Maps tell stories of curiosity and courage, where every line drawn was an act of hope and imagination.
The artwork will be auctioned by UK-based auction house Woolley & Wallis on Wednesday 5 March, with an estimated value of £20,000 (€24,000).
The three paintings are "from the best years of his oeuvre and stand as a testament to his enduring legacy within the Surrealist movement."
Did you know that Paddington bear's iconic coat comes from the Belgian town of Duffel?
Ghent offered a picturesque backdrop for this diplomatic wrangling between warring Britain and the US. But how did this quiet corner of Belgium become the centre of geopolitics?
Artist François Schuiten believes Brussels is "banal" today and wants to see "more of the raw inventiveness that we once had."
The original drafts set to be sold at an auction in Paris are a rare glimpse into Morris' creative process.
The WW2 photographer's story is portrayed in a new biopic starring Kate Winslet, out in Belgian cinemas today.
"Like a football manager I had to put a name on a piece of paper. We had a high-quality candidate who is young and fresh and will be a positive image for Belgium.”
For Dylan Borlée, running runs in the family. With his brothers, Jonathan and Kevin, the Borlées made up three-quarters of Belgium’s brilliant 4x400m relay team, but now he is the last one standing.
Just two years after the end of the First World War, Antwerp hosted the 1920 Olympic Games. It was a miracle of post-war reconstruction and reconciliation.
They are Belgium’s fittest and finest. They are heptathletes and hockey players, sailors and swimmers, boxers and badminton players, cyclists and canoeists, triathletes and taekwondo fighters. These are the medal prospects.
“Belgium is like a forced marriage: nobody asked for it.”
"I realised that it also meant a lot for a community where people don’t have the same opportunities and where people have a name like mine, which is difficult to pronounce.”
The Flemish-born artist fled war and persecution during the Eighty Years War, arriving in the Netherlands as a child refugee. But he always maintained a connection with his home.
"Values are great but they don't pay the rent, and people today want to know how they pay their rent and how they pay the children's school tomorrow.”
She has perplexed generations: Dulle Griet, or Mad Meg, Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 16th century painting of the weird witch, wraith or virago seemingly heading for battle.
His exploits have captivated readers for almost a century, but Tintin is ageless, forever searching for sunken sea treasures, discovering lost Inca tribes, battling baddies and walking on the Moon.
Few people alive have seen it in its original glory: for the past four decades, it has been hidden under a shroud of scaffolding. Now, however, there is a plan to patch up the crumbling Palace.
Line 3 will be a new route with 18 stations crossing the city from north to south over a length of 10.3 km.
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