On the side to your right, you see an artwork by the Belgian artist Denmark from 1981. Entitled “Dead Archive XII”, it’s a collection of all written tests from one year of high school. In 2009 Denmark offered this artwork to the KU Leuven as a gift, to honor the then rector Marc Vervenne. Would you like to know more about this work? Read the text hanging across from the artwork. You may press B to pause this audio fragment in the meantime. By pressing B again the text will resume.

Now return to the hallway of the Main Reading Room. Go through the large wooden doors to the left of the angel and up the staircase of honor, until you reach the landing. This marks the following stop, to the left of the Buddha.

Would you like to listen to the walking instructions once again? Press A.

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