Tag: Exhibitions

30 things to do in Belgium this weekend

A special edition dedicated to Brussels' contemporary art week of the year, and of course, various not-to-be-missed opportunities throughout the country to shake the week off. Go do the right thing.

Ballon Rouge Collective curator Evelyn Simons on collective speculation

We put a few questions to Brussels-based curator Evelyn Simons on her current exhibition with Philip Janssens, about being at the forefront of an international movement, and why they needed a thousand tulips.

20 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Cultural cannibalism in Antwerp, tangible femininity in Brussels and sweaty grooves in Mechelen. Go do the right thing.

15 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Masculinity under fire in Brussels, celestial mixes in Ghent and world-class frames in Antwerp. Go do the right thing.

15 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Demonic decadence in Gaasbeek, immortalised taboos in Brussels and jungle designs in Antwerp. Go do the right thing.

Behind the scenes of Kasper De Vos’ hectic studio

Inside access into Kasper De Vos' mad scientist's laboratory, with rusted scissors, scattered photographs and half-finished sculptures giving a taste of his multidimensional mind.

20 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Airwave birthdays in Ghent, all female line-ups in Brussels and over-the-top art in Antwerp. Go do the right thing.

The lighter side of satire: William Ludwig Lutgens’ unfiltered mind

Antwerp-based visual artist William Ludwig Lutgens takes us through the chaotic thought processes behind his rebellious works.

25-to-life: Part 1 of Centrale for Contemporary Art’s essentials

We distill the ambitious Centrale for Contemporary Art in 25 essentials, kicking off the five-part series with introductory Part 1.

20 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Critically-acclaimed rap in Liège, feline-inspired art in Brussels and creative carnivals in Charleroi. Go do the right thing.

Interrogating the individual: Island’s Emmanelle Indekeu on Me, me, me, me

Curator Emmanuelle Indekeu unpicks the temporality and pertinence of bringing artists together for Brussels-based gallery Island's current exhibition, whilst tapping into her own creative inspirations

On capturing portraits of a generation by Gen Z’s Salvatore Calcagno, Antoine Neufmars and Emilie Flamant

Questioning what it means to be a youth in the digital age and how political consciousness is shaping their future choices, the result is the interdisciplinary documentary event Gen Z that reconciles Millenials in all their complexities.

15 things to do this weekend

Post-revolution revelations in Brussels, fusion-dabke in Ghent and enigmatic art reveals in Antwerp. Go do the right thing.

15 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Mineral unearthing in Leuven, queer love in Ghent and visual art crossovers in Liège. Go do the right thing.

The 40 best photographs of 2017

20 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Graphic design gold-mines in Liège, minimalist perfection in Antwerp and smoozey love songs in Brussels. Go do the right thing.

20 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Snapshots of the Middle East in Brussels, electro-mania in Charleroi and artist blind dates in Ghent. Go do the right thing.

Class of ’17 – Part III

Take a look at 7 more of the most influential Belgians who broke through the mould in 2017.

Class of ’17 – Part II

Take a look at 8 more of the most influential Belgians who broke through the mould in 2017.

Class of ’17 – Part I

Take a look at the first 8 of some of the most influential Belgians who broke through the mould in 2017.

10 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Dive-bar shindigs in Leuven, birthday celebrations in Antwerp, and the future of contemporary art in Brussels. Go do the right thing.

“I think you need some guts to live here”: The enduring and contradictory appeal of Borgerhout

We round up some of Borgerhout’s most involved and committed residents to consider the neighbourhood’s many different facets and discuss what makes it the hotbed of possibilities and potential it is today.

The six sequences of ADAM’s collection, part 5: The Aesthetics of Abundance

A "thrilling adventure of the real": how plastics facilitated formal innovation in the 1960s.

25 things to do in Belgium this weekend

The weekend has landed, and it’s going to be a big one for art-lovers.

MuHKA’s Bart De Baere on the contemporary art institution’s recent expansion

We talk to Bart De Baere, MuHKA's director, about the institution's recent changes, choices and visions for the future.

15 things to do in Belgium over the weekend

Exhibition openings, release parties, group shows, food festivals and DJ sets. Weekend wonders for your calendar.

15 things to do in Belgium this weekend

One more dodo and it's the weekend. But the fun already begins tonight, and we've selected 15 hot picks for you.

20 things to do in Belgium over the weekend.

Exhibitions, group shows, local electronic music showcases, DJ sets, artist talks and more. The weekend's going to be a long one.

Save the D.A.T.E

In its ever growing quest to cement its reputation as an all-round creative force, the city of Antwerp, is putting on the second edition of D.A.T.E.

Exhibition view: The Word presents The Belgian Six at Bozar

A few exhibition views of our exhibition, The Word presents The Belgian Six, that opened in Brussels last night.

Michaël Borremans at Bozar

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

Ten things to do in Belgium this weekend

Our weekly round-up of cultural showstoppers marks its return this week with a 10-strong selection of agenda fillers.

What we’re up to in 2014

A group show at Bozar, the release of THIS IS BELGIUM, our next edition and a few other things to keep us all busy in 2014.

15 spaces for photography in Belgium

From Brussels' Contretype to Antwerp's FoMu, we’ve crisscrossed Belgium looking for the best spaces for photography.

A Third Rate party at BRASS with M.E.A.N + more

...plus slow journalism on Sochi at FoMu, Jan Verbruggen, Suzan Frecon, Eric Baudelaire...

A weekend of Warhol, Wilde Things, MAD and MØ

...don't miss Gold Panda at Botanique and window dressing with Splash, Can and Cock at Komplot

Brainbox, Richard Serra and Happy birthday dear Academy

...plus Catclub, Gedi Sibony and Everything and More at Tim Van Laere

A weekend of Mykki Blanco, Chvrches and TUFTUFTUFTUF

...plus Freek Wambacq’s Antwerp trailblazing, Etienne Courtois at Island, and Javier Tellez at SMAK.

BOZAR’s electro art weekend, Blackout + she-movies

Elles Tournent at Botanique, a pre-retrospective of Walter Swennen at Rodolphe Janssen and nightlife Night Vision in Antwerp.

TempoColor’s food for thought and more STUFF.

...plus Jacky Nickerson's Amerikay, Henri Jacobs' not-so-private notebooks and Kate Newby at La Loge

A weekend of Mathématique Moderne, Magnum & Mountain Bike

Under the knife with Orlan and Jean De Groote, Tracey Snelling & Dead Ghosts...

Blackout, Braids and Brussels Art Days

Plus acid house at Kozzmozz, Michael Borremans and billboard art.

Ten things to do during Design September

What to eat, see, buy, visit and listen to during this year's edition of Design September, which opens tomorrow.

Artful pinups and photo shows from the pros

Olivier Cornil in Brussels, One Armed Man, No Age + Private Room at PAK...

20 of the best spaces for emerging art in Belgium today

We round-up 20 of the most exciting spaces for emerging art in Belgium today.

A weekend of Catclub, Unicorn porn and James Pants’ squiggly bits

...plus some classy stuff like Evy Raes at St. Peter's Abbey and Japanese art

Deck chairs at DOK & a Knokke pop up shop.

...plus an afternoon soirée with Holy Something, Recorders at BSF and tonnes of arty types hit town

Eighties, art + Boomtown. This weekend in Belgium

Cinematek goes retro and Brussels' photographers reclaim some space, plus Mario Merz, Stefan Rinck and Robert Suermondt

Ghent gets Ten Days Off. This weekend in Belgium

...plus IETS in Knokke, mumblecore, Pierre Lefebvre and graphic arts explored...

The Word Magazine at Librairie Candide

The instant camera antics of a few friends of The Word Magazine, as seen at last week's launch at Librairie Candide...

Ghent Jazz and a Belgian Bazaar. This weekend in Belgium

...plus Abner Preis, Tatjana Pieters, Giorgio Morandi and the open air cinema season...

Lucid, Candide and LOLL. This weekend in Belgium.

The Word Magazine has a bookshop whiskey bash while Bozar welcomes the country's best young painters.

The Young Belgian Art Prize 2013: Jean-Baptiste Bernadet

Number two in our series of interviews of nominees for the newly-renamed Young Belgian Art Prize 2013.

The Young Belgian Art Prize 2013: Félicia Atkinson

"I'm used to being judged": the young artist on what it means to be a finalist for Belgium's seminal art prize.

Thurston’s new Trix and Miaux. This weekend in Belgium.

A roundup of the weekend's most deserving diversions, including a Greens gig, John Webster Johns, Air Liquide, SIC and more

Raves, runways and a scorcher heat-wave. This weekend in Belgium

...school's officially out for La Cambre's future luminaries, plus Trago, Preis and Theys hit town.

Another show about promotion and advertising material

Austrian-born graphic designer Stefan Seigmeister is at le Grand Hornu for a discourse on his commercial ventures..

Komplot, rooftops, Parr and prodigies. This weekend in Belgium.

The sun will be out for The Word's Antwerp BBQ (promise!) while Brussels basks in the warmth of a Martin Parr retro.

Fear, loathing and funk. This weekend in Belgium

...plus Hester Scheurwater's saucy selfies, John Roberts woos Mr. Wong and Raime and Gary Wilson go to Ghent...

Glory holes, GLBT benefit parties and water closet art.

Ten things to do over the weekend, from the release party of our latest edition tonight to Catclub and Friends tomorrow night.

Opening tonight: Parallax Scrolling group show

A group show presenting the works of six upstart Brussels-based artists.

Homage to Haneke and Les Nuits sounds off. This weekend in Belgium.

… plus Charleroi's Janssen show, Death Grips Kortrijk and a weird and wired weekend in Aalst

Woodkid at Botanique and Braeckman at Bozar. This weekend in Belgium.

Koen Theys, Peter Peri and printed words at Be-Part, plus an orchestral outing at Les Nuits...

Roni Horn at Munich’s Sammlung Götz

The Iceland fan has been building up an eclectic oeuvre including sculptures, drawings, photography, installations and books.

Record barters and garden parties. This weekend in Belgium

… check out Off The Record, BSFF and Oh My Garden, plus Mitch Epstein, Vivian Maier and Le Corbusier.

Poppositions

"Fairs are for art what porn is for eroticism"

Consummate Brussels collector Dimitri Jeurissen talks Art Brussels

"Look at the art and not at the market. And build real relationships with the artists..."

10 things to do during Art Brussels

An artful selection of activities that includes everything from off-fairs to parties and openings.

The second best edition release party: Brussels

We came, we saw, we launched a top class, prime rib, first rate piece of publishing genius. Here's the evidence.

First glance at The second best. This weekend in Belgium.

...plus two gatherings for graphic design and graffiti junkies while Antony Gormley sculpts up a storm...

Exhibition: The Bride and the Bachelors at London’s Barbican

We had a peek at the fascinating expo centered around the father of conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp.

Catclub catcalls and a date with Daughter. This weekend in Belgium.

Indie-folk at Botanique and a first-of-Spring from Catclub, plus Hans-Peter Feldmann's conceptual creations.

Swans, Xiu Xiu and a look back on YSL. This weekend in Belgium.

...plus Stanley Whitney and Humo's Rock Rally darlings, Compact Disc Dummies...

Interview: PA/PER VIEW curator Frances Horn

In the run-up to the three-day book bash, we had a chat with the PA/PER View curator about why print is no longer dead

L.A. electronica and art book emporia. This weekend in Belgium

PA/PER View proves print's not dead, plus Nosaj Thing, Hindu Nights, Norio Imai and more...

Local Natives and On-Point party on. This weekend in Belgium.

...plus Frieze fave Brenna Youngblood comes to Brussels and Recyclart throws a fete for the kids.

Birthdays, exhibitions, fairs and concerts. This weekend in Belgium.

The Word Magazine turns 5, Untitled! gets six candles and James Chance chances Antwerp.

The throwaway project: Thomas Bayrle at Wiels

Wiels curator Devrim Bayar documents the installation of a Thomas Bayrle retrospective with one of our throwaways...

Fear Not, James Pants, We Are Open. This weekend in Belgium.

...plus Dirk Braeckmans pays his respects to Antoine Watteau at Bozar while David Altmejd holds sway over Xavier Hufkens.

King of Pop and Works on Paper. This weekend in Belgium.

Feast on Found Footage and the overlooked lyrics of Pop's overlord, Michael Jackson.

Ignatz, Antilux and art therapy. This weekend in Belgium.

Check out our hand-picked collection of delectable concerts and cultural happenings, ripe for your weekend calendar.

The Word Magazine turns 5!

Belgian beats, photography treats and future foundations. We turns five on 22nd February and we're throwing ourselves a party to celebrate.

Hip-hoppers and showstoppers.This weekend in Belgium.

Get all rapped up with Mykki Blanco in Liège and Sessions Urbaines hip-hop happening in Brussels, and lots lots more...

Interview: New York star curator Clarissa Dalrymple

The celebrated New York art guru has been let loose on Xavier Hufkens Gallery where she reveals a very personal selection

Private Investigations at Beursschouwburg

Beursschouwburg plays host to a mash-up of art, music and more with an eleven week tribute to our love of salvaged stuff...

Xavier Hufkens presents…Clarissa Dalrymple

An exhibition curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, “the most aristocratic bohemian on New York's contemporary art scene”.

Bollyfood and art bonanza. This weekend in Belgium.

Belgium's weekend is bursting with exhibitionists, with Constant Permeke and Clarissa Dalrymple on the cards.

Future, fine art and photography. This weekend in Belgium.

FuTure brings beats to Liége and Weegee's murderous tabloid tales hit Antwerp.

The year’s best photography blogs, Tumblrs, books and shows

We're casting a wistful glance back at what made 2012 so great à la photography. With Bartolomé Sanson, Alex Salinas and more...

Catclub, Colour One & pre-Christmas crackers. This weekend in Belgium.

Art as usual in the Belgian capital with Harry Gruyaert's colour-love & Antwerp hosts Zero Hour.

Friederike von Rauch’s Sleeping Beauties in Antwerp

German photographer Friederike von Rauch deploys her trademark aesthetic in a study of after-hours art.

Hives, Harmonie and art a la carte.This weekend in Belgium.

AB hosts the Hives, Harmonie turns two in Antwerp and the Nationa(al) Pop Up Store pops up in Brussels.

Music festival Autumn Falls and exhibitions galore: This weekend in Belgium

Ghent's Museum Night does art in the dark and Autumn Falls in Brussels.

Group shows and guitar heroes. This weekend in Belgium.

Cheap Time and the Bots buzz Brussels while Kissinger turns three in Antwerp.

Photographer Nicolas Karakatsanis ‘Adjusting Infinity’ at Alice

Nicolas Karakatsanis' characteristic emotional intensity is back for an exhibition at the Alice Gallery

A retrospective of Belgian photographer Dirk Braeckman in Germany

Dirk Braeckman opens his first solo show at Kunsthalle Erfurt, a retrospective spanning twenty years

Our round-up of standout booths at this year’s nofound fair in Paris

We spent the better part of our weekend scouring the aisles at Paris' nofound photography fair, taking the temperature of contemporary photography as it stands today.

Dirk Braeckman and Zarina Bhimji in Amsterdam double expo

Photographer Dirk Braeckman explores the filmmaker within and is joined by artist Zarina Bhimji for a joint expo in Amsterdam

American Dreams and Pink Screens. This weekend in Belgium.

Kaiser Chiefs, queer flicks and a weekend art fix for Brussels, while Ghent gets Digitalism.

MoMu director Kaat Debo on its first decade

Kaat Debo waxes fashionable about the first ten years of MoMu, Antwerp's prestigious fashion museum.

A digital day out in Namur and a dissident in Brussels. This weekend in Belgium.

Oh My Garden moves indoors and Optimo moves cities while Ai Weiwei gets filmed and FIFI and KIKK kick off.

Group show We do not remember the Berlin Wall opens tomorrow in Brussels

The 12 multidiscipline artists that make up Emilie Pischedda & Barthélémy Schöller's group show bring new blood to an old city.

Belgian modern art and Catclub’s birthday bash. This weekend in Belgium.

Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, M83 and Liars plug in their amps, while Catclub celebrates ten years in the city.

Untitled! at Trix and birthday candles for Caillou Bleu. This weekend in Belgium.

Brussels is abandoned by Philippe Van Wolputte and throws a birthday party for publisher Le Caillou Bleu while Antwerp plays emcee to art by Takis, Tomasz Kowalski and the future of music at Untitled!

Photographer Vincent Delbrouck’s solo show Autofiction in Bienne

Vincent Delbrouck’s new exhibition has just opened in Switzerland and we nabbed him to discuss this latest artistic endeavour and the meditative qualities of his creative process.

An interview with the founders of Brussels art gallery VidalCuglietta

Barbara Cuglietta and Lilou Vidal: a pair of Brussels-based gallery owners share the reasons for their mutual appreciation in our series on winsome twosomes.

Belgian photographer Charif Benhelima’s Polaroids at Brussels’ Bozar

His solo show of Polaroids having just opened at Brussels' Bozar, we take a closer look at Belgian photographer Charif Benhelima's work.

Snap happy Elisabeth Ouni’s Polaroid tales

Elisabeth Ouni moves out of the blogosphere for the first time with A Polaroid Story, a celebrated series of stolen moments with the stars.

Robot photography, Polaroids and fashion walks. This weekend in Belgium.

Modo Brussels sets up shop and Ixelles/Elsene gears up for a Walk #1 while Breton roll into town for a Botanique gig.

Max Pinckers at Amsterdam’s De Brakke Grond

We asked photographer-on-the-rise Max Pinckers to document the days leading up to the opening of his exhibition in Amsterdam using one of our ol' favourite throwaway cameras.