“Mu.ZEE wants to take the lead in expanding knowledge about Spilliaert, not only in Belgium but also abroad, though of course this will be done in collaboration with other institutions. After all, knowledge about Spilliaert is by no means confined to us alone, quite the opposite.” (...)
“A great deal of research on Spilliaert has already been done, yet many questions remain – about his art, and about him as a person and as an artist.”
Dr. Stefan Huygebaert has been curator at Mu.ZEE since 2022, focusing on exhibitions and research into art around 1900 and Léon Spilliaert in particular. Previously, he was a pre- and postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University and the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence. Stefan researches, teaches, and publishes on art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a focus on, among other things, legal iconology, symbolism, the picture postcard, and art in Bruges. In recent years, Stefan co-curated the exhibitions Albert Baertsoen (Ghent, MSK, 2022-2023), Anna Boch: An Impressionist Journey (Ostend, Mu.ZEE, 2023) and Rose, Rose, Rose à mes yeux: James Ensor and Still Life in Belgium 1830-1930 (Ostend, Mu.ZEE, 2023-2024). He also coordinates the website leonspilliaert.be.