In striking contrast to the serene everyday life of Luxembourg, the most prosperous city in the Benelux, where public transport is free and the average salary is €6,000, the exhibition “Theatre of Cruelty” opened at the art forum Casino Luxembourg. The...
On the global art scene, there is a certain nervousness in the air: prices for ultra-contemporary art are falling, collectors are behaving more cautiously, and Artnet’s latest report notes a 31.3% drop in the value of works by artists born after 1975. But the moment...
The Mattias Devriendt concerts at the 360° art space DIVE in Antwerp became one of the most delicate and unusual musical events of November. Over the course of three days, from 16 to 18 November, six “lie-down” performances took place—events to which audiences arrived...
You have undoubtedly seen his photographs, even if you never knew the photographer’s name. But now you have a chance to discover the life and work of Robert Doisneau. Believe me, both are endlessly fascinating and will resonate with the emotions of any European — from...
Approaching Grand Hornu, the former coal mining complex in southern Belgium, in the heart of Hainaut, one is immediately struck by the scale and discipline of its architecture – neoclassical buildings, workers’ housing, and vast halls that once thrummed with the...
French artist Pauline Curnier Jardin (born 1980) at the presentation of her twenty-year retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (M HKA), admitted to journalists that she feels like a “Mediterranean artist” – as she was born in Marseille. In my...
