Program

Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart

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  Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart

  Workshop for kids: Pimp my bike

  17H00 – 21H00

  Inspired by Joseph Kutter’s seminal work 'Le Champion', we’ll be crafting our own medals and ornaments to decorate our bikes! We’ll use recycled and reclaimed materials to create fun accessories that will add a splash of colour to our bike rides.

   

   

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  Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart

  European Day of Conservation-Restoration

  17H30 (FR) | 19H30 (LU) | 21H30 (LU) | 23H30 (EN)

  To mark the European Day of Conservation-Restoration, which was established in 2018 and is celebrated on the second Sunday in October, the restorers at the MNAHA will offer a glimpse into different aspects of their work.

  17H30 (FR): Photography techniques in the Steichen cabinet, by Francesca Vantellini | Wiltheim wing | 2nd floor
  Have you ever wondered what the challenges of restoring and preserving Edward Steichen's photographs are? Our photography expert Francesca Vantellini will explore three different techniques – silver print, mechanical print and digital print – and reveal material differences between the photographs with the help of a magnifying glass, providing crucial information on how to handle them.

  19H30 (LU): Techniques used in Joseph Kutter's ‘Champion’, by Muriel Prieur | Wiltheim wing | 2nd floor
  The Champion by Joseph Kutter is an exemplary work by the Luxembourg artist. The museum’s head restorer, Muriel Prieur, will speak about Kutter’s technique, his distinctive style and the specific methods developed to preserve the painting.

  21H30 (FR): The different stages of restoring a painting, by Laura Guilluy | Old Masters | 3rd floor
  Find out how Jean Le Clerc’s Saint Paul Ermite reçoit la visite de Saint Antoine (1630) was restored in the Old Masters section of the museum. Our expert Laura Guilluy will explain the different stages of the project, during which we uncovered the artist's signature and gained insights into painter's technique, which blended practices from northern and southern Europe.

  23H30 (EN): Preventive conservation, by Leila Agadi | Wiltheim room | 4th floor
  Taking the current exhibition ‘D‘histoires et d’art. Peindre au Luxembourg au XVIIIe siècle’ as an example, our preventive conservation expert Leila Agadi will explain the measures the museum has to take to preserve an artwork, from light and humidity levels through to pest prevention. The exhibition is an interesting example because the artworks on display are on loan from spaces like churches that don’t have the same controlled conditions as the museum.

   

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  Musical performance: Da Capo Quartet

  19H00 | 20H30 | 22H30

  The Da Capo Quartet is made up of four young musicians who know each other from school and the conservatory of Luxembourg City. Their performance at the Nuit des Musées marks the beginning of their promising trajectory. They play in various orchestras together, including the Orchestre National des Jeunes. As members of Gen Z, they rebel against classical purism and do not limit themselves to playing pieces created long before they were born. Their set celebrates three great classical composers; Haydn, Mozart and Beyoncé.

  By Emma Bauler and Julie Zwick (violin), Amélie Herold (viola), and Désirée Bonacci (cello)

   

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  Dance performance: Art makes history - Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg

  18H00 | 20H00 | 22H00 | 00H00

  The Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg will take to the stage once again: Simone Mousset’s fictitious ballet is part of the country’s forgotten, mythical past. The exhibition D‘histoires et d’art is the perfect backdrop for the performance, as it too showcases untold stories of Luxembourg’s cultural heritage.
  
  Interim artistic director of the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg: Louis Chevalier
  Rehearsal direction: Simone Mousset
  Original choreography: Claudine Bal, Josephine Bal
  Additional choreography: Simone Mousset, Elisabeth Schilling
  Original music: Maurizio Spiridigliozzi
  All dances shown are repertoire of the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg

  For more information: www.nationalmusee.lu/lart-fait-lhistoire

   

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  'Coup de cœur' with 'Gëlle Fro'

  21H00 & 23H00 (LU)

  Philippe and Tom are the hosts of the No. 1 podcast in Luxembourg, ‘Gëlle Fro’. The two are 26 years old and studied and lived together at the University of Munich. It was there that they had the idea to start a podcast in Luxembourgish. Every two weeks, they invite exciting guests to join them in the Gruppetto and talk with them about God and the world. Thereby, one can discover the diversity of Luxembourg's culture and take a look behind the facades of the country's most famous personalities. Their guests range from Prime Minister Xavier Bettel to rapper Bazooka Brooze and Bishop an Cardinol Jean-Claude Hollerich. If they were now allowed to meet the Grand Duke himself one day, they would have achieved their goal.

  Listen also to their Special Edition podcast episode: Gëlle Fro x Nuit des Musées (Spotify)

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  Guided tours of the exhibition 'The Alchemist. Selected works by Arthur Unger'

  17H15 (FR) | 18H15 (LU) | 21H15 (DE) | 00H15 (EN)

  The Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart is delighted to showcase the unique work of Arthur Unger as part of its series on contemporary artists from Luxembourg.

  Known for harnessing the transformational qualities of copper, Unger has often been called an alchemist. This reflects his deep concern with materiality that has defined his practice from the early 1970s onwards. In addition to inventing a new technique using fire and copper, Unger also experimented with the process of ink wash painting over the course of his career. The show juxtaposes these two key elements of his practice, illustrating how the medium often becomes the message in his works.

  Form and content, thus, come together in a selection of highly expressive pieces from the 1970s through to the present day. Dive into Unger’s immersive world of copper and ink at the Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart!

   

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  Guided tours of the exhibition 'EMOP, Rethinking Identity. Je est un autre'

  17H45 (FR) | 20H45 (EN) | 22H45 (LU) | 23H45 (DE)

  The Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart is once again taking part in the European Month of Photography, a biennial event which will be focusing on the theme of 'Rethinking Identity' this year.

  Rimbaud's famous quotation 'Je est un autre', taken from a letter he wrote to Paul Demeny in 1871, refers to the poet as a multiple being, a diversity of personalities between identity and otherness. Paradoxically, this statement questions the construction of the subject in its relation to others. If these topics were at the centre of philosophical and psychological debates from existentialism and anti-psychiatry to feminism in the 1960s and 1970s, today postcolonial, postfeminist and gender studies focus more on the cultural and national dimensions in the correlation of the self and the other. The exhibition will feature the work of eight artists - Krystyna Dul, Corina Gertz, Katinka Goldberg, Lívia Melzi, Bruno Oliveira, Zanele Muholi, Lunga Ntila, Frida Orupabo - who all explore the subject of identity in different and distinct ways.

   

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  Guided tours of the exhibition 'D’histoires et d’art. Peindre au Luxembourg au XVIIIe siècle'

  Feel free to visit the show at any time during the evening

  Dive into the fascinating lives and works of 18th century painters from Luxembourg in our immersive new show at the Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart. Offering a glimpse into a little-known chapter of the country’s art history, D‘histoires et d’art explores the lived reality of artists in the 1700s and the intriguing paintings they produced, from altarpieces and other religious works through to portraits and still lifes.

  As a nod to the era, all the artworks are hung on a single wall, transforming the exhibition space into a sumptuous 18th century salon. As visitors admire the paintings, the room changes around them, projecting a wide range of videos onto the wall that immerse the viewer in the stories behind the paintings and their makers. From the price of paintings through to the trends of the day, the show offers a unique insight into the art scene of the 18th century.

   

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  Culinary Night: D’Gëlle Klack (Goeres Hôtels Luxembourg | Parc Beaux-arts)

  Ongoing

  D'Gëlle Klack will serve local and organic fare all evening, including a tasty vegetarian soup and a variety of grilled sausages (including a vegetarian option) with a choice of three sauces. For dessert, Marcello will serve delicious homemade ice cream. Be sure to grab a local beer or a Let'z lemonade too!

   

   

   

• Photo credits

  Photo 1: © MNAHA
  Photo 2: © MNAHA
  Photo 3: © Da Capo
  Photo 4: © M. Louis Chevalier photographed by Thierry Chateau
  Photo 5: © Gëlle Fro
  Photo 6: © Arthur Unger
  Photo 7: © MNAHA
  Photo 8: © MNAHA
  Photo 9: © Goeres Hotels Luxemburg