FLEMISH EXHIBITION SET

An exhibit of some 140 paintings by 24 Flemish artists--the first comprehensive exhibition of modern Flemish painting to come to the United States--will go on display at the Newport Harbor Art Museum Dec. 12.

The exhibit will include about 140 paintings by 24 artists, including 14 by James Ensor (1860-1949) and 11 by Constant Permeke (1886-1952). It will remain on display at the museum until Feb. 22, 1987.

The exhibition, entitled “Flemish Expressions: Representational Painting in the Twentieth Century,” was organized jointly by the museum and the Flemish Ministry of Culture.

Paul Schimmel, the museum’s chief curator, said the show cost the museum and the Flemish government between $250,000 and $500,000, with some financial help coming from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and the Ambassador Cultural Foundation in Pasadena. After Newport Beach, the exhibition will travel to the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.