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Discussing iconic Belgian architecture with urban planners, architects, writers and curators.

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Weekly listings of exhibitions, concerts, openings, parties and events to do over the weekend.

Area codes

Local heroes reveal their favourite neighbourhood hotspots and hangouts – from bars and bookshops to restaurants and galleries.

This is Belgium

The best Belgian-only art, food, photography, music, travel, architecture and neighbourhood tips from the magazine’s team of editors.

hub heroes

We team up with hub.brussels, Brussels’ Business Support Agency, and shine a light on 50 of the Region’s start-up success stories driving the capital city’s economic landscape forward. From the eco-conscious manufacturer to the technology-enabled post-production imprint, our 50-strong selection of portraits and interviews plays testament to the Region’s dense and dynamic culture of entrepreneurship.

The Brussels Bike Hundred

We’re teaming up with Bike for Brussels to put together a 100-strong selection of local heroes shaping the city each in their own way. From designers and DJs to performers and publishers, these are the creatives riding Brussels forward.

The Mechelen Hundred

Nestled between Brussels and Antwerp, Mechelen has often been overshadowed by its larger neighbours. Yet teaming up with the City of Mechelen, our line-up of 100 of the city’s most prominent people, places and projects proves the extent of its potential. From artists and creatives to critical thinkers and fighters, these are the powerhouses driving Mechelen forward one step at a time.

The House Hundred

We’re teaming up with Bulldog to select 100 essential people, places and projects in Belgian house music. From producers and DJs to record labels and festivals, these are the forces driving the homegrown house scene forward, one BPM at a time.

The Leuven Hundreds

We’ve joined forces with Leuven to highlight 100 local people, places and projects that contribute towards making the city what it is today. From artists and architects to producers and professors, these are the driving forces powering Leuven forward one ingenious initiative at a time.

The Antwerp Hundreds

We've teamed up with This is Antwerp to bring you The Antwerp Hundreds, a 100-strong selection of local movers and shakers setting the tone for the neighbourhood of tomorrow.

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On-design

An in-depth look at the work of Belgian design studios, published monthly.

Favourite Belgian movies

Selections of essential Belgian movies handpicked by artistic directors, curators and all-round cinema connoisseurs.

Curator talks

Intimate conversations with curators dissecting the ambitions, intentions and narratives of their recently opened exhibitions.

Exhibition reviews

Visual documentaries of recently opened contemporary art exhibitions in Belgium.

Portfolio reports

Reviewing the practice of Belgium-based artists through in-depth looks at their recent works.

Studio visits

Exploring the environments and artistic spaces of some of the country’s foremost contemporary artists.

The art throwaway project

Insights into the lives of local contemporary art movers and shakers through our office Quicksnaps.

Music

Exclusive mixes

Hour-long mixes recorded by the crème de la crème of Belgian DJs and producers exclusively for us.

Favourite Belgian releases

Selections of essential Belgian tracks handpicked by local tastemakers, from DJs and producers to record label heads and record store clerks.

The music throwaway project

Backstage antics, tour tales and onstage adventures with some of the country’s most exciting musical talents captured with our office Quicksnaps.

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Haseeb Ahmed’s The Wind Egg: The beautiful and bizarre intersections of art and science

Haseeb Ahmed’s The Wind Egg: The beautiful and bizarre intersections of art and science

Aiming to blend together myth, aeronautics and technology, Haseeb Ahmed's latest show at M HKA lies in the realms of art, science or somewhere in between.

Art Exhibition reviews
Margarita Maximova at Beursschouwburg: Parodied personalities and the limits of language

Margarita Maximova at Beursschouwburg: Parodied personalities and the limits of language

Beursschouwburg opened it’s new space to the public at the start of September with Belgo-Russian artist Margarita Maximova’s first solo show, incorporating modes of thought about poetry, satire and performativity.

Art Exhibition reviews
Kanal’s Identity and Alterity: A film noir journey through essential gender-bending visuals

Kanal’s Identity and Alterity: A film noir journey through essential gender-bending visuals

Downtown Kanal's latest large-scale exhibition showcases a variety of photography and film, on representations of gender, the self, domesticity and refugees.

Art Exhibition reviews
Bringing Dada into the digital: Koenraad Dedobbeleer’s Kunststoff at WIELS

Bringing Dada into the digital: Koenraad Dedobbeleer’s Kunststoff at WIELS

Visual artist and researcher Koenraad Dedobbeleer's current exhibition at WIELS, Kunststoff - Gallery of Material Culture introduces 15 new works and 30 pieces made since 2003, turning the art centre into part gallery, part playground.

Art Exhibition reviews
Five reasons to visit BOZAR’s RESIST!

Five reasons to visit BOZAR’s RESIST!

BOZAR has launched its second major summer exhibition RESIST! - unmissable, but if you need more convincing, here are five reasons why you should go.

Art Exhibition reviews
Five reasons not to miss BOZAR’s Somewhere In Between

Five reasons not to miss BOZAR’s Somewhere In Between

To make navigating through BOZAR's expansive Somewhere in Between exhibition easier, we've hand-picked five reasons why you simply cannot miss this.

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Five reasons to go see La Monnaie’s Lohengrin

Five reasons to go see La Monnaie’s Lohengrin

We select five reasons why La Monnaie's next month-long production Lohengrin is one to be noted.

Art Exhibition reviews
Five reasons to go see La Monnaie’s Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci

Five reasons to go see La Monnaie’s Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci

Taking to the stage next week Tuesday 6th of March, we select five reasons why this month-long double bill production is one to be noted.

Art Exhibition reviews
Five reasons to visit BOZAR’s Are You Series? 2017

Five reasons to visit BOZAR’s Are You Series? 2017

With only one day to go, we handpick five reasons to not miss this year's edition of Are You Series?, the Brussels-based festival celebrating all things international TV series.

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Five things to check out at ING Art Centre’s “Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Urban Projects”

Five things to check out at ING Art Centre’s “Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Urban Projects”

ING Art Centre are visiting Christo and Jeanne-Claude's impressive career for this year's expansive exhibition, and we handpick five unavoidable points for the occasion.

Art Exhibition reviews
Five reasons to go and see La Monnaie’s Lucio Silla

Five reasons to go and see La Monnaie’s Lucio Silla

We dissect five key points for attending La Monnaie / De Munt's new, sublime opera Lucio Silla, which is opening tonight.

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Five reasons not to miss this year’s BOZAR Electronic Arts Festival

Five reasons not to miss this year’s BOZAR Electronic Arts Festival

Out of an already fine selection, we've hand-picked five of our not-to-be-missed events in prep for the opening night tomorrow Thursday.

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Five reasons not to miss Yves Klein’s monographic exhibition at BOZAR

Five reasons not to miss Yves Klein’s monographic exhibition at BOZAR

We dissect the quasi-retrospective in five essential points - don’t sleep.

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Five reasons to go to YO! Brussels Hip Hop Generation at Bozar this summer

Five reasons to go to YO! Brussels Hip Hop Generation at Bozar this summer

Five essential reasons why this summer's Bozar exhibition dedicated to Brussels' burgeoning hip hop culture is a must for your cultural calendar

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5 works by Pol Bury not to miss at BOZAR

5 works by Pol Bury not to miss at BOZAR

With three weeks left to catch this extraordinary exhibition, we compile five works to prove why this show is definitely one not to miss.

Art Exhibition reviews
10 reasons to head to Independent art fair this weekend

10 reasons to head to Independent art fair this weekend

With contemporary art crowds flocking to Brussels from all over, we headed over to Independent art fair and came back with a little review of our afternoon spent walking through the venue's many halls.

Art Exhibition reviews
Novelty Ltd., or how two artists play on the dichotomy between fiction and reality.

Novelty Ltd., or how two artists play on the dichotomy between fiction and reality.

An in-depth discussion with the two artists currently on show at Hermès' Brussels exhibition space La Verrière.

Art Exhibition reviews
Thomas Houseago at Xavier Hufkens

Thomas Houseago at Xavier Hufkens

With a solo show at Brussels' Xavier Hufkens Gallery, we take a look at the work of LA-based artist Thomas Houseago.

Art Exhibition reviews
Photographers Ruben Tomas and Gert Motmans

Photographers Ruben Tomas and Gert Motmans

We get a glimpse of Ruben Tomas' and Gert Motmans' photographic work presented by Alexandra Beirnaerdt in Antwerp this weekend.

Art Exhibition reviews
5 book publishers not to miss at the WIELS Art Book Fair

5 book publishers not to miss at the WIELS Art Book Fair

Five independent book publishers to visit at this weekend's WIELS Art Book Fair.

Art Exhibition reviews
Un-Scene III at Wiels

Un-Scene III at Wiels

Thirteen talents, Belgian born or based, are exhibited at WIELS's recent and third edition of Un-Scene. Here are the highlights.

Art Exhibition reviews
Etienne Courtois

Etienne Courtois

We catch up with artist Etienne Courtois a few days after his exhibition opening in Brussels.

Art Exhibition reviews
Pass. A group show deep in the Flemish Ardennes.

Pass. A group show deep in the Flemish Ardennes.

We take a stroll through a monumental group show set within the bare landscapes of Belgium's Flemish Ardennes.

Art Exhibition reviews
Gilbert Fastenaekens at Botanique

Gilbert Fastenaekens at Botanique

We preview veteran Brussels-based photographer Gilbert Fastenaekens' retrospective at Botanique.

Art Exhibition reviews
Michaël Borremans at Bozar

Michaël Borremans at Bozar

Exhibition views of Bozar's hotly-anticipated Michaël Borremans quasi-retropspective, As sweet as it gets.

Art Exhibition reviews
Poppositions

Poppositions

"Fairs are for art what porn is for eroticism"

Art Exhibition reviews
Into the wild

Into the wild

“Come to Minneapolis and wear a thick jacket and boots.” Such was Alec Soth’s cryptic reply when Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove requested to shoot a documentary about him. Not knowing what to expect, both directors – not a couple – followed the American photographer for three years, resulting in the film Somewhere to Disappear. […]

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