I meet David Schroeter last summer at the Lychee One Gallery during the group exhibition “Summer Blue”, where he was presenting few of his paintings right after graduating from the Royal College of Art. When looking at his work you can straight away perceive an influence from comic books, there is a strong feeling of motion and…
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Two in One. Mix and Match.This month I’ve decided to combined my Brussels and my London art guides. I grant you, not very Brexit spirited (I still wonder how UK’s art market will be impacted when Britain will leave the European single market), but convenient and not completely off topic as well. Even though London and Brussels’s…
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Ca faisait un moment que j’avais envie de mettre à l’honneur sur le blog, via une série de portraits, des jeunes femmes et des jeunes hommes qui créer, qui pensent, et qui (re)dynamisent la scène culturelle, artistique, culinaire, entrepreneuriale, voir mode de leur ville. On commence cette série avec Jade Vijt, une jolie (mais pas…
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Instagram et son univers impitoyable. Malgré ses fake “followers”, sa course aux likes et à une popularité éphémère, ses selfies assumées (ou presque #nofilter), et ses feed tellement soignés qu’il en vient parfois à se demander ce qu’il reste de la vie réelle (et du concept de spontanéité) aux travers de ces clichés oh so…
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New month, new exhibitions. Some of the current shows in London have been running for a while now (I blame the holidays), so I was patiently waiting for something new and exciting to be released to share with you my January art guide. January is known for being the darkest month of the year, so no…
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Sometimes you need to live far away from a place for a very long time to start to appreciate it. Sometimes you need to take a step back, and look at it from another angle to understand what you’ve missed the first time. We’ve both changed in four years, evolved, grown up, welcomed some grey hairs, but…
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Most of the time the Winter break, aka les vacances de Noël, is synonymous with family time, food overdose, overrated Christmas markets, and painful hangovers (ca c’était avant, ou presque), but it is also a good opportunity to take some time to catch up with anything culture related (or watching for the billion time Home…
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Quality over quantity. That’s my new motto when it comes to art (and other things duh). I used to go see everything, hoping that one day I might change my mind on some artists or art galleries acclaimed and loved by so many people, but let’s face it’s just not happening. Since I came to…
Read MoreNothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to. – Jim Jarmusch
Dear Santa…Well, despite its strong commercial aspect Christmas remains a perfect occasion to gather the family around a table and spoiled your loved one (within your means of course). I must say that I hesitated a bit before starting to work on this article, as I’m really tired of all these blogs that became massive…
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Par Antonio Malerba Un mot pour résumer l’expo et l’artiste : “provocation”. D’après moi, c’est un peu le leitmotiv de l’incroyable artiste italien, Maurizio Cattelan. Son œuvre allie à la fois humour, ironie et parfois une forme de mélancolie. Les sujets principalement abordés sont l’enfance, la religion et la mort. La peur ou la faiblesse…
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It looks like Brussels’s art scene is going to be very busy during this second half of November, so I decided to be “strong” and only pick 5 exhibitions I would not miss myself instead of sharing with you an endless list of suggestions. I personally prefer “curated” guides when it comes to culture, I…
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