Quotidien de l’Art – 2018

How has Belgium, this flat country that is modest in size and population, been able to generate these heights of modern art? How does what it has produced cross boundaries so easily? One answer is undoubtedly connected to the rise of the young nation (1830), to the blossoming in the 19th century of art that was at the very least particularly mental and geographical, if not identitarian...

This year’s Brafa is full of gems by the masters of modern Belgian art from Ensor to Michaux, including Spilliaert and Magritte.