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Verhaeren Revealed

The writer, critic and the art of his time (1881-1916)

Exhibition
15.10.16 – 15.01.17

Théo Van Rysselberghe, 'The Lecture by Emile Verhaeren', 1903, MSK Gent.

One hundred years after his death, the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) paid homage to Emile Verhaeren (1855-1916), a key protagonist in the Belgian cultural landscape around the turn of the century. We invited visitors to rediscover the fin de siècle art world through the eyes of the writer who witnessed it from the front row. The exhibition coincided with the opening of our new Drawings Cabinet, in which the museum can now more fully exhibit its impressive collection of art on paper.