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exploration

Podcast: Our Travel Expectations

From visiting Petra in flip flops to getting nauseous at the Grand Canyon.
The Podcast Team October 11, 2023
The Rodin portrait correctly identified by Luis Pastor.
museums

Solved: A Case of Mistaken Identity in a Madrid Art Museum

Auguste Rodin takes his rightful place in the portrait gallery, evicting King Leopold II of Belgium.
Matthew Taub June 6, 2019
This library wasn't meant to be so empty.
libraries

Inside the Belgian Library That Tore Itself Apart

In the 1960s, a conflict between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking students divided a historic collection.
Matthew Taub February 14, 2019
Some of the museum's diverse collection on display.
Turnhout, Belgium

National Museum of the Playing Card

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.
Every half hour, the fisherman and horse return to the shore to rest and sort through the catch.
food

The Dying Art of Fishing for Shrimp on Horseback

In Oostduinkerke, Belgium, horses plow the ocean instead of the fields.
Natasha Frost March 16, 2018
Reconstruction of <em>The Enchanted Pose</em> involving X-rays of the four works that were made from it.
paintings

Found: The Last Piece of a Jigsaw Masterpiece by René Magritte

The fourth and final part of a painting hidden under other paintings ends an 80-year mystery.
Vittoria Traverso November 15, 2017