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🪜 I remember nine years ago, on a day like today, in Belgrade, wearing this bowler hat for the first time, filled with 19 artworks I had received by different friends for a museum inside a hat.

🪜 I remember I bought it in Maastricht, in a hat shop that is now gone. I chose it because it was the one that fitted me best. I later realized that, even though it was a classic English bowler hat, it had actually been made in Spain by hat makers called Roche & Fernández.

🪜I remember the owner, an older woman with a deep voice, told me something that sounded very strange to me that day: “Listen, young man, with that hat you will receive a lot of attention.”

🪜 I remember I didn’t anticipate everything that was going to change for me because of a hat, I was never a “hat person.”

𝘔𝘶𝘴é𝘦 𝘓é𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦: 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘵.
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵í𝘯 𝘓𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯 2017.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮. 𝘐𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 212 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 23 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 (𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴). taken in U10 by @museelegitime

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A big thank you all who joined us for 10 years of TALKER!
With wonderful performances by Martín La Roche and Giles Bailey.
A small part of Martín’s Musée Légitime: a museum inside a hat is on display at PrintRoom - as well as the complete series of Talker - until 2 May.
@martinlarochec @worldissudden @museelegitime
#talkerzine #muséelégitime

Photos by @foto_jakecaleb by @museelegitime

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Tomorrow, March 5, we invite you to join us at KASKcafé in Ghent, for the presentation of our new online catalogue.

Musée Légitime is a portable museum that takes place inside a hat. Through the movements of the artist who carries the museum, the pieces and their stories travel between places, encounters, and conversations. Our collection currently comprises 204 works by different artists, distributed across 22 museum buildings, each one a hat.
During this presentation, our bearer and director, Martín La Roche, will open the museum and share a selection of works from the collection, revealing their stories.

Four years ago, KIOSK invited us to explore how the narratives of this hat-based institution could expand beyond the physical encounter. This collaboration led to the creation of our digital catalogue, which will be launched tomorrow. The platform extends the performative experience of the collection: visitors will be able to discover which works are currently inside the hat, download the catalogue, and access details such as weight, year of acquisition, references to the artists, the museum’s genealogies, and ways to support the institution.
This online catalogue was designed by @dongyoungleee and developed by @ezekiel.3000 , with the support of @kioskgent and the @mondriaanfonds

Launch & Presentation — Musée Légitime March 5, 18:00 KASKcafé
© Musée Légitime, 2026. The collection today. taken in Gent, Belguim by @museelegitime

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𝙈𝙪𝙨é𝙚 𝙇é𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙣é 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 1.0

Published by @calipsopress & @goodneighbourbooks in New York, 2023.

Including the text ‘𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩í𝙣 𝙇𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙈𝙪𝙨é𝙚 𝙇é𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚’ by @aden.maike , and scanned images on top of the Riso machine’s crystal of various artworks from the @museelegitime collection.

If readers encounter difficulties reading the text due to interruptions caused by images, a blacklight flashlight can be used to illuminate it. The text has been printed with fluorescent ink, which glows when exposed to
this type of illumination.

Special mention to @eva_parr for giving birth to the first of a series of catalogues to come.
#muséelégitime by @museelegitime

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New @museelegitime 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜(カメ 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢), 2024 by @bizarre_kyoto

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Two weeks ago, we were walking through the streets of Kyoto, and Amilcar pointed out a ‘bizarre’ sign. On it, a little turtle/tortoise wearing a hat was climbing some stairs, similar to the ones I use in messages for my emojis. Very intrigued, we looked closer, and it turned out to be a hat shop. We climbed the stairs and arrived at the third floor, surprised by the same poster we have at home by Shimabuku (‘My Teacher Tortoise’).

Once inside, Atom Uchida and his colleague were working on making new hats. I immediately noticed the quality of their technique and the special designs they had. Atom looked at me and said that if I wanted to try a hat, I could just do it. I picked a blue/purple one and saw that it had little triangles in the back.

“It is inspired by a prehistoric turtle,” he told me. I tried it on, excited.

I tried to explain about a museum in a hat that I had started years ago, where I invite different artists to contribute a piece small enough or immaterial so it can fit inside while I wear it to different places, including that day. I took off the hat that I was wearing.

I think our amusement was shared. Amilcar asked me to look behind a table they had next to the entrance. There, Atom keeps part of his collection of tortoise and turtle figures.

“I have the same!” I said. Many friends gift me turtles and tortoises.

“Oh! I have two tortoises at home; they are my best friends and teachers,” Atom said.

It became inevitable for this growing institution to invest in a new museum building. Atom has a greater collection at home and also a figures collection of the prehistoric gigantic turtle monster Gamera, who inspired the design of this new museum building.

PS: Photo at the store courtesy of @amilcarguzmanv
PS2: Last dinner photo at Ito-Yosuda-Kobayashi’s home wearing the new Turtle Museum, stories of the new pieces received for the collection that night are coming.

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#muséelégitime taken in Kyoto,Japan by @museelegitime

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