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society Derek Blyth

The Ghost Village

Series: Our Colonial Legacy

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history Bonnie van der Lee

7 min reading time

Demolishing the Stereotypes

The image that many Dutch people have of the overseas territories during the colonial occupation is very biased. Where do these images come from?

Miscellaneous

arts Luc Devoldere

6 min reading time

Motorway Museum

Works of art along the motorway: the cross of Fabre, chaos and a cyclops.

arts Klaas Coulembier

5 min reading time

The St Matthew Passion Is About Us

Why our we still fascinated with a commemorative work like the St Matthew Passion that was written almost three hundred years ago?

arts Mondriaanfonds

3 min reading time

Shortlist Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2019 Announced

The international jury of the Prix de Rome has selected four visual artists for the shortlist of the Prix de Rome 2019. The Prix de Rome is the oldest and most generous Dutch award for visual artists below the age of 40.

Friday Verses

literature Moya De Feyter

2 min reading time

On Closer Inspection

This week's Friday Verses are written by Moya De Feyter (Brasschaat, 1993). We selected Bij nader inzien (On Closer Inspection).

arts Tom Christiaens

1 min reading time

'Koningin Lear’ by Tom Lanoye Wins Eight South African Theatre Prizes

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

arts Tom Christiaens

2 min reading time

Drawing of Alma-Tadema Found on Brussels Flea Market

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

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history Dirk Van Assche

3 min reading time

Belgium and the Netherlands Officially Divorced 180 Years Ago

3 min reading time

Postcard from

society Derek Blyth

8 min reading time

Ostend: A Sea Change

8 min reading time

society Arnold Heumakers

5 min reading time

Thierry Baudet’s Romantic Resistance to the Enlightenment

5 min reading time

arts Tom Christiaens

2 min reading time

Tate Britain Highlights London as the Birthplace of Vincent Van Gogh

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

Series

Our Colonial Legacy

literature Tom Christiaens

2 min reading time

War Novel ‘Alles komt goed, altijd’ is Best Dutch Children's Book of 2018

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

arts Tom Christiaens

2 min reading time

Curators of Major Bruegel Exhibition in Vienna Awarded

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.

Series: Our Colonial Legacy

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history Kiza Magendane

13 min reading time

A Museum of Compromise

After five years of renovation and decolonisation, the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren opened again. Dutch writer of Congolese descent, Kiza Magendane visited the museum with mixed feelings.

Miscellaneous

history Luc Devoldere

3 min reading time

That Undigested Vomit of the Sea

What are those Low Countries actually that we are always talking about? Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere explains.

arts Tom Christiaens

5 min reading time

Nice Harvest for Dutch Museums at TEFAF

5 min reading time

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arts Ilja M. Veldman

5 min reading time

Don’t Miss These Exhibitions in the Year of Rembrandt

5 min reading time

arts Dutch Culture

2 min reading time

Get 'm: five Dutch music, theatre and dance companies conquer Washington

2 min reading time

First Book

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literature Dirk Vandenberghe

3 min reading time

'Lam' by Hannelore Bedert: precise sentences and pointed dialogues

In her debut novel 'Lam', singer-songwriter Hannelore Bedert paints the portrait of a strong woman, one who has suffered hard knocks but still struggles through life with her head held high.

arts Flanders Architecture Institute

3 min reading time

Architecture of the Exotic Everyday

In the exhibition The House of the Explorer, the Flanders Architecture Institute offers a unique view into the universe of the Antwerp architectural firm Bovenbouw Architectuur.

literature Tom Christiaens

3 min reading time

Bart Moeyaert Wins Most Important Prize for Youth Literature

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.