Alter Ego

25 April 2010 - 13 June 2010

Since a few years, the castle has been developing an innovative exhibition policy that creatively addresses the heritage concept. After all, a historic place is not a sacrosanct place! Heritage also has to do with who we are, here and now.

As soon as the marquise Arconati Visconti arrived a... 

Theatrum Mundi V - CYTHERA

26 June 2010 - 08 August 2010

Deeply rooted in western culture, Depelchin’s drawings and installations tell universal tales. The artist developed his own unique image language, with strong references to classical and Renaissance iconography (not too remotely reminding of Bruegel, Bosch and Dürer). Recently, oriental fantasie... 

Dragon brood!

15 September 2010 - 07 November 2010

For centuries, people were convinced that dragons were real. Tirelessly, crypto-zoologists (students of fabulous creatures) were searching for evidence of their existence: dinosaur eggs and footprints, skeletons … even ‘real’ dragons, clever fabrications by scheming forgers for display in curiosi...