Culture Culture and Media Van Eyck Year launched at Brussels Airport 23/1/20 - Passengers at Brussels Airport received a special present this morning to mark the start of the Van Eyck Year, a year of exhibitions and events cel... Thu 23 Jan 15:14 Culture and Media Adoration of the Mystic Lamb returns to Ghent Cathedral 23/1/20 - A year of exhibitions and events celebrating the Flemish Primitive master Jan Van Eyck is upon us. There is the big exhibition in the Fine Arts Mu... Thu 23 Jan 15:05 Antwerp Province Masterblaster at M HKA in Antwerp Work by Tramaine de Senna is currently showing at Antwerp's contemporary art museum's M HKA in the In Situ programme that offers medium scale exhibitions to ... Thu 23 Jan 10:13 Culture and Media VRT unions to strike on Monday The three broadcast unions are taking strike action at VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, on Monday 27 January. The unions are protesting against the Flem... Thu 23 Jan 09:27 Antwerp Province Allan Sekula at M HKA in Antwerp 'Mermaid Honeymoon', the Allan Sekula show currently on at the M HKA, Antwerp’s contemporary art museum, will be of interest to anybody fascinated by the sea... Wed 22 Jan 09:19 2019 Getty Images Culture and Media Disney+ streaming service to be available in Belgium from the summer Currently the only European country in which the service is available is The Netherlands. Tue 21 Jan 15:56 Culture and Media Government sacks VRT chief The Flemish government has dismissed Paul Lembrechts, the CEO of the Flemish public broadcaster VRT, which also operates flandersnews. Update Mon 20 Jan 11:33 Avalon. All rights reserved. Culture and Media Amazing start for “Bad Boys For Life”! The launch weekend of “Bad Boys For Life”, the Hollywood movie directed by Belgians Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, has been a great success. 68 million dol... Mon 20 Jan 09:37 Culture and Media Record year for the capital’s museums The figures come from Brussels Museums, a not-for-profit organisation that groups more than 100 museums in Brussels. Fri 17 Jan 12:03 Culture and Media Former Flemish PM to oversee cuts at VRT 16/1/20 - Former Flemish PM Luc Van den Brande will serve a further two years at the head of the board of the Flemish public broadcaster board. Mr Van den B... Thu 16 Jan 15:15 Culture and Media “So British” but not for much longer! The Brussels Motor Show is on at the Heizel, but for anybody interested in British design and especially British motor cars Autoworld in the Cinquantenaire/J... Tue 14 Jan 17:11 Leon Spilliaert, The Absinthe Drinker, 1907. Collection King Baudouin Foundation, entrusted to the Fine Arts Museum of Ghent, Belgium, © Studio Philippe de Formanoir Philippe de FORMANOIR - Paso Doble Culture and Media Léon Spilliaert at the Royal Academy in London A landmark Spilliaert exhibition showcasing the work of the Ostend painter Léon Spilliaert opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London on 23 February. It’s ... Tue 14 Jan 12:45 Culture and Media Belgian short film gets Oscar nomination The Belgian short film “Une Soeur” starring Veerle Baetens has been nominated for an Oscar in the category Live Action Short Film. Mon 13 Jan 15:12 East Flanders New Belgian conga line dance record The good people of Ronse have set a new Belgian record for dancing the conga line. 1,716 revellers at the local Bommelfeesten celebrations took part in a co... Mon 13 Jan 12:11 Culture and Media Miss Belgium had a double message for youngsters Celine Van Ouytsel of Herentals, the new Miss Belgium, wants to serve as an example for youngsters. Sun 12 Jan 17:20 Culture and Media 'Recycle Art': rubbish can be more useful than you think In the Brussels Ravenstein Gallery, in the heart of our capital, you can admire a different type of art. Sun 12 Jan 15:19 Culture and Media Celine Van Ouytsel is the new Miss Belgium (despite losing a bra): "If you fall, you have to stand up again" 23-year-old Celine Van Ouytsel has been chosen Miss Belgium. Coming off the stairs on the main stage, she stumbled for a moment , losing a bra, but this didn... Sun 12 Jan 10:43 Culture and Media New Ghent "Van Eyck beer" created on the basis of the famous painting "The Mystic Lamb" Some local breweries in the Ghent region joined forces to create a brand new beer to honour the famous painter Van Eyck. Sat 11 Jan 15:53 West Flanders Almost 900,000 people visited Bruges’ museums in 2019 However, there were fewer Britons among the visitors the visitors to Bruges’ museums last year than there were in 2018. Fri 10 Jan 12:23 Image courtesy of LUKAS - ART IN FLANDERS vzw West Flanders Coming soon: Bruges marks Van Eyck Year with prestigious exhibition at the Groeninge Museum 2020 is the Van Eyck Year celebrating the work and times of a man who is arguably our great Flemish Primitive painter. There is a major exhibition at the Fi... Thu 09 Jan 09:00
Culture and Media Van Eyck Year launched at Brussels Airport 23/1/20 - Passengers at Brussels Airport received a special present this morning to mark the start of the Van Eyck Year, a year of exhibitions and events cel... Thu 23 Jan 15:14
Culture and Media Adoration of the Mystic Lamb returns to Ghent Cathedral 23/1/20 - A year of exhibitions and events celebrating the Flemish Primitive master Jan Van Eyck is upon us. There is the big exhibition in the Fine Arts Mu... Thu 23 Jan 15:05
Antwerp Province Masterblaster at M HKA in Antwerp Work by Tramaine de Senna is currently showing at Antwerp's contemporary art museum's M HKA in the In Situ programme that offers medium scale exhibitions to ... Thu 23 Jan 10:13
Culture and Media VRT unions to strike on Monday The three broadcast unions are taking strike action at VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, on Monday 27 January. The unions are protesting against the Flem... Thu 23 Jan 09:27
Antwerp Province Allan Sekula at M HKA in Antwerp 'Mermaid Honeymoon', the Allan Sekula show currently on at the M HKA, Antwerp’s contemporary art museum, will be of interest to anybody fascinated by the sea... Wed 22 Jan 09:19
2019 Getty Images Culture and Media Disney+ streaming service to be available in Belgium from the summer Currently the only European country in which the service is available is The Netherlands. Tue 21 Jan 15:56
Culture and Media Government sacks VRT chief The Flemish government has dismissed Paul Lembrechts, the CEO of the Flemish public broadcaster VRT, which also operates flandersnews. Update Mon 20 Jan 11:33
Avalon. All rights reserved. Culture and Media Amazing start for “Bad Boys For Life”! The launch weekend of “Bad Boys For Life”, the Hollywood movie directed by Belgians Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, has been a great success. 68 million dol... Mon 20 Jan 09:37
Culture and Media Record year for the capital’s museums The figures come from Brussels Museums, a not-for-profit organisation that groups more than 100 museums in Brussels. Fri 17 Jan 12:03
Culture and Media Former Flemish PM to oversee cuts at VRT 16/1/20 - Former Flemish PM Luc Van den Brande will serve a further two years at the head of the board of the Flemish public broadcaster board. Mr Van den B... Thu 16 Jan 15:15
Culture and Media “So British” but not for much longer! The Brussels Motor Show is on at the Heizel, but for anybody interested in British design and especially British motor cars Autoworld in the Cinquantenaire/J... Tue 14 Jan 17:11
Leon Spilliaert, The Absinthe Drinker, 1907. Collection King Baudouin Foundation, entrusted to the Fine Arts Museum of Ghent, Belgium, © Studio Philippe de Formanoir Philippe de FORMANOIR - Paso Doble Culture and Media Léon Spilliaert at the Royal Academy in London A landmark Spilliaert exhibition showcasing the work of the Ostend painter Léon Spilliaert opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London on 23 February. It’s ... Tue 14 Jan 12:45
Culture and Media Belgian short film gets Oscar nomination The Belgian short film “Une Soeur” starring Veerle Baetens has been nominated for an Oscar in the category Live Action Short Film. Mon 13 Jan 15:12
East Flanders New Belgian conga line dance record The good people of Ronse have set a new Belgian record for dancing the conga line. 1,716 revellers at the local Bommelfeesten celebrations took part in a co... Mon 13 Jan 12:11
Culture and Media Miss Belgium had a double message for youngsters Celine Van Ouytsel of Herentals, the new Miss Belgium, wants to serve as an example for youngsters. Sun 12 Jan 17:20
Culture and Media 'Recycle Art': rubbish can be more useful than you think In the Brussels Ravenstein Gallery, in the heart of our capital, you can admire a different type of art. Sun 12 Jan 15:19
Culture and Media Celine Van Ouytsel is the new Miss Belgium (despite losing a bra): "If you fall, you have to stand up again" 23-year-old Celine Van Ouytsel has been chosen Miss Belgium. Coming off the stairs on the main stage, she stumbled for a moment , losing a bra, but this didn... Sun 12 Jan 10:43
Culture and Media New Ghent "Van Eyck beer" created on the basis of the famous painting "The Mystic Lamb" Some local breweries in the Ghent region joined forces to create a brand new beer to honour the famous painter Van Eyck. Sat 11 Jan 15:53
West Flanders Almost 900,000 people visited Bruges’ museums in 2019 However, there were fewer Britons among the visitors the visitors to Bruges’ museums last year than there were in 2018. Fri 10 Jan 12:23
Image courtesy of LUKAS - ART IN FLANDERS vzw West Flanders Coming soon: Bruges marks Van Eyck Year with prestigious exhibition at the Groeninge Museum 2020 is the Van Eyck Year celebrating the work and times of a man who is arguably our great Flemish Primitive painter. There is a major exhibition at the Fi... Thu 09 Jan 09:00
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Avalon. All rights reserved.
Leon Spilliaert, The Absinthe Drinker, 1907. Collection King Baudouin Foundation, entrusted to the Fine Arts Museum of Ghent, Belgium, © Studio Philippe de Formanoir
Philippe de FORMANOIR - Paso Doble
Image courtesy of LUKAS - ART IN FLANDERS vzw