This third edition of Curtius Circus confirms the importance of a collaborative approach between the first-year students in the Advertising Masters at the ESAL (Royal Academy of Fine Arts) and the Entertainment Department of the Museums of the City of Liège.

Photograph: Willy Del Zoppo/André Leclercq
Guest artist: videographer Christopher Bouts

For 20 years now, the City of Liège has been launching an annual call for projects regarding intercultural themes and the fight against intolerance, on behalf of associations working in the field of intercultural relations in our city.

For I live here, twenty students of journalism from IHECS immersed themselves in the lives of immigrants in Liège, as part of a photo journalism workshop. 

For more than 800 years, Liège was the capital of an independent principality that was headed by a prince-bishop. All states have significant texts. The former principality of Liège was no exception to this rule. Presented by some historians as the "constitution" of this principality, the Peace of Fexhe played a determining role in the history of Liège, as it attempted to define the limits of the powers of the prince-bishop, especially as they related to matters of justice, and those of his subjects.

In 1517, Martin Luther spoke out against the doctrine of indulgences promoted by Rome in his 95 theses. Five hundred years later, the city of Liège – in collaboration with the Network of Libraries and Artistic Collections of the University of Liège and the Luther, Liège 2017 not-for-profit association – presents this exhibition, which is based on a key piece: the Palatine Bible, Luther's German translation of the Bible. Other pieces complement the presentation, helping to explain Lutheranism, its challenges, dissemination and reception, etc.

Covering almost half a century of cartoons, "Black Drawings of Communism" highlights the caricatures that were published in the Belgian communist press. Occasionally cutting, they mock the Church, the United States, militarism, the law and even employers. This is an opportunity to discover the political history of Belgium during the twentieth century from another angle.

For the 2017 edition, the theme of the exhibition is “New species – New tribes”.
The public will be able to discover unpublished pieces, which are the result of the daily work done by the participants in their workshops.
For this new edition, the walls of the Grand Curtius museum will welcome unpublished and original pieces. In addition to this exhibition, the partners have planned free entertainment for adults and children.

Born in Brussels in 1955, Pierre Devreux is a self-taught visual artist. He began his career in the 1980s. A painter and a sculptor, the artist – who is somewhat of a loner – combines his creativity with his perspective on the world in his work. A committed artist, Pierre Devreux questions the lack of dialogue and interactions between human beings.

Saturday 17 June at 4pm will see the inauguration of the “Galleries of women” exhibition, which is offered by the Soroptimist of Liège at the Grand Curtius museum. The exhibition will pay tribute to some remarkable women from our country. 70 portraits for 70 years of action in favour of women! The choice was made based on their profession (which was exceptional for their time), their charisma and their personality.