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ONT.lu Events Rss http://www.ont.lu ONT.lu Events Rss en-en Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:53:36 GMT Villa Vauban & Rijksmuseum: exhibit "The Golden Age reloaded" http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-536.html Reopening of the Villa Vauban -
Artmuseum of the City of Luxembourg

Since May 2010, "the Villa Vauban – Musée d’Art de la Ville de Luxembourg" reopened to the public after five years of renovation and extension works.

Temporary exhibitions:

- The Golden Age reloaded

until 31st October 2010

The exhibition, developed in cooperation with the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, combines two collections of Dutch art: The Villa Vauban’s collections, tracing back to Pescatore and including works by David Teniers the Younger, Jan Steen and Gerard Dou and selected masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum’s collections, including paintings by Frans Hals, Paulus Potter, Govert Flinck, Jan van Goyen and Jacob van Ruisdael. Additionally, engravings from the collections of the von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal will also be on show.

The visitor discovers diverse aspects of Dutch painting of the Golden Age in the exhibition which go beyond the often admired abundance of details and subjects characteristic of these artworks: What exactly fascinated the 19th century with the 17th? How did 19th-century painters imitate the Old Masters?

Furthermore, a view “behind” the paintings will be granted: Which types of frames did buyers and collectors prefer during the two periods? The visitor also learns about the art trade as well as about the restoration of selected artworks. Finally, the exhibition raises the question of how we perceive 17th-century art today.

Preview:

The museum will be closed from November 1st until mid-december 2010. The next exhibition "Under full sail - Dutch 17th century seascapes", in collaboration with the "Hamburger Kunsthalle", will take place as from mid-december.

Bourgeois villa architecture, in a 21st-century interpretation

The new museum was designed to reflect the specificity of its collection of paintings originally acquired by wealthy private collectors in the 18th and 19th century. Its core structure, an urban villa from 1873, was redeveloped under the supervision of architect Philippe Schmit of the Luxembourg-based office Diane Heirend & Philippe Schmit architectes, whose contemporary extension engages in a stimulating architectural dialogue with the historic building.

Relaxing in a historic garden

The museum complex is located in a park designed by the French architect Édouard André (1840 – 1911), one of the leading landscape planners of his time. Extensive refurbishment works will recover the park’s original design, thus allowing visitors to explore historic works of art in a quiet and relaxing setting in the heart of the city.

The permanent collection

The exhibitions at the Villa Vauban will draw on the collection of the City of Luxembourg, whose focus lies on Dutch painting from the Golden Age (17th century) and 19th-century French history and landscape painting.

The collection is further enhanced by European paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 17th to the 19th century.

The character of the collection is thus significantly influenced by these bequests. They provide a unique insight into the collecting practice of the upper bourgeoisie during the late 18th and the 19th century and comprise works from the Golden Age of Dutch painting (17th century) by artists such as Cornelis Bega, Gerrit Dou and Jan Steen as well as French history and landscape painting from the 19th century by the likes of Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier and Jules Dupré.

The history of the permanent collection

The museum’s collection finds its origins in the 19th century, when Jean-Pierre Pescatore, Leo Lippmann and Eugénie Dutreux-Pescatore, three influential local figures, bequeathed their private collections to their home city.

"Get the full picture" – experiencing art from different perspectives

Instead of a permanent display, the Villa Vauban will accommodate a range of varying exhibition formats allowing it to highlight different aspects of its collection. Presentations will thus be structured around four constantly changing exhibition modules:

- Welcoming International Collections
- Passionate Collectors
- Works in the Spotlight
- The Life of Paintings

Art and Education

Exhibitions and public programmes at the Villa Vauban are designed to reach out to all audiences. The museum’s diverse and innovative range of manifestations will include thematic guided tours, special tours for children, workshops for all ages, performances and concerts. All events will be conceived with a focus on interaction with the public.

The museum will also provide art expertise for art lovers and collectors on a regular basis.

Opening hours:

Mo	10h – 18h
Tu	closed
We	10h – 18h
Th	10h – 18h
Fr	10h – 21h
Sa	10h – 18h
Su	10h – 18h

Access:

By foot: Station – Villa Vauban: 10 minutes (bus to city center, Centre, Centre Hamilius, then 5 minutes walking distance)
By Bike: “Vel’oh” bicycles for hire: until terminal no. 28 Charly’s Gare
By Car: Parking Monterey

For more information, please visit the website: www.vdl.lu/Villa_Vauban.html ]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-536.html http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-535.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-535.html http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-534.html ]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-534.html http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-533.html ]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-533.html The “bistrot”-version of starred chefs! http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-532.html The “bistrot”-version of starred chefs!

Léa Linster, Michelin-starred chef and the only lady who ever won the “Golden Bocuse Culinary Award” in Lyon, recently opened a second restaurant for 50 guests in the south-west of Luxembourg: “Pavillon Madeleine by Léa Linster”. Located in the municipal park of KAYL, in the “Land of Red Rocks”, the steel architecture of the pavillion harmonizes with the bright interior design of this new restaurant with its open kitchen. Closed: on Sundays as from 5 PM and on Mondays. Address: 30, rue du Moulin (Parc Ouerbett), L – 3660 Kayl (phone: 00352 – 26 56 64 1). The new place does not have an own website yet. For more information on Léa Linster and her starred restaurant in Frisange ( = photo ), please visit: www.lealinster.lu

Other starred chefs in Luxembourg have recently opened second, “bistrot” type of restaurants as well: Arnaud Magnier opened three years ago “L’Annexe” offering a superb view over the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage of Luxembourg City (www.lannexe.lu, phone: 00352 26 26 25 07). And Ilario Mosconi opened a second address downtown in the elegant shopping streets: “Bottega Mi & Ti” , 8, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, L – 2227 Luxembourg (phone: 00352 26 26 22 50). It is located above the “Boutique Usina” (which was among the finalists of the “DesignCity Luxembourg 2010” contest). Mosconi’s brother-in-law Lucca Tomasicchio, now a member of “Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe”, is the chef here.
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]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-531.html A medieval festival in Koerich (19.9.2010)! http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-529.html A medieval festival in Koerich (19.9.2010)!

The medieval festival „tempus mediaevale“ in Koerich, a picturesque village located in the Valley of 7 Castles, half-way between Luxembourg City and the Belgian town of Arlon, will take place on Sunday, September 19th, 2010. The entrance to the festival will be free of charge.

As from 10 AM till the early evening hours, a colourful programme will be offered in front of the ruins of the more than 800-year-old “Gréiveschlass”. Handicraftsmen, artists and simple farmers in historical garments will perform how people lived, worked and had fun between the early 13th and the early 15th centuries. Local products will be on sale in the camp, such as honey, prune jam, jewellery, leather products, toys for children, liqueurs and chutney, ceramics and much more.

Kids will have fun thanks to a miniature farm, donkey rides, a mice carousel, and performances of a juggler and two magic witches. Medieval music will be performed as from 11.30 AM by the Belgian group Trivelin.

Food and drinks will also be inspired by the Middle Ages: taste for instance a “Flammkuch” baked in a wood stove, accompanied by a knight’s, a witch’s or a squire’s drink… Furthermore, a typical farmers’ dish served in a carved loaf of bread will be available for 13.- € (reservations are required in advance for this dish: phone with an answering machine: 00352 – 30 85 09, Mr Carlo Kirsch). Like the previous years, some streets to the village will be one-way streets that day, and parking lots will be available in the immediate neighbourhood of the centre of the village.

www.tempus.lu

]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-529.html Photo contest: Luxembourg’s most beautiful villages & cities http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-527.html Photo-contest “Luxembourg’s most beautiful villages & cities”: 12 great prizes to win!

Download your own best photos illustrating the topic of “architecture and quality of life in Luxembourg” on www.photos-luxembourg.lu and win one out of 12 great prizes: http://www.photos-luxembourg.lu/prizes.htm!

Luxembourg: this name internationally stands for quality of life and safety! A sophisticated architecture within wonderful landscapes explains this high recognition. The secret of this success: Luxembourg benefits of the knowledge of the greatest architecture schools and is renowned for being creative itself. But quality demands care. Every 4 years, the “Ordre des Architectes et Ingénieurs-Conseils” honors the best examples with the “house-builder-prize”. Design and architecture show the high innovative and qualitative awareness of this small and self-confident nation.

If you need inspirations before participating in the various categories of the contest ( a) the most beautiful villages of Luxembourg, b) urban atmosphere, c) contemporary beauty), explore Luxembourg first! The homepage provides a number of ideas. Thus, architectural walks to discover the historical and contemporary cultural heritage enable you to get acquainted with Luxembourg’s cities and villages. Since always, Luxembourg has a vocation as an “architectural melting pot”.

Wine and architecture represent a very special alliance. A new generation of wine-growers did not just improve the traditional viniculture – their wines and crémants also developed a new character! Contemporary architecture on Luxembourg’s Wine Road is of highest quality!

Cycling and architecture: rent a bike in Luxembourg City, Esch-sur-Alzette or on the banks of the river Moselle to discover the historical and contemporary architecture.

Urban Living: new art centers, new art of living, sustainable buildings, “living outside”, bars and lounges, shopping-design… cities are oases of well-being, exciting and full of surprises! The imagination knows no boundaries! Explore the Grand Duchy’s various cities: Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Dudelange, Ettelbrück an others.

Wellness and architecture: from thermal baths to water parks, from sauna to ice grottoes, nowhere else architecture is as sensorial, as clean and as resolutely contemporary as here!

For more details, please check the website www.photos-luxembourg.lu

]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-527.html The new homepage of the "Luxembourg City Tourist Office" http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-526.html The new homepage of the “Luxembourg City Tourist Office”

The website of the “Luxembourg City Tourist Office” has been modernized and thanks to gaudy colors it is expected to address the visitor in a better way! The website is structured very clearly and offers to both the tourists and the international citizens lots of information and useful tips about the capital!

The different chapters are well organized and there are also some new functions offered: an interactive city-map was developed in cooperation with the “Service de la Topographie et de la Géomatique de la Ville de Luxembourg”. It enables the web surfer to find the city highlights quickly and to have a look at them in a panoramic scene. Furthermore, all attractions, hotels and restaurants are marked on the map. The web surfer is also informed about transport in the city as the website is linked with the one from the public transport and the one from the “vel’oh”-rent-a-bike service.

For those who travel spontaneously to Luxembourg, the homepage offers many packages as well as a hotel search engine. Another feature of this new website in the categories “culture, events and nightlife” is the calendar of events which lists all festivals, markets or other city festivities.

The homepage is available in three languages (German, French, English) and, if required, it can be red out to the visitor: www.lcto.lu

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-526.html Luxembourg: new City Tour for kids! http://www.ont.lu/actu-fr-522.html Luxembourg: new City Tour for kids!

This is a new circuit especially designed for young explorers and future scientists, which the “Luxembourg City Tourist Office” offers until September 12th in collaboration with the "Museum of natural history " (natur musée)! It covers seven locations with scientific experiments to do, helping children to learn whilst having fun, how natural and historical conditions have shaped the face of the city. At the end each participant earns the right to bear the title of "official" city scientist.

For individuals: from July 15th to September 12th on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays.

For groups: from June 20th to September 12th daily except Monday.

Departure at 2.30 pm in front of the "Luxembourg City Tourist Office", Place Guillaume II.

Obligatory reservation: phone +352 47 96-2709

Duration: 2 hours.
Price per participant: 6 €

Guided return of unaccompagnied children to the initial meeting-point.

>>> Flyer

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