KANAL - Centre Pompidou

KANAL - Centre Pompidou is museum for modern and contemporary art located in Brussels, Belgium, near the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, in the former buildings of a Citroën garage.[3] The definitive opening is scheduled for 2025.[4][5][6][7] During the renovations, the museum remains open at its temporary location K1, at 1, avenue du Port/Havenlaan.[8]

KANAL - Centre Pompidou
Established3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)
LocationSquare Sainctelette / Sainctelettesquare 11-12,
B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°51′30.7″N 4°20′54.0″E
TypeArt museum
FounderBrussels-Capital Region
DirectorYves Goldstein (general), Kasia Redzisz (artistic)[1][2]
ChairpersonMichèle Sioen
Websitekanal.brussels

Building

The building, which is included in the inventory of architectural heritage of the Brussels-Capital Region,[9] is a former garage built for the Citroën company between 1933 and 1934 under the direction of the French architect Maurice-Jacques Ravazé with the Belgian architects Alexis Dumont and Marcel Van Goethem.[10] It was modified in 1954 by Louis Hoebeke.[11]

The building occupies most of the block that is enclosed by the Square Sainctelette/Sainctelettesquare, the Quai des Péniches/Akenkaai, the Quai de la Voirie/Ruimingskaai and the Quai de Willebroeck/Willebroekkaai. The former showroom, on the corner of the Square Sainctelette and the Place de l'Yser/Ijzerplein was a single, 21-metre-high (69 ft) volume with a glass facade. In the 1950s, several floors were added to the showroom.

On 28 March 2017, the Urban Development Corporation (SAU-MSI) of the Brussels-Capital Region launched an international design competition for the €125 million conversion to a museum. The jury selected a proposal, A Stage for Brussels by noAarchitecten, EM2N and Sergison Bates architects.[12]

History

Plans for a museum by the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal were first proposed in 2014. The government of the Brussels-Capital Region hoped to use works from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, but failed to garner support for using the federal art collection.[13] In March 2015, the government of the Brussels-Capital Region and Groupe PSA reached an agreement for the sale of the site. The sale, for €20.5 million was finalized on 29 October 2015.[14] When the museum was unable to use works from the federal art collection, it partnered with the Centre Pompidou to provide artworks and knowhow.[15] The Centre Pompidou will receive €11 million for 10 years, of which €2 million will be allocated for staff in Paris.[3]

Kanal Brut

Prior to the renovation and definitive opening in 2023, Kanal pre-opened in May 2018 with an event called Kanal Brut, curated by Bernard Blistène, with works from the collection of the Centre Pompidou and a film studio designed by Michel Gondry.[16] The museum closed for renovations in June 2019.[17]

References
  1. "Nominations à Kanal: "Ce n'est pas ce que le jury a décidé"". L'Echo. June 23, 2021.
  2. "A Brussels Museum Backs Off Its Plan to Split Its Director Job Into Two After Activists Protested the Move as Sexist". Artnet News. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. Struys, Bruno (2018-03-09). "Hoe het symbool van Brussels nationalisme uitdraaide op Belgisch surrealisme, in Franse handen". de Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  4. "DPG Media Privacy Gate".
  5. "Le musée d'art contemporain Kanal ouvrira ses portes à l'automne 2025".
  6. BX1 (2023-01-12). "L'ouverture du futur musée KANAL prévue en octobre 2025". France 24 (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  7. "Yves Goldstein: "Kanal, ce n'est pas un musée que nous construisons, c'est un espace de vie"". Le Soir (in French). 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  8. "K1 (Temporary venue)". KANAL — Centre Pompidou — Brussels. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  9. "Former headquarters of the Belgian Citroën Automobile Company". inventaire du patrimoine architectural (in French). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  10. "Un lieu, une histoire, une ambition". KANAL — Centre Pompidou — Bruxelles (in French). 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  11. "Ancien siège de la Société belge des automobiles Citroën – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  12. "Zo zal het nieuwe Kanal-museum eruit zien". de Morgen. 21 March 2018.
  13. "N-VA tegen aankoop Citroëngebouw voor nieuw museum". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Belga. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  14. NWS, VRT (2015-10-29). "Verkoop Citroëngebouw aan Brussel beklonken". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  15. "'Citroënmuseum kan het gezicht van Brussel veranderen'". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  16. "Bruxelles 2018 – 2019 – Home Movie Factory by Michel Gondry" (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  17. Van Hyfte, Sofie (3 May 2018). "Oude Citroën-garage herrijst: KANAL neemt vliegende start". de Morgen (in Dutch).
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