Exhibitions in Brussels
Brussels What's on
16 March 2016-16 March 2020. Major exhibition of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the 16th-century Flemish Renaissance painter best known for his landscapes and scenes of peasant life.
The show...
Brussels What's on
Theo van Doesburg: A New Expression of Life, Art and Technology
26 Feb-29 May. The Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) is known for his avant-garde paintings, writings, poetry and architecture but is best remembered as the founder and leader of De Stijl....
Brussels What's on
Andres Serrano: Uncensored photographs
18 March-21 Aug. The contemporary American artist Andres Serrano is known as much for the "shock value" of his disturbing photographs, as his desire to push the boundaries of censorship.
The centr...
Brussels What's on
12 Feb-17 April. The Belgian comic author Ben Gijesmans began working in the rooms of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium to gain inspiration for his new stories.
As time went by the museum...
Brussels What's on
20 Jan-15 May. With the subheading Master drawings from a Belgian private collection, this exhibition at the Belgian Fine Arts Museum features 90 drawings dating from the 16th- and early-17th century....
Brussels What's on
Jean-Pol: Pleasure in movement
15 Dec-29 May. The current exhibition at the Belgian Comic Strip Center (BCSC) is dedicated to the work of contemporary artist Jean-Paul van den Broeck who is best known for the little baker boy carto...
Brussels What's on
Gender@war 1914-1918 : Women and Men in World War I
8 Sept-10 Jan. Exhibition reflecting on how world war one affected the position of men and women in society, with a particluar focus on Belgium but also on Britain, France and Germany.
The exhibit...
Brussels What's on
Steichen! Making Meaning of a Legacy
12 Nov-5 Jan. The BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts examines the colourful career of Edward Steichen (1879-1973) who was best known for his groundbreaking photography as well as being a painter, gallery owne...
Brussels What's on
Rassenfosse or the Aesthetics of the Book
The Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Museum of Book Bindings and Book Arts, presents an exhibition dedicated to Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934).
The Belgian etcher and painter was an exponent of classical...
Brussels What's on
2050: A brief history of the future
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, in collaboration with the Louvre in Paris, presents an exhibition that questions the social issues likely to be pertinent in the future.
Using over 70 mod...
Brussels What's on
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Photographe
The Jewish Museum of Belgium presents 133 black and white photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), the French photographer famed for his ability to seize the right moment.
Considered the f...
Brussels What's on
Body Talk: Feminism, Sexuality and the Body in the Work of Six African Women Artists
Exhibition by African women artists addressing issues of feminism, sexuality and the body, all within the context of Africa and the African diaspora.
On display are works created by a young generat...
Brussels What's on
BOZAR presents two exhibitions, both related to the portrait.
Faces Now highlights portrait photography in Europe since 1990, a decade in which many photographers rediscovered the genre following t...
Brussels What's on
Sensation and Sensuality: Rubens and his legacy
The BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts examines the legacy of the Flemish Baroque master painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).
A colourful character, Rubens' extravagant work emphasised movement, colo...
Brussels What's on
Constantin Meunier (1831-1905)
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium hosts a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the work of 19th-century realist painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier (1831-1905).
The exhibition provi...
Brussels What's on
100 years in the Balkans. The comic strip in resistance
The Belgian Comic Strip Center highlights the comic strip scene in the Balkans, a region which has been pivotal in 20th-century European history and has experienced much suffering in the recent past....
Brussels What's on
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
Dozens of Titanic artefacts salvaged from the ocean floor are currently on show in Brussels.
The items include perfume bottles and china embossed with the ship company's logo, and sections of the s...
Brussels What's on
The Musée Fin-de-Siècle presents an exhibition of paintings built around the notion of desire, a concept the museum says is open to numerous interpretations, from basic to noble, trivial...
Brussels What's on
Victor Vasarely: Rétrospective
Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely rose to prominence in the art world of the second half of the 20th century, by combining and assembling colours, shapes and visually stunning geometric sys...
Brussels What's on
The heritage of Rogier van der Weyden: Painting in Brussels 1450-1520
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts devotes an exhibition to painting in Brussels from the late 15th century to the first years of the 16th century, specifically in the period between the death of early Fl...
