Bart Ooghe
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Bart Ooghe
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Head of comms & audiences at Museum of Fine Arts Ghent | curator of 'Queer Belgian Art' (2027) | history, nature, weirdness & factoid lover | podcast addict | got an archaeology phd this one time
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So, I'm curating the first exhibition to look at fine art from the Southern Low Countries (ca 1450- ca 1950) through a queer lens.
We're moving along nicely and there's 2 years to go, but if you know of interesting art we might have missed, or just have two cents to share on the topic, hit me up!
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People in the UK, if you have a problem with the likes of Elon Musk
donating £100,000 to the Reform Party, please sign this Parliamentary Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations, and please share it widely
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to: Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies). Cap all donations ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Just dismantled our Christmas tree. Only this lone pic of a 19th c. Christmas cake I made a few weeks ago can bring me solace now.
January 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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📑 NEW Resource! 📑

Check out NEMO – Network of European Museum Organisations’ resource ‘LGBTQIA+ inclusion in European museums: An incomplete guideline’ to learn about policies, scenarios & practical tips to make museums more inclusive and welcoming for LGBTQIA+ individuals, cultures & histories 🌈
NEMO guideline supports LGBTQIA+ inclusion in museums
At the recent NEMO European Museum Conference, NEMO launched its new resource ‘LGBTQIA+ inclusion in European museums: An incomplete guideline’. Next to an overview of relevant policies, the guide pre...
www.ne-mo.org
December 2, 2024 at 3:54 PM
So, I'm curating the first exhibition to look at fine art from the Southern Low Countries (ca 1450- ca 1950) through a queer lens.
We're moving along nicely and there's 2 years to go, but if you know of interesting art we might have missed, or just have two cents to share on the topic, hit me up!
November 25, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Now, to write that first amazing shout into the blue void 🤔
November 24, 2024 at 1:55 PM