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Brussels (Belgium), Apr 21 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Nick Cave and Thomas Houseago were not experiencing their best emotional or creative moment in the spring of 2020. So they reached an agreement: Nick promised to write a song if Thomas did a painting for him. They both did as promised, and that painting was the beginning of a new phase in the artist's work, which is to be exhibited as of Thursday at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels with the name Visual Paintings.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.SOUNDBITES OF MICHEL DRAGUET, GENERAL DIRECTOR AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN BRUSSELS.
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson calls Tunisian President Kais Saied's statements on African migrants "worrying" but says the EU will continue to cooperate with this "key country" to prevent illegal immigration to Europe. Last month, Saied ordered officials to take "urgent measures" to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that "a criminal plot" was underway to change Tunisia's demographic makeup. He claimed that migrants were behind most crime in the North African country. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa meet in Brussels, prior to an EU summit where leaders are set for tough talks on how to handle Europe's energy shock. IMAGES
Mons (Belgium), Oct 9 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodriguez) The works from Colombian artist Fernando Botero are exhibited for the first time in Belgium, at the Museum of Fine Arts of Mons (BAM), where paintings and sculptures collected from collections around the world bring Belgian audiences closer to their characteristic style of voluminous figures in the exhibition “Fernando Botero, beyond forms”.FOOTAGE OF BOTERO'S EXHIBITION IN MONS, BELGIUMSOUNDBITES FROM CURATOR CECILIA BRASCHITRANSLATION1. The works allow us to understand the artist's journey towards his style so articulate that we all know of exalted volumes and monumental forms.2. A painting from the Guggenheim in NY or the emblematic one form Berkley university, represents torture in prisons of Abu Ghraib in 2005, a series little known in Europe but very emblematic, it speaks of his political commitment towards the society of his time, they are important loans because they show aspects of his work and we need to have them all to offer a complex vision of his work.3. I would have liked him to come but it is not possible, he helped us a lot.4. His work is style more than content, his work speaks of exaltation of forms, behind forms there is very contemporary content and he speaks to all of us
Brussels, Oct 4 (EFE).- (Camera: Leo Rodriguez) A Belgium retrospective of British documentary photographer Martin Parr’s take on the mundane and quotidian in life, albeit with lashings of humour and irony, launched Monday.The seemingly simple pictures reveal nuanced glimpses into the experiences of myriad generations and people of diverse backgrounds always in an almost stereotypical western context. FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION 'MARTIN PARR, PARRATHON' AT THE HANGAR PHOTO ART CENTRE IN BRUSSELS. SOUNDBITES OF ANDRÈA HOLZHERR, CURATOR.
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