Desislava Stoilova, Tubes, 2022/Rémy Hans, Maison bleue, 2022/Photo © Ouvert la nuit Desislava Stoilova (born 1983) discovered glass by chance when she was studying art in France in 2002. She was so fascinated by it that she chose to make it her medium of artistic expression. After creating glass…

 Jean-François Lemaire fuses the emotion of creation with the history of the earth and humanity, technical research and the power of natural materials. Understanding and conveying the material, and controlling the elements. Jean-François Lemaire is a French artist.He trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in…

The Glass Museum introduces Jean-Baptiste SIBERTIN-BLANC, a designer who lets glass speak and associate it with other materials: wood, metal, composites. Developing a design where the know-how usually rubs shoulders with the industry, Jean-Baptiste SIBERTIN-BLANC continues his research as an object’s architect, between sculpture and…

Anusch B – We are made of more Water than Blood / photo © P Niset 53 ‘Artists in Focus’ is dedicated to the Belgian artist Anusch B. whose work is chiefly inspired by encounters, exchanges and a sense of wonderment. In each of her…

Gérald Vatrin’s work exudes first of all a natural filiation with Art Nouveau and the Nancy School. Flora and fauna predominate in the ovoid and off-centre forms which are characteristic of the artist. Like Gallé, he plays with the transparency and opacity of glass, colours…

Focus on artists devoted to Perrin & Perrin Martine and Jacki Perrin have lived and worked together since 1967. Their first medium was ceramics. They were also interested in calligraphy, which they studied under Korean artist Ung No Lee. In the 1990s they gradually began…

On 17, 18 and 19 May 2019 there will be an unmissable opportunity for professionals and amateur glass fans alike… Opening evening at 19.00 on 16 May 2019 in the espace Paulus, Bois du Cazier. There will be 30 artists showcased at this first event….

From 27 April to 1 September 2019 In 2018, the Glass Museum was left a major bequest: 69 sculptures representing the Studio Glass movement from the 1980s and early 90s, which had formed the personal collection of gallery owner Christine Ermel, who had spent over…

24.11.2018 – 17.02.2019 / Everyday Monuments Pauline Bétin has carved out her own niche on the contemporary art scene thanks to an unusual process, in which she combines pâte de verre, screen printing, decals and enamelled engraving. The notion of landscape sits at the heart…

Along with steel, textiles and coal, glassmaking formed the four basic industries which contributed to Wallonia’s industrial boom in the 19th century. Glassmaking is a coal-hungry business, and under the French and the Dutch it equally established itself in the areas around Liège, Charleroi, Namur…