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    Grand-Hornu is an old industrial coal mining complex and company town (cité ouvrière) in Hornu (Boussu), near Mons, in Belgium. It was built by Henri De...
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    these industrial experiments. Having bought the mining concession of Grand-Hornu in 1810, French industrialist Henri De Gorge soon realized the need to...
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    in the French-speaking Hainaut Province and Liège Province, comprise Grand-Hornu, the Bois-du-Luc, the Bois du Cazier and Blegny-Mine. The site was recognized...
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    Like The Wall Awaiting The Ivy, (2021), Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand Hornu, Honru, Belgium Recent Acquisitions, (2020), Musée d’art Moderne de la...
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    city, called le Grand Hornu, was constructed. Located in Hornu, the buildings are now a museum. As its neighbouring municipality, Hornu, Boussu's town...
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    "AL(L) Projects with Aluminum", curated by Maria Cristina Didero at the Grand-Hornu in Belgium. The show explored experimentation with aluminium in art,...
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    National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Musée des arts contemporains (Grand-Hornu) in Belgium, the CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, the Centro...
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    1976 Galerie Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium 1976 Les Ateliers Du Grand Hornu Galerie D'Art, Brussels, Belgium 1974 San Francisco Art Institute, San...
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    l'échelle, Regard sur la collection d'art contemporain au Grand-Hornu, MAC's, Grand-Hornu IV Bienal de Jafre, Bienal de Jafre, Jafre Richard Prince and...
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    (working). Three SNCV type 18 (one built by J.J. Gilain in 1915, and two by Grand-Hornu in 1920), at the Tramway touristique de l'Aisne (Belgium). 3 Blanc-Misseron...
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