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No less than three important literary prizes for Dutch-language writers were announced this week. Awards for literary fiction, a poetry debut and a complete oeuvre.

A selection of recent university press publications about the Low Countries in English.

The main purpose of the investigation was to identify the main cause of deterioration of the cadmium yellow paint in The Scream by Edvard Munch.

The theft took place on the same day as the artist’s birthday.

The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and Plantin-Moretus Museum put a substantial part of their collection accessible online.

Research institute Huygens ING will set up a new website to access and study medieval manuscripts in Dutch collections.

Covid-19 prompts all museums to close doors. With our selection of recently published books on Flemish or Dutch talent, you bring art into your home.

Between 1816 and 1919, Neutral Moresnet was a geographical curiosity on the border triangle between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Why not read a novel by a Dutch or Flemish author this spring? Take a look at our selection.

20-year-old artist Mitya from Antwerp is exhibiting in the world-famous The Walled Off Hotel, the hotel museum that was designed by street artist Banksy.

These Flemish artists and organisations across cultural disciplines have been rewarded with an Ultima for their outstanding contributions.

The Antwerp artist wins an Ultima, a tribute to his active artistry at the height of his ability.

Take a look at our selection of recently translated Dutch-language books for children and young adults.

The small cemeteries in and around Ypres provide a unique way of understanding the First World War.

Reinier Kroese made a poetic film after the poem 'Lost' by Bart Moeyaert.

Starting this month, Dutch literature will present itself under the title 'New Dutch Writing' at more than 70 festivals and events in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The Amsterdam Museum ditches ‘Golden Age’ in favour of inclusive ’17th century’.

Kobe Fleerackers made a poetic film after the poem 'On Mrs P.’s Municipal Coffin' by Menno Wigman.

At least five Dutch museums acquired precious work at the world's leading fine art and antiques fair in Maastricht.

The Fries Museum in Leeuwarden has bought a drawing by Alma-Tadema that was found at a flea market.

It is the first time the role of Maori in the First World War has been recognised in this way in Europe.

The ART Curator Prize for the best exhibition of 2018 in Austria goes to the curators of the world's first major monographic exhibition on Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna.

Author Kathleen Vereecken and illustrator Charlotte Peys have won the Woutertje Pieterse Prize.

Our spring selection of Dutch-language books that have recently been translated into English.

The exhibition Van Gogh and Britain reveals how he was inspired by Britain and how he inspired British artists.

The Flemish author Bart Moeyaert has won the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The award that is also known in literary circles as the “Nobel Prize for Youth Literature”, was presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy.

The drawings include natural history scenes, portraiture, genre subjects, figure studies and historical and biblical subjects.

The website www.straatpoezie.nl shows exactly where poetry is visible in public space in the Low Countries.

This year, the Digital Library for Dutch Literature will celebrate its 20th anniversary.

How Dutch changes in a new environment.

Looking for a medieval mockery song or a twentieth-century love song from the Netherlands and Flanders? Check the Meertens Tune Collections.

Discover the parallels between Vincent van Gogh and David Hockney's paintings at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The United States of Belgium tells the story of the First Belgian Revolution before the creation of a language barrier between French and Dutch.

Tom Lanoye's adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear won in Cape Town in all categories she had been nominated for.

After about 10 years, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium have reopened the permanent wing with Dutch Masters.

Our summer selection of Dutch-language poetry that has recently been translated into English.

Nine youngsters from the Low Countries created poetic films based on their favourite Dutch-language poem.

The Western Australian Museum will make 3D scans to visualise the 17th century silverware that was found in the shipwreck of the ‘Batavia’.

Brussels, the birthplace of Audrey Hepburn, celebrates the actress with an exhibition and a gold coin.

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre acquired 'Head of an Old Man with Curly Hair'.

A selection of recent university press publications about the Low Countries in English.

The images of the house are part of a new online exhibition that includes the only known video of the World War II diarist.

A travelling exhibition pays tribute to the forgotten black soldiers who helped to liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War.

The former cycling world champion Willy De Bruyn is the first trans person to get a street named after him in Brussels.

Large-scale research shows that the Dutch are unanimous about what makes the Netherlands the Netherlands, despite sharp contradictions in the public debate.

Why not read a novel by a Dutch or Flemish author this summer? Take a look at our selection.

The Antwerp-based company took home the Opera Company of the Year award.

Barbara Van Lindt and Agnes Quackels form the new artistic and general management of the Brussels arts centre Kaaitheater.

The Dutch poet, novelist and travel writer will be granted his fourth honorary doctorate.

A selection of recent university press publications about the Low Countries in English.

The English city of Norwich owed its prosperity in part to immigrated weavers from the Spanish Netherlands.

Ownership is old hat. Swapping, giving and sharing goods and services is the new way of trading. That, in essence, sums up the sharing economy – a movement that has been growing strongly in Belgium and the Netherlands, too, in recent years...

On 13 August 1914 the Gazette van Detroit for the first time addressed its readers, the Flemish immigrants in the United States and Canada. Despite a rather uncertain history, this weekly paper has kept its promise to its readers. In 2004 ‘...

In the midst of nature, in the East Flemish municipality of Stekene, you can visit one of the largest private art collections in Europe.

Henriette Louwerse, Director of Dutch Studies and Senior Lecturer in Dutch at the University of Sheffield, argues for an open and inclusive approach towards the Dutch language.