Art The art throwaway project The rum diaries: Belgian artists in Cuba An ambitious group show uniting some of Belgium's foremost contemporary artists has just opened in Cuba. And we were there too.
Art Portfolio reports Den Eeveertig Straight out of our latest edition, Joke De Wilde's photographic journey alongside Belgium's E40.
Art Curator talks Curator talk: Frits Gierstberg on Faces now We put a few questions to the curator of Bozar's recently opened group show of portrait photography, FACES NOW.
Art Exhibition reviews Gilbert Fastenaekens at Botanique We preview veteran Brussels-based photographer Gilbert Fastenaekens' retrospective at Botanique.
Art Portfolio reports Bruno Roels We discuss references and influences with the Antwerp-based photographer.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Area codes: Thierry and Sarah’s Antwerp Thierry Vandenbussche and photographer Sarah Van Marcke take us on a neighbourly walk around their Borgerhout.
Music The music throwaway project Chrome Brulée iPod-dolls, tape-robots, albino crocodiles and synthporn: Chrome Brulée takes one of our throwaway cameras for a ride.
Music The music throwaway project GOAT Masks, headgear, Tintin and more masks. What happened when we handed Swedish outfit GOAT one of our throwaway cameras.
Neighbourhood life The pulse of a city: 25 visual tributes to Brussels Art institutions, online radio, graphic design studio, independent magazine: this is how Creative Belgium sees Brussels.
Music The music throwaway project Cocaine Piss Here's Liège queer-punk outfit Cocaine Piss acting all silly with one of our office throwaway cameras.
Neighbourhood life This is (our) Brussels To mark the release of The Brussels Special, we take a trip down memory lane to pull-up some of our favourite Brussels features.
Neighbourhood life Announcing our Brussels special With just under two weeks before going to print, pre-orders for our next edition are now open
Neighbourhood life How to get your voice heard in our next edition We've kept three pages open in our next issue for readers to get their work published alongside the country's leading creatives.
Neighbourhood life Yes Philippe, Roland and Sergej, we fucked up What happened the day we realised we're not as perfect we thought we were...
Art Artist Lisa Lapierre meets The Belgian Six Artist Lisa Lapierre take a fresh and focused look at the works on show at our exhibition, The Word presents The Belgian Six.
Art Five exhibitions to see during the Summer of Photography Five must-see exhibitions from this year's Summer of Photography, which opened yesterday in Brussels.
Neighbourhood life 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.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Where to get This is Belgium in Brussels Some of the fantastic Brussels bookshops that stock This is Belgium, our book documenting the country's creative coming-of-age.
Art Curator talks Curator talk: Devrim Bayar and Robert Heinecken We talk starting points and focus with Devrim Bayar, curator of Wiels' recently opened exhibition on Robert Heinecken.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 15 facts and figures about This is Belgium We handpick 15 facts and figures about our book This is Belgium.
Art Exhibition preview: Robert Heinecken at Wiels A selection of some of the works on view at the Robert Heinecken exhibition which opens this Thursday at Wiels.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Inside This is Belgium Word-potographer Miles Fischler plays around with This is Belgium's ubiquitous red rectangle.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Around Belgium in 80 days Photographer Joke De Wilde, a driving force behind our upcoming book This is Belgium, selects six of her favourite images. In Around Belgium in 80 days.
Neighbourhood life Inside Belgique-Op-Zee, our special edition A few words and photographs on the special edition we made to mark the release of our book, This is Belgium.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Exhibition preview: Miles Fischler at Recyclart We put a few questions to the Antwerp-based photographer in the run up to her show opening this Thursday in Brussels.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing The Affordable Art Fair’s sixth edition We dropped in The Affordable Art Fair to see what's cracking at the entry-level end of the market.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Ten things to do this weekend Concerts in Kortrijk, group shows in Antwerp, vinyls markets in Brussels, drawings in Liège and artists teaming up in Brugge.
Art The art throwaway project The throwaway project: Jonathan Meese As throwaway adventures go, artist Jonathan Meese's one is pretty fucking bonkers.
Art New book: Stine Sampers We talk to photographer Stine Sampers about the release of her book, under the city lies a sea, with Art Paper Editions.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Music The music throwaway project Umungus One of our office throwaway cameras goes from stage to living room with Umungus, Liège's latest psychedelic rock export.
Neighbourhood life Our best Instax moments of 2013 The best Word moments of 2013 captured with the office Instax.
Neighbourhood life Three reasons Belgium stood proud in 2013 Three homegrown projects which did more for Belgium in 2013 than any Stromae radio hit ever could.
Neighbourhood life 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.
Neighbourhood life What you liked, viewed and listened to the most in 2013 The mix you most listened to, the content you Facebook-liked the most and the best Word parties of 2013. Just like that.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 15 spaces for photography in Belgium From Brussels' Contretype to Antwerp's FoMu, we’ve crisscrossed Belgium looking for the best spaces for photography.
Music The music throwaway project M.E.A.N. More backstage snap-happiness, this time courtesy of Antwerpers Middle Earth All Nighters
Neighbourhood life The party we threw in Brussels for our new edition A gospel pop act that literally brought the entire room to its knees and a bunch of guitar-wielding monks. EPIC.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing The Word at BRASS, Brussels Our new edition hits Belgian stores this week with a brand-new, 'Only for Belgium' €10 cover price. Party!
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Brainbox, Richard Serra and Happy birthday dear Academy ...plus Catclub, Gedi Sibony and Everything and More at Tim Van Laere
Music The music throwaway project Sic Alps A selection of photographs from the San Francisco-based four-tet's final tour.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing A weekend of Mykki Blanco, Chvrches and TUFTUFTUFTUF ...plus Freek Wambacq’s Antwerp trailblazing, Etienne Courtois at Island, and Javier Tellez at SMAK.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing A weekend of Mathématique Moderne, Magnum & Mountain Bike Under the knife with Orlan and Jean De Groote, Tracey Snelling & Dead Ghosts...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Blackout, Braids and Brussels Art Days Plus acid house at Kozzmozz, Michael Borremans and billboard art.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Artful pinups and photo shows from the pros Olivier Cornil in Brussels, One Armed Man, No Age + Private Room at PAK...
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 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.
Neighbourhood life The night we opened our new office space A few photographs from our new office space opening party. Epic.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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
Music Liège’s Microfestival: The pictures A mini-festival with a big heart, this year's Microfestival sold out without being a sell-out.
Art Belgium’s photography graduates: Lisa Spilliaert Last but certainly not least, Lisa Spilliaert brings the series to a close...
Art Belgium’s photography graduates: Lenka Lukacovicova The recent graduate talks abandonment issues and the abundance of space in her graduation series Muses
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Eighties, art + Boomtown. This weekend in Belgium Cinematek goes retro and Brussels' photographers reclaim some space, plus Mario Merz, Stefan Rinck and Robert Suermondt
Neighbourhood life On wedding photography – Call for entries Submissions for our wedding and corporate photography found footage challenge are now open. Here's how to participate.
Art Belgium’s photography graduates: Heidrun Klos Fresh from the prestigious art school, she tells us about the challenge of using images for self-expression.
Art Belgium’s photography graduates: Miles Fischler School's out. Miles Fischler is first in our series of interviews with recently graduated Belgian photographers.
Neighbourhood life 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...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Ghent Jazz and a Belgian Bazaar. This weekend in Belgium ...plus Abner Preis, Tatjana Pieters, Giorgio Morandi and the open air cinema season...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Art Portfolio reports Photography: Eva de Gols The recent Narafi graduate's eye-catching series on family chaos caught our eye.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Lo-fi fuzz and frolics. This weekend in Belgium. Idiot Glee and Krystal Klear come to town, Ghent goes runway and Taschen have a jumble sale.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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
Neighbourhood life The throwaway project: The Word Magazine in Antwerp A throwaway camera, an oversized bottle of vodka and tons and tons of laughter. A few more pics from our rooftop party in Antwerp.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life The Word Magazine in Antwerp – The photographs One of the best parties we ever hosted, hands down.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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...
Art The art throwaway project The throwaway project: Roger Ballen South African photographer Roger Ballen adds his name to our throwaway project by taking us through the streets of Johannesburg.
Neighbourhood life The second best edition: The video Our latest issue, the second best edition, explained in a 49'' edit.
Neighbourhood life The Word Magazine at Hunting & Collecting – the Pictures A selection of party shots from last Thursday's release party at Brussels' Hunting and Collecting.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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...
Art Roni Horn at Munich’s Sammlung Götz The Iceland fan has been building up an eclectic oeuvre including sculptures, drawings, photography, installations and books.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 10 things to do during Art Brussels An artful selection of activities that includes everything from off-fairs to parties and openings.
Neighbourhood life The second best edition Brussels release: the polaroids A few instant classics from the Brussels release party.
Art Curator talks APE founder Jurgen Maelfeyt on The Molem Collective A limited-run record, a sneaker fiend talking about his obsession and classic hip hop productions. Comes pretty close to nirvana.
Neighbourhood life 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.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life The second best edition at Recyclart Our second best edition comes out in few days and we're celebrating with a release party at Recyclart on Friday 12 April.
Art Studio visits Preview: an interview with Belgian photographer Julie Calbert Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the revamped Word magazine is almost here. A tantalising teaser of what's in store...
Music The music throwaway project Great Mountain Fire The Belgian electro-pop-rock stars go forth and do their thang, equipped with one of our famed little throwaway cameras...
Art The art throwaway project The throwaway project: Design Miami with Victor Hunt Build-up, beaches and Mustang backseats all feature in this latest palm tree-themed instalment of The throwaway project...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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...
Art 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
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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...
Home and away with Esprit’s Spring/Summer collection We preview Terry Richardson's campaign images for global fashion imprint Esprit's 2013 Spring/Summer collection.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Art The photography bundle Autographed photography books, artist commissions and first-print editions. Belgian photography and The Word in one, yours for 190 euros.
Neighbourhood life The Word turns five: The pictures (Part 2) After the first batch yesterday, here's part two of our party people roll-call.
Neighbourhood life The Word turns five: The pictures (Part 1) The first instalment of photographs from last Friday's epic birthday bash featuring you, you and you.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Birthdays, exhibitions, fairs and concerts. This weekend in Belgium. The Word Magazine turns 5, Untitled! gets six candles and James Chance chances Antwerp.
Neighbourhood life Why should you pay for something you’re used to getting for free? Including a sneak preview of our next edition's stand-out features, five reasons why paying for The Word ain't such a bad thing.
Neighbourhood life First glance at our first edition Our new format magazine will be hitting a shelf near you on April 8. Here's the first sneak peek: a graveyard for army gear
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Belgium’s best art bookshops We found the hottest spots for the best and most beautiful art and photo books, all for the bibliophiles who covet them...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Neighbourhood life 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.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Bollyfood and art bonanza. This weekend in Belgium. Belgium's weekend is bursting with exhibitionists, with Constant Permeke and Clarissa Dalrymple on the cards.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing Future, fine art and photography. This weekend in Belgium. FuTure brings beats to Liége and Weegee's murderous tabloid tales hit Antwerp.
Art 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...
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Art Friederike von Rauch’s Sleeping Beauties in Antwerp German photographer Friederike von Rauch deploys her trademark aesthetic in a study of after-hours art.
Music Five discoveries that made 2012 better Five welcome discoveries - from Discogs stores to badman magazines - that for better or for worse, left their mark on 2012.
