A new permanent exhibition depicting Belgian history opened at the BELvue Museum on the Paleizenplein in Brussels. Seven main themes are treated in the exhibition: democracy, prosperity, solidarity, pluralism, migration, language and Europe. The exhibition has the aim of providing visitors with a better insight into Belgian society.

The largest single painting in Belgium is making a triumphant return to the building where it hung for 240 years before it was removed for restoration. The 18th-century ceiling painting, The Gods on Mount Olympus, will be brought back to its home in Antwerp’s Hofkamer building on August 25th, following an absence of eight years. The painting was restored offsite, while the Hofkamer building was simultaneously fully renovated