The Crystal Ship sets sail in Ostend The third iteration of the The Crystal Ship arts festival kicks off this week in Ostend. Sixteen international artists will set to work around the city, to create 12 murals or eye-catching art installations and interventions. After this year’s festival, Ostend will have a total of over 50 XL murals. The line-up includes such world-class artists as Ben Slow, Colectivo Licuado and Etam Cru. The Ostend frontman of The Van Jets, Johannes Verschaeve, is also participating in the festival with an intervention. The Crystal Ship brings art to the seaside in Ostend for the third time Artist Mikes Poppe extracting himself from a block of marble The Raft. Art is (not) lonely. Opening of “The Raft. Art is (not) Lonely.” with the performance “A beautiful match between artists and curators”
