Het werk van schilder Luc Tuymans (1958) is een permanent onderzoek naar beelden en de beeldenstorm die dagelijks over ons waait. Naar hoe de mensen en dingen zich aan ons voordoen. Naar de kloof tussen representatie en realiteit. Omdat een bril de aanblik van iemand mee vormgeeft, is zo'n ogenschijnlijk vanzelfsprekend instrument voor een kunstenaar-onderzoeker van beelden belangrijk. Een bril bepaalt mee hoe we iemands identiteit 'lezen', hoe bijkomstig hij ook lijkt.

Luc Tuymans en het MAS...

René Magritte died in 1967, exactly fifty years ago, but Belgium’s most famous surrealist continues to seduce and surprise us with his confusing images of birds that are clouds, men in bowler hats floating in the air, a bleeding statue and a train coming out of an open hearth.

Magritte unveiled: a biography in 50 pictures aims to penetrate the secret world of René Magritte and lift the veil to show the meaning of his works. Taken together, the fifty carefully selected works give a chronol...

René Magritte est mort en 1967, il y a juste cinquante ans, mais le plus célèbre des surréalistes de Belgique continue à nous séduire et nous étonner avec ses images troublantes d’oiseaux-nuages, de petits hommes à chapeau melon flottants, de statue qui saigne et de train qui sort de la cheminée.

Magritte dévoilé. Une biographie en 50 tableaux entend pénétrer le monde secret de René Magritte et dévoiler le sens de son oeuvre. Ces cinquante peintures soigneusement sélectionnÃ...

As an art lover and connoisseur, journalist Eric Rinckhout lost his heart to the South of France. In this guide, he sets out to prove that when talking about art and culture, the region between Collioure and Menton can easily compete with Paris. This book is more than just a guide for visitors: it makes for an excellent, instructive and inspiring read for anyone who’s keen to learn more about the artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers who lived and worked in the South of France. Relying...

Through his work, Luc Dondeyne offers us his view of the world. He gives us the opportunity to look together with him by showing us sometimes literally that he looks at the world through a lens. This looking together results in special and unusual compositions, such as portraits without face or with the face turned away, as well as people who are portrayed from the back. The spectator thus becomes part of the triangular relationship Dondeyne deliberately involves himself and ourselves in: the...