VILLA TUGENDHAT EXHIBITION IN BELGIUM

An exhibition on the Tugendhat Villa, presenting the history of the villa from its inception to the present will be open in Brussels and Gent.

The exhibition in Brussels will take place at the CIVA International Centre for City, Architecture and Landscape. The exhibition begins with its opening on 23 September 2015 at 7 p.m. and will be open to the public until 31 October 2015.

More information: http://brussels.czechcentres.cz/cs/program/detail-akce/cesky-funkcionalismus/

In Ghent, the opening at the Faculty of architecture of KU Leuven will take place on 19 November 2015 at 7 p.m.and the exhibition will be open to the public until 4 December 2015.

Both openings will have a special guest in Iveta Černá, director of the Villa Tugendhat, who will open both exhibitions with a lecture, “The Glass Room: Many Lives of Villa Tugendhat”. The opening will also include screenings of two educational films on the Villa Tugendhat, which will also run in a loop during the entire duration of the exhibition:

The Fate of Tugendhat, ČR, 52 min, 2012
A documentary by director Rudolf Chudoba captures not only the story of the famous Brno family, but also shows the history of the famous villa and its monument restoration.

Vila Tugendhat – Monument Restoration 2010–2012, ČR, 34 min, 2014
Unique footage and interviews offer viewers an insight into the process of monument restoration, which took place at Villa Tugendhat in 2010–2012.

A poster can be downloaded here.