Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
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The Villa Empain is at once an essential meeting place of Brussels’ artistic and cultural life, and a remarkable testament to the Art Deco movement. Built at the beginning of the 1930s by architect Michel Polak at the initiative of Baron Louis Empain, it has reflected the history of Brussel throughout its past lives as successively private house, museum, USSR Embassy, and headquarters of Luxembourg television channel RTL. Partially destroyed and vandalized, it was acquired by the Boghossian Foundation in 2006. Its complex and delicate restoration carried out with meticulous respect for the building’s history.
The Villa opened in 2010 as a Centre for Art and Dialogue between Eastern and Western cultures. It presents a rich artistic programme throughout the year, featuring exhibitions, concerts, talks, children’s workshops, guided tours, and more