Keramis Ceramics Centre
A museum and arts & creation centre dedicated to ceramics, Keramis is built on the site of the ancient Boch Keramis pottery works in La Louvière. Its modern and audacious architecture encompasses an ancient, listed building containing four giant glass furnaces – the last of their kind in Belgium.
Boch products: the museum houses a remarkable 19th and 20th-century earthenware collection produced at the Boch Keramis factory – a flagship of Belgian industry. Exceptional creations by art studios, such as Charles Catteau vases, are shown alongside everyday items. In the section of the reserve open to the public, a special layout presents industrial earthenware manufacturing techniques.
Contemporary ceramics: Keramis also showcases a large collection of ceramic works by artists from the second half of the 20th century, reflecting an entire, little-known facet of Belgian art. This collection continues to be enriched with creations by international contemporary artists.
Exhibitions: every year, Keramis explores the world of ceramics through a range of temporary exhibitions. In addition to retrospectives focusing on historic figures, Keramis dedicates a large portion of its programme to collective or personal exhibitions by modern-day artists.
Art & creation: Keramis also offers a research and creation workshop, where visitors can learn various techniques to allow them to better understand the ancient and modern works on show. The workshop also offers technical support for residential artists specialized in disciplines other than ceramics (design, graphic arts, etc.).
Reduced mobility access.
Boch products: the museum houses a remarkable 19th and 20th-century earthenware collection produced at the Boch Keramis factory – a flagship of Belgian industry. Exceptional creations by art studios, such as Charles Catteau vases, are shown alongside everyday items. In the section of the reserve open to the public, a special layout presents industrial earthenware manufacturing techniques.
Contemporary ceramics: Keramis also showcases a large collection of ceramic works by artists from the second half of the 20th century, reflecting an entire, little-known facet of Belgian art. This collection continues to be enriched with creations by international contemporary artists.
Exhibitions: every year, Keramis explores the world of ceramics through a range of temporary exhibitions. In addition to retrospectives focusing on historic figures, Keramis dedicates a large portion of its programme to collective or personal exhibitions by modern-day artists.
Art & creation: Keramis also offers a research and creation workshop, where visitors can learn various techniques to allow them to better understand the ancient and modern works on show. The workshop also offers technical support for residential artists specialized in disciplines other than ceramics (design, graphic arts, etc.).
Reduced mobility access.
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- T. +32 64 23 60 70
- Place des Fours-Bouteilles, 1 - 7100 La Louvière
- www.keramis.be
- edu@keramis.be
Keramis vous invite à la découverte de 2 collections remarquables, réunies par un point commun : l’amour de la céramique contemporaine, sous toutes ses formes. Une nouvelle exposition temporaire à ne pas manquer, à La Louvière.
Collections privées de céramiques contemporaines
Du 12 avril au 24 aout 2025 à La Louvière, l’exposition Aimer collectionner la céramique contemporaine réunit et fait dialoguer un ensemble de céramiques contemporaines issues de 2 importantes collections privées françaises.
Si les parcours professionnels de ces 2 collectionneurs sont différents, la culture est au cœur de leurs préoccupations, une culture du lien, du partage et de l’universalité́ du message transmis par la céramique contemporaine. Leurs collections n’ont aucune exclusive, essentiellement constituées de céramique, elles en explorent les facettes les plus variées depuis la poterie, parfois utilisée au quotidien, jusqu’à la céramique sculpturale et conceptuelle.
Tous 2 vivent parmi les œuvres, leurs collections constituant le topos de leur existence, à la manière d’un vaste cabinet de curiosité pour l’un, selon l’ordonnance d’un véritable musée privé pour l’autre.
Une exposition inédite à l'ancienne manufacture Boch à La Louvière.
Keramis verwelkomt een brocante van de Boch-productie. Verzamelaars en keramiekliefhebbers ontmoeten elkaar in La Louvière.
Boch staat bekend als het echte vlaggenschip van de Belgische aardewerkindustrie. Dit centrum van kunst, van hedendaagse architectuur, biedt een panorama van de geschiedenis en productie van keramiek van de Manufacture Boch door middel van een verrassende collectie.
Een speciale brocante
Met ditzelfde doel voor ogen zal in de expositieruimtes van Keramis, het Keramiekcentrum van La Louvière, een brocante worden gehouden die exclusief voor deze productie is bestemd. Bezoekers zullen tegelijkertijd de kans krijgen om de tentoongestelde werken te ontdekken.
Kom de Boch-productie bewonderen en je servies aanvullen met een stuk van de voormalige aardewerkfabriek van Royal Boch.
