Verbeke Foundation, Contemporary art museum in Kemzeke, Belgium.
Verbeke Foundation is a contemporary art museum in Kemzeke, part of Stekene, opened in June 2007 on a 12-hectare wooded estate. It holds two covered exhibition spaces of 20,000 m² in total, plus greenhouses, a pond, an event hall and a restaurant. The sculpture park displays large constructions, including a helicopter, rusty trains and a toppled electricity pylon.
The museum was established in 2007 by transforming former warehouse buildings into exhibition spaces. This conversion of industrial structures created a new venue for experimental contemporary art.
The name refers to collector Geert Verbeke, a former transport entrepreneur who sold his company to devote himself to art. The collection of over 2,000 collages and assemblages traces a century of the medium, from Dada pieces by Paul Joostens and Michel Seuphor to surrealist collages by E.L.T. Mesens and Marcel Mariën, and the Coll'Art movement of Marcel-Louis Baugniet and Jean Milo. Works by Jan Fabre, Panamarenko and Luc Tuymans are also present.
The layout makes it easy to move between indoor galleries and outdoor spaces. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes and allow several hours to explore both areas thoroughly.
Artists create living artworks here where organisms and natural processes become part of the artistic creation. These bioart experiments allow visitors to witness how nature and human intention interact.
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