GLASS MUSEUM/FIRST GLASS BIENNALE/ EXHIBITION 17, 18 and 19 MAY 2019
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….
GLASS MUSEUM/FOCUS ON ARTISTS – TRANSPARENCY – A FOCUS ON ARTISTS DEVOTED TO THE WACQUEZ-ERMEL BEQUEST/FROM 27 APRIL TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2019
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…
GLASS MUSEUM/FOCUS ON ARTIST/PAULINE BÉTIN/EVERYDAY MONUMENTS/EXHIBITION FROM 24.11.2018 TO 17.02.2019 /
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…
GLASS MUSEUM/GLASSMAKING, A HUMAN BEEHIVE? THE CHARLEROI REGION 1880-1930/EXHIBITION FROM 27.01.2018 TO 27.05.2018
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…
GLASS MUSEUM/FOCUS ON ARTISTS/BAGATELLES CREATIONS/FROM 23 JUNE TO 22 SEPTEMBER 2018
Bagatelles Créations Creators of art beads Glass was not originally the preferred material of Alain Deguide and Anne Janssens of Bagatelles Créations. Their introduction to the medium over ten years ago marked a turning point in their artistic career. They became fascinated by glass and…
GLASS MUSEUM/CHARLEROI, BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADE STAINED GLASS IN THE HOME 1880-1940/EXHIBITION AT THE PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS/FROM 14.11.2015 TO 13.03.2016
EXTENDED UNTIL 8 MAY! From 14 November 2015 to 13 March 2016 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi The blossoming of the art of stained glass in architecture coincides with the development of Art Nouveau. This infatuation persisted into the age of Art Deco,…
GLASS MUSEUM/MEDIUM GLASS 21/EXHIBITION FROM 13.09.2014 TO 30.11.2014
‘I have always had such a love for glass, which is a kind of solidified water, tangible, intangible between our fingers, a permanent form of fragility, a spiritual content!’ (Paul Claudel, Œuvres en prose, Paris, 1989, p. 337) The Glass Museum is not just an…
GLASS MUSEUM/SCAILMONT H.H. A HAINAUT GLASSWORKS IN THE AGE OF ART DECO/EXHIBITION FROM 27.09.2013 TO 1.12.2013
The Charleroi Glass Museum is devoting its annual show to the Verreries de Scailmont, and in particular their artistic output in the age of Art Deco. Alongside their usual output, which was typical of the sort of industrial-scale household glass that was then thriving in…
GLASS MUSEUM/VÉROBÉ STYLE – PARIS – MILAN – CHARLEROI/EXHIBITION FROM 5.10.2012 TO 2.12.2012
Vérobé Style – Paris – Milan – Charleroi 5 October 2012 to 2 December 2012 A world of imagination and spontaneity… to be discovered at the Charleroi Glass Museum Veronique Bernier has a degree from the Charleroi Academy of Fine Arts and the European Glass…