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NIMBUS

Atomium
Place de l'Atomium 1
1020 Brussels

14.02.2026 > 07.03.2027

NIMBUS

Built for the World’s Fair in 1958, the Atomium is much more than a monument: it is a unique experience. With its spectacular silhouette representing an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, it has become the symbol of Brussels and Belgium. The Atomium offers visitors the most beautiful panoramic view of Brussels, whilst hosting a variety of exhibitions. More than half of the tour is devoted to installations with themes revolving around the digital arts. Currently, visitors are invited to discover NIMBUS, a new artwork created by Visual System to mark the twentieth anniversary of the renovation of the Atomium. It extends the unique dialogue that the collective has maintained for several years with this iconic architecture and with audiences from all over the world.

The work plays with and disrupts geometries: the monument’s original tubes are reconfigured into gigantic columns that give rise to a living, inhabited space, while the mirrored spheres, emblematic of the building, multiply across the walls and unsettle spatial and temporal references. Nimbus creates a suspended space where light and sound, carried by an original musical composition by Thomas Vaquié, form a vibrant halo, a protective sphere. The audience engages in dialogue with an evolving artwork, creating a singular, plural and universal experience through movement and personal sensitivity. Nimbus thus celebrates the architecture of the Atomium, revealing a monument in perpetual metamorphosis, where diversity, contemplation and collective imagination converge.

The Atomium ticket automatically includes entry to the Design Museum Brussels, 150 m away.

14.02.2026 > 07.03.2027

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Possession: Congolese Objects and Colonial Appropriation

AfricaMuseum
Leuvensesteenweg 13
3080 Tervuren

22.01.2027 > 09.01.2028

Possession: Congolese Objects and Colonial Appropriation

This exhibition traces the lives of African objects once they arrived in Belgium. What happened after colonial powers seized and displaced them and what impact does this colonisation of objects still have today? These mechanisms of reinterpretation are presented through the former collection of Brussels art trader and collector Jeanne Walschot (1896-1977).

22.01.2027 > 09.01.2028

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Inuit – Impressions of the Canadian Far North

Kenojuak Ashevak © MRAH-KMKG

Art & History Museum
Parc du Cinquantenaire 10
1000 Brussels

16.10.2026 > 18.04.2027

Inuit – Impressions of the Canadian Far North

The museum presents a major exhibition on Inuit art from Nunavut and Nunavik, two key regions of the Canadian Arctic. With nearly 250 sculptures and graphic works, it offers an immersive look at Inuit traditions, Arctic wildlife, shamanism and current concerns, including climate change. The exhibition focuses on contemporary creation from Nunavut, west and north of Hudson Bay, and Nunavik, on its eastern shore. While Inuit sculpture is well known in Europe, prints, their engravings and drawings remain less familiar, despite their importance in Canada. After more than 70 years of artistic production, the exhibition reveals artists with powerful visual languages and vivid imaginations.

16.10.2026 > 18.04.2027

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Unlocked - The Art of Possibility

Belfius Art Gallery, 32nd floor of the Belfius tower
Place Rogier 11
1210 Brussels

30.01.2027 > 30.01.2027

Unlocked - The Art of Possibility

In Unlocked, artists invite visitors to look beyond the ordinary realm and discover what becomes possible when ideas awaken and take shape. They reveal the power of dreams in motion: how sketches, doubts and revisions can lead to breakthrough moments; how artists inspire and support one another, fuelling passion and resilience; and how experimenting with the unknown can create space for innovation. Unlocked delves into the worlds and stories of Jan Cox, Théo Van Rysselberghe, Liliane Vertessen, Léon Spilliaert and Marie Cloquet, exploring the ideas, processes and creative journeys that shaped their work.

30.01.2027 > 30.01.2027

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Shape of absence

Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67
1050 Brussels

18.06.2026 > 24.01.2027

Shape of absence

The Boghossian Foundation presents Shape of absence, an exhibition initiated at the invitation of Louma Salamé, which bears witness to the ongoing heritage tragedy unfolding in Syria since 2011. The exhibition is centred on Hrair Sarkissian’s monumental installation Stolen Past, presented in dialogue with Iconem’s immersive images of the site of Palmyra. A poignant reflection on disappearance, memory and resilience.

18.06.2026 > 24.01.2027

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Soleil Noir

Léon Spilliaert, Digue, 1907, Private collection Indian ink wash, brush, pen, and pencil on paper

Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67
1050 Brussels

22.10.2026 > 21.03.2027

Soleil Noir

Soleil Noir presents nearly one hundred works by exclusively Belgian artists at Villa Empain. Spanning 130 years of artistic creation, the exhibition invites visitors to explore the work of Léon Spilliaert (Ostend 1846-1946 Brussels) alongside major figures of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition explores themes including the self-portrait, the nude, melancholy, landscape and the North Sea. An exceptional selection of more than thirty works by Léon Spilliaert enters into dialogue with creations by his contemporaries, including James Ensor, Constant Permeke, Edgar Tytgat, George Minne and Henry Van de Velde. The exhibition also highlights the profound influence of this Belgian artistic tradition on subsequent generations, from Luc Tuymans and Thierry De Cordier to Hans Op de Beeck and Michaël Borremans.

22.10.2026 > 21.03.2027

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William Kentridge. I am not me, the horse is not mine

William Kentridge. Still from Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot, Episode 5: As If, 2022, HD Video, 27 min 29 sec. © William Kentridge. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Courtesy the artist, Goodman Gallery and Hauser & Wirth

Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts
Rue Ravenstein 23
1000 Brussels

18.09.2026 > 07.03.2027

William Kentridge. I am not me, the horse is not mine

William Kentridge (Johannesburg, 1955) began his career during the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and his work remains socially, politically and poetically engaged. His practice includes drawings, animated films, sculptures, prints, installations and videos, often linked to his theatre and opera productions. His solo exhibition at Bozar revisits his work from the early 1980s to the present day, with a special focus on major stage projects. Highlighting the performative and collaborative nature of his art, the exhibition includes site-specific works and a multidisciplinary programme. Kentridge has a longstanding connection with Brussels, where his first opera premiered in 1995 and Bozar presented his first European solo exhibition in 1998.

18.09.2026 > 07.03.2027

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Jean Brusselmans. Painter by Nature

Jean Brusselmans, The Great Spring, 1938, oil on canvas, Collection Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles © photo Vincent Everarts

Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts
Rue Ravenstein 23
1000 Brussels

02.10.2026 > 31.01.2027

Jean Brusselmans. Painter by Nature

From the beginning of the twentieth century, Jean Brusselmans (Brussels 1884-1953 Dilbeek) developed a unique oeuvre, averse to artistic trends yet firmly rooted in the tradition of painting. Through 120 works, the exhibition delves into his distinctive universe, between abstraction and figuration. Dialogues with contemporaries such as Paul Cézanne, Fernand Léger and Piet Mondriaan offer a fresh perspective on his work. This is the first major retrospective of Brusselmans’ work since 1980.

02.10.2026 > 31.01.2027

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Edith Dekyndt + Cristóbal Balenciaga. The Fabric Decides

Cristóbal Balenciaga. Fabrics of Balenciaga’s Archives. Photo © Edith Dekyndt © Courtesy Balenciaga

Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts
Rue Ravenstein 23
1000 Brussels

14.10.2026 > 31.01.2027

Edith Dekyndt + Cristóbal Balenciaga. The Fabric Decides

This exhibition invites visitors to enter into a unique dialogue between Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt (Yper, 1960) and the rarely seen archives of Cristóbal Balenciaga. The exhibition examines the memory embedded in materials and the way they endure through time, revealing unexpected resonances between contemporary art and haute couture. It offers a poetic reflection on the present through gestures, skills and forms in constant transformation, leading to an intimate and singular encounter up close.

14.10.2026 > 31.01.2027

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Casual/Tease

Cloud Seven
Quai du Commerce 7
1000 Brussels

10.09.2026 > 21.02.2027

Casual/Tease

The Memorial for Those Who Did Not Fall in War, a nomadic platform developed by Columbia University's Global Center for Peace Innovation, arrives in Brussels with Casual/Tease. The exhibition looks at how war and violence are embedded in our everyday lives; from the technologies we rely on to the products we buy and the institutions around us. Each artwork isolates an everyday object and follows it until the hidden presence of war begins to emerge. Together, the works refuse to let casualties become just another casual part of everyday life.

10.09.2026 > 21.02.2027

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Identita - The Story of Czech Graphic Design

Design Museum Brussels
Place de Belgique 1
1020 Brussels

16.10.2026 > 07.03.2027

Identita - The Story of Czech Graphic Design

Identita offers an overview of Czech graphic design through selected originals, reprints, and informational panels. The exhibition also provides a concise insight into a cultural community living in the socially, politically and visually turbulent region of Central Europe over the last hundred years or more.

16.10.2026 > 07.03.2027

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Shaping the Possible. Pierre Lallemand, designer

Pierre Lallemand © Jean-Pierre Gabriel

Design Museum Brussels
Place de Belgique 1
1020 Brussels

20.11.2026 > 07.03.2027

Shaping the Possible. Pierre Lallemand, designer

The Design Museum Brussels presents a unique exhibition devoted to Pierre Lallemand (Brussels, 1959), an architect and designer from the contemporary Belgian scene. Visitors are invited to discover more than thirty years of creative work at the crossroads of design and architecture. Throughout the exhibition, a coherent and committed approach emerges, in which each work is conceived as an act of visual thinking. For Pierre Lallemand, designing means questioning form, use and the poetic dimension of the objects that surround us.

20.11.2026 > 07.03.2027

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New Presentation of the Lace Room

Fashion & Lace Museum
Rue de la Violette 12
1000 Brussels

12.11.2025 > 21.09.2027

New Presentation of the Lace Room

In order to best preserve its lace collections, the museum rotates its pieces every two years. This rotation serves both to protect the oldest and most fragile works, and to offer visitors the chance to discover remarkable examples of lace. The museum is also showcasing its recent acquisitions, including an exceptional large Point de Gaze needle lace shawl, purchased in collaboration with the King Baudouin Foundation. Extremely rare in shape, this highly delicate piece - likely created for a World’s Fair or a special commission - is the first of its kind to join the museum’s collections.

12.11.2025 > 21.09.2027

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Immersive experience of the KBR Museum’s permanent exhibition

Royal Library of Belgium – KBR Museum
Monts des Arts 28
1000 Brussels

23.05.2025 >

Immersive experience of the KBR Museum’s permanent exhibition

For over 600 years, a priceless cultural treasure has been preserved in Brussels: the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy, one of Europe’s most important collections of illuminated manuscripts. These rare books offer a glimpse into the artistic, religious, and political life of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. Visitors can explore the powerful world of the Dukes of Burgundy, who were visionary rulers and passionate patrons of the arts. As well as manuscripts, the exhibition includes prints, engravings, paintings, and sculptures. A new immersive musical experience brings the period's polyphonic music to life, enhancing the visit. This is a wonderful opportunity to wander through a Golden Age and discover a major hidden cultural gem.

23.05.2025 >

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Edgar Sarin. Matthäus-Passion

Fondation CAB Brussels
Rue Borrens 34-36
1050 Brussels

02.09.2026 > 17.04.2027

Edgar Sarin. Matthäus-Passion

This exhibition brings together works by Sarin (Marseilles, 1989) and those of numerous major artists, including Robert Barry, Nan Goldin, Louise Lawler, Sol LeWitt, Niele Toroni, Cy Twombly, and others. Each work is presented on a sculptural easel, transforming the space into a field of forces in which presences affect one another. The exhibition becomes a place of physical experience, where art history is no longer a backdrop but an active material - one in which the works do not simply respond to one another, but persist alongside us.

02.09.2026 > 17.04.2027

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A truly immense journey

Kanal-Centre Pompidou
Square Sainctelette 21
1000 Brussels

28.11.2026 > 10.01.2028

A truly immense journey

In collaboration and co-curation with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, A truly immense journey guides you through the forces that have set people, ideas and artistic forms in motion from the early twentieth century to the present day. The exhibition spans modern icons such as Lygia Clark, Sonia Delaunay, Alberto Giacometti, Natalia Goncharova, Wifredo Lam and Henri Matisse, alongside contemporary international and Brussels-based artists including Sammy Baloji, Edith Dekyndt and Hana Miletić. More than 350 works, predominantly from the Centre Pompidou and Kanal, but also from numerous Belgian public and private holdings are brought together.

28.11.2026 > 10.01.2028

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An infinite woman

Kanal-Centre Pompidou
Square Sainctelette 21
1000 Brussels

28.11.2026 > 25.04.2027

An infinite woman

A century ago, the mass-produced image of a Mangbetu woman went viral. An infinite woman explores how the distinctive profile of the Mangbetus from Congo became a modernist and colonial emblem after Citroën’s La Croisière Noire expedition, but also a powerful catalyst for artists. Through archives and works by contemporary artists like Carrie Mae Weems, Frida Orupabo and Magdalene Odundo, the exhibition celebrates the limitless Black female imagination in resisting the colonial algorithm.

28.11.2026 > 25.04.2027

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Otobong Nkanga

Kanal-Centre Pompidou
Square Sainctelette 21
1000 Brussels

28.11.2026 > 18.04.2027

Otobong Nkanga

Otobong Nkanga weaves stories through threads. She transforms one of the vast open spaces into an intimate site for encounter and co-creation. At the heart of the installation are wooden looms where participants, who have received prior training, work side by side. Skills and experiences are exchanged. Threads are woven, and personal and collective stories become interlaced. Weaving becomes a “social act”, a shared endeavour that contributes to the evolving artwork. The installation of looms provides a backdrop for encounters and conversations about sustainability and ownership, as well as about the museum’s role within the social ecosystem.

28.11.2026 > 18.04.2027

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Émile Gallé & Louis Majorelle. The Exceptional Hannon Collection

Maison Hannon
Avenue de la Jonction 1
1060 Brussels

15.01.2027 > 01.05.2028

Émile Gallé & Louis Majorelle. The Exceptional Hannon Collection

For the first time in more than a century, over eighty original objects from the Hannon family collection are returning to the home for which they were acquired. Furniture, chandeliers, lamps, glassware, vases, leather goods and personal belongings by Émile Gallé, Louis Majorelle, Daum, Muller and other leading Art Nouveau creators once again take their place in the rooms they were intended to adorn. Through reconstructed interiors, family archives, photographs and personal testimonies, visitors discover the Hannon family’s vision of a true total work of art. This exceptional reunion marks the first stage of a long-term restoration project that will gradually restore the house and its collection to their original splendour.

15.01.2027 > 01.05.2028

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Tapta meets Judd

Tapta [1926-1997], Découper/assembler/appuyer, n.d. © Maurice Verbaet, photo Vesnaa Faassen 2018, Collection Maurice Verbaet

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Rue de la Régence 3
1000 Brussels

06.10.2026 > 14.03.2027

Tapta meets Judd

As part of the Collection Meets programme, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium create dialogues between their collections and those of private collectors. This edition brings together Tapta (1926-1997) and Donald Judd (1928-1994), two artists of the same generation on opposite sides of the Atlantic, who redefined sculpture through their use of industrial materials. This encounter forms part of a broader project aimed at bringing renewed visibility to the Royal Museums’ remarkable collection of modern and contemporary art.

06.10.2026 > 14.03.2027

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Jean Brusselmans. The Artist at Work

Jean Brusselmans, Les compagnons de l’art (détail) (1939), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Rue de la Régence 3
1000 Brussels

18.11.2026 > 09.04.2027

Jean Brusselmans. The Artist at Work

This exhibition reveals a lesser-known aspect of one of the leading figures of Belgian modern art, Jean Brusselmans. The Artist at Work invites visitors to follow the artist’s creative process at close range. Preparatory sketches, unfinished paintings, personal archives and everyday objects reconstruct his artistic journey in an intimate and revealing way. This presentation offers a unique opportunity to explore Jean Brusselmans’ creative process from a new perspective.

18.11.2026 > 09.04.2027

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Systems of Resonance. Walter Leblanc with Rosa Barba, Rossella Biscotti, Kasper Bosmans, Gabriel Kuri

Walter Leblanc, Screen printing, 19641965, detail © Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation

Walter Leblanc Foundation
Chaussée de Gand 1118
1082 Brussels

12.09.2026 > 12.02.2027

Systems of Resonance. Walter Leblanc with Rosa Barba, Rossella Biscotti, Kasper Bosmans, Gabriel Kuri

Systems of Resonance brings the work of Rosa Barba, Rossella Biscotti, Kasper Bosmans and Gabriel Kuri into dialogue with Walter Leblanc to commemorate 40 years since his passing, as well as 20 years since the creation of the Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation. Through their practices, the project seeks to articulate intergenerational and conceptual resonances that reactivate Leblanc’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, while extending his own understanding of art as a field of connection, exchange and expanded artistic authorship.

12.09.2026 > 12.02.2027

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Kuzviramba Mamuri (Falling In Surrender)

Portia Zvavahera,Vanegumi ramazana vachawa, 2024 © Portia Zvavahera. Courtesy Stevenson and David Zwirner. Photo by Jack Hems

WIELS I Contemporary Art Centre
Avenue Van Volxem 354
1190 Brussels

31.10.2026 > 28.02.2027

Kuzviramba Mamuri (Falling In Surrender)

Zvavahera has developed a distinctive artistic language that embodies the visible and invisible force fields born from her own "inner battles". Her work, which weaves together personal and collective experience, is animated by a syncretic blend of Christian traditions and the spiritual dimensions of Shona culture in Zimbabwe. This exhibition encompasses early paintings exploring themes akin to the artist’s experience of womanhood, dreamscapes incorporating elements of her surroundings such as leaves and lace, all the way to her most recent venture into ceramics. While hinting at traditions of Zimbabweanfiguration, textile patterns and motifs of religious iconography, the work makes space for a shared, affective vocabulary of loss, love, grief, and joy.

31.10.2026 > 28.02.2027

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Juvenilia. 100 Years of Typography and Books at La Cambre

Wittockiana - Museum of Book Arts and Bookbinding
Rue du Bemel 23
1150 Brussels

16.10.2026 > 14.02.2027

Juvenilia. 100 Years of Typography and Books at La Cambre

To celebrate its centenary, La Cambre - National School of Visual Arts revisits one of its most distinctive traditions: the study of books, letters and print. Juvenilia, a term referring to an artist’s early works, brings together hundred years of creations from the school’s typography, visual communication and bookbinding workshops. Featuring work by several generations of students, including some who went on to become major figures in graphic design, bookbinding and contemporary art, the exhibition offers a journey through a century of learning, experimentation and creativity at La Cambre.

16.10.2026 > 14.02.2027

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Inspired by Queen Louise-Marie | Jewellery by Charlotte Vanhoubroeck

DIVA museum
Suikerrui 17-19
2000 Antwerp

09.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

Inspired by Queen Louise-Marie | Jewellery by Charlotte Vanhoubroeck

DIVA’s new focus presentation explores the lost sentimental jewellery of Louise-Marie of Orléans (1812-1850), the first Queen of the Belgians. Although the original pieces have almost entirely disappeared, detailed descriptions survived in an inventory compiled after her death. These jewels once preserved memories and emotions through miniature portraits, locks of hair, engraved messages and symbolic motifs. Drawing on these textual traces, jewellery artist and art historian Charlotte Vanhoubroeck has created new contemporary works that do not reconstruct the originals but reactivate their stories. Through these creations, visitors rediscover Louise-Marie as a daughter, queen, wife, mother and friend.

09.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

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Families

The Anonymous project/Image by Lee Shulman & Omar Victor Diop, Fotomuseum Antwerp collection, 2024/85/3 © The Anonymous project/ Lee Shulman & Omar Victor Diop

FoMu - FotoMuseum
Waalsekaai 47
2000 Antwerp

20.03.2026 > 23.05.2027

Families

Who do you consider to be your family? And how do you record your personal history? We all use photography to sketch an image of our families and pass on stories to future generations. FOMU has delved into its collection in search of family photographs. Visitors are invited to discover historical photo albums as well as works by contemporary artists who take a critical look at the traditional family portrait. Author Niña Weijers has written ten personal texts especially for this exhibition, exploring the theme of family.

20.03.2026 > 23.05.2027

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Ossip Zadkine and Belgium

KMSKA - Royal Museum of Fine Arts
Leopold de Waelplaats 2
2000 Antwerp

31.10.2026 > 18.04.2027

Ossip Zadkine and Belgium

Sixty years after his death, KMSKA pays tribute to sculptor Ossip Zadkine (Vitebsk 1888-1967 Paris). Although Zadkine gained world fame when living in the Paris of the roaring twenties, his career found an early foothold in Belgium. “Les Belges étaient mes premiers amateurs,” he wrote. In 1933 he got his first retrospective, not in France, but in Brussels. In this exhibition, Zadkine’s multifaceted output is complemented by works by his wife Valentine Prax and by Belgian contemporaries and pupils. The KMSKA owns nine of his works, including the expressive The Misery of Job, which Zadkine himself donated to the museum.

31.10.2026 > 18.04.2027

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Lee Bul - From 1998 to Now

Willing To Be Vulnerable – Metalized Balloon, 2015-2016/2020. Installation view of Lee Bul – From 1998 to Now, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, BB&M, and Hauser & Wirth. © Lee Bul. Photo: Jeon Byung-cheol

M HKA - Museum for Contemporary Art
Leuvenstraat 32
2000 Antwerp

13.11.2026 > 07.03.2027

Lee Bul - From 1998 to Now

M HKA presents a major survey exhibition devoted to Lee Bul (Yeongju, South Korea, 1964), one of Asia’s most influential contemporary artists. Working across sculpture, installation, performance and two-dimensional media, she has consistently explored the relationships between the body and society, humanity and technology, nature and civilisation. Her work probes the promises and failures of modernity, as well as the political forces that shape our collective imagination. The exhibition reveals an artist who combines formal experimentation with philosophical depth.

13.11.2026 > 07.03.2027

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

MAS - Museum Aan de Stroom
Hanzestedeplaats 1
2000 Antwerp

01.03.2025 > 28.02.2027

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

At the highest gallery in the MAS museum, a unique collection tells the story of how people in the Americas connected with gods, ancestors, and spirits before European explorers arrived. This world-famous collection was put together by Paul and Dora Janssen-Arts and includes over 400 pre-Columbian objects made of gold, jade, stone, textiles, and shell. The objects come from more than 50 different cultures, stretching from Alaska to Chile. They show the incredible skill and creativity of the people who made them, long before 1500. Although these cultures were very different, they shared a similar view of the world. Human sacrifice was seen as a way to maintain balance between life and death. Fertility was also very important and celebrated in many different ways. Beautiful grave offerings - often made from gold - show how deeply people believed in life after death, a belief shared across the continent.

01.03.2025 > 28.02.2027

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Open Air Sculpture Park

Corey McCorkle, Yayoi, 2005 © Corey McCorkle - Photo Ans Brys

Middelheim Museum - Open Air Sculpture Park
Middelheimlaan 61
2020 Antwerp

01.09.2024 > 31.12.2027

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.

01.09.2024 > 31.12.2027

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Chintz. A Blend of Craftsmanship and Controversy

MoMu - Fashion Museum
Nationalestraat 28
2000 Antwerp

05.12.2026 > 06.06.2027

Chintz. A Blend of Craftsmanship and Controversy

Nowadays, hand-painted and printed floral cotton fabrics from India – known as chintz – are once again the focus of attention. What stories can a fabric tell beyond its wearability? Centred on the archives and historical textile collections of MoMu, this exhibition explores fabrics as material repositories of memory, trade, politics and community history. It examines how textile practices carry and transmit social, cultural and historical meanings across generations.

05.12.2026 > 06.06.2027

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Beloved. An intimate look at masterpieces

Museum Mayer van den Bergh @ Maagdenhuis
Lange Gasthuisstraat 33
2000 Antwerp

20.06.2025 > 12.09.2027

Beloved. An intimate look at masterpieces

Consolation. Pride. Inspiration and hope. The masterpieces from the collection of Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp still stir up a lot of emotions. From the Belgian artist Bent Van Looy to a mother-daughter duo: 43 museum enthusiasts have selected a piece that touches them. Their selection of 90 masterpieces will remain visible in the nearby Maagdenhuis during the renovation of the museum. Visitors will be able to unravel the mystery of Pieter Bruegel’s Mad Meg and admire stunning pieces by Pieter Paul Rubens, Quinten Massys and other masters.

20.06.2025 > 12.09.2027

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Van Hemessen & Father. The Antwerp workshop of Jan and Catharina Van Hemessen

Jan van Hemessen Vanitas – Cherub, c. 1535-40. Private collection

Snijders&Rockoxhuis
Keizerstraat 10-12
2000 Antwerp

15.10.2026 > 31.01.2027

Van Hemessen & Father. The Antwerp workshop of Jan and Catharina Van Hemessen

In the winter of 2026-2027, the Snijders&Rockoxhuis proudly presents the very first retrospective dedicated to the 16th-century Van Hemessen family. This exhibition brings a forgotten lineage of artistic pioneers back into the spotlight and rewrites the story of the Antwerp Renaissance from a fresh and unexpected perspective: that of a creative family enterprise where father, Jan, and daughter, Catharina, collaborated, experimented, and left a lasting mark on art history.

15.10.2026 > 31.01.2027

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BRUGES

HIGH TIDE. The Power of Water in Fashion and Art

BRUSK
Dijver 12
8000 Bruges

30.10.2026 > 14.03.2027

HIGH TIDE. The Power of Water in Fashion and Art

Water, sea, oceans. For centuries, they have been a major source of inspiration for artists and designers worldwide: the sea as a connecting, creative, but also destructive force. The many faces of water and its impact on contemporary fashion and art lie at the heart of High Tide. The North Sea occupies a special place within this story. For centuries, it has shaped the rhythm of Bruges and its surroundings. The exhibition features iconic creations by designers including Dries Van Noten, Chanel, Gianni Versace, Iris van Herpen, Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Olivier Theyskens, BOTTER, and Marine Serre. Major contemporary artworks are presented by artists such as Pierre et Gilles, Bill Viola, Rinus Van de Velde, Wangechi Mutu, Harmonia Rosales, Martin Parr, Dominique White, Abdul Rahman Katanani, and Otobong Nkanga. New works by Shayli Harrison (Mutani), Di Petsa, Yves Beaumont, Eyes as Big as Plates, and Gabriella Ciancimino complete this unmissable exhibition.

30.10.2026 > 14.03.2027

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Collection. Models of the Past for the Future

Philippe Wolfers, Coupes Monnaie du Pape, ca. 1898–1906. CC0, photo by Design Museum Gent

Design Museum Gent
Drabstraat 10
9000 Ghent

03.10.2026 > 31.12.2029

Collection. Models of the Past for the Future

At a time when we need new models and imagination more than ever, the past sometimes proves surprisingly relevant. But how can a design collection in 2026 continue to inspire us? In the collection presentation, curator Evelien Bracke explores, through approximately 500 objects, how the materials, techniques and design attitudes of the past can make sense for the designer and user of tomorrow.

03.10.2026 > 31.12.2029

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Public Matter(s): Design and Democracy

Nathalie du Pasquier for Memphis, Royal, 1983, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, photo by Design Museum Gent

Design Museum Gent
Drabstraat 10
9000 Ghent

03.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

Public Matter(s): Design and Democracy

Is our political system glitching? Public Matter(s): Design and Democracy dives into the heart of society. From voting pencils to invisible power structures: everything is designed, shaping how democracy works for or against us. Curators Amelie Klein and Vera Sacchetti explore the cracks and map out inspiring alternatives.

03.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

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GAND

Ana Lupas & S P A T A R U | On Ritual Time

Ana Lupas, Coats to Borrow, 1989. Courtesy Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam © Photo by Carlo Favero

S.M.A.K. – Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art
Jan Hoetplein 2
9000 Ghent

10.10.2026 > 21.02.2027

Ana Lupas & S P A T A R U | On Ritual Time

One of the most significant artists of her generation in Eastern Europe, Ana Lupas (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1940), combines ancestral traditions and craft-based techniques with experimental media and materials. Bringing together works from across her career, this exhibition reflects on her artistic trajectory and serves as a powerful testament to her resilience and uncompromising dedication to artistic expression.

10.10.2026 > 21.02.2027

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GAND

Bendt Eyckermans | The Passenger

Bendt Eyckermans, A horse © Bendt Eyckermans 2026, courtesy the artist and Carlos/Ishikawa, London; and Mendes Wood DM. Photography by We Document Art

S.M.A.K. – Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art
Jan Hoetplein 2
9000 Ghent

31.10.2026 > 21.02.2027

Bendt Eyckermans | The Passenger

Bendt Eyckermans’ (Antwerp, 1994) first institutional solo exhibition in Belgium brings together paintings shrouded in a dreamlike, mysterious atmosphere. He combines elements from his immediate surroundings with art historical echoes and the legacy of five generations of sculptors and craftsmen in his family. Working from photographs and preparatory sketches, Eyckermans creates textured, layered paintings that reveal a distinctive and deeply personal visual language.

31.10.2026 > 21.02.2027

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GAND

Shebam, Pow, Blop, Wizz

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Museumlaan 14
9831 Sint-Martens-Latem

29.11.2026 > 14.03.2027

Shebam, Pow, Blop, Wizz

Diamond Stingily (Chicago, 1990) explores how identity and memory are shaped by the objects and spaces around us. Using familiar materials and fragments of the built environment, she transforms everyday objects into sculptures, installations, photographs and texts that reveal personal and collective histories. Shebam, Pow, Blop, Wizz, her first solo museum exhibition in Europe, presented at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, brings together existing works and new commissions that reflect on memory, place and belonging.

29.11.2026 > 14.03.2027

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GAND

Juliaan Lampens 1926 – 2026

Watercolor of a design for the Pahlavi National Library (Iran), 1977-1981 © Juliaan Lampens

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Museumlaan 14
9831 Sint-Martens-Latem

29.11.2026 > 14.03.2027

Juliaan Lampens 1926 – 2026

Discover a carefully curated selection of renowned architect Juliaan Lampens’ work, including iconic projects as well as previously unseen drawings and archival material from the Juliaan Lampens Archive. Hand-drawn sketches, plans, models and design documents offer a unique insight into his distinctive working methods and spatial thinking.

29.11.2026 > 14.03.2027

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HASSELT

Raphaela Vogel. De mens is geen vogel

Raphaela Vogel, In festen Händen, Kunsthaus Bregenz 2019, photo by Markus Tretter

Z33 - House for Contemporary Art,
Design & Architecture
Bonnefantenstraat 1 / 3500 Hasselt

04.10.2026 > 21.02.2027

Raphaela Vogel. De mens is geen vogel

Z33 presents the first Belgian institutional solo exhibition of the German artist Raphaela Vogel (Nuremberg, 1988). Vogel’s exhibition will include a major new commission developed specifically for the galleries of Francesca Torzo’s exhibition wing. Vogel often works with installations that combine video, monumental found objects and sensitively crafted sculptures and paintings. With deadpan humour, Vogel channels the anarchistic and joyous spirit of punk rock into her theatrical, all-consuming exhibitions.

04.10.2026 > 21.02.2027

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HORNU

Aléas. Pratiques de l’adaptation

Réjean Peytavin, Vase Karyotype Freaks, 2019. Photo by CIAV Meisenthal

CID - Innovation and design centre
Site du Grand-Hornu
Rue Sainte-Louise 82 / 7301 Hornu

15.11.2026 > 18.04.2027

Aléas. Pratiques de l’adaptation

This exhibition, first produced by JAD in Sèvres, explores creative approaches that embrace unpredictability as a driving force in design. The works on display embody an approach based on ‘working with’ rather than seeking to control, revealing a genuine philosophy of adaptation. At Grand-Hornu, the scenography, marked by the presence of coal, evokes the site’s historic flows and highlights the natural, material and environmental forces that shape objects and creative processes in a world of limited resources.

15.11.2026 > 18.04.2027

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HORNU

A temporary equilibrium. Artists from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

Main Station, multichannel video installation, 13 min. Quadraphonic sound, 16 mm film and computer-generated imagery (CGI)

MACS - Museum of contemporary art
Site du Grand-Hornu, Rue Sainte-Louise 82 / 7301 Hornu

13.12.2026 > 07.03.2027

A temporary equilibrium. Artists from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

A temporary equilibrium – the hallmark of a metastable state, liable to shift under the slightest disturbance – suggests a latent fragility, capable of ‘coming undone’ at any moment, under the strain of financial, public-health, energy, climate and political crises. Bringing together artists working in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the exhibition presents different ways of ‘making’ within this unstable system. How are we to conceive and imagine, from a posthumanist perspective, a world in which the human no longer stands at the centre, but is no more than a cog within a fragmented reality, a digitised environment and a destabilised ecosystem? With works by Lara Gasparotto, Eva L’Hoest, Myrthe van der Mark, Xavier Mary, Julien Meert, Yoel Pytowski, Stéphanie Roland, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, Luca Vanello and others.

13.12.2026 > 07.03.2027

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KORTRIJK

After Nature. Beauty and Decay, from Savery to Today

Antoine Roegiers. Le témoin silencieux_Henk Wackenier_photo-Antoine Roegiers

Abby Kortrijk
Begijnhofpark
8500 Kortrijk

30.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

After Nature. Beauty and Decay, from Savery to Today

For the 450th anniversary of Roelant Savery, his masterpieces meet contemporary art. Artists depict nature between observation and imagination, from wondrous creatures to endangered species. Swinging between beauty and decay, After Nature reflects on how we look at the natural world today. A story that is both timeless and urgently relevant, carrying within it a tentative hope for renewal. A story of beauty, decay and cautious hope for recovery.

30.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

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KORTRIJK

The Living by Sanam Khatibi

Sanam Khatibi, Legacy, wandtapijt, 2026. Coll van de Provincie Henegouwen. In bruikleen bij BPS22 © Foto Leslie Artamonow

Abby Kortrijk
Begijnhofpark
8500 Kortrijk

03.10.2026 > 17.09.2028

The Living by Sanam Khatibi

Abby’s Living Room is the museum’s artistic sitting room, reimagined by a different artist every two years. Following Rinus Van de Velde, Sanam Khatibi now invites visitors into her captivating universe. Visitors are invited to come in, find a spot and make themselves at home. Sanam draws them into a timeless world where humans and nature, fear and desire, cruelty and seduction are inseparably intertwined.

03.10.2026 > 17.09.2028

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LA HULPE

Jirô Taniguchi. Portrait lointain

Fondation Folon
Ferme du Château de la Hulpe
Drève de la Ramée 6 A / 1310 La Hulpe

17.10.2026 > 14.02.2027

Jirô Taniguchi. Portrait lointain

The Fondation Folon presents the first major exhibition in Europe dedicated to the master of manga in over a decade. This exhibition showcases more than 160 panels, including numerous originals on exclusive display. It invites visitors to immerse themselves in the sensitive, poetic and deeply human world of the famous mangaka.

17.10.2026 > 14.02.2027

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LA LOUVIERE

Mrzyk & Moriceau. From Cosmos With Love

Mrzyk & Moriceau. Untitled, 2025. Ink on paper

The Centre for Engravings and Prints (CGII)
Rue des Amours 10
7100 La Louvière

21.11.2026 > 23.05.2027

Mrzyk & Moriceau. From Cosmos With Love

A toe like a tube of toothpaste, massaging slugs, or a camping fish capture the surreal humour of Mrzyk & Moriceau’s world. The French duo, composed of Petra Mrzyk (Nuremberg, 1973) and Jean-François Moriceau (Saint-Nazaire, 1974), is known for precise black-and-white ink drawings that balance the grotesque with the playful. Their work distorts conventions of commercial illustration and popular culture, creating a distinctive aesthetic of wit, sensuality and irreverence. From Cosmos With Love also features Walloon poet, singer and writer Julos Beaucarne, alongside new drawings and sweaters created especially for the exhibition.

21.11.2026 > 23.05.2027

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LA LOUVIERE

Emile Desmedt. Nevermind

Keramis - Ceramics Centre
Place des Fours-Bouteilles 1
7100 La Louvière

05.12.2026 > 21.03.2027

Emile Desmedt. Nevermind

Nevermind is the first retrospective of Belgian artist Emile Desmedt. Émile Desmedt (Tournai, 1956) was a key figure in the revival of ceramics within sculpture during the 1990s. While clay remains the foundation of his sculptural practice, the artist also explores other materials, including paper, cast glass and welded metal. The exhibition will trace the evolution of his work, inspired by organic forms.

05.12.2026 > 21.03.2027

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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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LEUVEN

Scultori Fiamminghi. Flemish sculptors in Italy

M Leuven
Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28
3000 Leuven

09.10.2026 > 28.02.2027

Scultori Fiamminghi. Flemish sculptors in Italy

For the first time, M Leuven highlights the artistic exchange between Italy and the Low Countries in the sixteenth century. Featuring masterpieces from renowned international museums, the exhibition tells the fascinating story of mutual influence, virtuoso craftsmanship and a drive for innovation. Sculptures, paintings, drawings and prints reveal how artists from the Low Countries, who worked in Italy, left their mark on the visual language of the Renaissance. In the early sixteenth century, pioneers such as Jan Gossaert, Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Cornelis Floris introduced the Italian Renaissance to Flanders. Jacques Dubroecq, the Low Countries’ first true Renaissance sculptor, became the first to put into practice what he saw across the Alps.

09.10.2026 > 28.02.2027

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LIÈGE

Impressionnisme : A Belgian Story

La Boverie
Parc de la Boverie 3
4020 Liege

09.10.2026 > 29.03.2027

Impressionnisme : A Belgian Story

What if one of Impressionism’s greatest chapters had also been written in Belgium? Through a chrono-thematic journey of nearly 150 works, discover the fruitful dialogue between French masters and Belgium’s leading figures. From Paris to Brussels, then a true capital of the European avant-garde, Belgian artists such as James Ensor, Théo Van Rysselberghe and Émile Claus captured the light, rivaling the boldness of Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley. These masterpieces come from international collections, including those of the Musée d’Orsay and the Petit Palais in Geneva.

09.10.2026 > 29.03.2027

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MARIEMONT

The Porcelain House

Léon Nosbusch, Tête de femme, s.d., Partially glazed terracotta and wood (base). Royal museum of Mariemont, Don Demeuldre-Coché, 2024 – Ac.2024/155 © DMRM

Royal Museum of Mariemont
Chaussée de Mariemont 100
7140 Morlanwelz

26.09.2026 > 09.05.2027

The Porcelain House

The Porcelain House invites visitors to step inside Brussels’ last porcelain manufactory and explore its various spaces, from the shop window to the workshops, while discovering nearly two centuries of a practice that is at once industrial, social and profoundly human. Through this story, the history of Belgian society comes into view. The objects on display are both artistic creations and witnesses to this history. To extend the exhibition experience, a selection of works by contemporary craft artists offers a fresh perspective on fine craftsmanship and its enduring practice.

26.09.2026 > 09.05.2027

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MALINES

Burgundian Dining. At the Table in the Low Countries

Banket der Monarchen, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Muzeum Narodowe N Warsawie, Photo: National Museum Warsaw

Museum Hof van Busleyden
Frederik de Merodestraat 65
2800 Mechelen

31.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

Burgundian Dining. At the Table in the Low Countries

Museum Hof van Busleyden searches for the origins of the food and drink culture of the Low Countries. Burgundian Dining travels back 500 years in time, to Mechelen, at that time the heart of the Burgundian Netherlands. Like a four-course meal, the exhibition explores four themes. From sumptuous banquets in city palaces to steaming kitchens, where cooks and kitchen maids prepare everything, then on to the city and its markets and surrounding fields. A sensory exploration of a shared past that leads to a question which remains relevant today: when do abundance, wealth and luxury tip over into greed, excess and waste?

31.10.2026 > 11.04.2027

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MALINES

Masterpieces of Belgian painting from 1850 to 1950

Het Kunstuur
Heilige Geestkapel / Minderbroedersgang 1-3
2800 Mechelen

21.09.2026 > 13.06.2027

Masterpieces of Belgian painting from 1850 to 1950

Het Kunstuur invites visitors to experience Belgian art in an intimate and captivating setting. This exhibition is brought to life through compelling stories told by prominent Flemish personalities, and an evocative score by Dirk Brossé. This unique interplay of art, storytelling and music creates an experience that is as visually striking as it is emotionally resonant. With a maximum of eight visitors per group, the intimate setting offers the opportunity to encounter each masterpiece in an exceptionally personal way.

Mandatory reservation in advance

21.09.2026 > 13.06.2027

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MONS

Marc Chagall. Matières

CAP – Musée des Beaux-Arts
Rue Neuve 8
7000 Mons

10.10.2026 > 14.02.2027

Marc Chagall. Matières

Original and unclassifiable, the work of Marc Chagall (Vitebsk 1887-1985 Paris) draws on a wide range of influences, rooted in his culture of origin, Russia, as well as in the cultures of the countries where he lived: France and the United States. His work is notably inspired by traditional and popular crafts. Chagall collaborated with numerous artisans. He went beyond painting, also exploring printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, stained glass and tapestry. The exhibition presents more than 200 works and documents that bear witness to these influences and collaborations. A selection of contemporary works by Be Craft resonates with Chagall’s artistic universe and highlights the transmission of craftsmanship and know-how through time.

10.10.2026 > 14.02.2027

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NAMUR

Soeurs d’art

Musée Félicien Rops
Rue Fumal 12
5000 Namur

06.11.2026 > 14.03.2027

Soeurs d’art

In continuation of the Musée Félicien Rops’ interest in women artists, this exhibition explores, for the first time, the role of sisterhood in the emergence and consolidation of artistic careers in Belgium in the nineteenth century. It highlights numerous pairs of artist sisters, including three Orléans princesses, Louise and Virginie Bovie, Eva and Diana Coomans, and Louise and Lucie Laridon. The catalogue traces the careers of sixty-three pairs of sisters active in the Belgian art world. To establish a dialogue between nineteenth-century artists and contemporary artistic practice, the museum invited Camille and Maëlle Dufour, two sisters trained at La Cambre.

06.11.2026 > 14.03.2027

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ROESELARE

Masterpieces of Belgian painting from 1850 to 1950

Het Kunstuur I Sint-Amandskerk
De Coninckplein 1+
8800 Roeselare

18.09.2026 > 13.07.2027

Masterpieces of Belgian painting from 1850 to 1950

Het Kunstuur invites visitors to experience Belgian art in an intimate and captivating setting. This exhibition is brought to life through compelling stories told by prominent Flemish personalities, and an evocative score by Dirk Brossé. This unique interplay of art, storytelling and music creates an experience that is visually striking and emotionally resonant. With a maximum of eight visitors per group, the intimate setting offers the opportunity to encounter each masterpiece in an exceptionally personal way.
Mandatory reservation in advance

18.09.2026 > 13.07.2027

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SENEFFE

Freemasonry in the 18th century: An opportunity for social interaction

Domaine du Château de Seneffe
Silver Museum of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Rue Lucien Plasman 7-9 / 7180 Seneffe

25.04.2026 > 05.04.2027

Freemasonry in the 18th century: An opportunity for social interaction

This exhibition invite visitors to discover eighteenth-century Freemasonry from a historical and cultural perspective. Artefacts, artworks, books and scientific instruments tell the story of a century of exchange, innovation and the circulation of ideas. An approach to historical understanding, free from proselytising or promotion, to explore a little-known facet of the Age of Enlightenment. A visit that stimulates curiosity and encourages dialogue.

25.04.2026 > 05.04.2027

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