One of a quartet (4 exhibitions) of exhibitions in Antwerp, with which the city celebrates 2024, the year of James Ensor in Belgium, opened at the MoMu Fashion Museum with an extravaganza weekend of performances, masterclasses and guided tours. I always take a ticket...
He is as long-legged and elongated, elegant and charming as his famous cats. Like Flaubert’s ‘Mrs Bovary is Me’. French artist and cartoonist Alain Séchas is presenting at one of my favourite museums in Belgium, BPS22 in Charleroi (a museum named after its own...
On 28 September, Antwerp received the Ensorian torch from Ostend. The city on the Scheldt pays tribute to the Belgian artist James Ensor with four diverse, world-class exhibitions. They comprehensively show how the artist continues to inspire contemporary...
Cinephiles like me, take note! The 51st Gent Film Fest (9-20 October 2024) announced its programme in the arthouse cinema Sphinks (by the way, it was opened in 1912 and originally called ‘Cinéma Scala’, only in the 1930s it got its current name and became the centre...
The fashion for spending time on a rooftop is spreading across Europe and Antwerp is no exception. From 20 to 22 September, the city on the Schelde will host DAKkanfest. A play on the word ‘dak’ (roof) and the modal verb of open possibilities. In addition to the usual...
As part of ‘Brussels Design September 2024′ If you are not familiar with this name yet and you are interested in design, make a note in your notebook – Lionel Jadot is in 1st place in the ”Belgian design’ section. In 2024 he was recognised as ‘designer of...
