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(© Daniel Riera)

“Burn / For the art of parties / Burn / Under the heavy weather,” David Sylvian sang with Japan in the 1980s. Our weather is slowly but surely improving. But combining art and parties remains a tricky affair. The Catclub party concept wants to put an end to that once and for all.

Depuis plusieurs mois, le R’n’B se renouvelle par l’entremise des visions modernes de quelques romantiques éclairés. Après Frank Ocean, The Weeknd ou Inc., c’est aujourd’hui le New-Yorkais Arthur Ashin, alias Autre Ne Veut, qui imprime le rythme.

The Host, which is aimed at young audiences, is not particularly high-quality science fiction. But I wouldn’t just dump this film adaptation of a book by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer out with the trash.

I go weak at the knees at the mention of Wong Kar-wai. A Pavlovian reaction that has its roots in wonderfully beautiful, melancholic films like Happy Together and In the Mood for Love. The Hong Kong romantic, aesthete, and perfectionist spent an age putting the finishing touches to The Grandmaster. But it has not turned out to be the masterpiece one would expect from this great master.

(© Phile Deprez)

When Needcompany’s Grace Ellen Barkey goes to work on a bunch of mushrooms with the visual artist Lot Lemm and the legendary US anonymous avant-garde group the Residents, it just has to lead to the acceptance of all fungi.

Bruxelles porterait en elle plus de gènes de boxe qu’on ne le penserait de prime abord. C’est ici qu’en 1887 fut fondé le premier club de boxe du pays, le Boxing Club de Bruxelles. Les années 50 furent celles de Jean Sneyers, l’ange du ring. Entre 1950 et 1958, il remporta 7 championnats d’Europe et il en gagna quatre dans trois catégories de poids différentes.