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The expo-event Art Truc Troc, organised by the cultural council Wolu-Culture in collaboration with Artdynamik and in co-presentation with Bozar, will take place on the 27th, 28th & 29th of January 2012.

Truc Troc has a unique and original concept. During the exhibition, visitors are invited to barter items, services, materials, travels or any other proposal that may suit the artist in exchange of a work of art. So there is no question of money!

The visitor once seduced by a work, will write its barter and its coordinates on a post-it that he will place next to the work. The artist can then choose to contact him or not. There will be over 300 various artists who will come and trade their art pieces in an exhibition room of over 1600 m². The list of the exhibitors is available on www.tructroc.be.

History

The first Truc Troc was inaugurated in 1975 by the artists My Rijck and Charline Mahy at Chateau Malou (Woluwe-Saint-Lambert). Thirty years later, this unusual event is recreated at Bozar, and since then, the Cultural Center Wolu-Culture assumes the role of curator of this exhibition.

Practical details

• When? 27-28-29 January 2012
• How much? 5 €
• Where? Bozar: Rue Ravenstein, 23 – 1000 Bruxelles
• Internet? www.tructroc.be

How to reach from hotel BLOOM?

Metro: Take metro at Botanique, a bit further in the street

• Line 1 & 5 : Stops Gare Centrale & Parc
• Line 1 & 2 & 5 & 6 : Arts-Loi

Tram: Take the tram in front of the hotel

• 92 – 94: Stop Bozar

Don’t miss the 7^th Art’n Bloom! this Saturday, October 22 at Hotel BLOOM! It’s strictly fashionista!

Art’n BLOOM! is an extraordinary event that takes place 2 to 3 times a year on the first floor of Hotel BLOOM! For one day only, the hotel and meeting rooms become a non-permanent exhibition where young and upcoming talent get a free platform to display their work in an original way. The 7^th edition will – like last year – offer an exciting smorgasbord of fashion talent.

Don’t miss:

• - More than 18 rooms taken over by young and upcoming fashion designers, photographers and other artists
• - About 8 meeting rooms with more renowned brands, designers and artists from Brussels, Antwerp, London, Paris…
• - Musical performance and special guest decoration in the lobby
• - After-party with DJs in SmoodS – living room, kitchen and music

Get the details and updated news on our website or Facebook page!

ING Cultural Centre and the Belgian Royal Museums of Fine Arts are pleased to present an exhibition of 120 paintings, sculptures and drawings illustrating the poetic nature of Miró’s work. This will be in collaboration with the Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona from 24th March till 19th June 2011.

 The emphasis is put on the masterpieces of the Spanish painter dating from the Second World War and the famous Constellations painted during the war.

 His paintings are abstract, figurative and very well controlled. Thanks to his sensibility Miró developed a masterpiece made of figures and symbolic colors representing a kind of poem.

This exhibition is part of the “Surrealist Spring at the Mont des Arts” project. On presentation of the exhibition ticket, you will receive a discount on the entrance fee for the Magritte Museum within availability limits and during the Joan Miró exhibition period.

 For more information about go to www.ing.be (only 15 minutes walking from the hotel)

The rendez-vous of the booklovers will take place at Tour & Taxis from 17th February till 21th February. This year the topic of the exhibition is ‘the world belongs to women’. Different aspect of the woman will be analyzed: the social and the professional sphere of woman.

The exhibition gathers novels, essays, scientific books, school books, but also comic books and art books.

A 400m² space devoted to fine dining and cooking books will be completed by a tasting area. Lots of well known chefs will be present!!

For more information have a look at http://www.foiredulivredebruxelles.be

The Center for Fine Arts presents two brand new exhibitions from 11th February till 8th May.

Venetian and Flemish Masters is a must see exhibition for all lovers of Italian art. Come and discover four centuries of contrast between some fifty paintings of North Italian Masters as Bellini or Canaletto and fifteen masterpieces of their Flemish counterparts as Van Eyck or Jordaens.

After a successful tour in United-States, the exhibition Luc Tuymans,Retrospective is coming in Brussels. The Centre for Fine Arts is the only European place where the paintings of the renowned Belgian artist, which deal with very sensitive topics as the Second World War, 9/11 or colonialism, will be seen.

Learn more on www.bozar.be