Rob van Essen: Fields
This week's Friday Verses are written by Rob van Essen. We translated his poem ‘Velden’.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
This week's Friday Verses are written by Rob van Essen. We translated his poem ‘Velden’.
Writers Ivo Victoria, Sarah Meuleman and Geert Buelens all found it liberating to move to the Netherlands. But it wasn’t long before they encountered the downsides of their destination country.
Every other Friday we treat you to beautiful verses by a poet from Flanders or the Netherlands. Sometimes an old forgotten poem, but mostly fresh verses by a young or unpublished poet.
Since the original Dutch version of this book came out in January 2019 it has dominated the bestseller lists.
Heleen Debruyne takes female painters out of oblivion and gives them the honour they deserve.
At the largest Jan van Eyck exhibition ever you can discover his refined oil-painting techniques, pointed observations of the world and unique talent for painting light that is almost tangible.
In the Flemish music industry, pop and rock photographer Alex Vanhee has been a household name for more than 25 years now.
Our selection of Dutch-language books that have recently been translated into English.
With her latest publication, the Dutch photographer Awoiska van der Molen continues her own modest search for places of human origin.
Dutch biodesigner Emma van der Leest researches how she can make sustainable materials with bacteria and algae. Her work is part of the group exhibition Polarities, on show at MU in Eindhoven until 1 March 2020.
From dance to circus, his performances show influences from various disciplines and are a constant exploration of the possibilities of the body.
Through collaborations with a wide variety of artists Robbrecht & Daem have managed to develop their own specific voice in which the history of architecture resounds in a most poetic way.
In late medieval Flanders, women played an influential role in wars. Not as soldiers on the battlefield, but as messengers or spies.
Have you ever wondered where those cargo bikes come from?
From architecture to digital art and brass band to circus, the Flemish Community rewarded its creative talent with Ultimas.
Whereas Verhoeven often uses satire and hyperbole, Van Warmerdam is the king of absurdism and understatement.
In Catholic Flanders, the Mother of God was a cherished subject for painters. Not so in Dutch painting.
From Marcel Broodthaers to Otobong Nkanga, more and more Belgian artists want to cast a critical perspective upon the colonial past in order to influence ongoing debates.
Meet the man who managed to unite the Flemish cities behind him and dared to defy the French king for the benefit of England and the wool and textile trade in Flanders.
No fewer than 76 different flowers and plants have already been identified on the Ghent Altarpiece. And all that greenery is rich with significance.
You think you know Flanders and the Netherlands. But take it from us, you haven’t seen anything yet. British journalist Derek Blyth takes you on microadventures to L-Spots, hidden and exciting places in the Low Countries.
Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle presents the fifty leading works that have been produced in the Netherlands over the past half century.
Four hundred years after his birth, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar is staging the first retrospective of his diverse oeuvre.
Visit any town or city in Belgium and you will find fries. Derek Blyth pays tribute to the humble fritkot.
An overview of the latest museum acquisitions of old Dutch and Flemish Art.