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"The future is nothing but another past. . ." soon at altaplana.substack.com . Unpublished work by François Schuiten Subscribe now!
October 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"The future is nothing but another past. . ." soon at altaplana.substack.com . Unpublished work by François Schuiten Subscribe now!
Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten were invited in 1997 to visit Brazil. Read about this event and see the newly discovered photos. open.substack.com/pub/altaplan...
August 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten were invited in 1997 to visit Brazil. Read about this event and see the newly discovered photos. open.substack.com/pub/altaplan...
Un nouvel article de Benoît Peeters, à propos de Karl Blossfeldt et Blossfeldtstad
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August 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Un nouvel article de Benoît Peeters, à propos de Karl Blossfeldt et Blossfeldtstad
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Les Cités Obscures - The Obscure Cities
Drawing from "La route d'Armilia". by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters
Drawing from "La route d'Armilia". by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters
July 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Les Cités Obscures - The Obscure Cities
Drawing from "La route d'Armilia". by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters
Drawing from "La route d'Armilia". by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters
A long time ago François Schuiten made the album Carapaces together with his brother Luc. Recently a new edition of the album was published in Germany by Schreiber und Leser.
July 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A long time ago François Schuiten made the album Carapaces together with his brother Luc. Recently a new edition of the album was published in Germany by Schreiber und Leser.
Have you seen the unpublished images by François Schuiten that he made for the "Sur les épaules des géants" image? Check out the newsletter at altaplana.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Have you seen the unpublished images by François Schuiten that he made for the "Sur les épaules des géants" image? Check out the newsletter at altaplana.substack.com
L'Écho des Cités, by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters will be republished in August 2025
July 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
L'Écho des Cités, by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters will be republished in August 2025
Benoît Peeters writes about the origin of the Les Cités Obscures album "La Théorie du Grain de Sable" in the new Altaplana.be newsletter via Substack.
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July 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Benoît Peeters writes about the origin of the Les Cités Obscures album "La Théorie du Grain de Sable" in the new Altaplana.be newsletter via Substack.
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Il y a vingt ans est paru chez Casterman l'album "Les Portes du Possible", dans un format inhabituel. Épuisé depuis longtemps, le livre ne sera pas réédité, en tout cas sous cette forme. #FrançoisSchuiten #BenoîtPeeters
June 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Il y a vingt ans est paru chez Casterman l'album "Les Portes du Possible", dans un format inhabituel. Épuisé depuis longtemps, le livre ne sera pas réédité, en tout cas sous cette forme. #FrançoisSchuiten #BenoîtPeeters
June 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Casterman BD will publish a new edition of L'Écho des Cités by @bpeeters.bsky.social and François Schuiten in August 2025. Some changes in the covers, but no new stories are added.
June 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Casterman BD will publish a new edition of L'Écho des Cités by @bpeeters.bsky.social and François Schuiten in August 2025. Some changes in the covers, but no new stories are added.
L'exposition "Urbicande l'Enquête sans Fin" se termine ce 1 juin au Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître 1160 Auderghem. Ouverture ce mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi et dimanche de 13h à 17h.
May 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
L'exposition "Urbicande l'Enquête sans Fin" se termine ce 1 juin au Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître 1160 Auderghem. Ouverture ce mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi et dimanche de 13h à 17h.
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May 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Read about the origins of the Les Cités Obscures album: La Tour / The Tower. Benoît Peeters writes about it. Read it for free at altaplana.substack.com/p/aux-origin... . Subscribe for free and don't miss a post!
May 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Read about the origins of the Les Cités Obscures album: La Tour / The Tower. Benoît Peeters writes about it. Read it for free at altaplana.substack.com/p/aux-origin... . Subscribe for free and don't miss a post!
“Urbicande - "L'enquête sans fin" has been opened last night at the Centre d'art Rouge-Cloître in Brussels. A must see!
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
“Urbicande - "L'enquête sans fin" has been opened last night at the Centre d'art Rouge-Cloître in Brussels. A must see!
Soon in the newsletter of Altaplana.be: François Schuiten browsing through his drawings for Aquarica. Subscribe for free at altaplana.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Soon in the newsletter of Altaplana.be: François Schuiten browsing through his drawings for Aquarica. Subscribe for free at altaplana.substack.com
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March 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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François Schuiten made a variant of the Calvani panorama. Both are for sale at the Kortrijk exhibition starting April 5, 2025
March 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
François Schuiten made a variant of the Calvani panorama. Both are for sale at the Kortrijk exhibition starting April 5, 2025
A l’occasion de l’exposition « Urbicande, une enquête sans fin » au centre d’art du Rouge-Cloître vous propose cette édition avec jaquette numérotée sur 500 exemplaires de l’album culte des cités obscures. Les 100 premiers exemplaires seront accompagnés d’un tiré à part inédit signé par les auteurs.
March 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A l’occasion de l’exposition « Urbicande, une enquête sans fin » au centre d’art du Rouge-Cloître vous propose cette édition avec jaquette numérotée sur 500 exemplaires de l’album culte des cités obscures. Les 100 premiers exemplaires seront accompagnés d’un tiré à part inédit signé par les auteurs.
Soon! an unique exhibition about an iconic album, by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters
March 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Soon! an unique exhibition about an iconic album, by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters
Ce petit livre, qui semble être anodin, a pourtant généré un véritable mystère qui a déjà fait couler beaucoup d’encre, et qui, à l’époque de son apparition, en 2003, a agité toute la sphère « Schuitenesque ».
March 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Ce petit livre, qui semble être anodin, a pourtant généré un véritable mystère qui a déjà fait couler beaucoup d’encre, et qui, à l’époque de son apparition, en 2003, a agité toute la sphère « Schuitenesque ».