Even though Gerard Verdijk (1934 - 2005) passed away at the beginning of this century, many still remember him as a striking and versatile artist. From midway the 20th century until the beginning of the 21st century he was active within a wide area of the visual arts. He was a poetic and philosophical man that manifested his creativity through a wide range of materials and techniques. He was a curious man, eager to learn, who travelled through Europe, Turkey, The Middle-East, North-America, A...

How do you sell Bruegel to children? How can you make them look twice at his paintings? It's like serving them broccoli. Give it to them straight and few will clean their plate. But they're likely to spoon it up, if you mash it with a good story. A Finger in the Pie begins with a bombshell. In Bruegel's painting The Peasant Wedding a plate of pie goes missing from the large tray two men carry around. Nobody knows the perpetrator is a boy who can get into Bruegel's works. His adventures bring ...

Hoe vergroot je het bewustzijn over de milieuproblematiek en de gevolgen daarvan voor de bijenpopulatie zonder als zeurende wereldverbeteraar uit de hoek te komen? Door het brengen van een positief verhaal waarin dit bijzondere insect een glansrijke hoofdrol vertolkt. Dat is precies wat art director Iris Rombouts doet in het kunstboek 'The Poetry of the Bee' dat op 25 oktober verschijnt.

De bij bestuift meer dan 80 procent van alle bloeiende planten en is onontbeerlijk voor onze voedselketen....

In the seventeenth century, Balthasar Moretus I was master of the Plantin Press. The Baroque era was in full sway and proved highly influential on developments in the world of books. Balthasar succeeded in getting leading artists to work on his book designs. This included collaborating with Peter Paul Rubens on more than twenty projects.

Even today, publishers still play the role of director in terms of book innovation, and the relationship between publisher and artist remains as important no...