The Art Detour

Jacinthe Gigou is an art and architecture historian specialising in modern heritage. After working as a curator at CIVA and directing Brussels heritage agency Arkadia, she founded Modernista, a platform dedicated to Belgian modernism. She writes regularly about architecture, has published several books on modernism and Brutalism, and has spent more than twenty years promoting remarkable architecture to a wider audience. Niels Famaey is a Belgian marketing and publishing professional with a keen interest in art, architecture and culture. He has held senior positions at Lannoo Publishers, Roularta Media Group, Microsoft and Proximus, and currently serves as Director of Marketing, Communication and Strategy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Throughout his career, he has combined strategic thinking with a strong eye for trends, creativity and aesthetics.