Ian Mundell

Film and arts writer, journalist, hiding from London in the Low Countries.
For higher ed and other policy: @IMundell

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Victim-blaming in Art, part 47: this statue in the Tuileries by Auguste Cain is called "Rhinoceros Attacked by a Tiger"...

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Hurry if you want to see Ensor's Self-Portrait with Flower Hat in Ostend. From 16 October it will be on tour and then "resting" until 2028.

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@simon1972 Incidentally, that was my first time in a Brussels cinema since spring 2020...

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A little bit of Mungiu in the night...

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@simon1972 It's a strong effort to get under the surface of a community, and I found that interesting. But then I'm already interested in that part of the world, so perhaps the film's flaws would be more trying if you're not.

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Open air cinema, Bucharest.

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@simon1972 "Down with the satanists who lead us!!!" rather than "Down with the devil-worshipers who refuse to drive!!!". A reasonable misreading, I think, given traffic conditions here...

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With my French-speaking head still on, I thought this was some kind of weird anti-pedestrian campaign. But no, just more from the București political commentariat.

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Well, this sucks...

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Brussels second-hand bookshop ‘Bouquinerie Thomas’ on Rue Froissart will close its doors on 14 May, after 15 years business.
Spent many an absorbing afternoon browsing and buying there. Sad news.

[The Bulletin @_TheBulletin]

Plans submitted to revive Cinema Variétés building in Brussels
https://t.co/wWHcd5TbKN

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This was just history when I set out to write it for @low_countries but now that sieges are back in fashion it feels all too real. Imagine leaving Kyiv by balloon, hoping the winds will take you to unoccupied Ukraine or Poland, and not Russia... https://t.co/dfLFEyPxKt

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Curators at Ghent University are looking for the 32 fragments of Joseph Kosuth’s Text/Context, installed in the city in 1978, then cut up and sold. The aim is to gather as many as possible for an exhibition next year on the artist’s time in Ghent. https://t.co/hEVBwf6fcK

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Brancusi’s accidental lead shapes are coming round again. Little more than a year after selling at auction for €18,000, Crocodile (1949) is back on the block, with an estimate of €3,000 to €5,000. Unwanted gift, maybe? https://t.co/u9nIlztcjg

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Slightly more accessible, catch it at @BozarBrussels on 2 April. Also on the programme, Storck’s not-at-all militant Images d’Ostende (1929).
https://t.co/CumNGdFAPk

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Hard to reach, but hard to resist: Storck & Ivens’ militant doc Misère au Borinage, screened in the heart of Belgian coal country where it was shot in the early 1930s, with live music from Musiques Nouvelles. 10 April at Grand-Hornu. https://t.co/JgWKJ3SUhJ

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The gardeners at the Abbaye de la Cambre will not be rushed...

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My take on the Rinus Van de Velde expo at @BozarBrussels @EUROPALIA2021 for @low_countries Go for the film, check out the train, but don't expect too much from the 'travelling companions' https://t.co/whWuj3rOfe

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Here's a small helping of food history I dug up for @low_countries The Cockney rabbit, an origin story... https://t.co/OFJlBiZzqz

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Curated content, Netflix style.

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Group behind four art-house cinemas in Wallonia refuses to follow covid closure order.