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Intimate Journeys: A Film Secession Conversation
The four-chapter series of films in this Room explores the Cinematic Legacies of Flemish Art through encounters in Antwerp with filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin. Chapter One ("Intimate Journeys") develops themes explored in our full Exhibition through a discussion of Desplechin films such as My Sex Life... (1996) and My Golden Days (2015). Chapter Two addresses The Flemish Baroque through the paintings in the depot of Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts and the Cathedral of Our Lady. Chapter Three ("From Van Eyck to Rubens") continues the discussion through conversations with paintings in the galleries of the Royal Museum. Finally, Chapter Four looks at the application of all of these ideas in A Christmas Tale (2008), which was shot and set in French Flanders. (Antwerp, July 2025)
The Flemish Baroque
Shot in the depot of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts and the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Chapter Two illuminates enduring aspects of "The Flemish Baroque" (Antwerp, July 2025)
From Van Eyck to Rubens
Learn more about the history, significance, and lasting influence of Flemish art through our journey with Arnaud Desplechin inside the galleries of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (July 2025)
On A Christmas Tale
A sustained conversation that draws the threads from the other Chapters together, "If We Shadows Have Offended" was filmed after a screening of Desplechin's film A Christmas Tale (2008) at De Cinema in Antwerp (July 2025)
Filmmakers in the Gallery
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Filmmakers in the Gallery
- Cinematic Legacies of Flemish Art
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Cinematic Legacies of Flemish Art
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Arnaud Desplechin
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Color
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James Gray
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Andrzej Wajda
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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James Ivory
Filmmakers in the Gallery
Cinematic Legacies of Flemish Art
Intimate Journeys: A Film Secession Conversation
The four-chapter series of films in this Room explores the Cinematic Legacies of Flemish Art through encounters in Antwerp with filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin. Chapter One ("Intimate Journeys") develops themes explored in our full Exhibition through a discussion of Desplechin films such as My Sex Life... (1996) and My Golden Days (2015). Chapter Two addresses The Flemish Baroque through the paintings in the depot of Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts and the Cathedral of Our Lady. Chapter Three ("From Van Eyck to Rubens") continues the discussion through conversations with paintings in the galleries of the Royal Museum. Finally, Chapter Four looks at the application of all of these ideas in A Christmas Tale (2008), which was shot and set in French Flanders. (Antwerp, July 2025)
The Flemish Baroque
Shot in the depot of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts and the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Chapter Two illuminates enduring aspects of "The Flemish Baroque" (Antwerp, July 2025)
From Van Eyck to Rubens
Learn more about the history, significance, and lasting influence of Flemish art through our journey with Arnaud Desplechin inside the galleries of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (July 2025)
On A Christmas Tale
A sustained conversation that draws the threads from the other Chapters together, "If We Shadows Have Offended" was filmed after a screening of Desplechin's film A Christmas Tale (2008) at De Cinema in Antwerp (July 2025)
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Arnaud Desplechin
-
Color
-
James Gray
-
Andrzej Wajda
-
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
-
James Ivory
