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The Top 5 Art Stories of the Year

14 December 2020

When Painting and Photography Merge Into One

23 November 2020

The Dutch portrait photographer Hendrik Kerstens struggles to choose amongst the many Old Masters that inspire him. Ultimately, he decides upon Jan van Eyck’s (ca. 1390-1441) Man in Red Turban (Man met de rode tulband, c. 1433) and the Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr. van Cleyburg (1634) painted by Re

Jan van Eyck: The Man and the Myth

21 April 2020

Jan van Eyck, one of the Low Countries' most famous artists, lived through an extraordinary period in history, between the 1390s and the 1440s. Although much about the early Netherlandish painter’s life is completely unknown, the details that do remain provide tantalising glimpses into an artisti

Restorers of Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece Present Findings in Book

9 April 2020

For four years, a multidisciplinary team from the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels) worked on the research and conservation-restoration of the exterior of the Ghent Altarpiece by the Van Eyck brothers (1432). In the book The Ghent Altarpiece. Research and Conservation of the

Van Eyck Through the Canon’s Eyes

1 April 2020

The refurbished Groeninge Museum encourages us to slow down and take our time in front of two masterpieces by Jan van Eyck, i.e. The Madonna with Canon Van der Paele and Portrait of Margareta van Eyck. The intimate exhibition Van Eyck in Bruges is worth a visit.

An Optical Revolution in the Middle Ages. The Hidden Talents of Jan van Eyck

27 January 2020

The oil paintings of Jan van Eyck differ so significantly from the work of his contemporaries that he is often seen as a star that fell out of nowhere. His refined oil painting techniques, pointed observations of the world and talent for depicting essentially intangible light have yet to be equalled

Discover Jan van Eyck Pixel by Pixel

16 January 2020

Now you can zoom in on every inch of Jan van Eyck's paintings and miniatures. Thanks to the VERONA project, almost the entire oeuvre of the medieval master is now accessible online in ultra-high-resolution images. The digitalised art works will also feature in an interactive exhibition Facing Van Ey

Must-Sees in the Year of Jan Van Eyck

13 January 2020

Following Rubens in 2018 and Bruegel in 2019, in 2020 Flanders is set to pay tribute to Jan van Eyck. While the Flemish master will also be celebrated elsewhere in Flanders, the most impressive tribute to this technical innovator and pictor doctus will be presented in Ghent, where the Museum of Fine

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