Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage

IRPA/KIK is a federal scientific institution dedicated to the study, conservation and development of Belgium's cultural heritage. The Institute, created in 1948, brings together art historians, chemists, physicists, conservator-restorers and photographers. Its three departments strive towards a versatile and multidisciplinary approach to works of art. More information

AGENDA

8-12 April 2013 Symposium 14C & Archaeology
IRPA/KIK and Ghent University, with additional financial support of the FWO, organise the 7th International symposium 14C and Archaeology, from 8 to 12 April 2013 in Ghent. More information on the call for papers and the symposium
Sept 19-21 2012 Van Eyck Studies Symposium
KIK/IRPA and its Centre for the Study of the Flemish Primitives are honoured to announce the Van Eyck Studies Symposium in Brussels on 19-21 September 2012. This 18th Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting is intended for art-historians, curators, cons...
27|04|2012 – 14|10|2012 Exhibition
IRPA/KIK concluded the restoration and study of the Massacre of the Innocents from the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu (Romania), traditionally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This masterpiece was confided to IRPA/KIK in preparation for the exhibition Brueghel, Cranach, Titian, van Eyck....
18|11|2011 - 20|05|2012 exhibitions at Grand Curtius
Du 18 novembre 2011 au 20 mai 2012, le Grand Curtius de Liège présente deux prestigieuses expositions d'art ancien en collaboration avec une dizaine de musées d'Europe : « Ernest de Bavière, un prince liégeois dans l'Europe moderne » & &la...
22|11|2012 - 23|11|2012 ATSR Symposium 5
After four successful symposia in Amsterdam (2004), Madrid (2006), Glasgow (2008) and Vienna (2010), the ICOM-CC working group Art Technological Source Research is organising its fifth international symposium, which will be hosted by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (IRPA/KIK) in Brussels,...