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Antwerp revels in the grotesque with an exhibition of works by Goya, Redon, and Ensor.(Maastricht and beyond)(Francisco de Goya, Odilon Redon, and James Ensor)(Brief article)

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Visitors to this Flemish city can not only enjoy its sixteenth-century guild houses and historic city hall in the Grote Markt and the Gothic Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve Vrouwekathedraal) with its magnificent panels by local hero Peter Paul Rubens but also, from March 14, investigate the phantasmagorical visions of Francisco de Goya, Odilon Redon, and James Ensor. The Koninklijk Museum voor Scheme Kimsten presents an unusual mix of works by the Spaniard, the Frenchmen, and the Belgian that points to a range of uses of grotesque imagery, from the haunting to the hilarious. The museum's rare etchings by ...

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