The piece is part of Fase: Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, which she created in 1981. Violin Phase is danced in sand, which was brought into MoMa; through her movements, De Keersmaeker draws a circular design in the sand. The performance was part of the exhibition On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century.

Antwerp's Fashion Museum (MoMu) has brought together five of the alumni of the Fashion Department at the Academy of Fine Arts to create installations for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. The installations were on view for the duration of the week, which ended on 22 January. Each installation included a classic Mercedes, such as the Estate from 1977 (pictured) and the SL-Class Roadster from 1971.

Flemish minister of education Pascal Smet has announced that Flanders will open top culture schools for secondary students, which will operate in the same way as special secondary schools for sports do now. Students will pursue a specific discipline at the same time as receiving a general education. The first culture school has been designated as the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, which already operates but will now, with the help of the region, move to a new location with better facilities and attract international students.

N-VA party president Bart De Wever has announced that he will not take part in the final of the quiz show De allerslimste mens ter wereld (The Very Smartest Person in the World). His recent score on the show placed him within the top six positions for the final week, but, said De Wever: "I just can't say when this week I would be free." His participation earlier this month caused controversy, with Belgium in the middle of a political crisis. The final episode of De allerslimste mens is this Thursday, 27 January.