KMSKA LATE - Literaire tour about Magritte

“Our happiness depends on a riddle connected to humanity; it is our only duty to try to unravel it.” With words to this effect, René Magritte concluded his 1938 lecture Ligne de vie at KMSKA, in which he described how he sought a visual language capable of responding to the absurd world in which he lived, a “world full of disorder and contradictions.” He developed the magical language so characteristic of his paintings, full of nonconformist images and disorienting combinations.

Today’s generation of emerging artists also seeks to offer alternatives to our society through new work. We invited former participants of deBuren’s writing residency in Paris to engage with Magritte’s exploratory approach and his work. Certainties are boring, after all, and the annual theme of deBuren is “Who (doesn’t) know may speak.” These new texts can be discovered during a festive edition of KMSKA LATE, when the museum opens its doors in the evening.

• This activity is part of KMSKA LATE
• This activity will take place in Dutch.
• When?
  Thursday, 19 November at 7:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.
• Where?
  In the exhibition. Starting in ROOM 1.0
• For whom?
  For anyone with a Thursday evening ticket, while capacity allows.
• Price
  Free with a museum ticket. No reservation required. Once full, it’s full!