‘Jef Geys’

17 May →
1 Sept.'19

The Tour de France 1969 of Eddy Merckx

‘In order to completely immerse myself in the cycling environment’, Belgian artist Jef Geys (1934-2018) photographed the first Tour de France that Eddy Merckx was to win in 1969. The leitmotif of his contrary reportage was not the glamour of the triumphal procession but the merging of the unusual and the everyday in the life of the cyclist. Among the spectators, tour bikes, team cars and advertising hoardings, a cyclist pops up here and there: is that Eddy Merckx? Two pages of Belgian newspapers of the time put the event beautifully into perspective: on the same day that Merckx won the Tour, Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon. This exhibition demonstrates once more that Jef Geys was the master of the blend of the High and the Low (literally in this case) that made him one of the most influential post-war Belgian artists.

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Dates

Friday 17 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 18 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 19 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 21 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 22 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 23 May, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 24 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 25 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 26 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 28 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 29 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 30 May, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 31 May, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 1 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 2 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 4 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 5 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 6 June, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 7 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 8 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 9 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 11 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 12 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 13 June, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 14 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 15 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 16 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 18 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 19 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 20 June, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 21 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 22 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 23 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 25 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 26 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 27 June, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 28 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 29 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 30 June, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 2 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 3 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 4 July, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 5 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 6 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 7 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 9 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 10 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 11 July, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 12 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 13 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 14 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 16 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 17 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 18 July, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 19 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 20 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 21 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 23 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 24 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 25 July, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 26 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 27 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 28 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 30 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 31 July, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 1 August, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 2 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 3 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 4 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 6 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 7 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 8 August, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 9 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 10 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 11 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 13 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 14 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 15 August, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 16 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 17 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 18 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 20 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 21 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 22 August, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 23 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 24 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 25 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Tuesday 27 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Wednesday 28 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Thursday 29 August, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 30 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Saturday 31 August, 10:00 → 10:00

Sunday 1 September, 10:00 → 10:00

Location

BOZAR/Centre for Fine Arts

Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 Brussels

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Thursday : 10 am — 9 pm (except between July 21 and August 15)
Closed on Monday
 

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