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Pierre Alechinsky Soutien de famille, oil on canvas,1960, (200 x 185cm) This very important painting by Belgian great master of CoBrA group , Pierre Alechinsky, in on view at rodolphe janssen's stand at BRAFA Art Fair until Sunday February 4th. The painting has been im the same collection since 1961 and was only seen in 4 museum exhibitions: museum voir moderne kunst of Oostende, Palais des Beaux Arts van Brussel, Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven in the 60's and 70's.
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Indian devotees garlands an idol of Guru Ravidas on the eve of his 641th Birth Anniversary at a temple in Amritsar on January 30, 2018. Guru Ravidas, who was born in 1376, was an Indian religious leader who preached social unity and spoke out against the caste system. NARINDER NANU / AFP
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A picture taken on January 29, 2018 shows destruction at the ancient temple of Ain Dara, some seven kilometres from Afrin, after it was damaged in Turkish air strikes according to Syria's antiquities department and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The iron age neo-Hittite temple of Ain Dara dates back to the Aramean era, from around 1,300 to 700 BC, and is named after a village located in the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin. Delil souleiman / AFP
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Indonesian men clean a temple in Medan on January 28, 2018. The Chinese new calender will start on February 16. RAHMAD SURYADI / AFP
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The restored Cadillac of Argentine former president Juan Domingo Peron is presented on January 30, 2018 at the museum of the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, where it will be permanently exhibited. The convertible Cadillac ordered by the three-time president in 1955 but which he never got to ride, was restored by the Car Museum Foundation. Emiliano Lasalvia / AFP
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Pictures showing late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu are displayed at an auction house in Bucharest January 25, 2018. On January 31st, Artmark organized its 5th auction of Ceausescu property, including photos, rugs in the face of the "beloved son of the nation", clothing and gifts from foreign leaders.For many Romanians, "Ceausescu is the icon of a glorious past, a Romania whose memory has eliminated cold and hunger," said sociologist Vasile Dâncu. This nostalgia has increased in recent years, fueled by disenchantment with the current political class, he says. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lays a wreath at the Martyrs statue in downtown Beirut on January 30, 2018. ANWAR AMRO / AFP
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Chefs carry the coffin of French chef Paul Bocuse during the funeral ceremony at the Saint-Jean Cathedral in Lyon on January 26, 2018. More than 1,500 chefs from around the world along with thousands of fans of French cuisine were expected in Lyon on January 26, 2018 to honour their "pope" Paul Bocuse, who died last January 20 aged 91. Philippe DESMAZES / AFP
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Musicians from both sides of the border perform the John Luther Adams Inuksuit piece, during a concert at the US/Mexico border, as seen from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico on January 27, 2018. Organized by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and the Baja California Orchestra, a bi-national group of Mexican and American percussionists and musicians, each on its own side of the border, performed the John Luther Adams Inuksuit piece. GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP
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Dancers of the Hungarian National Ballet perform on stage at the Erkel Theater during a rehearsal for an adaptation of George Gershwin's opera, the 'Porgy and Bess' in Budapest, Hungary on January 25, 2018 Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP