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Room of Wonder I: Axel Vervoordt - DIVA Museum

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19 October 2018 - 28 April 2019

DIVA proudly presents her first special exhibition. 'Room of Wonder I: Axel Vervoordt’ It is the first in a series of special exhibitions in which a number of guest curators present their interpretation of a Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities and rarities.

DIVA invited Axel Vervoordt to create a very personal Room of Wonder. Since the early 1980s Axel Vervoordt has been putting objets d’art together in novel ways at the Biënnale des Antiquaires in Paris. In 2007 he also started curating exhibitions at Palazzo Fortuny as part of the Venice Biennale. By that time, silver was already one of his many interests and areas of expertise. In that period he handled the sale of the Antwerp owl cup which, thanks to the King Baudouin Foundation, is now one of the highlights of the DIVA collection. He also managed the transaction of the gilded tazza with wave pattern which decorates the cover of the exhibition catalogue.

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  • Installation view
    © Courtesy of Axel Vervoordt
  • Installation view
    © Courtesy of Axel Vervoordt
  • Anish Kapoor at DIVA Room of Wonder I
    © Courtesy of Axel Vervoordt