The Centre for Fine Arts (French: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Dutch: Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in central Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of Beaux-arts) in French or PSK in Dutch. The building was designed by the architect Victor Horta, and completed in 1929 at the instigation of the banker and patron of the artsHenry Le Bœuf. It includes exhibition and conference rooms, a cinema and a concert hall, which serves as home to the Belgian National Orchestra.
Exterior of the Centre for Fine Arts building (BOZAR) in Brussels
Victor Horta began designing the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels following World War I, in a more geometric style than his previous works, similar to Art Deco. The Belgian Parliament initially denied funding for the plans.[1] With the founding of the Société du Palais des Beaux-Arts in 1922, the project was revived. Construction started in 1923,[2] albeit with several restrictions: the Brussels authorities supplied a very irregular area on the slope between the city's upper and the lower part, the main facade had to house shopping facilities, and the height of the building was restricted so as not to compromise the King's view of Brussels' skyline from the Royal Palace.[3]
The building was originally intended to be built of stone, but Horta made a new plan of reinforced concrete with a steel frame. He had intended the concrete to be left exposed in the interior, but the final appearance did not meet his expectations, and he had it covered. It took more than a decade to complete the complex, which contains a large concert hall—the Henry Le Bœuf Hall—in an unusual ovoid, or egg shape. It is accompanied by a recital room, a chamber music room, lecture rooms, and a vast gallery for temporary exhibitions. He managed to put together this array of different functions on a rather small building plot with restricted conditions using more than eight building levels with a large part situated underground.
Contemporary (2000–present)edit
Since 2002, the Belgian federal intuition has chosen the brand name BOZAR, which has eight artistic departments: BOZAR Expo, BOZAR Music, BOZAR Cinema, BOZAR Dance, BOZAR Theatre, BOZAR Literature, BOZAR Studios and BOZAR Architecture. BOZAR is home to the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Société Philharmonique/Philharmonische Vereniging, which invites the world's major orchestras and performers to appear at the Henry Le Bœuf Hall. The finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for classical singers and instrumentalists, one of the most challenging and prestigious competitions of the kind, are also held there. Up to ten exhibitions a year are organised at BOZAR, and have included Jeff Wall, Luc Tuymans, Frida Kahlo, Lucas Cranach, Gilbert & George, Wim Delvoye, Venetian, Flemish Masters, Keith Haring and "It's not only rock'n'roll Baby".
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For the original 1880 Palais des Beaux Arts see Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium The Centre for Fine Arts French Palais des Beaux Arts Dutch Paleis voor Schone Kunsten is a multi purpose cultural venue in central Brussels Belgium It is often referred to as BOZAR a homophone of Beaux arts in French or PSK in Dutch The building was designed by the architect Victor Horta and completed in 1929 at the instigation of the banker and patron of the arts Henry Le Bœuf It includes exhibition and conference rooms a cinema and a concert hall which serves as home to the Belgian National Orchestra Exterior of the Centre for Fine Arts building BOZAR in Brussels Contents 1 History 1 1 Construction 1923 1929 1 2 Contemporary 2000 present 2 Directors 3 Facilities 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Citations 7 External linksHistory editConstruction 1923 1929 edit nbsp The Centre for Fine Arts shortly after completionVictor Horta began designing the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels following World War I in a more geometric style than his previous works similar to Art Deco The Belgian Parliament initially denied funding for the plans 1 With the founding of the Societe du Palais des Beaux Arts in 1922 the project was revived Construction started in 1923 2 albeit with several restrictions the Brussels authorities supplied a very irregular area on the slope between the city s upper and the lower part the main facade had to house shopping facilities and the height of the building was restricted so as not to compromise the King s view of Brussels skyline from the Royal Palace 3 The building was originally intended to be built of stone but Horta made a new plan of reinforced concrete with a steel frame He had intended the concrete to be left exposed in the interior but the final appearance did not meet his expectations and he had it covered It took more than a decade to complete the complex which contains a large concert hall the Henry Le Bœuf Hall in an unusual ovoid or egg shape It is accompanied by a recital room a chamber music room lecture rooms and a vast gallery for temporary exhibitions He managed to put together this array of different functions on a rather small building plot with restricted conditions using more than eight building levels with a large part situated underground Contemporary 2000 present edit Since 2002 the Belgian federal intuition has chosen the brand name BOZAR which has eight artistic departments BOZAR Expo BOZAR Music BOZAR Cinema BOZAR Dance BOZAR Theatre BOZAR Literature BOZAR Studios and BOZAR Architecture BOZAR is home to the National Orchestra of Belgium the Societe Philharmonique Philharmonische Vereniging which invites the world s major orchestras and performers to appear at the Henry Le Bœuf Hall The finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for classical singers and instrumentalists one of the most challenging and prestigious competitions of the kind are also held there Up to ten exhibitions a year are organised at BOZAR and have included Jeff Wall Luc Tuymans Frida Kahlo Lucas Cranach Gilbert amp George Wim Delvoye Venetian Flemish Masters Keith Haring and It s not only rock n roll Baby Directors editRobert 7th Duke d Ursel President of the Centre for Fine Arts 1974 1986 Karel Geirlandt Director General of exhibitions of the Centre for Fine Arts 4 1998 2021 Etienne Davignon President of the Centre for Fine Arts 5 2002 2021 Paul Dujardin Director General of BOZAR 6 15 October 2021 29 May 2022 Sophie Lauwers Director General of BOZAR for a brief period of seven months 7 Facilities editHenry Le Bœuf Hall with seating capacity for 2 200 Chamber Music Room with seating capacity for 476 Victor Horta Hall Great Sculpture Hall Studio Recital Hall with seating capacity for 210 Salle Terarken a multi purpose hall Exhibition roomsGallery edit nbsp Vestibule nbsp Henry Le Boeuf Hall nbsp Exhibition hall nbsp Interior nbsp WindowSee also edit nbsp Belgium portalList of museums in Brussels Art Deco in Brussels History of Brussels Culture of BelgiumReferences editCitations edit Background on Horta on bozar be Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine in English Horta Art Nouveau to Modernism Harry N Abrams ISBN 0 8109 6333 7 Wonderful Concert Halls in Europe Echo Neils Le Large Huldetentoonstelling Karel Geirlandt in galerie Campo De Tijd 2 February 1990 Retrieved 3 July 2022 Etienne Davignon quittera la presidence de Bozar RTBF in French Retrieved 3 July 2022 Paul Dujardin to remain Head of Bozar 8 February 2014 Archived from the original on 30 March 2014 Bozar director general Sophie Lauwers dies aged 55 External links edit nbsp Media related to Bozar at Wikimedia Commons Official website 50 50 37 N 4 21 35 E 50 843712 N 4 359818 E 50 843712 4 359818 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centre for Fine Arts Brussels amp oldid 1186451737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
