Almost 500 years ago, Coudenberg Palace was the scene of an extraordinary event. While passing through Brussels, Albrecht Dürer, the famous painter and engraver from Nuremberg, had the chance to marvel at Aztec objects sent to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V by the conquistador Hernán Cortés. At the time, these mysterious, unusual items were referred to as curiosa.
This exhibition aims to revive the memory of the place and to build bridges between cultural history and the history of the land. Sabrina Montiel-Soto's installations provide a sensory component to the exploration of this connection between the past and the present.
This exhibition is the outcome of a collaboration between Urban, Coudenberg Palace and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. It aims to commemorate three events : Dürer's journey to the Netherlands, the conquest of Mexico and the coronation of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor in Aachen.
Curators : Véronique Bücken & Cecilia Paredes
Artistic interventions : Sabrina Montiel-Soto
Graphic design : NNstudio
