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On the heels of World War I and a global pandemic (sound familiar?), in a city that had been occupied by the German army, starved and devastated—the Games would go on. Olympic Games Poster, Antwerp ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » Culture: Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past
In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, more than a hundred Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this "human zoo", ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » Culture: Young Fair Art Antwerp Leans Into the City’s Centuries-Old Collecting Culture
Antwerp has been a hub for collectors for centuries—research has shown that as early as the 1500s, 90 percent of homeowners in Antwerp owned at least one portrait or religious painting. Against this ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » Culture: HistoriCity | Belgium’s Indian footprints extends from Malabar to Bengal
The sacrifices of over 9,000 Indian soldiers fighting for the British in Flanders (Dutch speaking region in north Belgium) during WW I form another chapter in long history of Belgium–India relations ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » Culture: A guide to Antwerp, Belgium's striking second city
Antwerp has long been at the centre of things. Belgium’s handsome northern city grew wealthy on the profits of its port, trading since the 16th century in glittering diamonds, priceless works of art ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » Culture: From languages to waffles: UVA students explore culture in Belgium
When University of Virginia third-year student Jaime Donatucci signed up for the UVA in Belgium: Language, Speech, and Learning January term program, she expected to pick up some insights about ...