Art, architecture and travel in Belgium

Pantone Hotel — Brussels, Belgium

By Guy Dittrich Last updated 18 October 22

Richard Deacon embraces failure in Antwerp with stellar results

By Florence Waters Last updated 18 October 22

Showcase: Obumex launches updated Brussels flagship

By Sara Sturges Last updated 18 October 22

At Kortrijk’s Biennale Interieur, an air of optimism and silver linings

By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated 14 October 22

Independent Brussels 2018: what to see at the Belgian fair

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 14 October 22

Food, sexuality and domesticity: Anthea Hamilton reconsiders the familiar in Antwerp

Subversive and playful, Anthea Hamilton’s first survey exhibition, ‘Mash Up’ has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp

By Hannah Silver Last updated 14 October 22

Brussels gallery opens art bar for experimental parties

1b is a new art bar designed by Koenraad Dedobbeleer, hosting a series of art-filled, drink-fulled evenings curated by a roster of acclaimed artists

By Mary Cleary Last updated 14 October 22

1960s bungalow renovation cuts cinematic dash in Belgium

House BPB, created by Belgian architect David Bulckaen, is the imaginative reintepretation of a 1960s bungalow into a dark, mysterious, contemporary house inspired by the movie A Single Man

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 13 October 22

South side: Wallonia’s contemporary architecture is surveyed at the Sicli Pavilion

By Siska Lyssens Last updated 13 October 22

Rachel Eulena Williams weaves poetry and abstraction in Brussels

In ‘Joy & Rain’ at Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, New York-based artist Rachel Eulena Williams presents new hybrid works that are bold, subversive and steeped in complex histories 

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 13 October 22

Contemporary architecture blossoms in Brussels

In our latest architectural exploration, we turn to the Belgian capital of Brussels, where a balance is being struck between new projects and the city’s time-tested 20th-century gems

By Jason Sayer Last updated 13 October 22

In Brussels, Collectible is a hotbed of multidisciplinary collaboration

Inside the Vanderborght building in Brussels, Collectible design fair (5-8 March) invites experimentation in food, interior architecture and furniture

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 12 October 22

Govaert & Vanhoutte unveils brutalist villa in the Belgian woods

A brutalist concrete villa, nestled in its terrain in the Belgian woods outside Brussels, is the latest residential offering by Bruges-based architecture studio Govaert & Vanhoutte

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 12 October 22

Ann Demeulemeester’s first foray into homeware ‘returns to the essence of things’

The Belgian fashion designer collaborates with Serax for a collection launching at Maison et Objet this week

By Siska Lyssens Last updated 11 October 22

Friedrich Kunath on pushing paint and why he loves the ‘empty promise’ of Los Angeles

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 11 October 22

Mario Botta and Koen Vanmechelen are behind Labiomista, a studio and biodiversity project

By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated 11 October 22

Metallic moments: Michael Young presents the evolution of aluminium

By Sujata Burman Last updated 10 October 22

A former printworks makes an impression as a gallery and home for designer Xavier Lust

By Siska Lyssens Last updated 10 October 22

Antwerp retail and dining destination Graanmarkt 13 opens The Apartment

By Henrietta Thompson Last updated 10 October 22

Studio MOTO and Hans Op de Beeck clad a villa in rubber

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 10 October 22

Belgian modern: we explore the brick curves of Renaat Braem’s Maison Alsteens

By Adam Štěch Last updated 10 October 22

Ground up: the much-anticipated Kanaal development completes in Antwerp

By Clare Dowdy Last updated 10 October 22

Fosbury & Sons Boitsfort in Brussels brings home comforts into the workplace

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 10 October 22

Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen’s Low Countries home is perfectly balanced

A monolithic and modernist house clad in Grandina limestone near Ghent creates a tranquil atmosphere

By Siska Lyssens Last updated 10 October 22