Zooming In and Out: Reconsidering Hans Memling

To celebrate its opening in 2025, BRON Research Centre (Musea Brugge), in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels), is organising a two-day conference on new and ongoing research on the oeuvre of Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling.

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About

In 2023 the first phase of the research project Closer to Memling commenced. Closer to Memling is a project initiated by Musea Brugge in collaboration with other institutions to thoroughly examine the 9 works by Hans Memling in its collection. The aim of this project and conference is to contextualise previous studies and stimulate new research on the painter in an interdisciplinary exchange between leading and new scholars in the field.

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Practical info

Dates

20-21 November 2025

Location

Auditorium BRUSK, Musea Brugge (Bruges, Belgium)

Language

English

Registration

Registration for the conference is now open.

Tickets: €125 / €50 for students*

Conference (walking) dinner: €55

*In order to register for the student fee, please send proof of your enrolment at a university to symposium@brugge.be. After validation you will receive a unique discount code to register for the student fee of €50.

Tickets

Programme

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Scientific Committee

Dr. des. Melis Avkiran (KIK-IRPA/UCLouvain), Dr. Bart Fransen (KIK-IRPA), Dr. Christina Currie (KIK-IRPA), Joyce Klein Koerkamp (Musea Brugge), Dr. Anna Koopstra (Musea Brugge), Anne van Oosterwijk (Musea Brugge)