Don't miss out on 22 February at the ING Cultural Centre

PRESS RELEASE
Brussels, 18 February 2014

On this special evening to explore the museums of Brussels on 22 February, the ING
Cultural Centre is offering you a unique experience.

Awaken your senses and engage your emotions on a journey through the pointillist portrait,
in the exhibition entitled "To the Point – the Neo-Impressionist Portrait". Enjoy an audio
description tour of paintings, sculptures and much more, ending with "the colour of the
senses". Experience smells, textures and sounds in an unusual way, which will awaken
hidden talents you didn’t even remember having!

This project is launched by the NPO Passe Muraille, which promotes in particular access to
culture by people affected by disability. Visitors will be invited to experience just for once
what these people experience on a day-to-day basis: another way of discovering art!

Practical information

200 visitors an hour will be able to visit the exhibition "To the Point – The Neo-Impressionist
Portrait" at the ING Cultural Centre, 6 Place Royale, 1000 Brussels.

Events on offer:

• Audio description tour of paintings in the "To the Point" exhibition: groups of 15
  visitors
• Getting hands-on with sculpture: on an individual basis, up to 4 visitors
• "The colour of the senses": individual sensory experience. Barefoot and blindfolded,
  visitors are invited to explore the emotions created by touching materials, and by
  smells and sounds. And to complete the experience, visitors can express the
  emotions they have experienced on a particular medium, using drawing materials.

Tickets:

• Online at www.museumnightfever.be; at all participating museums; Fnac (all Belgian
  stores + online); Brussels tourist offices (Visit Brussels Grand-Place + BIP offices +
  online); PointCulture ULB (Solbosch campus). Advance tickets from 3/2 to 21/2.
• Up to the end of March, the Museum Night Fever pass entitles bearers to free entry
  to one of the participating museums.

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For further information:
www.ing.be/art
ING Belgium Press Office, +32 2 547 22 94, pressoffice@ing.be
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