Support the collection of m

Support the management and conservation of the collection of M. Thanks to your donation, we can continue to restore, conduct scientific research and organize collection presentations.

In addition to exhibitions with international loans, M also organizes exhibitions of pieces from its own collection, which comprises 52,000 artworks. We can thus use this collection to continue to tell multivalent and relevant stories on a regular basis. Moreover, this allows us to reveal something of the richness of the collection. But this also entails certain costs. Your donation enables us to continue to restore and conserve the collection, conduct scientific research and organize exhibitions of the M-collection. M can thus continue to consolidate its place on the map as a dynamic museum that combines old masters and contemporary art in a unique mix.

M Leuven - www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw, foto Dominique Provost
www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw, foto Dominique Provost
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www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw, foto Dominique Provost

With the support of M-LIFE in 2019, sixteen artworks received conservation or restoration treatments for the collection presentations: ‘Madness. Students at M’ and ‘The Language of the Body’. These treatments have the following shared characteristics: meticulous conservation treatment with cleaning and removal of old, yellowed layers of varnish. This gives the artwork its original lustre and makes colours and details visible again, as shown on the painting depicted here. Historical frames have been restored, and other paintings have been reframed in new and appropriate frames.

A few figures at a glance:

Madness. Students at M’: 27 artworks of which seven artworks were treated by an external restorer.
Body Language’: 53 artworks of which nine artworks were treated by an external restorer.
The fundraising drive for the restoration of the Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus by Dieric Bouts raised € 5.000.

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