Coupure de presse - titre non identifié · March 4, 1976 · El. H. (text)

Woluwe-St-Lambert: artwork lending

Truc-Troc
Château Malou
1976

Presentation of the Château Malou artwork lending gallery, created in April 1972: several hundred paintings, sculptures, engravings and screenprints lent one to six at a time, for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three. The gallery runs free exhibitions and aims to free the artwork from its financial implications.

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WOLUWE-ST-LAMBERT: Artwork lending Housed at Château Malou, the artwork lending gallery aims to be a service open to all. It lends original works by contemporary artists: several hundred paintings, sculptures, engravings and screenprints are available to the public. You can thus keep one to six works at home for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three. The gallery regularly organises free exhibitions. It has exhibited many times since it was created in April 1972, notably at the Palais des Beaux-Arts. It is running a campaign among all Belgian artists in order to widen the choice offered to the public. It intends to integrate art into everyday life and make the various trends of contemporary art known, to free the artwork from its financial implications and to encourage contact between the public and artists, putting art within everyone's reach. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to noon and 2 to 7 pm at Château Malou, 45, chaussée de Stockel, 1200 Brussels. Tel. 762.21.05. - El. H.

Coupure de presse, 4 mars 1976

Context note

Context note - This article covers the Château Malou artwork lending gallery, the structure from which the Truc-troc operation emerged. It is kept here with the Truc-Troc press because it documents the same democratic patronage approach: taking the artwork out of the market and putting it within everyone's reach.

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