Hew Locke won the commission, the first of its kind in Belgium, to recontextualise the equestrian statue of King Leopold II in the ... which was chosen from 11 proposals and underwent public ...
Under King Leopold II, Belgium brutalised the country with unrestrained evil between 1885 and 1908, using extreme force and extreme cruelty to exploit the country's lucrative natural resources.
The Order of Leopold was conferred today upon Muni Goldmuntz, Belgian Jewish philanthropist, on the occasion of his 50th birthday. The presentation was made by Minister of Economic Affairs ...