M HKA gaat digitaal

Met M HKA Ensembles zetten we onze eerste échte stappen in het digitale landschap. Ons doel is met behulp van nieuwe media de kunstwerken nog beter te kaderen dan we tot nu toe hebben kunnen doen.

We geven momenteel prioriteit aan smartphones en tablets, m.a.w. de in-museum-ervaring. Maar we zijn evenzeer hard aan het werk aan een veelzijdige desktop-versie. Tot het zover is vind je hier deze tussenversie.

M HKA goes digital

Embracing the possibilities of new media, M HKA is making a particular effort to share its knowledge and give art the framework it deserves.

We are currently focusing on the experience in the museum with this application for smartphones and tablets. In the future this will also lead to a versatile desktop version, which is now still in its construction phase.

• 0736 • Untitled , 1956

Painting, 82 x 38.5 cm.

© SABAM Belgium, 2024, Fondazione Lucio Fontana

Collection: Fondazione Lucio Fontana.

In September 1957 the 25-year-old Verheyen

visits the modern metropolis of Milan for the

first time. There he forges contacts with artists

and gallery owners. In February 1958 he holds

his first exhibition in Milan’s Galleria Pater.

Verheyen describes that moment as ‘the start of

an immensely exciting story’. The Italian public

get to see his earliest paintings there. These are

notable for their cosmic or ‘labyrinthine’ style.

At that exhibition, Italian-Argentine artist Lucio

Fontana purchases this small painting. It is now

part of the Fondazione Lucio Fontana collection.

 

 

Fontana bought this work on the opening of the exhibition at Galleria Pater, 17 February 1958.

The work is on view on the installation photograph (on the right) by Sinigaglia. 
 

Verheyen writes about this work to Yves Klein in his letter from 7 February 1959: Fontana, je le connais bien depuis assez de temps, il m’a acheté quelques peintures qui représentent encore une écriture

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Artist

> Jef Verheyen.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen. Window on Infinity. KMSKA, Antwerpen, 23 March 2024 - 18 August 2024.

> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Works from the 1950s.

> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Public Collections.

> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - OEUVRE.

> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 02.

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>Jef Verheyen, Ivo Michiels, Jef Verheyen di Ivo Michiels, 1957.Text, ink on paper.

>Jef Verheyen, Frank Philippi, Artist's scrapbook (Portfolio), 1948-1959.Book, collage.

>Jef Verheyen, Galleria Pater, Gian Sinigaglia, Installation 'Comhaire - Verheyen', 1958.Photography, photograph.

>Dieter Schwarz, Jef Verheyen, Bram Bogart, Englebert Van Anderlecht, Antwerpen/Bruxelles '60. Bram Bogart, Englebert Van Anderlecht, Jef Verheyen, 2002.Book, ink on paper.

>Jef Verheyen, Lucio Fontana, • 0721 • L'air est plein de ta chaleur, 1958.Painting, oil paint on canvas, 64 x 53 cm.

>Jef Verheyen, Lucio Fontana, • 813 • Les arbres roses (Pour mon ami Fontana), 1967.Painting, matt lacquer on fibreboard, mounted in a wooden square box, 72 x 72 cm.