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James Ensor and the Happy Entry Into the Brothel
7 April 2025
The eccentric nineteenth-century painter James Ensor never married. He was discreet about his private life, giving very little away. Augusta Boogaerts, alias ‘the siren’, was his chosen life partner, but they never lived together. Whether the painter visited brothels for his personal needs is un
James Ensor, Rebel For All Times
22 January 2024
James Ensor was not just a crazy, angry, solitary painter of masks, he was also an authentic rebel who spent a lifetime using his voice as a person and as an artist to champion values that still hold true today, with his eye for beauty, for nature, for heritage and for the imagination of art.
‘Twixt Heaven and Earth: The Madonna in Painting in the Low Countries
7 May 2019
There are very few depictions of the Mother of God in Dutch painting. In Catholic Flanders, however, the Madonna, either alone or with her child Jesus, was a cherished subject for painters from Jan van Eyck to Constant Permeke. An overview through the centuries.