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Comments Posted 11.25.09 | PERMALINK | PRINT

Mark Lamster

Dankuwel Antwerpen!


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This is a good week to be thankful and I am especially grateful to everyone who made the launch of De meester van de schaduw in Antwerp such a success. Pub day itself began with a formal launch at the Rubenshuis, presided over by director Ben van Beneden and Rubens scholar Leen Huet.

Attendees, including some twenty Antwerpers who had won space in a lottery held by the Gazet van Antwerpen (the city's major daily), then followed me on a tour of Rubens sites (the home of Nickolaas Rockox, the Cathedral), culminating with a champagne reception at City Hall. By tradition, we ended the day with a round of Bollekes at the Engel. A few links and images: ATV's segment on me and the book on the show Onder Cover. A tour of Antwerp and interview with journalist Ann Rootveld for the Radio1 program Mezzo, "Special Agent Rubens."
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Lamster is a writer on the arts and culture. He is Associate American Editor of The Architectural Review, and is currently at work on his third book, a biography of the late architect Philip Johnson. Follow: @marklamster.
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