Dacos, who was a professor of engraving at the Academy of Fine Arts in Liège and the co-founder of the Biennial of Engraving, the “La Poupée d’Encre” association, Dacos is ubiquitous when it comes to engraving.
He launched a project to create an award, which would support and encourage young engravers. In addition, the City of Liège, in close collaboration with the artist’s family, is organising the first edition of the Dacos Award this year, 2015.
Hope and optimism (by Gerrit Kempeneers) brings together a collection of works by 25 artists from all over the world, each interpreting the theme of hope and optimism in their own way.
This project has been proposed by AIGS, in collaboration with the REVERS not-for-profit association.
The works on display are partly produced in the workshops of CRF Le Maillet,
L’Intervalle, Le Sablier, SIS Les Cramignons and the REVERS cultural insertion system.
After the 2011 presentation of the collection of monumental paintings entitled "Garden of days" – which was intended to occupy the nave of the Saint Pholien church (Liège) – Olivier Pé (who was born in 1972 and worked in Liège) will be showcasing his new research in the halls of the Grand Curtius museum on 28 January.
During the construction of the high-speed line in Baelen in 2005, excavations showed that the village of Nereth had been occupied by Germans since the 4th century. The remains had then been updated.
The Liège artist Pol Piérart is honoured at the Palais Curtius between 10 March and 30 April 2016. Pol Piérart studied decorative painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège; he then became interested in photography.
Historisch, wetenschappelijk en menselijk verhaal over de Eerste Wereldoorlog, dat van een hotel gelegen op de zeedijk van De Panne, dat een oorlogshospitaal werd.
At the initiative of the City of Liège, the "Grand Bazaar" is an event that highlights the creative talents of Liège in a location that is emblematic of the Ardent City.
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