Belgian baroness is shot dead in front of her husband by stepson
Belgian baroness is shot dead in front of her husband ‘by her stepson with whom she had been in a long dispute over inheritance’
- Baroness Myriam Ullens, 70, was shot dead in the town of Ohain, near Brussels, allegedly over an inheritance problem.
- The suspect, Nicolas Ullens, has since been detained by police.
An art collector has been shot dead, allegedly by her stepson, outside her home in southern Brussels.
Baroness Myriam Ullens, 70, was with her husband, Baron Guy Ullens, 88, when she was murdered in the village of Ohain, allegedly by Nicolas Ullens, who has since been detained by police.
Baron Ullens reportedly survived the incident on March 29.
The couple were in their car in front of their home around 10 a.m. when Nicolás allegedly shot his stepmother, who died at the scene, according to Free.
The Baroness and her stepson had reportedly been in long-standing disputes over inheritance issues.
Baroness Myriam Ullens was shot dead, allegedly by her stepson, outside her home in southern Brussels today.
Baron Guy Ullens of Schooten and Baroness Myriam Ullens of Schooten pose during the Don Quichotte Ballet
Baroness Myriam Ullens, 70, was with her husband Baron Guy Ullens, 88, when she was murdered in the village of Ohain, allegedly by Nicolas Ullens (pictured), who has since been detained by police .
The Baron and Baroness, who opened the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, married in 1999 and have been influential art collectors ever since.
They began their career collecting scroll paintings of classical Chinese art, before turning their attention to contemporary art.
The couple opened the Ullens Center in 2007, billed at the time as China’s first contemporary art museum.
In 2004, Baroness Ullens, who called herself Mimi and is a cancer survivor, founded the Mimi Foundation to create centers within hospitals to provide physical and mental therapy for patients undergoing cancer treatment.
In 2013, he co-organized a charity exhibition and auction during Frieze Week in London to support the Mimi Foundation.
‘If many of the artists in this project are Chinese, it is because of our long and close relationship with them. This is just the tip of our iceberg, which we continue to intensively follow and collect with the new generation,” said the Baroness. eye At the time.
The couple opened the Ullens Center in 2007, billed at the time as China’s first contemporary art museum.
‘A collection is like a living body that breathes. It evolves organically.
Baroness Ullens was born in Colgone, Germany, in 1952.
Nicolas Ullens, a former Belgian state security officer, is one of the Baron’s four children by his first wife, Micheline Franckx.