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How to own a Vaast Colson? By making one, in his ‘Helena Sculpture’, open only one day a year 26 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am
Click to view slideshow. How to start an art collection when you have no money? I think I’ve found my way: collect works of art by renowned artists… which those artists allow you to make yourself. I ...
Contemporary art in a psychiatric center: Fondation Francès at Dr. Guislain (Ghent) 13 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
When in G(h)ent, why not visit Museum Dr. Guislain, on the premises of Belgium’s first psychiatric center (1876), for a summer exhibition aiming at a broader audience: XXH (through October 6), or man...
Two collectors trying to push the limits: Herbert Foundation finally opens its doors in G(h)ent 8 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
Click to view slideshow. ‘We’ve been trying to push the limits of the impossible.’ It was touching to see how he couldn’t help it. Out of sheer passion, he just hád to intervene. As I visited the new...
You’ll see Bornem, Puurs and Willebroek. And don’t forget Mechelen. Get your (art) kicks on… Belgium’s Route N16 6 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
Click to view slideshow. ‘LOWLIFE!’ The guy yelled at me, from his car. It was probably what the scene looked like: a lonely guy in a barren field, taking a picture of a dilapidated shed about to col...
There’s a light that shines: ‘Film as sculpture’ (Wiels, Brussels) 3 Aug 2013 | 03:35 pm
My personal contemporary art favorite, in Brussels, this summer? Film as sculpture, at Wiels (through August 18). Sure, you have the Young Belgian Art Prize and Valerie Mannaerts, both at Bozar, but I...
A zen thing to do this summer: check out Bernd Lohaus’ chunks of wood at MAC’s (Hornu) 1 Aug 2013 | 01:13 pm
Click to view slideshow. What is art? It’s a question that will undoubtedly spring to mind, when visiting MAC’s, this summer. Some big chunks of wood, in the grass? Looking at art that makes you thin...
Long live the king! Vive la Belgique! ‘Bazaar België’: the best of Belgium in 100 works of art 22 Jul 2013 | 04:52 pm
So you’re a tourist, travelling to Belgium. Or you’re an expat, and you’ve recently arrived. You’ve seen the images of this new somewhat clumsy king Filip, and you’re thinking: Belgium, euhm, anything...
Holiday pictures don’t have to be boring: last chance for Martin Parr at Galerie Paris-Beijing 19 Jul 2013 | 04:24 pm
Click to view slideshow. Bored already by the terrible holiday pictures your friends just háve to share on Facebook? Then I suggest you hurry and visit the Martin Parr exhibition at Galerie Paris-Bei...
Curator fires shotgun: an Antwerp salon with more than 130 works of art (‘The Gunshot’) 9 Jul 2013 | 08:38 pm
How to get as many works of art as possible into a gallery? With all due respect, but The Gunshot, at Marion De Cannière (Antwerp; through July 18) almost looks like a joke. It’s difficult not to bump...
Arnold, Patti, several lilies and some leather: Robert Mapplethorpe’s early works at Xavier Hufkens (Brussels) 26 Jun 2013 | 11:47 am
Click to view slideshow. How to make sure everyone will make that effort to find the way to your new gallery? Just have a must-see exhibition by an acclaimed artist in it, such as the legendary Rober...
