BRUSSELS: Art Brussels at Brussels Expo: 24 April – 29 April 2009.
Every year in April, ArtBrussels opens its doors and welcomes more than 30 000 art professionals, art collectors and art lovers from all over the world.

Belgium culture starts with Belgian Monarchy, goes through saxophone, museums and comics and on to the enjoyment of  excellent food, chocolates and beers. In fact, there is no single Culture of Belgium. Belgium Culture is a fusion of Flemish culture, French culture and German culture.  A truly common Belgian cultural identity is friendliness and indulgence [...]

Dutch art and European Art in the Amsterdam’s Royal Museum of art.
Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam is a real pearl and not only due to its highest Royal status and the Girl with a Pearl Earring masterpiece painted around 1665 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. (Highly recommended on the subject: Peter Webber’s Girl with a Pearl [...]

Bruges is almost unreal in its historic beauty. This Belgian medieval city was rebuilt after the WWII to attract tourists and to remind everyone of the great historic turning points….

Jan Cox (1919 The Hague – 1980 Antwerp) played a significant part in the transition from the closed, relatively provincial world of art of the 1930’s to the open, internationalist art scene of post-World War II.

BeNeLux certainly does have something to do with BeNefit and Luxury – the benefits of Luxembourgian banking and the luxury of Belgian chocolates and Dutch endless tulip fields of Keukenhof! The three neighboring countries share the common name and history for more than half-a-century now. And, before EURO currency came into circulation in 2002, Belgium [...]

One of the famous Luxembourg places and a wonderful landmark of the Duchy is the ancient Vianden Castle which celebrates its 700 anniversary in 2008. The Vianden Castle and its buildings, which had attracted Victor Hugo’s admiration during his visits to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,

Johannes Vermeer is one of the best known artists from the Dutch Golden Age. His name is inextricably linked with Delft, the city in which he was born in 1632 and where he lived and worked all his life.