3 October 2020 until 29 June 2021
©Martin Corlazzoli
2020 saw the opening of a new science museum around the corner of MSK Gent and S.M.A.K. The Ghent University Museum, in short GUM, will allow you to take a look into the mind of a scientist.
The new museum opened with a pop-up exhibition on perspective and geometry in the oeuvre of Jan Van Eyck. The focus of the exhibition will be on his famous masterpiece Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele. Is it true that Van Eyck did not know the laws of perspective in art, as is generally assumed? Why then does his oeuvre feel so right? A scientist and a group of architecture students try to answer these questions. The temporary exhibition confronts their scientific analysis with the artistic analysis of four contemporary artists. Like Van Eyck, they are looking for their own perspective. This results in a different kind of knowledge. Is it knowledge that leads to harmony? Or rather friction? Welcome to Jan Van Eyck's studio!
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Agenda
Entrance Fee
Basic price
€ 8
Reduction groups min. 10 pers.
€ 6
Reduction -26 years
€ 2
Info for groups
A guide will take your group in tow and together you will delve into the GUM’s challenging and surprising story. Stroll past hundreds of objects taken from the university’s unique scientific collections, and immerse yourself in the beautiful selected highlights from the fields of medicine to ethnography, from biology to archaeology, from engineering to linguistics.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Group: a maximum of 20 people per guide
Price: € 85 + Admission fee
Book your guided tour here.
Visiting the GUM with your class? Reserve here.
