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BELGIUM HERENTALS
ОглавлениеART CENTER HUGO VOETEN
International art inside an old factory close to Antwerp
Collector:
Hugo Voeten
Addresses:
Vennen 22
2200 Herentals
Belgium
Tel +32 475 555125
Sculpture Park:
Hazenhout 17–19
2440 Geel
Belgium
Please check the website for the most current information on opening hours.
More than 1 700 works of art, assembled by a single collector. This can only be described as collecting mania, even if Hugo Voeten steadily honed his collection over three decades. The collector, who died in 2017, was not committed to a particular geographical or medium-specific category, but had certain priorities: Bulgarian and Belgian art in general, and sculpture in particular. With 5 000-square-meters of exhibition space in a former 1950s-era grain mill, the Art Center Hugo Voeten near Herentals is suited for extended forays through twentieth- and twenty-first-century art history. There is also a dedicated park in Geel showcasing monumental sculptures. In addition to the much-talked-about artist Arno Breker, there are also crowd favorites like Aristide Maillol and Auguste Rodin, as well as contemporaries from Wim Delvoye to Thomas Houseago.
