The retrospective Dave McKean runs from Saturday 8 February until Sunday 20April 2003 at Tweebronnen, Leuven (10 min. walking distance from train station Leuven). Open everyday from 12.00 to 6.00 PM. Tuesdays from 12.00 to 9.00 PM. Closed on Mondays.

 Open everyday from 12.00 to 6.00 PM. Tuesdays from 12.00 to 9.00 PM. Closed on Mondays.

Entrance: 6.00 euro
Reduction:: 3.50 euro for students fulltime day-school and members of the "stedelijke openbare bibliotheek Tweebronnen"
Entrance is free for children under 12, accompagnied by atleast 1 addult.
Groupdiscount:: from 10 persons: 3.00 euro a person


 With Narcolepsy, Beeld Beeld organises the first large retrospective about McKean on the European continent. The show departs from a central "bed"-room, and leads the visitor on to the various aspects of McKean’s impressive universe.
Besides original comic illustrations, the exhibition also shows a large selection of art pictures, children’s books, recent paintings, advertising work, illustrations and CD-covers. The artist’s short movies will be shown continuously in the best possible circumstances, and the audio spectacle Signal to Noise will be played too.
In the scope of Kulturama, Iain Ballamy of Feral Records gives several exclusive concerts with Norwegian and Belgian jazz musicians on 13, 14 and 15 February.
With reference to the retrospective, Beeld Beeld publishes the catalogue Narcolepsy.

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 The exhibition takes place at Tweebronnen, Diestsestraat 49, 3000 Leuven.

All details and maps are available in pdf format. Click to download.

 The renovated van de Velde complex, Tweebronnen, is the perfect setting for a comic strip exhibition. The world-famous Belgian architect Henry van de Velde designed this unique building, which is worth visiting as such. Together with Victor Horta, van de Velde was the most significant exponent of the Belgian Art Nouveau.

 Tweebronnen is 1 of the few surviving van de Velde-buildings. It was constructed between 1936-42 and served initially as technical school ("RITO"). After years of vacancy and neglect, it was finally renovated in 1999. The superb, stylish building is situated in the heart of Leuven, between the Diestsestraat and the Rijschoolstraat. The rooms are filled with natural light: 70 percent of the exterior walls consist of windowpanes.

 Tweebronnen serves as public library and city archive. At the same time, you find a coffee bar on the premises, and the documentation centre of the province of Flemish Brabant, a VRT-radio studio and different fully equipped exhibition areas. The building enables locals as well as tourists to get to know different exponents of culture. On a regular basis, there are exhibitions and other cultural events in order to expand the cultural offer in the provincial capital of Flemish Brabant. Beeld Beeld is 1 of the steady partners to make this happen.

The Tweebronnen construction
current state
(view Rijschoolstraat)