At a time when the handwritten letter is a species in danger of extinction and when handwriting of any kind is becoming increasingly rare, it is particularly moving to see, so close up (one can almost touch them with one’s fingers) missives and other autograph documents created by the hands of illustrious and now inaccessible figures. Arranged by destination on the theme of the journey, this – trilingual – exhibition includes a notebook of sketches made by Delacroix on a trip to London, a letter sent by Ernest Hemingway from Havana to make plans for his next stay in Africa, a pilot’s licence for Jacques Brel, who used to “fly like a madman” around the Marquesas archipelago, and a postcard from Calcutta signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss, among other items. For anyone stuck in Brussels this summer or short of ideas for their next jaunts around the world, “Around the World in 80 Letters” offers escapism and inspiration.
• AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LETTERS > 31/8, Museum of Letters and Manuscripts, www.mlmb.be
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