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VENICE BIENNALE – From Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th of September 2024

The Venice Biennale 2024 aims to define the art of today. Artists Denicolai and Provoost represent Belgium with their “Petticoat Government” project, which hijacks the folkloric vision, symbolic and political weight of our giants, while the entanglements of our globalised existence will be explored at the the Swiss Pavilion by Guerreiro do Divino Amor. French artist Pierre Huyghe will mount a major new exhibition on the construction of new realities at Punta della Dogana, while Ethiopian-American Julie Mehretu will take over Palazzo Grassi. The Galleria dell’Accademia will exhibit Willem De Kooning. Ocean Space reintegrates the restored historic church of San Lorenzo with the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation. The Palazzi Grimani, Querini Stampalia and Fortuny also take part in what promises to be an exceptional Biennale.

Ref. 3741 – Price from  2.150 €/pers, plane, coach, half-board accommodation, entrance fees and guidance.

Consult the program => PROGRAM VENICE BIENNALE 2024

THE ART CITIES IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA – from Monday 7 to Friday 11 October 2024

The gentle hills of Emilia-Romagna bathe Bologna, its lively capital with a thousand arcades, the Torri pendenti and red brick churches, the Carracci at the Pinacoteca and the Morandi museum. The River Po surrounds Ferrara, a jewel of art and urban development forged by the Princes of Este. Ravenna, capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402 to 476, fascinates visitors with the exquisite Byzantine mosaics of its churches listed as Unesco World Heritage, as does Parma with its frescoes by Correggio, Stendhal’s favourite painter.

Ref. 3742 – Price from 2.195€/pers, plane, coach, half-board accommodation, entrance fees and guidance.

Consult the program => PROGRAM EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2024

VALENCIA AND CASTILLA-LA MANCHA – in the footsteps of Don Quixote (with guide Javier Diaz) – From Monday 14 to 19 October 2024

Futuristic with Calatrava’s City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia has not forgotten its past. An important Roman city, ephemeral capital of the Cid, Muslim then Christian, the town’s golden age came in the 15th century with beautiful stately homes, the cathedral, the wheat warehouse, the merchant’s exchange… The Patriarch Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts house sumptuous collections featuring Bouts, El Greco, Velasquez, Goya… A tour of Castilla-La Mancha will take us to the beautiful Cuenca with its famous hanging houses and Spanish abstract art Museum, the monastery and castle of Uclés, the eleven windmills of Consuegra, the Casa de Dulcinea del Toboso, the magnificent 15th-century castle of Belmonte and the village of Alárcon.

Ref. 3743 – Price from 2.500€/pers, plane, coach, half-board accommodation, entrance fees and guidance.

Consult the program => PROGRAM VALENCIA AND CASTILLA 2024

ENSOR IN ANTWERP – Thursday 7 November 2024

As part of Ensor Year, the Antwerp Museum of Fine Arts presents “Ensor’s wildest dreams. Beyond Impressionism”. The exhibition confronts Ensor with his inspirers, artists of his time and international successors. No other Belgian artist played such an important role in the advent of modernism. With “Ensor’s quest for light. Experiments on paper”, the Plantin-Moretus Museum rediscovers his creativity through a unique selection of prints, copper plates and drawings.

Réf. 3782 – Price : 140€/pers – coach, lunch, entrance fees and guidance.

SWITZERLAND – Matisse in Basel, Wong & Van Gogh in Zurich – From Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th November 2024

Bringing together 80 major works by Matisse from private collections and European and American museums, the Fondation Beyeler will be highlighting the development of the artist’s work on the theme of Charles Baudelaire’s “Invitation au voyage”. Basel’s Kunstmuseum will be taking us on a tour of the masterpieces in its collections, from 15th-century Old Masters to contemporary art. In its new extension, designed by David Chipperfield, the Kunstmuseum Zürich exhibits 45 landscapes by Canadian painter Matthew Wong in dialogue with masterpieces by van Gogh. “A Future for the Past” also retraces the historical context of the prestigious Bührle collection, with its Impressionist and modern works acquired during a period of conflict. A visit to the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil-am-Rhein will complete the tour.

Ref. 3823 – Price from 1.595€/pers until 15th August (later 1.695€), plane, coach, half-board accommodation, entrance fees and guidance.

Consult the program => PROGRAM SWITZERLAND 2024

VAN GOGH IN LONDON – December 2024

To mark its 200th anniversary, the National Gallery will stage “Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers”, an exhibition that focuses on the two years he spent in Arles and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, exploring the artist’s creative process and his sources of inspiration. With “Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Florence 1504”, the Royal Academy of Arts explores the influence of the great masters on the young Raphael. The British Museum presents a major exhibition on “The Silk Road between 500 and 1000 AD.”, following how the journeys of people, objects and ideas shaped cultures.

Réf. 3784 – Price to be confirmed – Eurostar, coach, half-board accommodation, entrance fees and guidance.

Please note : dates and destinations for the 2024 trips are subject to change.

For the travels and excursions, please contact Virginie Descamps

Phone : +32(0)2 639 4653 – Email : virginie@preference.be

The payment with your name and excursion reference number (BE92 7440 6349 9223) confirms the registration and is not refundable.

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