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This newsletter focuses on a special architectural project. The Vincent Was Here exhibition has been extended until mid-February. Have you seen the photography book A Painter's House? And have you watched the video? A happy end to the year!

Fierensblokken Antwerp

The Fierens blocks on the corner of Nationalestraat and Kronenburgstraat in Antwerp Belgium have almost been demolished. After years of intensive renovation and refurbishment, the social housing complex designed by Gustave Fierens in 1937 is back with a wide range of affordable rental apartments. A new corner tower and a spacious roof terrace offer views over the city. The new owner, AG Vespa (the real estate organisation of the City of Antwerp), awarded the renovation contract to HCVA - Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architects and Molenaar & Co Architects after a competition. This is the ninth building project that Karin has photographed for HCVA.
© Photography Karin Borghouts for HCVA, postproduction Wouter Bollaerts
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Vincent Was Here

With Karin Borghouts, follow Vincent van Gogh's footsteps from Zundert, his birthplace, to Auvers-sur-Oise, where he lost his life. Karin has also reconstructed and photographed more than 30 of his still lifes. The result is the photography book Vincent Was Here, published by Ronny Van de Velde in 2019, with texts by Xavier Canonne and Ron Dirven in Dutch, French and English. Order here

The exhibition has been extended until 15 February 2024!
VINCENT WAS HERE
Karin Borghouts
Van Gogh Village Museum
Berg 29, Nuenen (near Eindhoven)
The Netherlands

Karin herself will be present on Sunday afternoon, 7 January. Welcome to the exhibition. This is the first temporary exhibition in a new museum where there is much more to experience. Nuenen is also an excellent starting point for walks and cycle tours.

A Painter's House

The photo book A Painter's House portrays the house of the painter Marten Melsen (1870-1947). Born in Brussels, he decided around 1900 to live in the countryside in Stabroek and to depict rural life. After his death, his wife Jeanne Goossens and later his unmarried daughters kept the house as it was. Their father's studio was preserved. This makes it one of the few remaining original artist's houses in Belgium. The simple interiors, which some people remember from their (great) grandparents, inspired Karin Borghouts to take a series of atmospheric and detailed photographs.
A Painter's House is the second in a new series of personal photography books about remarkable interiors. The House (2021) is the first book in this series, and the third is forthcoming. Order online.

What are the plans?

In this video Karin Borghouts talks about her projects and you can see her at work. The video was shot by photographer Dieter Demey. Click on the picture below. (Subtitles can be set at the bottom right CC).

Surprise someone with a book or print

View and order your signed photography book or special edition by Karin Borghouts here: karinborghouts.be/shop

ZICHT is a monthly newsletter of Belgian artist photographer Karin Borghouts. She is working on her own projects and on commissioned assignments by museums, art and heritage institutions, architects, publishers and city councils.

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