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Hobbyist With Metal Detector Discovers Enigmatic Roman Artifact

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

The 1,600-year-old fragment was part of a dodecahedron, a mysterious object that experts believe may have been linked to the occult.

Posted inNews

Psychiatrists in Brussels Can Now “Prescribe” Museum Visits to Patients

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 19, 2022September 20, 2022

The six-month pilot program will evaluate the impact of art and cultural institutions on mental health and well-being.

Posted inArt

Not Your Grandmother’s Doilies: New Exhibition Explores the History of Lace

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 5, 2021October 6, 2021

Across five locations in Antwerp, the ModeMuseum shows how the delicate, weblike fabric became a staple of art, craft, fashion, and commerce.

Posted inFilm

When Stranger Fictions Reveal More Prescient Truths

by Forrest Cardamenis September 27, 2019March 18, 2022

In eschewing claims to an unmediated reality, Synonyms reveals truths about French society often masked by reality itself, while Young Ahmed obscures crucial systemic injustices in Belgium under the guise of realism.

Posted inArt

A Visit to Belgium’s Wondrous Art Nouveau Museum

by Joseph Nechvatal August 21, 2019

Victor Horta, like many architects at the turn of the century, wanted to eliminate the distinction between major and minor arts by creating immersive environments.

Posted inIn Brief

Patrons Wore Blackface and Colonial-Era Costumes to Party at AfricaMuseum

by Hakim Bishara August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Images emerging on social media showed partygoers dressed in pith helmets and blackface at the museum. The colonial-era museum apologized for the event, admitting a “lapse in judgment.”

Posted inIn Brief

As Belgium Reopens Africa Museum, DR Congo Demands Restitution of Artifacts

Avatar photo by Zachary Small December 11, 2018

Belgium’s occupation of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most brutal chapters of colonial history. Now, the African country is asking for its artifacts and artworks back from Europe.

Posted inArt

The Belgian Town Where the Mentally Ill Are Part of the Community

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 4, 2016October 4, 2016

The treatment of mental illness has often involved removing patients from society and placing them in their own institutions.

Posted inArt

Explore a Surreal Performance Parody of Google Street View

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 24, 2015April 24, 2015

Over the course of six weeks and with a cast of hundreds, a Belgian theater company seized control of over six miles of streets in the city of Mons to stage surreal spectacles including flying kayakers, crowds of angels, and a taxidermy deer transforming into a donkey.

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World Press Photo Strips First Prize Winner for “Misleading Information”

by Laura C. Mallonee March 9, 2015

Last Wednesday, World Press Photo (WPP) officially stripped photojournalist Giovanni Troilo of the First Prize in Contemporary Issues awarded to him in February for the 10-photo series The Dark Heart of Europe.

Posted inIn Brief

Timber! Towering Wooden Sculpture Breaks in “European Cultural Capital”

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton December 29, 2014December 29, 2014

Mons, a city in Belgium that’s been designated the “European Capital of Culture” for 2015, saw its year in the spotlight get off to a rocky start after one of its marquee commissions collapsed.

Posted inArt

Letter from Antwerp II: Rubens, More Diamonds, and Dogs

by Burt Kimmelman July 6, 2014July 9, 2014

ANTWERP — The Jewish Diaspora and the diamond trade are not synonymous. Their stories don’t merely intertwine either. Together they have given rise to two cultural and literary archetypes, the Wandering Jew and the Court Jew.

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