InterviewArt market
'You need to predict what will be important in tomorrow’s world': Xavier Hufkens on opening another gallery during a pandemic
The art dealer is opening a third space in Brussels today with an exhibition of new works by Sterling Ruby
NewsMonuments
Campaign launched by teenager to remove statues of Congo coloniser Leopold II gains pace in Belgium
Monuments of the king were targeted by anti-racism protestors last weekend
NewsJohannes Vermeer
Unknown masterpiece? Picture 'likely' based on lost Vermeer to be unveiled in Antwerp
A Young Woman with a Wine Glass and a Musician playing a Tenor Recorder could be a copy of a work by the great Dutch painter
NewsMuseums
Museums in Belgium and Italy to reopen mid-May under phased lifting of lockdown
Belgian museum director says his institution is “ready to serve as a test room”
PreviewExhibitions
Léon Spilliaert’s doom and gloom to light up the Royal Academy of Arts
The first major UK show will include 80 works by the little-known Belgian artist who has always "escaped easy categorisation"
NewsBernar Venet
In Pictures: the making of Europe’s largest public sculpture
Bernar Venet’s vast steel arc has been installed on a Belgian motorway
PreviewArt fairs
What am I actually buying? Performance art-only fair in Brussels faces challenge of materiality
A Performance Affair introduces new protocol to specify what is on offer and its secondary market development
NewsBernar Venet
Europe's largest public sculpture to be unveiled on Belgian motorway in October
The 60m roadside steel sculpture by French artist Bernar Venet was rejected by the French government 35 years ago
NewsAttribution
Former politician questions authenticity of Khnopff sculpture
Sculpture is currently the centrepiece of a major Paris survey
NewsDiscoveries
Newly discovered Michaelina Wautier painting added to first major show on Baroque’s forgotten female master
And experts are convinced that “many more works will pop up”
PreviewExhibitions
What René Magritte did when Surrealism was trumped by ‘Nazi idiots’
Exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art explores Belgium artist's lesser-known late period
NewsBruges Triennial
In Bruges: sea plastic, Chinese crabs and a Spanish pool take centre stage at triennial
Commissions for the second edition of the Bruges Triennial are closely linked with the city’s famous canals
ArchiveCollectors
Belgium’s contemporary art collectors
The contemporary art collectors of Belgium
ArchiveArtist interview
Why paintings succeed where words fail: Interview with Luc Tymans
The Belgian artist talked to us about the messages art can convey on the eve of exhibitions in Europe, Russia and the United States
ArchiveGhent
A new quadrennial in Ghent, US-curated this time
Little known fact: the Flemish part of Belgium has one of the highest concentrations of contemporary art collectors and enthusiasts in the world
ArchiveSeptember 2001
Luc Tymans: on pigeon power
Belgium's representative at this year's Venice Biennale explains why pigeons are not symbols of peace, how he depicts violence without actually showing it and why he returned to painting
ArchiveBelgium
Panamarenko on show at Jean Tinguely Museum, Basel
The exhibition will run from 17 May until 15 October
ArchiveArt market
Belgian statistics reinforce British fears that EC policies will drive out the art trade
“VAT and droit de suite have destroyed the nation’s art market”
ArchiveRestitution
The point of no return - Europe climbs on the restitution bandwagon
But the process has stalled as far as large-scale restitution between Russia and Germany is concerned
ArchiveBelgium
What's on in Belgium: Parmiggiani, Basquiat, and artists at home
A busy month for Brussels