Exhibitions

BRUSSELS

CENTRALE and Look Up

Atomium © Visual System

Atomium
Place de l'Atomium 1
1020 Brussels

01.01.2024 > 31.12.2025

CENTRALE and Look Up

Temporary closure from 13 January to 26 January 2025

(Re)discover the Atomium, a Belgian icon rooted in the present and looking to the future. Built for the 1958 World’s Fair, the Atomium is more than a monument: it's a journey in its own right, a crossroads between art, science and history. Since 2013, the Atomium, as cultural venue, has been devoting its programming of exhibitions, installations and performances to digital creations. It regularly gives carte blanche to artists who create immersive and original universes in the exhibition space. These projects made of sound and light, such as Centrale and Look Up, exploit the magic of the space and accentuate the heritage richness of the building. The Atomium ticket automatically includes entry to the Design Museum Brussels, 150 m away.

01.01.2024 > 31.12.2025

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BRUSSELS

ART POPS

Belfius Tower
Place Charles Rogier 11
1210 Brussels

18.10.2024 > 20.06.2025

ART POPS

Step into Art Pops, an immersive art experience brought to visitors by the Belfius Art Collection, in which their senses become the brushstrokes of creativity. This unique exhibition invites visitors to explore art beyond sight, engaging the senses of touch, sound, and even smell in order to awaken a deeper connection with each piece. It’s a great way to dive into vibrant installations that pop with colour and vibrate with energy, and to feel the textures of artistic expression. Art Pops is more than an exhibition, it’s a sensory journey that redefines how we perceive and interact with art.

18.10.2024 > 20.06.2025

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BRUSSELS

Echoes of Art Deco

Boghossian foundation - Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosvelt 67
1050 Brussels

15.11.2024 > 02.11.2025

Echoes of Art Deco

In the context of the centenary commemoration of Art Deco in 2025, the Boghossian Foundation is presenting a thematic exhibition on this key movement in Brussels. The term Art Deco refers to the Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, held in Paris in 1925, which provided a unique opportunity for architects and the public to immerse themselves in this fresh, innovative spirit. Echoes of Art Deco invites visitors to explore the iconic architecture of the Villa Empain, a paragon of Art Deco with an eventful past. Set against the lively musical backdrop of the era, the exhibition offers an immersive experience in the lifestyle of the Roaring Twenties. The Art Deco movement encompassed both architecture and the decorative arts. Furniture takes centre stage in a scenography that recreates the intimate atmosphere of a private residence. Drawings, ceramics, woodwork and ironwork transport visitors to a time oriented towards modernity, technical progress, and the forthcoming society of leisure. Stained glass, an exemplary marker ofstylistic evolution, is showcased by an exceptional collection of 25 original pieces, alongside the complete preparatory drawings for Anto Carte’s La Gioconda, which was exhibited at the 1925 International Exhibition in Paris

15.11.2024 > 02.11.2025

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BRUSSELS

Viewing Depot EXH#03 - Year of the Dragon

Ai Weiwei, Life Vest Snake, 2019 © Vanhaerents Art Collection

Vanhaerents Art Collection
Rue Anneessens 29
1000 Brussels

01.04.2024 > 20.12.2025

Viewing Depot EXH#03 - Year of the Dragon

EXH#03 is the third major presentation highlighting recent acquisitions and seminal works from the collection, all in the unique setting of a viewing depot. Drawing inspiration from the Chinese calendar and astrology, the thematic core of this exhibition is the zodiac sign of the dragon, symbolising creativity, curiosity, confidence and generosity. Associative in nature, EXH#03 brings together large-scale works that combine aesthetic innovation and emotional intensity. One of the focal points in the exhibition, spanning the full three floors of the Vanhaerents Art Collection, is Ai Weiwei’s haunting installation Life Vest Snake (2019), which seamlessly intertwines traditional Eastern iconography with poignant reflections on the contemporary refugee crisis.

OPEN one day a month.
April 26
May 24
June 21
August 23
September 27
October 25
November 22
December 20

01.04.2024 > 20.12.2025

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ANTWERP

COMPASSION

MAS - Museum Aan de Stroom
Hanzestedeplaats 1
2000 Antwerp

01.02.2025 > 31.08.2025

COMPASSION

Wanting to help others and feeling or showing compassion is typically human. This new exhibition at the MAS explores questions such as: How do people put their compassion for others into practice? Why do they do it, and what are good examples of it? In this exhibition, visitors discover how the idea of compassion is represented in art and culture: religious and non-religious objects, works of art, popular objects and decorative pieces, as well as music, stories and customs show how people always strive to help others. Contemporary testimonies and critical voices also show how topical the theme is and still remains

01.02.2025 > 31.08.2025

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ANTWERP

Pre-Columbian art. Collection Paul & Dora Janssen-Arts

MAS - Museum Aan de Stroom
Hanzestedeplaats 1
2000 Antwerp

01.09.2023 > 01.01.2026

Pre-Columbian art. Collection Paul & Dora Janssen-Arts

In the highest museum gallery in the MAS, a world-famous collection – which was gathered by Dora Janssen-Arts over many years – tells us about the extraordinary relationship between man and the world of gods, ancestors and spirits in America before the conquest by the Europeans. The Paul & Dora Janssen-Arts Collection consists of more than 400 pre-Columbian objects in gold, jade, stone, textiles and shell. The objects come from more than 50 different cultures, from Alaska to Chile, and bear witness to the craftmanship and the sense of aesthetics of their creators in America before 1500. There were many differences between the inhabitants of the American continent, but their vision of the world around them was strikingly similar. Human sacrifice was considered essential in order to ensure continuity between life and death. Fertility rituals across the continent assumed various forms but was always central in the pre-Hispanic environment. Precious grave gifts, often made from gold, reflected the importance of life after death, shared by all the communities represented here, from Alaska to Chile.

01.09.2023 > 01.01.2026

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ANTWERP

Open Air Sculpture Park

Middelheim Museum - Open Air Sculpture Park
Middelheimlaan 61
2020 Antwerp

01.09.2023 > 01.01.2026

Open Air Sculpture Park

The Middelheim Museum is a unique institution where the amazing interplay between art and nature results in exceptional experiences. The art park showcases modern and contemporary sculptures amidst a green park setting. Works by artists such as Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Rik Wouters, Isa Genzken, Chris Burden, Ana Mendieta, Jean Katambayi, Barbara Hepworth, Bruce Nauman, Germaine Richier, Pascale Marthine Tayou provide a unique overview of more than a century of visual arts.

01.09.2023 > 01.01.2026

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ANTWERP

Reopening of the Rubenshuis

Peter Paul Rubens, Self-portrait (detail), Rubenshuis. Photo: KIK-IRPA

The Rubens House
Wapper 9-11
2000 Antwerp

30.08.2024 >

Reopening of the Rubenshuis

Artist, marketeer, scientist, diplomat, family man... Rubens was an extraordinary talent, but also a down-to-earth man. The Rubenshuis is where he lived happily and voraciously and worked for much of his life. The restoration of Rubens’s home will take a few more years to complete but the Rubens’ estate reopened in 2024 at Hopland 13, where the visit starts. Visitors can come face to face with the very first influencer through an immersive experience, wonder at the depth and breadth of his archives in the library and take a walk through the Baroque Garden where famous fashion designer Dries Van Noten cares for colour 365 days a year. Rubens’ work is visible the world over, but seeing his world is only possible here

30.08.2024 >

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GHENT

Restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece

The restoration studio at the MSK during the third phase of the restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece © Sint-Baafskathedraal, Art in Flanders vzw. Photo: Martin Corlazzoli

MSK - Museum of Fine Arts
Fernand Scribedreef 1
9000 Ghent

02.05.2025 > 01.03.2026

Restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece

Since 2023, seven panels of The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by the Van Eyck brothers (more commonly known as the Ghent Altarpiece) have been undergoing restoration in the heart of the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent (MSK). Visitors could already follow the campaign from 2012 to 2019, and now the remaining panels are in the museum for the final restoration phase. During the week, the restorers of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) can be seen live at work, in the studio behind glass. At the weekend, the panels are placed in a location visible to visitors.

02.05.2025 > 01.03.2026

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LEUVEN

Collection of M

‘Marshes of Genk’, Rodolphe de Lexhy, 1894, Collection M Leuven, artinflanders.be photo: Cedric Verhelst | ‘I Sea' (detail), Tina Gillen, 2018, Flemish Community Collection at M Leuven, photo © the artist

M Leuven
Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28
3000 Leuven

29.06.2024 > 29.04.2029

Collection of M

Collection of M’ spans several centuries: from ancient masters to contemporary makers and everything in between. The new displays showcase the richness of M’s collection and challenge visitors to actively look. Masterpieces and little-known gems reveal unexpected parallels or highlight the burning issues of the day. The presentation beings out the diversity of the collection in all its fascinating depth. Sculpture, painting, video, ceramics, glass ... The displays feature every conceivable media and discipline: historical objects from the Middle Ages, contemporary artworks and an array of masterpieces from other periods, some of the works being exhibited for the first time. Various themes and stories come to the fore, sometimes in an obvious way, and at other times more subtly. What do artworks communicate that isn’t perhaps visible?

29.06.2024 > 29.04.2029

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MARIEMONT

Buddha

Royal Museum of Mariemont
Chaussée de Mariemont 100
7140 Morlanwelz

21.09.2024 > 20.05.2025

Buddha

This year, Mariemont is showcasing its Asian collections! And who better than the figure of Buddha to embody the collective imaginary of East Asia? The exhibition examines the many representations of Buddha, the Buddhist pantheon and rituals. Every sculpture, painting and sacred object on display carries a meaning, a devotion, an active significance. The exhibition is an experience in which audiences are invited to create, offer, meditate and participate. Mariemont is embarking on a new path: that of the sensitive, multi-sensory prism

21.09.2024 > 20.05.2025

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SENEFFE

Thierry Bontridder. Sculpteur de bijoux (1981-2024)

Thierry Bontridder, Necklace Wake-Up, 2023

Domaine du Château de Seneffe
Rue Lucien Plasman 7-9
7180 Seneffe

03.12.2024 > 11.11.2025

Thierry Bontridder. Sculpteur de bijoux (1981-2024)

Thierry Bontridder, a Belgian jewellery designer, is renowned for the originality of his creations, working withunusual materials such as titanium, acrylic glass and nylon. Gradually, his artistic work shifted from jewellery, which is essentially sculptural, to actual sculpture, culminating in monumental, public works of art. His jewellery follows the same principles as his sculptures, with simple curves and shapes, playing on translucence and opacity, with subtle dialogues between light, space and colour.

03.12.2024 > 11.11.2025

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