Musée d'Ixelles :: Museum van Elsene

I live in Ixelles, which is a comune of Brussels. Two weeks ago I got an invitation on the post to come to the museum of my district for a glass of wine with our local governants. There were lots of people there and we ended up chatting with our downstairs neighbours, who are also "new residents". I wasn't very happy with the wine, but I was surprisingly impressed by the quality of the permanent collection, and the exhibition which is currenly on - a retrospective of the belle époque of Jules Chéret. 

If you happen to be in Brussels you shouldn't miss it - unfortunately it's only on until next Sunday, 20th. 

 I want these two posters in my living room, please.

(more fabulous stuff after the break, click on it!)

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Visitinha cultural ao museu do bairro, gosto especialmente das bailarinas. E gostei do copinho de vinho que o sr. Presidente da Junta ofereceu.

Or these lovely ballerinas. So pretty, pretty, pretty.

 

This is the sketch / study. Amazingly beautiful.

 

And then lots of posters featuring a circus theme. 

I don't like circus, I don't. But I liked these posters a lot, and I wish my friend Sara had visited me so she could see the great lot of circus themed posters available.

 

And then, Moulin Rouge! (and again, the urge to go back to Paris)

http://www.museedixelles.irisnet.be/en/exhibitions