COMMENT When playing the somewhat dismissive game of naming 10 famous Belgians, René Magritte is a dependable answer. Now, amid fears that Belgium might split, some of his countrymen are turning to the surrealist painter to find the meaning of their weary nation.
Graffiti images of the Belgian flag above the words, “This is not a country” – a take on Magritte’s “ Ceci n’est pas une pipe” – are just one sign of the tensions.
