Culture

Death of a Shadow Nominated Best Live Action Short Oscar

Tom Van Avermaet’s Death of a Shadow, starring Rust and Bone’s male lead Matthias Schoenaerts, has been...more

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Stijn Cole Wins at Intl' Songwriting Competition

Beat boxing, theatre, rocking. You name it, Stan Lee Cole (Stijn Cole) has done it. But his new single sensation 'Separated' and his album 'Devil...more

Tweesprong Nominated for the Student Academy Awards

The Flemish film Tweesprong (Crossroads) by Wouter Bouvijn from the Rits School of Arts, Erasmus College Brussels has been nominated in the Foreign...more

Broken Circle Breakdown Awarded at Tribeca

At the Tribeca Film Festival, the Flemish movie The Broken Circle Breakdown received two top prizes: Best Screenplay for a Narrative Film for...more

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Flemish Culture: An Overview

Flanders is situated on the crossroads of 3 cultures: German, Roman and Anglo-Saxon. This makes Flemish people very open to influences from abroad,...more

Arts Flanders

Arts Flanders is the international platform, which encompasses the main cultural players in Flanders. Arts Flanders publishes a two-monthly e-mail...more

Upcoming Culture Events

04/12/2013 - 08/19/2013

Walter Van Beirendonck at Dallas Contemporary: Avant garde fashion designer, Walter Van Beirendonck is one of the most renowned trendsetters of men's fashion. A graduate of the Royal Academy of...more

05/04/2013 - 06/29/2013

Koen Vanmechelen - Leaving Paradise: "Leaving Paradise” marks the U.S. debut of major works recently created by the internationally renowned Belgian artist, featuring live...more

06/20/2013 - 06/22/2013

Float Fall: Float Fall is a Flemish music group and brings odes to some far and vague past, attended by grey organs and old strings, delivered by a horn and raw...more

07/07/2013

Flanders Recorder Quartet: Since its foundation in 1987, the Flanders Recorder Quartet has evolved into one of the world’s top ensembles. Their success in 1990 at the...more

07/14/2013

Flanders Recorder Quartet: Since its foundation in 1987, the Flanders Recorder Quartet has evolved into one of the world’s top ensembles. Their success in 1990 at the...more

09/22/2013 - 01/12/2014

Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938: This exhibition, organized in collaboration with The Menil Collection, Houston, and The Art Institute of Chicago, is the first to focus exclusively...more

09/27/2013 - 01/05/2014

Luc Tuymans: Portraits at the Menil Collection: Since his first solo exhibition in 1985, Belgian artist Luc Tuymans has established himself as one of the most influential painters working today. He...more

10/01/2013 - 10/13/2013

The Baboons: The Baboons are five young, healthy guys from Turnhout, Belgium who found a spot on the top of their national roots ‘n’ roll scene some...more

Locations

Dutch-Flemish House in Met’s American Wing: The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing reopened this spring after two years of construction...more

Museum of Modern Art: Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the...more

Governors Island: The Native Americans of the Manhattan region referred to the Island as Pagganck (“Nut Island...more

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