On May 27, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium hosted a reception at Château de Laeken for representatives of the Jewish community in Belgium. Earlier, His Majesty accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde held an audience with the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek, at the Palais de Bruxelles.
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On Tuesday, May 26, 2015, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium hosted a luncheon at the Palais de Bruxelles for jury members from the Concours Reine Élisabeth (Queen Elisabeth Music Competition).
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On Thursday, May 21, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium attended a reception at the Palais de Bruxelles with members of the Confrerie du Maitrank d’Arlon confraternity.
During today’s event His Majesty was inducted as the Grand Echanson d’Honneur de la Royale Confrérie du Maitrank d’Arlon of the group.
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On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the inauguration of the maternity and children’s wing at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen (UZA) hospital in Edegem.
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium and Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Lange Voorhout in Den Haag to view the exhibition, Vormidable: Contemporary Flemish Sculpture. This special exhibition is being held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of cultural cooperation between Flanders and The Netherlands.
According to a press release, via the Museum Beelden aan Zee, the exhibition:
“…has over thirty-five participating artists showcasing various themes. Some explore the limits of sculpture by making use of elements borrowed from theatre and performance art, others are primarily engaged with the human condition. In this, probably more traditional, side of Flemish sculpture, the human image recurrently returns, visualizing feelings of angst, doubt and uncertainty.
Other artists seek a more sensory perception of sculpture. A one-person prison that locks for a minute brings a physical experience. As does a transparent plastic in which the visitor assumes a sculptural pose that endures due to a vacuum: the person is ‘suspended’ in the sculpture and breathes through a plastic tube.
Analogous to Belgian surrealism, artists and curators play with the notion of scale in this exhibition. Sculpture of monumental size is on display along the Lange Voorhout in The Hague, while the human scale is presented in Museum Beelden aan Zee – and, in the last exhibition room, dozens of scale models and miniatures are on show.”
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On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium hosted a reception at Château de Laeken in Brussels for representatives from the Asia Society Policy Institute. Tonight’s gathering was held “…in the framework ahead of the state visit to China in June 2015…” notes the Belgian royal court.
The ASPI tackles major policy challenges now confronting the Asia-Pacific in security, prosperity, sustainability, and the development of common norms and values for the region.
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On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium welcomed two well-known contemporary artists from China, Mr. Liu Xiaodong and Ms. Yu Hong, to the Palais Royal in Brussels.
This morning’s meeting was held in connection with the upcoming (June 2015) state visit to spectacular China.
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The Royal Correspondent 