| Indépendance grant 2019 – call for applications launched | https://www.bil.com/en/bil-group/pressroom/news/Pages/independance-grant-2019-call-for-applications-launched.aspx | Indépendance grant 2019 – call for applications launched | | <p>The Indépendance grant was first awarded in 2017 to architect-cum-artist Laura Mannelli. Based on an immersive world inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, her exhibition <i>The Promises of Monsters</i> was very popular. Eager to repeat last year’s success, Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, the Fondation Indépendance and Fonds culturel national have launched another call for applications. All information concerning the eligibility criteria, the financial conditions, the necessary documents and the selection process can be found on the website of the <a href="http://www.focuna.lu/fr/Repertoire-des-bourses-et-residences/category/Arts-numeriques/Bourse-Independance-Bourse-de-creation-et-de-diffusion-en-arts-numeriques" target="_blank">Focuna</a>. Applications are open until 31 March 2019.</p>
<p>Created in 2017, the Indépendance grant aims to promote the creation and showcasing of the digital arts by supporting the production of innovative art forms. It also ensures that these works of art are made accessible to a wide audience through exhibitions organised in the Galerie Indépendance and the production of a catalogue.</p>
<p>For BIL, this grant is part of its ongoing promotion of art and innovation, which is at the heart of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy. As part of this, exhibitions are regularly organised at the Galerie Indépendance to showcase the talent of artists representing the national cultural scene.</p> | 11/19/2018 2:00:00 PM | | |
| BIL inaugurates its new branch in Mondorf-les-Bains | https://www.bil.com/en/bil-group/pressroom/news/Pages/BIL-inaugurates-its-new-branch-in-Mondorf-les-Bains.aspx | BIL inaugurates its new branch in Mondorf-les-Bains | | <p>This new branch has a warm, modern interior with dedicated functional areas, combining direct client support with remote banking services – something that the bank is rolling out across its entire network.</p>
<p>Branch manager Marcel Pleimling and his team of expert advisers are available Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm and from 1.30pm to 5pm (from 8am to 7pm by appointment only). Business owners, retailers and craftsmen benefit from dedicated services and advice to help them develop their business. Private customers also receive the necessary support to see them through key moments in life: buying a home, financing studies, preparing for retirement, etc.
<br>A <i>self-banking</i> area with two ATMs and a latest-generation change machine is accessible 24/7. In the <i>online</i> area, clients can quickly carry out their everyday banking transactions, either independently or with the help of an adviser. No more waiting in line! </p>
<p>The streamlined, modern space offers an improved client experience. In the same vein, BIL is also developing permanently accessible, user-friendly digital services. This ensures that clients always get the full BIL experience, both for daily banking on its online BILnet platform or via tailored advice in branch.</p>
<p><b>Address of the new Mondorf-les-Bains branch:</b>
<br>1 Avenue Frères Wiesenbach
<br>L-5628 Mondorf-les-Bains</p>
<p>The branch is open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 12pm and from 1.30pm to 5pm (from 8am to 7pm by appointment only).</p> | 10/17/2018 3:00:00 PM | | |
| BIL EXHIBITION Gust Graas, 2003–2018 works | https://www.bil.com/en/bil-group/pressroom/news/Pages/BIL-EXHIBITION-Gust-Graas-2003-2018-works.aspx | BIL EXHIBITION Gust Graas, 2003–2018 works | | <p>Gust Graas has a unique status in Luxembourg. A talented corporate executive, he gained renown as the visionary President of CLT (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télévision), as well as Chair of the Board of Directors of Luxair. He was also a member of BIL’s own Board of Directors throughout the 1980s. At the same time, Graas is an avid painter who has now become one of Luxembourg’s most important Lyrical Abstractionists.</p>
<p>The Galerie Indépendance brings together the artist’s major works created between 2003 and 2018. Though figurative at the beginning of his career, Graas’ painting grew freer throughout the 1970s under the influence of the Paris School. Some of his earlier abstract works are reminiscent of Maurice Estève. As time went on, he developed and refined his own style. His light, colourful palette is distinct, and glimmers with the Mediterranean sun of Mallorca, his home of many years.</p>
<p>“<i>I paint a world that is wide open, jubilant; a world in celebration, in motion, in transformation</i>”, Grass explains. “<i>I meander through light and shadow, among the solid and the nebulous, from explosion to quiet softness, between the gentle breeze and the yawning chasm. My forms and my colours are imbued with beauty, joy and power.</i>” </p>
<p>The exhibition Gust Graas, 2003–2018 will be open to the public on business days from 12 October 2018 until 8 February 2019 (8am to 6pm) at Galerie Indépendance in Luxembourg, 69 route d’Esch.</p> | 10/15/2018 3:00:00 PM | | |
