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    "body": "<p><strong>The 16th edition of Slow Art Day takes place today. On Slow Art Day, museums around the world encourage their visitors to experience art in a slow and mindful way. In Belgium, different museums in amongst others Antwerp, Brussels and Hasselt are participating.</strong></p><p>The American Phil Terry launched Slow Art Day in 2010. According to research, a museum visitor spends an average of around 30 seconds looking at a work of art. On Slow Art Day, museums, churches and cultural institutions worldwide invite everyone to take their time, view art more slowly and thus discover more.</p><p>&ldquo;The day ties in with the broader &lsquo;slow movement&rsquo;, which emerged in the 1980s as a reaction to an increasingly fast-paced, consumer-oriented society,&rdquo; explained Faro, the Flemish support centre for cultural heritage, in a press release.</p><p>This year, more than a hundred venues worldwide are taking part: museums, art galleries, studios and other cultural spaces.</p><div id=\"bookmark-dad13b09-f380-4389-8587-7b177196f6b3\"\n     class=\"release-content-bookmark release-content-bookmark--horizontal\">\n\n            <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__thumbnail\"\n           href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/kmska-museum-brings-ensor-and-wouters-together-to-explore-colour-as-sensory-experience\"\n           rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n           target=\"_blank\"           style=\"background-image: url(https://prezly.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uc.assets.prezly.com%2F5e12fb47-2ca5-42ac-9fb1-01f5f1d0a9c0%2F-%2Fpreview%2F600x600%2F?ar=1%3A1&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=bc282e4f3e414879b26212805a5d2640)\"\n        ></a>\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__details\">\n\n                    <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__title\"\n               href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/kmska-museum-brings-ensor-and-wouters-together-to-explore-colour-as-sensory-experience\"\n               rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\"               data-type=\"bookmark\"\n               data-track=\"Story WebBookmark Click\"\n               data-placement=\"content\"\n               data-id=\"dad13b09-f380-4389-8587-7b177196f6b3\"\n           >\n                KMSKA brings Ensor and Wouters together to explore colour as sensory experience            </a>\n        \n                    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__description\">\n                The exhibition A Red that Sings opens on Saturday at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA). The exhibition, which runs until the end of...            </div>\n        \n        <a href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/\"\n           target=\"_blank\"\n           rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n           class=\"release-content-bookmark__provider\"\n        >\n            <img class=\"release-content-bookmark__provider-icon\" src=\"https://avatars.prezly.com/favicon?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belganewsagency.eu%2Fkmska-museum-brings-ensor-and-wouters-together-to-explore-colour-as-sensory-experience&newsroom=6b71e247-a9ba-4732-aaa3-88be14c119db\" aria-hidden=\"true\" />\n            belganewsagency.eu        </a>\n    </div>\n</div>\n<p>In Antwerp, the KMSKA, the Museum Mayer van den Bergh, the Middelheim Museum, the Red Star Line Museum and St Andrew&rsquo;s Church are organising, among other things, walks, guided tours and musical performances.</p><p>In Brussels, art lovers can visit the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in a different way. There is also a workshop at Gaasbeek Castle, and at Z33 in Hasselt, visitors are guided slowly through the new exhibition &ldquo;Before our eyes&rdquo;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><sup>Illustration &copy; PHOTO MATTES Ren&eacute; / Hemis via AFP</sup></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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