Cotteleer completed his research project, ‘The Skin of Sculpture’ at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
For ‘SOFT? Tactile Dialogues’, Jason Poirier dit Caulier and Sofie Van de Velde each curated an exhibition for their galleries in Berchem. ABC Klubhuis also participates in the SOFT? extra muros parcours in their own unique way.
Over the last few years MoMu has produced a series of videos that tell the backstory of an exhibition or go deeper into certain aspects that could not be told in the exhibition itself. MoMu made a selection of five videos that you should watch now!
The building in which MoMu is housed speaks continuously to the imagination. It is the perfect moment to look back at the story of MoMu now that the museum is officially closed until 2021 due to renovation works,
