| New Artists' Homes: Ensor and Permeke | This month we welcome the homes and studios of two major Belgian artists to our international network: the Permeke Museum and James Ensor's house. James Sidney Edouard Baron Ensor was an important Symbolist painter. He is widely recognized as the most important innovator in 20th-century Belgian art, as well as the heir to the long Northern tradition of fantasy and the grotesque. Constant Permeke, who was a painter and sculptor, is seen as the most significant representative of Flemish Expressionism. View Ensor House on the map >> View Permeke Museum on the map >>
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| Don't Miss! Iconic Houses Lecture Tour, May 8 -12 | The Iconic Houses Lecture 2017 takes place in Oslo, Cologne, Rotterdam and Brno on 8, 9, 11 and 12 May respectively. Following the success of our previous Iconic Houses lecture tours in Europe, we are proud to announce that our 2017 series features architect Tal Eyal, who gives a fascinating account of her restoration of the Weizmann House in Rehovot, Israel.
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| More to Explore: Maison Bernard Special | The extraordinarily futuristic Maison Bernard on the Cote d'Azure is the latest addition to our Specials - micro websites within our website. We now host 20 of these extensive presentations - you'll find them in the carousel at the bottom of our homepage. They tell you everything you need to know about some of the 20th century's most important homes, from established icons such as Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater to hidden gems like the Van Schijndel House.
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| Book an Iconic Holiday Home | With the holiday season approaching, don't forget that you can rent some of the iconic homes on our website for a unique break. Look for the blue pictograms on iconichouses.org for more info. To avoid disappointment, we advise you to plan your stays and house-museum visits well in advance. Houses are often closed in the winter to make time for maintenance and restoration. So check their websites before you schedule your trip!
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| Grow With Us! | Would you like to help Iconic Houses grow its membership while developing your own skills and gaining valuable experience? We are looking for an enthusiastic person based in Amsterdam or Utrecht to help us create a strategic plan for expanding our membership base as part of our fundraising campaign. If you think this could be you, and you are free to join us for approximately four days a week for a period of six months, we'd love to hear from you! |
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