Each year, Gilles Rochez displays his talent and his love for the folklore of Binche on the façade of his shop located at Avenue Charles Deliège, in the town centre. The exhibition “Fresques carnavalesques” was organized within the framework of the 15th anniversary of...
The “bande des pêcheurs”, the visschersbende (group of the fishermen), a compact, disparate crowd forming a colourful kaleidoscope, is at the centre of the carnival of Dunkirk. Together with the population and the tourists, they get physically involved in a huge...
This exhibition presented the works of a French-Chinese artist duo, Benoît+Bo, who use their respective heritage to create surprising contemporary works which combine East and West and look at the world surrounding us in a half amusing half bitter way. These two...
This exhibition invites the visitor on a journey into the heart of the Amazon in order to make acquaintance with the largest Indian ethnic group of Brazil : the Ticuna. With the help of the ethnologist Daniel De Vos, a very special relationship has developed over the...
This exhibition unmasks the buffoons who will reveal their true nature! A transversal approach is used to deal with this well-known character, which means that diverse masked performances from all over the world are explored. Jesters, servants… they occur in many...
This exhibition invites the visitor to discover textiles – their production, their role, their status, etc. - in diverse rituals from all over the world. In masking practices, and particularly in rituals, textiles are everywhere. They are the surface which ornaments,...
This exhibition invites you to discover in an original way the masked traditions of the Abelam people of Papua New Guinea (Oceania). Forty masks from the extraordinary collection of Marc Assayag, the author of a surprising book, “Les yeux sont des étoiles” (“The stars...
