Johan van Geluwe is possibly the most intriguing
artist at work in Flanders today. He sends out envelopes filled with
odd bits of paper, programmes for apparently imaginary museums,
manifestoes from strange political movements. He calls himself the
director of A.R.T., the Art Recycling Terminal. He is at the same time
director of M.A.O., the Multinational Art Office, and the M.O.M.,
Museum of Museums, in Waregem. It all makes very little sense.Full story
Roee Rosen likes dressing up, and his dressing-up box is the history of art.
One of his costumes is Justine Frank, a Jewish artist born in Antwerp
in 1900, who first became a Surrealist and then an anti-Zionist
maverick, painting in Tel Aviv. In 1943, so the story goes, she
mysteriously disappeared. Only now is her life and work being
“rediscoveredâ€.Full story
Picture it: A man in a trench coat slips a secret spy film into your pocket, then jumps from the end of an Ostend pier. Next, you’re met by a man on a gloomy bridge in Bruges, who whispers cryptic warnings before disappearing into a thick fog. You take to the canals and are chased by foreign agents into Ghent’s harbour before hitching a ride to Antwerp where you find yourself hurrying across Central Station to jump through the closing doors of a train to…Full story
A film museum in Brussels that is bright, airy, up-to-date and comfortable? This is going to take some getting used to. But when Cinematek opens its doors for the first time this weekend, there won’t be many people saying that they preferred the old building.Full story
Yasmine never does a job by half. On 1 February in a show that is already sold out, the artist launches a unique, three-dimensional project: it's a tour, it's a book, and it's a CD. This celebration of Yasmine's literary heroes is aptly called Yasmine houdt woord (Yasmine Keeps Her Word)Full story
How does he get out?
How does he get in?
I think they should cover the rotunda in bird's nests; it's much prettier.
So went the comments from onlookers of Benjamin Verdonck's most famous installation, "The Great Swallow", in Birmingham, England. Verdonck constructed a gigantic bird's nest on the side of an office building known locally as "the rotunda". Then he lived in it for several days, sometimes perched on top of it wearing an Indian headdress, sometimes throwing out bits of twine, sometimes scattering large, colourful feathers to the wind. Full story
From the early 15th century, Flanders was renowned for its huge, beautiful, tapestries. Through sumptuous fabrics of wool and silk, threaded with gold and silver, they brought to life contemporary events such as decisive battles, as well as stories from the Old Testament, the life of Christ and the saints, romances of chivalry and ancient myths and legends.Full story
