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Our Top Art Stories of the Year
10 December 2023
Join us in bidding goodbye to 2023 with some of the most surprising stories we have published this year on the beautiful art being made in Flanders and the Netherlands. They are worth reading again. Sit down by the fireplace. Relax with a glass of wine and enjoy the stories.
Everything Feels Uneasy About This Exhibition on Looted Art
10 November 2023
The Mauritshuis in The Hague is displaying art objects that were once stolen by French troops, colonists or Nazis, confronting you with their past and future. Here, the question is not so much about what is present but more about who isn’t.
Art for Das Reich: The Forgotten Stories Behind Nazi-Looted Art
13 June 2023
Investigative journalist Geert Sels spent eight years researching Nazi-looted art in Belgium. In Kunst voor das Reich (Art for Das Reich), he brings many histories of robbery, collaboration and restitution to light for the first time. His book is also an appeal to the Belgian government to tackle th
Looted Art Must Return to Congo, but How?
31 August 2021
All those involved agree: Belgium must return the museum pieces that were looted from Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi during colonial times. In June 2021, the government therefore decided to return the illegally obtained objects from the AfricaMuseum into Congolese hands. But that is just the beginning.