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BEPAPER talks The Belgian avant-gardes. An Introduction

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With an eye toward new generations of art historians, curators and researchers, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium propose a series of three talks on the Belgian avant-garde, the specificities of museum work and the role that paper plays within these contexts. This event will be concluding the research project BePaper - Belgian Art on Paper in a European Perspective. 1918−1950” that started in 2020.

**This conference will be held in French**
This presentation consists of an introduction of the historical avant-garde in Belgium. After considerations on the very concept of Avant-garde and a historical portrait of the avant-garde field in Belgium (ca. 1916-1935), we’ll take a closer look at the positioning of Belgian avant-garde artists on the international scene, as well as the positioning of women artists within these cenacles.

Fanny Paquet held a position as scientific assistant at the René Magritte Museum/​Museum of Abstract Art in Jette between 2016 and 2022. She completed a master’s degree in art history in 2024 focusing on women artists and their relations/​positions with the Belgian avant-garde. Today, she works as a project manager for ARAU ASBL and as a tour guide for several organizations.