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19/6/2013

As if it Could, ouverture

Herbert Foundation, Ghent

After previous exhibitions in Eindhoven (1984), Luxemburg (2000), Barcelona and Graz (both in 2006), the Collection will be on display at the Herbert Foundation in Ghent from June 20, 2013 onward.

Titled As if it Could, ouverture, this first exhibition can be seen as the fourth act in the development of the Collection. The title points to the public role the Collection has taken up with the establishment of the Foundation after four decades of private collecting.

Curated by Annick and Anton Herbert, the exhibition features a selection of some 50 works and 250 documents by Art & Language, John Baldessari, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Günter Brus, Daniel Buren, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Luciano Fabro, Gilbert & George, Donald Judd, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Bruce Nauman, A.R. Penck, Richard Prince, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Schütte, Jan Vercruysse, Didier Vermeiren and Franz West.

A five-year process precedes the establishment of the Herbert Foundation. From September 2008 onward, the Collection was housed in the Herbert Foundation in different phases and three years later the construction and renovation works began on the reception and gallery space situated at the Coupure in Ghent

June 20, 2013, a new phase begins when the Herbert Foundation starts opening its doors to the general public two days a week. Through October 26, 2013, a selection of 50 works and 250 archive records from the Collection are on display in the first exhibition As if it Could, ouverture.

To enhance visitors’ participation in the works on view, the exhibition is accessible only through group visits led by informed tour guides.

In addition to the display of the works in the Collection, the Archive will also gradually be made accessible. This way, the Herbert Foundation hopes to grow into a research centre for art history.

Press Officer and Exhibition Manager:
Monique Verhulst monique.verhulst@herbertfoundation.org

Herbert Foundation
Coupure Links 627 A B-9000 Gent
The exhibition As if it Could, ouverture can be visited through group visits led by Herbert Foundation tour guides and require online booking
The guided tours take place on Fridays and Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Dutch or English and last approximately 90 minutes.
Each tour can accommodate 16 visitors; the minimum age is 14.
The admission fee per visitor is 12 Euro and has to be paid in cash at the reception.

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