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Boring, bureaucratic, bleak? Belgium is anything but. Visit this winter for a date with Sinterklaas and Europe’s best Christmas markets

The new Montblanc Masters of Art Collection honors the immortal contribution of great artists in their quest for perfection in art.

We learn that the Dutch artist started painting at age 27, and other interesting facts

A journey of discovery through Wallonia’s post-industrial communities has been captured in a new book by renowned documentary photographer HJ Hunter.

Discovered: a sketch by a pastor’s daughter, who sat beside Van Gogh when they both depicted a woman peeling potatoes

Jammu and Kashmir: As per the local Police, one militant was gunned down in Semthan village of Bijbihara in Anantnag district, whereas, the other three were killed in Awantipora.

Belgium’s beloved ninth art gets its annual whirl under the spotlight with the return of the BD Comic Strip Festival this weekend.

Vincent van Gogh, in full Vincent Willem van Gogh, (born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands—died July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France), Dutch painter, generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt van Rijn, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists. The striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his work powerfully influenced the current of Expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh’s art became astoundingly popular after his death, especially in the...

Vincent van Gogh, in full Vincent Willem van Gogh, (born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands—died July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France), Dutch painter, generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt van Rijn, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists. The striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his work powerfully influenced the current of Expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh’s art became astoundingly popular after his death, especially in the...

Maurice Brinton's vivid and captivating first hand account of the massive general strike in Belgium in 1960-61 against a new law "loi unique" to reduce workers' purchasing power.