This year's prize theme was "Ecce Homo, Behold the Human Being." ...

McQueen is known for exploring who we are in moments of vulnerability, how we treat each other, and how history shapes our present, without judgment nor fear of moral complexity. This humanist approac ...

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2026 Erasmus Prize to artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen (1969). The theme ...

It’s good to see the UK government finally taking some steps to redress the economic and cultural vandalism caused by leaving the EU. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you ...

When the UK came out of Erasmus, the Welsh government set up its own scheme – Taith (journey in Welsh). Its supporters claim it has been particularly successful in giving international exchange ...

When traveling in the Netherlands – with its canals, windmills, and tulip fields – it all seems so cute and sweet; you may find yourself exclaiming, “Everything’s just so…Dutch!” But for another side ...

Hans Holbein the Younger was known to have painted three portraits of the Dutch humanist philosopher and theologian Desiderius Erasmus in 1523, when they were both living in the Swiss city of Basel.