{"id":1075,"date":"2025-06-07T09:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/?page_id=1075"},"modified":"2025-06-28T19:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:39:15","slug":"05-02-contact-de-collectie-verwerven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/05-02-contact-de-collectie-verwerven\/","title":{"rendered":"05-02 Contact &#8211; De collectie verwerven"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Acquiring the Collection<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A unique whole<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><em>\"I am flabbergasted. This is a museum. This collection has everything.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">A. Bollen, former director of the Floris and Oscar Jespers Foundation<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Collection Floris Jespers <\/em>The Floris Jespers collection is being offered for sale as a <strong>whole<\/strong> . It is an exceptional, fully inventoried collection of more than 900 artworks and heritage objects. This collection is the result of more than 100 years of collecting, documenting, exhibiting, and studying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now being offered\u2014for the first time\u2014with the aim of finding a <strong>sustainable destination.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who\/What are we looking for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An institution or patron <\/strong>who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>recognises the importance of this collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>is willing to invest in a sustainable future<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>is open to collaboration, valorisation, and public outreach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Preference is given to a <strong>public or semi-public destination<\/strong>, but other serious proposals will be discussed discreetly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starting a confidential conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Institutions or patrons interested in the <strong>integral acquisition<\/strong> of this unique collection are invited to start a confidential conversation via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/?page_id=1086\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1086\">contact page<\/a> or directly by email at <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"28\" class=\"wp-image-1082 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 177px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 177\/28;width: 177px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/email_florisjespers_precise_baseline.png\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/email_florisjespers_precise_baseline.png 500w, https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/email_florisjespers_precise_baseline-300x48.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your message will be treated with the utmost care and discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stijn Vanwijnsberghe<\/strong><br>Art Historian - Mandatary of the Floris Jespers collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jespers_015-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-548 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jespers_015-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jespers_015-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jespers_015-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jespers_015-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jespers_015.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/384;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Floris Jespers, <\/em><strong><em>The Antwerp Quay<\/em> <em>- View from Floris Jespers' studio.<\/em><\/strong><br>A panorama of the Scheldt from Jespers' workspace in his native city.<br>Antwerp as a base, connected to the whole world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/?page_id=1062\">return to contact page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De collectie verwerven Een uniek geheel \u2013 een toekomst in Vlaanderen? \u201cIk ben flabbergasted. Dit is een museum. In deze collectie zit alles.\u201d A. Bollen, voormalig bestuurder Stichting Floris en Oscar Jespers De Collectie Floris Jespers wordt als geheel te koop aangeboden. Het gaat om een uitzonderlijke, volledig ge\u00efnventariseerde verzameling van meer dan 900 kunstwerken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1075","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florisjespers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}