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Overview of older press files

Press files from the last two years can be found on our Press page. If you also like to dive into our archive, you will find an overview of all press releases since 2008 below.

19 June 2018: Presentation of the original Lamb of the Van Eycks on the Ghent Altarpiece

11 January 2018: Jan van Eyck online: Closer to Van Eyck

9 November 2017: Press conference on the continuation of the Ghent altarpiece's restoration

30 October 2017: Launch of the updated website Closer to Van Eyck

14 June 2017: Exhibition The German negatives (1917-1918). Belgium's artistic heritage through the lens of the German occupiers

6 April 2017: Press release of the University of Antwerp and the KIK-IRPA: Chemical imaging makes restoration of Van Eycks' masterpiece possible

12 October 2016: Press conference: restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece

15 April 2015: Free E-book on Painting Frames and Supports

20 June 2014: Press conference Ghent Altarpiece

20 February 2014: JPI Cultural Heritage: Strategic Research Agenda

27 June 2013: Press conference: presentation of the results of 9 months of conservation-restoration and study of the Ghent Altarpiece

7 December 2012: A new instrument to support church committees in the conservation of their liturgical vestments: KIK-IRPA offers a training module

25 June 2012: Book launch The Brueg[H]el Phenomenon

28 March 2012: A painting by Brueghel ready for exhibition

24 February 2012: Launching of the website 'Closer to Van Eyck': press conference

17 January 2012: Restoration project Ghent Altarpiece: press conference

7 July 2011: New web site allows study of unique images of Ghent Altarpiece

4 June 2010: Press meeting: Rendez-vous with the Just Judges

25 April 2010: Open days at KIK-IRPA, in the framework of the Erfgoeddag, in collaboration with Davidsfonds

14 April 2010: RIHA Journal: new international magazine on art history

20 September 2008: IRPA's 60th anniversary celebration: presentation of the open days

15 September 2008: Publication of the fourth volume of the Scientia Artis collection: Autour de la Madeleine Renders

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