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Poe-Inspired Prints by Ensor Join Research Institute’s Collection

By Amy Hood | Published: October 12, 2012
Hop-Frog’s Revenge / James Ensor

Three prints by James Ensor have just joined the collection of the Getty Research Institute. All three were made in the 1890s, when Ensor was at the peak of his creative powers, and all contain the eerie imagery for which… More»

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James Ensor 2.0: “Christ’s Entry into Brussels” Becomes Performance Art

By Annelisa Stephan | Published: December 30, 2011
Two bottle stoppers from Vive L.A Social, Mathis Collins, 2011
Vive L.A Social (details), Mathis Collins, 2011. Images courtesy of Mathis Collins

Just in time for New Year’s Eve, the unruly figures in James Ensor’s massive painting Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889 have sneaked off the canvas and into bottles across Los Angeles. They’re the cast of characters in a new… More»

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