JOEL KERMARREC
Extended due to success until 28 June
Joël Kermarrec’s return to his native city evokes nostalgic memories for many Ostend residents, but the freshness and poetry of his work also appeal to many young people. Due to great interest, we are extending Nostalgia of Oostende until Sunday 28 June, in collaboration with Mu.ZEE and Baudoin Lebon gallery.
Would you like to get to know Joël Kermarrec? Then dive into this documentary made especially for the occasion: https://vimeo.com/1191669693
Image above: Joël Kermarrec, Derniers regards flamands de nostalgie d’Oostende, watercolour and collage, 42 x 55.8 cm. © rights holders Joël Kermarrec
KAREL MUS Finissage Sunday 31 May at 3pm
Karel Mus welcomes friends and supporters at the end of his extremely successful exhibition Echos Beyond Color for a ‘meet and greet’ with refreshments. Take the opportunity to discover these enchanting works or collect your purchase.
GILBERT NYATANYI Book Presentation 19 June at 6pm
In The Boy Who Ate Bees, Gilbert Nyatanyi tells the moving, true story of a boy growing up between two worlds: born in Rwanda, raised in sober West Flanders. Nyatanyi’s childhood full of honey, warmth and colour takes on a different light when he loses his father and is sent to Belgium as a child. He must take root again there, between homesickness and hope, between the past he carries with him and the future he wants to embrace. The Boy Who Ate Bees is a moving and hopeful autobiography with healing stories. An exceptional debut, gripping and full of humanity.
Gilbert Nyatanyi (1971, Rwanda) grew up in Egem, West Flanders. He is a lawyer specializing in banking and financial law, with experience in Europe and Africa. Also known as ‘Gilberke’ from the TV classic Everything is Possible. He is married and father of two daughters.
This book presentation is free but registration is required.
ABIGAIL TULIS 10th Biennial of Painting
This summer marks a special milestone for Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, the Roger Raveel Museum and mudel: the tenth edition of the Biennial of Painting. From 28 June to 18 October 2026, the three museums will once again join forces for a jubilee edition. By bringing together new creations, in situ installations and existing works from public and private collections in changing constellations, a multifaceted confrontation between past and present emerges.
At mudel, Abigail Tulis’s The Lady of Shalott will certainly be a highlight. This series of 13 monumental paintings about the cursed lady from the King Arthur novels will be shown here in full for the first time – something to look forward to!
The tenth Biennial of Painting, mudel, opening Sunday 28 June.
Abigail Tulis, The Green Dream, oil on canvas, 220 x 287 cm
