Ghent Is Challenging Antwerp as Belgium’s Capital of Cool

One of Ghent’s most emblematic landmarks, Gravensteen served as the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353. After ...
Artnet

A $2.4 Million Restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece Has Yielded Shocking Revelations—Like the Mystical Lamb’s Humanoid Face

In a discovery that may change art history books, a recent restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece completed by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Belgium has uncovered original ...
Artnet

There Will Never Be Another Show of Northern Renaissance Master Jan van Eyck Like the One About to Open in Belgium

Around half of the known works by Flemish master Jan van Eyck will be exhibited in a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition in Belgium next week alongside the newly restored Ghent Altarpiece, one of the most ...
VRT

Ghent adds explanatory signs to statues and places that refer to Belgium’s colonial history

The fair city of Ghent is going to place special explanatory signs next to four statues, one building and two street names ...
Seattle Times

Getting around the medieval yet very modern city of Ghent

Once one of Belgium’s medieval powerhouses, Ghent — about 30 minutes away from Brussels and Bruges — oozes with cobbles and charm. But it’s also a living place —- home to one of Belgium’s biggest ...
CNN

Website lets world admire ‘Ghent Altarpiece’ in 100 billion pixels

With its remarkably realistic depictions and dramatic history, the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) is widely thought to be one of the most famous panel paintings in the world. Stolen several times (most ...
CNN

This newly restored 15th-century lamb is worrying art lovers

“There are no words to express the result” was the beaming reaction of Belgium’s Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, after a 15th-century masterpiece – painted over shortly after completion – was ...
The Guardian

The alternative city guide to Ghent, Belgium

The second in our series of guides to Europe’s alt cities takes us to Ghent, a medieval masterpiece on the surface, but bang up to date with its underground music scene, cutting-edge design and ...
The Guardian

How a Belgian port city inspired Birmingham's car-free ambitions

Ghent’s transformation produced shorter journeys, cleaner air and a cycling explosion Birmingham – once, proudly, the UK’s “motorway city” – has announced plans to entice people out of cars and on to ...