Grand ReOpening of Design Museum Gent after four years of renovation. By Belgian standards, almost lightning-fast, if you remember the eleven years it took KMSKA. In my view, one of the best design museums in Europe has emerged from this period noticeably younger: it...
About a “little month” before the opening of the major Yayoi Kusama retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam – a Dutch expression – the legendary Japanese artist died on 14 August 2026. Her studio remained silent for 13 days. The funeral took place before...
This season, Brussels tried on a new format. The former Brussels Design September seems to have gone through a careful wash and emerged as the more concise Brussels Design Week (24 September–4 October). But true elegance has nothing to do with the length of a hemline:...
What do we know about Andy Warhol? Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. Quite a lot compared with many other artists, yet only a tiny fraction of his oeuvre. The exhibition ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ at the private Herbert Foundation in Ghent draws attention to two...
The Dutch visionary artist Maurits Escher was recognised during his lifetime primarily by the mathematical and scientific community. His exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in 1954 was organised to coincide with the International Congress of Mathematicians. After his...
If you were asked off the top of your head to name a contemporary Chinese artist, the answer would probably be Ai Weiwei. In September 2026, we have a chance to deepen our knowledge of his work thanks to Patrick Derom Gallery, where a major retrospective of this...
