Cathérine Verleysen

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Cathérine Verleysen (* 1972 near Antwerp ) is a Belgian art historian . Since spring 2018 she has been interim director of the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts (Museum voor Schone Kunsten - MSK).

Career

Cathérine Verleysen studied art history and archeology at the University of Ghent , which she graduated with a master's in 1994. In addition, she obtained a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) from the University of Paris IV , where she also received her doctorate in art history in 2001. In her dissertation, she examined the reception of the symbolist painter Maurice Denis in Belgium, especially in Catholic circles, and the revitalization of the country's religious art that was sought .

She began her career at the Ghent MSK in 2002 as a research assistant. Since 2014 she has headed the museum's collection and research department. She curated several exhibitions at the MSK and also worked on an exhibition at the Museum in Elsene in 2015 .

After the director of the MSK, Catherine de Zegher , was suspended from duty after a scandal over a painting exhibition with works of the Russian avant-garde of unexplained provenance, Verleysen was appointed interim director in March 2018.

Verleysen has been a member of CODART, an international network of curators of Flemish and Dutch art , since 2007 . In 2017 she was appointed to the advisory committee for the Flemish intangible and movable cultural heritage (Cultureel-erfgoeddecreet) .

Publications (selection)

  • La Vierge à l'École di Maurice Denis . In: Alessandro Marabottini (Ed.): Commentari d'arte. Rivista di Critica e Storia dell'Arte . January – April 1999, No. 12 . De Luca Editori d'Arte, 1999, ISBN 88-8016-378-7 , p. 46-50 .
  • with Sébastien Clerbois: Dictionnaire culturel de l'expressionnisme . Hazan, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-85025-838-5 .
  • with Irène Smets: Gustave Van de Woestyne . Ed .: Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Mercatorfonds, Brussel 2010, ISBN 978-90-6153-944-5 .
  • with Johan De Smet: Variétés: mirror van de dolle jaren . (Exhibition catalog Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent). Gent 2004, ISBN 90-804607-4-5 .
  • Maurice Denis et la lutte pour un renouveau de l art religieux en Belgique 1890–1930 . (Dissertation Université Paris IV Sorbonne). Paris 2001.
  • Maurice Denis et la Belgique . Leuven University Press, Leuven 2010, ISBN 978-90-5867-808-9 .
  • with Johan de Smet: Emile Verhaeren: de schrijver-criticus en de kunst van zijn tijd, 1881–1916 . Ed .: Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Snoeck, Gent 2016, ISBN 978-94-6161-339-4 .

As editor

  • Françoise Eeckman, Katrien Meuleman, Sabine van Humbeeck: Nervia, Sint-Martens-Latem: Traits d'union . In: with Michel De Reymaecker, Claire Leblanc (ed.): (Catalog for the exhibition at the Musée d'Ixelles, 2015/2016) . Bruxelles 2015, ISBN 978-2-87386-957-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Identifiant IdRef: 059734566. In: idref.fr. SUDOC, accessed on February 24, 2020 (French).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Cathérine Verleysen acting director of the MSK | MSK Gent. April 9, 2018, accessed February 24, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Catherine Verleysen: Maurice Denis (1870-1943) et la lutte pour un renouveau de l'art religieux en Belgique: 1890-1930 . January 1, 2001 ( theses.fr [accessed February 24, 2020] Paris 4).
  4. ^ Nervia / Sint-Martens-Latem | MSK Gent. Retrieved February 24, 2020 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Russian art critics challenge director of Ghent museum over show of dubious Russian avant-garde works. In: theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Verleysen, Cathérine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp