From Thursday May 14 to Saturday May 16, Vandenhove Centre hosts the exhibition 'FUR UNFOLDED: Animals, Materiality and the Belgian Fur Trade, 1880-1940', curated by students of the Master in Art History, Musicology and Theatre Studies, led by Prof. Dr. Liza Foley. The exhibition explores different themes and reconsiders Belgian fashion history through the material presence of animals. Focusing on the Belgian fur trade between 1880 and 1940, the exhibition pays particular attention to Brussels. It explores how animal bodies were transformed, re-imagined, and re-presented as luxury objects within broader systems of production and consumption. Drawing on archival, visual and object-based research, it brings together perspectives from fashion studies, material culture and human-animal studies to propose new frameworks for engaging with fur as a complex, mediated material. We would like to welcome you on the vernissage on May 14th, at 3PM.