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Architect Léon Stynen, a Lyrical Modernist

21 September 2026

He had a predilection for concrete, but never lost sight of elegance. His slender, tall buildings embodied the economically booming Belgium of the sixties, but at the same time art and architecture remained intertwined for him. Three books reintroduce us to the modernist work of Léon Stynen. 

Spinoza: Not Your Average Anti-religious Enlightenment Thinker

14 September 2026

The world knows Spinoza as a philosopher and free-thinker, but the internationally renowned Spinoza researcher, Herman De Dijn, resists the limitations of this image.

The exhibition ‘Postcolonial?’ is groundbreaking – but what will happen after the exhibition ends

17 August 2026

The exhibition Postcolonial? at the House of European History in Brussels explores the colonial past of European countries, and the traces that this history still leaves today. Personal testimonies, historical objects, and contemporary artworks make the story tangible.

Bonnie and Clyde in Medieval Deventer

3 April 2026

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, stealing a piece of jewelry or a coat could be fatal. So, why would people risk stealing such things? Janna Coomans has delved into centuries-old criminal records and confessions to find out, and in Country of Thieves (Dievenland), she offers a unique glimps

From Rubens to Reels: What Art Teaches Us About Social Media

5 August 2025

In Instagrammable, art historian Koenraad Jonckheere draws connections between centuries-old masterpieces and today’s image-obsessed culture of social media. He unravels the paradox of ‘looking without seeing and seeing without looking’. The result is a visually rich, thought-provoking book th

Artist Hans Op de Beeck Brings his Dark Disney World to Antwerp Museum

14 May 2025

In Nocturnal Journey, his solo exhibition at Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA), Hans Op de Beeck takes the viewer on a fictional, night-time journey balanced on a knife edge between dream and reality.

‘Jew’, a Loaded Word

31 March 2025

In his latest book, historian and language journalist Ewoud Sanders provides an overview of all Dutch expressions and compound words in which the word ‘Jew’ appears. He seeks to reveal how deeply rooted many expressions of antisemitism are in our language.

‘The Edges’ by Angelo Tijssens: A Desperate Search for Affection

14 March 2025

In pared-back prose, Angelo Tijssens tells the story of a gay man’s laborious search for a speck of love and affection.

The Afterglow of the Van Gogh Comet

21 November 2024

In a short life and an even shorter existence as an artist, Vincent van Gogh drew and painted an extensive oeuvre that pushed art history in new directions. The glow of the comet that was Van Gogh continues to twinkle, as is evident in three books that reveal new aspects of his life: his drawings st

Discovering 16th Century Antwerp While Pinching Your Nose

23 September 2024

When it comes to history, we know sixteenth-century Antwerp mainly through the gaze of merchants, artists and intellectuals. But who else was walking around there? What did the international city sound like? How did it smell? With the cathedral as the focal point, Wendy Wauters describes the city on

From Street Murals to Graphic Novels: Brecht Evens’ Artistic Odyssey

20 September 2024

Monochrome characters and Escher-type lizards populate the gouaches of Flemish comic book artist Brecht Evens. His sophisticated style has earned him the Bronzen Adhemar, a prize that already ranks him, despite being only thirty-something, among the greats of comic books in the Low Countries. Eve

The Seaside Resort Where Mondrian Went Modern

16 September 2024

Known for its wide beaches and cycling paths, Domburg is a popular getaway for tourists in the Netherlands. However, this coastal town also has a rich artistic legacy, attracting famous artists like Piet Mondrian in the early 20th century. Mondrian's evolving style from realism to abstraction can be

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