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Intrigue James Ensor

Installation image of the Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans exhibition showing Ostrich feather headdress worn by the Gilles de Binche on the morning of Shrove Tuesday in the foreground, and Large View of Ostend (Rooftops of Ostend) by Ensor, 1884, in t

RA Exhibitions

6 years ago

Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans: podcast round-up

Three podcasts explore the work and life of James Ensor, with the RA’s Senior Curator, Adrian Locke, contemporary Belgian painter, Luc Tuymans, and conservator Herwig Todts offering a closer look at Ensor’s eclectic career.
James Ensor, Self-portrait with Flowered Hat (detail)

RA Exhibitions

6 years ago

Dreams, demons and seismic doodling: Timothy Hyman RA on James Ensor

In this extract from his new book, Timothy Hyman explores how the visionary Belgian painter remade figurative painting in his own macabre manner.
Installation view of 'Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans' showing Ensor's 'The Intrigue', 1890. Oil on canvas. 90 x 149 cm. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, inv. 1856

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> 6 years ago

Inside the show: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans

Take a look at some of the key works in ‘Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans’ in these short videos.
Luc Tuymans, Untitled

RA Exhibitions

> 6 years ago

Luc Tuymans on Brexit, Ensor and the establishment

Belgium’s leading contemporary painter, who curates the RA’s James Ensor exhibition, tells Sam Phillips why it is time to reassess Ensor’s art.
James Ensor, The Intrigue (detail)

RA Exhibitions

> 6 years ago

James Ensor: A man of many masks

The Belgian artist James Ensor painted life through the lens of the carnival, creating unsettling and often satirical works. Michael Prodger searches for the man behind these intriguing images.