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Paris Impasse can be visited all summer long at the Photography Museum in Charleroi. The new photography book A Painter's House is coming! A new exhibition about farewell in Namur. The final touches for the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, which opens its doors on September 24. Have a great summer.

Paris Impasse

Paris Impasse gives a view of Paris as it has never been shown before. A city of dead-end alleys, photographed without any human presence. Karin Borghouts started photographing cul de sacs in 2011 but most of them were photographed during an artist-in-residence stay in La Cité internationale des arts Paris in 2015, provided by the Flemish Government.

The photography book Paris Impasse, designed by Jean-Michel Meyers, was nominated at Les rencontres de la photographie Arles in 2019, and is published by Snoeck Publishers in lockdown 2020.

This series is now on display for the first time. Discover also the museum's other exhibitions: En dilettante, Simon Vansteenwinckel, Clyde Lepage and its beautiful permanent collection. Photobooks of Karin Borghouts are for sale on the spot or online.

Paris Impasse
Karin Borghouts
June 4 - September 18, 2022
Musée de la Photographie
Place des Essarts - 6023 Charleroi (Mont sur Marchienne) - Belgium

New photography book A Painter's House

A new photo book by Karin Borghouts is coming and is now available for reservation!

A Painter's House portrays the old artist's home of the painter Marten Melsen (1887-1947). These interiors and objects evoke memories for many. It is a miracle that this house has been preserved until now. The book contains 70 photos, is published by Snoeck Publishers in a book design by Jean-Michel Meyers and with text by Jan Melsen, grandson of the painter.

This will be the second book in the same series as THE HOUSE. Collector's items!

Publication September 2022.

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Reserve your print or book

You can support this initiative by ordering a beautiful print or a special edition in advance. The proceeds will go entirely to the production costs of this edition. Interested? Please send an e-mail to Karin Borghouts, stating Book A Painter's House and your address. We will keep you informed. Thank you very much!

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Book A Painter's House: 35 euros
Book The House + A Painter's House: 60 euros

Special edition
Book A Painter's House + print 32 x 38 cm (4 cm border incl.): 230 euros.
Choice of 3 prints, together only 30 numbered and signed special editions!

For orders before July 10, 2022, shipping costs are free in Belgium and the Netherlands. Send an e-mail to make a reservation. After July 10 you can order the book and special edition (if still available) via the webshop.

Every photo is a farewell

In Namur, an exhibition on farewells opens. Karin Borghouts is showing six large photos from her series THE HOUSE.

Chaque photographie est un adieu
With photographic work and photo books by Deanna Dikeman, Catherine Rombouts, Olivier Cornil, Anne de Gelas, Doug Biggert and Karin Borghouts
Curator: Jean-Marc Bodson

Galerie du Beffroi (art gallery of the city of Namur)
Rue du Beffroi 13, Namur (Belgium)
8 July - 11 September 2022
Free eitrance
As part of Intime Festival, of Intime literair Festival from 19 to 21 August.
Guided tour by curator Jean-Marc Bodson on Saturday 20 August 4 pm .

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

The move in of the KMSKA is in full swing and it's promising!
Karin Borghouts has been following the work with her camera since 2011. Reopening on 24 September 2022!
In the exhibition The Making of, you can then view her photos in large format. Besides the museums rich collection book, there will also be a book with her photos and with interviews about the building process (Hannibal Books).

View here: kmska.be
Reservation tickets recommended.

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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