Series
arts
arts
Mia Vaerman
9 min reading time
Moving Socially with Mette Ingvartsen
For twenty years, choreographer Mette Ingvartsen has been creating socially and politically engaged performances. The key question she raises in her socially and politically engaged performances is whether we can create a world that revolves around joy and pleasure rather than repression of desires.
arts
CODART
2 min reading time
The Tomb of Mary of Burgundy
‘The Tomb of Mary Burgundy’ is one of the hundred masterpieces of early modern Dutch and Flemish art in the CODART Canon.
Series
More Vermeer
arts
Wieland De Hoon
9 min reading time
'Ode to Antwerp' Shows the Shared History of Flanders and the Netherlands
The exhibition 'Ode to Antwerp' at Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht explicitly presents old masters from the Low Countries and not from Holland or Flanders.
arts
CODART
7 min reading time
A Museum Summer Filled With New Acquisitions
This summer, some museums have enriched their collections by acquiring beautiful early modern Dutch and Flemish art.
Series
Masterpieces From the CODART Canon
arts
CODART
1 min reading time
The Iconography Series by Anthony van Dyck
‘The Iconography’ by Anthony van Dyck is one of the hundred masterpieces of early modern Dutch and Flemish art in the CODART Canon.
arts
Gerdien Verschoor
6 min reading time
Flemish Expressionists in The Hague: An Explosion of Bold Colours, Storytelling, and Painterly Joy
In the exhibition 'Wonderful Memories', Kunstmuseum Den Haag highlights the joyful fanaticism of the Flemish Expressionists.
Museum Explorer
arts
Maarten Buser
9 min reading time
Revulsion and Fascination: Hybrid Creatures in Visual Art
From medieval sin to modern climate catastrophe: in art, hybrids of humans, animals and objects confront the reader with the inconceivable.
arts
An Faems
6 min reading time
In ‘Baroque Influencers’, Viewers Look Over Rubens’ Shoulder – Just as the Jesuits Did in the Past
The Antwerp Jesuits understood the art of persuasion. In the seventeenth century, they called on none other than Rubens to create a unique series of paintings. The three-part exhibition Baroque Influencers relays their story through a number of lost masterpieces.
Series
Forgotten Female Painters
history
Floris Kunert
6 min reading time
Art for Das Reich: The Forgotten Stories Behind Nazi-Looted Art
Investigative journalist Geert Sels spent eight years researching Nazi-looted art in Belgium. In 'Art for Das Reich', he brings many histories of robbery, collaboration and restitution to light for the first time.
arts
CODART
1 min reading time
The Spinario by Jan Gossart
‘The Spinario’ by Jan Gossart is one of the hundred masterpieces of early modern Dutch and Flemish art in the CODART Canon.
arts
Mélanie Huchet
4 min reading time
'Centralia’ by Miel Vandepitte: A Race on Acid in the Heart of an Apocalyptic City
Inspired by an underground mine fire in Pennsylvania, Belgian illustrator Miel Vandepitte created an apocalyptic steampunk western.
arts
Tom Christiaens
11 min reading time
And the Winners of the Flemish Culture Awards are…
From architecture to digital art and brass band to circus, the Flemish Community rewarded its creative talent with Ultimas.
arts
Erin Chang
3 min reading time
International Activities of Dutch Artists Return to Pre-Covid Levels
With almost twice as many activities as in the two previous years during the corona pandemic, the international cultural participation of Dutch artists and organisations recovered in 2022.
arts
CODART
1 min reading time
Saint George Altarpiece by Jan Borman
The ‘Saint George Altarpiece’ by Jan Borman is one of the hundred masterpieces of early modern Dutch and Flemish art in the CODART Canon.
To Simply Be: The Architecture of Marie-José Van Hee
Over a career lasting almost fifty years, the Flemish architect Marie-José Van Hee has developed a personal style at the heart of which is the search for harmony, simplicity and a protective effect.
arts
CODART
2 min reading time
A Pair of Wedding Gloves
‘A Pair of Wedding Gloves’ is one of the hundred masterpieces of early modern Dutch and Flemish art in the CODART Canon.
arts
Maarten Buser
6 min reading time
Yair Callender Brings the Everyday Into Ceremonial Art
The installations and sculptures of this Surinamese-Dutch artist are as philosophical as they are practical.
history
Edo Dijksterhuis
5 min reading time
Religious Heritage With an Injection of Contemporary Art at Museum Krona
In an abbey where nuns still live, Museum Krona combines centuries-old crucifixes and monstrances with contemporary paintings and photographs.
arts
Pieter Trogh
6 min reading time
The War Left Its Mark on Raoul Servais, and Raoul Servais Left His Mark on the War
A new exhibition and publication zoom in on the wartime memories of the internationally award-winning Belgian filmmaker and animator Raoul Servais (1928-2023).
history
Tom Christiaens
12 min reading time
Harvest of the University Press (autumn/winter 2022-3)
Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.
