Playing on the paradoxes of language and the constant idea of visual jokes, surrealism is a pioneering movement in modern art. Like la Maison Delvaux, inventor of the modern luxury handbag, surrealism combines innovation and humour with remarkable skill. Belgium is a country where irony is part of everyday life, and Belgians refuse to take themselves too seriously, happily laughing at themselves. This sense of self-deprecation is one of Belgium's strengths, allowing us to maintain this eminently shared desire for humility. In a grey country where brick stretches as far as the eye can see, the desire for adventure and fantasy grows with each passing day. The Belgian kingdom, of which Delvaux is one of the finest Maisons, is overflowing with talent and artists of boundless creativity, whose imaginations often seem to know no bounds.