NCAW Summer 2026, Vol. 25, Issue 2

Special Issue: Reconsidering James Ensor’s Work in National and Transnational Contexts

Herwig Todts and Cathérine Verleysen, Editors

TOC:
Foreword
by Luk Lemmens and Carmen Willems

Introduction
by Herwig Todts

Articles

James Ensor’s Vision and the Social Narrative of Light
by Susan M. Canning

Positioning the Artist: James Ensor’s Use of Humor in His Self-Portraits
by Lotte Kremer

The Delirious Aesthetics of James Ensor
by H. R. Blakeley

James Ensor’s La petite Chinoise: A Case Study of Modernist Chinoiserie
by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu

The Feasts of War: Ensor’s Comical Repast (Feast of the Lean)
by Alison Hokanson

Connecting James Ensor and Edvard Munch: Vittorio Pica as a Champion of Two Eccentric Artists
by Patricia G. Berman

James Ensor’s Friendship with Erich Heckel During World War I
by Lieven Van Den Abeele

Ensor’s Agents and Collectors After 1920 and the Liquidation of His Estate upon His Death
by Sabine Taevernier