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This multidisciplinary space was designed to bring together a wide range of artistic events, whether music, visual arts, theatre, dance, literature, cinema or architecture. The building housing the Centre for Fine Arts was designed by the architect Victor Horta in Art Deco style, and completed in 1929 at the instigation of the banker and patron ...
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (French: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, pronounced [myze ʁwajo de boz‿aʁ də bɛlʒik]; Dutch: Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə myːˈzeːjaː voːr ˈsxoːnə ˈkʏnstə(ɱ) vɑm ˈbɛlɣijə]) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium.
Main Hall of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels The most significant art collection in the country is the national collection at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels , however, there are more than a dozen other significant art collections around the country.
This section is dedicated to the fine arts from the Middle Ages to the 20th century showing sculptures, furniture, ceramics, metals, and glassware. There is an important and large department of textiles including Flemish tapestries , costumes and dress, as well as needle lace and bobbin lace (parts from the royal collection).
Michel Draguet (born 23 January 1964) is a Belgian art historian, professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, [1] and previously the director and CEO of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium since May 2005. [2]
VWoA is responsible for six marques: Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, and Volkswagen, and in addition is the exclusive importer and distributor of Bugatti and Rimac cars in the U.S. [3] [4] It also controls VW Credit, Inc. (operating as Volkswagen Financial Services), [5] Volkswagen's financial services and credit operations. [6]
Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩] ⓘ) [Note 1] is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst.
Volkswagen began work on the car during the early 1970s as the replacement for the aging Karmann Ghia coupe, and designated it the Typ 53 internally. Although the platform of the Golf was used to underpin the new Scirocco, almost every part of the car was re-engineered in favour of a new styling (penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro) which was sleeker and sportier than that of the Golf.