Par envie · Bruxelles
🖼️ 237 événements en 2 semaines
Expositions à Bruxelles : selon Shou, 237 événements dans les deux prochaines semaines (1 novembre – 14 novembre).
Bruxelles vibre ces deux prochaines semaines avec deux cent trente-sept expositions captivantes. Laissez-vous inspirer par une programmation riche, allant de Jean Brusselmans et M.C. Escher jusqu'aux univers immersifs de Mind of a Serial Killer et de la fascinante maison Van Buuren.
ExpositionGratuitJean Brusselmans - Painter by natureDim 1 nov · Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts · Brussels
ExpositionGratuitFamily FundayDim 1 nov · Wiels - Contemporary art centre · Brussels
ExpositionMind of a Serial Killer : The ExperienceDim 1 nov · Sheds – Tour & Taxis · Brussels
ExpositionM.C. Escher - Beyond InfinityDim 1 nov · Tour & Taxis - Shed 4bis · Brussels
ExpositionShape of AbsenceDim 1 nov · Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain · Brussels
ExpositionInvité chez Van Buuren : art, architecture et art de vivreSam 7 nov · Van Buuren Museum and Gardens · Brussels
ExpositionJean Brusselmans - Painter by natureIn autumn 2026, Bozar will present a major retrospective of the painter Jean Brusselmans (1884–1953), the first comprehensive exhibition of his work since 1980. From the early 20th century onwards, Brusselmans developed a distinctive body of work, independent of artistic trends yet firmly rooted in painterly tradition. His deep connection to the Brabant landscape and his modest way of life are translated into an authentic and recognisable visual language, situated at the intersection of abstraction and figuration. Through some 120 works, the exhibition introduces visitors to the remarkable oeuvre of a still underappreciated Belgian artist. Dialogues with contemporaries such as Fernand Léger, Piet Mondrian and Rik Wouters offer a fresh perspective on his work.
The exhibition also highlights Brusselmans’ decorative commissions for the theatre, including the monumental sets he designed for the first French-language production of the opera Erwartung by Arnold Schoenberg at the Centre for Fine Arts in 1936. These lost stage designs are brought back to life by the contemporary Belgian painter Kristof Santy (b. 1987), who frequently draws inspiration from Brusselmans in his own work.Dim 1 nov · 10:00–18:00Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionMind of a Serial Killer : The ExperienceAre you ready to confront the darkest corners of the human mind? Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience has arrived in Brussels, inviting you on a chilling, immersive 30-stop journey through the psychology and history of the world's most notorious murderers. Located at Tour & Taxis, this extraordinary exhibition goes far beyond the true-crime headlines.
Step straight into the eerily accurate recreations of infamous crime scenes—from Ted Bundy's Beetle to Jeffrey Dahmer's kitchen. But you won't just be a spectator. You’ll step into the shoes of a lead investigator! Examine victimology reports, decode hidden evidence, and learn the real forensic profiling techniques used to bring these monsters to justice. You can even strap in for a gripping VR experience to help solve a case in real-time.
Designed for mature audiences (16+), the 90 to 120-minute experience does not glorify the killers. Instead, it dissects the psychology of what drives a person to commit unthinkable acts, explores how these real-life horrors inspired Hollywood blockbusters, and creates a space to respectfully honor the slain victims. Discover the unsettling link between reality and fiction. Do you have what it takes to face the darkness?Dim 1 nov · 10:00–19:00Sheds – Tour & Taxis · Brusselsdès 14,90 €
ExpositionM.C. Escher - Beyond InfinityThe M.C. Escher – Beyond Infinity exhibition in Brussels invites you to explore the complex and fascinating oeuvre of this legendary artist.
Featuring over 150 original works, the exhibition charts the entirety of M.C. Escher’s career: from his early Italian landscapes to his iconic metamorphoses, tessellations, and impossible worlds. The journey is enhanced by an innovative scenography that seamlessly blends architectural structures with visual creations, allowing for a total immersion into the artist’s mind.
As you move through the galleries, the sheer diversity of the Dutch engraver’s output unfolds—a body of work that is at once playful, artistic, and intellectual. Interactive modules further enrich this experience, offering a closer, more intimate look at his creative process. Step into a faithful recreation of the master’s workspace, help bring a metamorphosis to life, and transport yourself into the heart of an impossible shape…
Evoking the warm glow of a sunset over the Italian landscapes Escher held so dear, the staging is conceived as an integral part of the exhibition itself. It serves to elevate the master’s works, showcasing them in all their profound complexity.Dim 1 nov · 10:00–18:00Tour & Taxis - Shed 4bis · Brussels
ExpositionHarry Potter: The ExhibitionÀ leur arrivée, les visiteurs découvrent une première édition de Harry Potter à l’école des sorciers , conservée dans un coffre inspiré de Gringotts. Dans le théâtre, des moments « des livres à l’écran » avec des vidéos inspirantes et des citations littéraires les replongent dans l’histoire. La Carte du Maraudeur prend également vie grâce à une présentation multimédia dynamique permettant aux noms des visiteurs d’apparaître sur la carte, tandis que des scènes du château de Poudlard mettent en avant des éléments emblématiques tels que le Saule Cogneur et les Détraqueurs.
La galerie de la Grande Salle permet aux visiteurs de célébrer des moments saisonniers magiques dans son architecture iconique.
La galerie des maisons de Poudlard™ est l’un des espaces les plus emblématiques de l’exposition, avec le Choixpeau au centre d’une salle de célébration. Les visiteurs sont invités à explorer les quatre maisons, tout en revendiquant fièrement leur préférence. Les blasons distinctifs des maisons sont également mis à l’honneur, réalisés en vitraux finement travaillés, avec des motifs créés exclusivement pour cette exposition.
Les salles de classe de Poudlard sont remplies d’accessoires, de créatures et de costumes emblématiques. Les visiteurs interagiront avec des leçons et des jeux magiques via des écrans tactiles numériques pour découvrir des secrets de coulisses sur des moments emblématiques. Ils pourront s’essayer à la préparation de potions dans la salle de potions, lire l’avenir en divination, rempoter une mandragore dans la serre de botanique et utiliser leur baguette numérique pour vaincre un Boggart en défense contre les forces du Mal.
La cabane de Hagrid et la Forêt interdite proposent une expérience interactive du sortilège du Patronus. Les visiteurs pourront apercevoir des créatures emblématiques comme des centaures et un Acromentule cachée dans la forêt, et explorer une reconstitution de la cabane de Hagrid.
Une collection exclusive de produits dérivés Harry Potter: The Exhibition sera disponible dans la boutique sur place. Les fans pourront choisir parmi des vêtements, des bijoux et des produits alimentaires. Certains articles seront exclusifs à cette expérience.
Les fans sont invités à suivre Harry Potter: The Exhibition sur Facebook et Instagram. #harrypotterexhibition @harrypotter_exhibitionDim 1 nov · 10:00–16:00Brussels Expo - Palace 2
ExpositionWilliam Kentridge - I am not me, the horse is not mineWilliam Kentridge began his artistic career at the height of the political struggle against the apartheid regime in his native South Africa. His work bears witness to a profound commitment – at once social, political and poetic – that continues to shape his artistic practice to this day.
Kentridge’s artistic output ranges from drawings, animated films and sculptures to prints, installations and videos. These works often emerge while he is directing a theatre or opera production, another field to which he devotes his energies. I am not me, the horse is not mine, William Kentridge’s solo exhibition at Bozar, offers a comprehensive overview of his oeuvre from the early 1980s to the present day. Several of his major stage productions receive special attention. The exhibition highlights the performative and collaborative nature of Kentridge’s practice, in which he allows art to evolve into a space for political inquiry, historical reckoning and poetic transformation.
William Kentridge will take over one of Bozar’s major exhibition spaces, create site-specific works, and curate a rich, multidisciplinary programme. This is by no means the first time we have welcomed Kentridge to Brussels. He has a long-standing connection with the city, where he premiered his first opera (Faustus in Africa! 1995), and where Bozar presented his first solo exhibition in Europe in 1998.Dim 1 nov · 10:00–18:00Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts · Brussels
ExpositionEdith Dekyndt x Cristobal BalenciagaThe Fabric Decides
Enter a unique dialogue between Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt 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, inviting you to discover this intimate and singular encounter up close.Dim 1 nov · 10:00–18:00Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts · Brussels
ExpositionFashion & Trains. La mode au fil du rail, depuis 1835.To mark the centenary of SNCB-NMBS, Train World presents Fashion & Trains, an exhibition exploring the fascinating world of fashion and rail travel.
From the very beginning, railways have borne witness to the changing fashions of those who travelled by train. This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to cast a spotlight not on the train itself, but on the passengers and railway staff, seen through the fresh perspective of their clothes, from 1835 to the present day.
This journey also offers the chance to admire superb railway posters, each capturing the spirit of travel and revealing how closely the worlds of rail and fashion have long been intertwined.
As an introduction to Fashion & Trains, four young designers were invited to imagine the clothes worn by the travellers of today and tomorrow.Dim 1 nov · 10:00–17:00Train World · Brussels
ExpositionShape of AbsenceThe 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 centered 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.
As cradle of ancient civilisations and major cultural crossroads, Syria has, since 2011, seen its heritage gravely threatened and exploited by war through destruction, looting, and the illegal antiquities trades. The exhibition seeks to bear witness to this ongoing tragedy while underscoring the urgent need to document sites in the face of the loss of millions of archaeological objects.
'Stolen Past', Hrair Sarkissian’s powerful installation, lies at the heart of this enquiry. Trained from an early age in his father’s photographic studio in Damascus, the artist is now recognised as one of the leading conceptual photographers of his generation. Deeply rooted in history and memory, his practice finds a particularly poignant resonance here.
The monumental installation presents forty-eight lithophanes arranged like funerary stelae, creating an atmosphere of contemplation and remembrance. When illuminated, they reveal images reminiscent of black-and-white photographs depicting artefacts that disappeared from the Raqqa Museum in Syria. Founded in 1981, the institution once housed some 8,000 objects spanning a vast historical period. Between 2013 and 2017, the Islamic State took control of the city and systematically looted its museums and collections. Of these thousands of invaluable pieces, only 880 are known to remain today.
By adapting a technique dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, the artist documents these absent remnants through lithophanes produced by means of 3D printing on thin translucent plaques. The project highlights the ways in which absence may be made visible, while more broadly exploring the forms of memory that emerge within communities shaped by violence.
In resonance with this work, the immersive images presented in the exhibition stem from ICONEM’s 3D digitisation and reconstruction technologies, revealing the site of Palmyra in Syria, fragile under the effects of time and conflict. Through monumental remains, sculpted details, and silent expanses, visitors are invited to contemplate not only what endures, but also what has been lost. Absence here becomes a visible form, embodied in traces, ruins, and fragments that continue to tell a story.
At the intersection of art, memory, and innovation, 'Shape of absence' questions our relationship to lost heritage and the capacity of images to preserve what once seemed irretrievably gone.Dim 1 nov · 11:00–18:00Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain · Brussels
Exposition//sabotageAt the turn of the 19th century, workers protested against unfair labour conditions by deliberately working badly, slowing down or degrading production, or putting machinery out of action. Today’s workers —whether they are warehouse staff or startup employees— deploy micro-resistance tactics to defy the algorithm-driven intensification of labour, exposing workplace abuses, outsmarting algorithms and organising collective pushback.
Likewise, contemporary artists embrace sabotage as a tool to dismantle oppressive systems. For them, it’s a form of creative resistance, bridging historical labour struggles with modern battles against exploitation, marginalisation and democratic backsliding.
The exhibition invites reflection on urgent questions: Where are today's creative acts and technologies of unmaking” that disrupt the exploitative mechanisms of capitalism? How do artists mobilise inventiveness, storytelling and mischief to produce a ‘poetry of dysfunction’? And, finally, will the machines join the rebellion?
Co-cutated by Régine Debatty and the iMAL teamDim 1 nov · 11:00–18:00iMAL, Center for Digital Cultures and Technology · Brussels
ExpositionAu jardinIn 2026, the Maison des Arts is 200 years old! Three exhibitions evoking "the house", its public and private spaces, as well as its garden accompany this anniversary. After the house, it is its garden that inspires the third exhibition. Very vast at the construction of this country villa in 1826, it was largely amputated by the galloping urbanization of the neighborhood after 1865. A family "English-style" garden and playground for the Terlinden children, it transformed when the municipality bought the place in 1950. A pond was dug. It will be completed with sculptures and a fountain designed by Tom Frantzen. The old saddlery, which became the gardener's shed, was converted in the 60s into a small estaminet. Asleep for fifty years, it has today become an unusual place and a gourmet and festive address. The garden welcomes the neighborhood and visitors. It is a bubble of peace, an oasis of greenery, a corner to read sheltered from the trees and the noise. On the courtyard side, the house was adorned in 1876 with a winter garden intended for palm trees and tropical plants. It has disappeared today. The works, presented from September on the first floor, evoke our memories of the garden, ball games, and the sound of a lawnmower. They invite dialogues between the interior and the exterior, plants, trees, and living things. More info on the artists coming soon. PRATICAL INFO On the first floor of the house Discover the exhibition Living in the house which takes place simultaneously on the ground floor. EXHIBITION PERIODS 19.09 > 15.11.2026 Closed on public holidays: 01 & 11.11 VERNISSAGE / PARTY: 18.09.2026 – 18:00 > 23:00 More info soon on the party during the vernissageDim 1 nov · 11:00–18:00Maison des Arts · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionFamily FundayChaque premier et troisième dimanche du mois, embarquez pour une aventure riche en activités ludiques et histoires captivantes à travers nos expositions. Idéal pour tous les esprits curieux, quel que soit leur âge.
Visite bilingue (FR/NL) pour les enfants de 2 à 12 ans.
Inclus dans le ticket d'entrée pour les adultes (gratuit pour les enfants).Dim 1 nov · 14:00Wiels - Contemporary art centre · BrusselsJusqu’au 19 décGratuit
ExpositionCreation et handicap mental. champ / Hors-champThis exhibition is the third in the field | off-field series, the principle of which is to associate socio-artistic projects led by artists, grassroots actors, or engaged citizens. This time, our focus is on creative work with people with intellectual disabilities.
No Sovereign Author presents Alissa, a documentary and collaborative project around imagery started with autistic youth who have little or no access to speech, accompanied in their daily lives by a medico-educational institute in northern France.
The Hors Cadres project, conceived by Ladyfest BXL, initiates a reflection on contemporary feminist issues with participants from day-care centers in Brussels.
Collaboration between artists is at the heart of two projects established at ArBA-EsA. Cartographie d’une ville imaginaire is a collective installation born from the encounter between students from the Art curriculum in Espace Public and artists from Centre Sésame, while Binôme LAB pairs Illustration students with artists from Créahmbxl who produce graphic works with four hands.
Projects that go through a plurality of creative processes and forms of collaboration to encourage sharing, exchange, and also individual and collective expression. Projects that, while giving visibility to people with intellectual disabilities, above all respect their agency.
Avec No Sovereign Author, Ladyfest BXL & the participants of the Hors Cadres project, the students of the Art curriculum in Espace Public at ArBA-EsA & the artists of Centre Sésame, the Illustration students at ArBA-EsA & the artists of Créahmbxl.
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September 18 I 6:00 PM-9:00 PM: vernissage open to all.
And guided tours will be announced soon.
> From Friday, September 18, to Sunday, December 6: Tuesday to Friday from 11:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM
> Free admission
> Guided tour for school and association groups upon request: anaelle.pretre@lejacquesfranck.beDim 1 nov · 14:00–18:30Centre Culturel Jacques Franck · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionCHROMARTIST asblParticipating artists:
Baudot Muriel, Breidenbach Eric, François Dominique, Schiltz Myriam, Vandendries Claire and Van Liefferinge VivianeLun 2 nov · 08:00–12:45Municipality of Evere · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionRencontres du vivre ensemble : Les Assos font leur expoA large exhibition put together by Social Cohesion associations will take up residence in the Espace Entrée Libre of the Town Hall from 15/10 to 07/11. There you will find paintings, photos, frescoes, comic strips...
The opening reception of this wonderful exhibition will take place on Thursday October 15 from 18:00, come and discover the works, meet the artists, and share a drink of friendship!Lun 2 nov · 08:00–16:00Administration communale d'Etterbeek · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionExpo TW - Collectief 'le 180'"Le 180°" is an initiative born from a need for collective action. Twenty-four young visual artists have taken over the former presbytery of the Saint-Antoine church in Forest — located on rue du Croissant — to transform it into a studio dedicated to painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation art. A selection of them are now exhibiting at the TW autumn salon, among whom are Camille Gouet, Arthur Mille, Sylvain Delbecque, Elisabeth Cols, Anselm Eeckeloo, Baptiste Brueder, Diego Herman, Loop Lucas, Cyriel Van der Auwera, Laura Dauchet and Mao Wu.Lun 2 nov · 09:00–18:00GC Ten Weyngaert · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionNo Need to Export ExpoBeLikha is pleased to present No Need to Export, a Filipino diaspora exhibition bringing together Filipino artists based in Belgium.
The exhibition considers the pressure placed on diaspora communities to make themselves legible, to explain their humour, soften contradictions, package culture, and translate identity for an outside audience.
No Need to Export turns away from that expectation.
Across different practices, the participating artists engage memory, labour, faith, care, humour, desire, class, migration, and contradiction. The works do not attempt to offer a single image of Filipino identity. Instead, they make space for what may remain coded, intimate, excessive, sentimental, devotional, uncomfortable, or difficult to translate.
What happens when Filipino artists do not perform culture as hospitality, nostalgia, decoration, or proof of integration? What becomes possible when meaning is allowed to remain partly untranslated?
Vernissage
18 October 2026, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Exhibition
18 October to 12 December 2026
09:30 AM to 5:00 PM (Weekdays)
By appointment (Weekends)
Venue
Mundo B - Matonge
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 Ixelles, Brussels
Free entry
Featuring artists:
Amihan De Sosa @amihandesosa
Anna Beth Santilla @annabethsantilla
Aurea Calanog @oyettecalanog
Dr. Carmela Caballero
Joe Lampasa
Jonabel Huavas @jonabelhuavas
Lisandra Chapuis @lisandrachapuis
Lise Abitona
Milay Calonge
Mylene “AKIN” Factora @mylenefactora
Myra De La Cerna Diaz
Suzette Villanueva
and other members of BeLikha
Curated by Sam Domingo @samdmngo
Supported by Ofeljay store, Ichrp Belgium, Ugnayang Pilipino sa Belgium, and FEDE vzw
Technical support by M&L SoundsLun 2 nov · 09:30–17:00Mundo B - Cafeteria Kamilou · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionExpo Made in Ganshoren, en 50 objetsThe exhibition Made in Ganshoren explores the municipality and its history through 50 iconic objects.
Old postcards, paintings, tools of peasant life, memories of local folklore, or symbols of Ganshoren's identity: each piece reveals a fragment of the life of the municipality and its inhabitants.
An intimate and surprising exhibition, which traces the highlights of Ganshoren, its spirit, and its unique character.Lun 2 nov · 10:00–16:00ATELIER BRUNSWYCK/WATHELET · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionShodo Geijutsuin Exhibition Calligraphie japonaiseDiscover the beauty of Japanese calligraphy, also known as Shodo.
This exhibition showcases a selection of traditional and contemporary calligraphic works, which express the beauty of Japanese culture through brush, ink and movement.
Do come along and experience the unique spirit and artistry of Japanese calligraphy.
Workshop – Japanese Calligraphy SHODO GEIJUTSUIN
Discover the beauty and essence of Japanese calligraphy (Shodo).
No experience is required. Come and enjoy a unique Japanese cultural experience through the art of Shodo!
*Please note that an actual session may last between 10 and 20 minutes per person
23 October ①10:30–12:00, ②14:00–16:00
5 November ①10:30–12:00, ②14:00–16:00
6 November 10.30–12.00
Address: JICC (Van Maerlant Street 1, 1040 Brussels)
You can register here! https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/8PqkKCuFEPLun 2 nov · 10:00–12:00Japan Information and Cultural Centre of the Embassy of Japan · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionD'Armand Rassenfosse à Marcel Broodthaers.Armand Rassenfosse, Max Ernst, André Masson, Théophile Steinlen, John Mac Cracken, Stanley Brouwn. Virgine Devillez Fine Art est la Galerie de la BéraudièreLun 2 nov · 10:00–16:00Galerie de la Béraudière · Brussels
ExpositionVisite combinée Best of BelgiumWhat's included :
Belgian Beer World Experience: Entry Ticket + Beer Tasting
Visit the Belgian Beer World to learn about beer-making and taste different Belgian beers, ending at the panoramic rooftop with views of capital's iconic landmarks including the Grand Place, the Palace of Justice and the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
Choco-Story Brussels: Entry Ticket + Audio Guide + Tasting
Explore Choco-Story to understand chocolate's origins, witness live chocolate-making, and sample freshly-made chocolates during your visit.
Comic Art Museum Brussels: Entry Ticket
Tour the Comic Art Museum to see original drawings and both permanent and temporary exhibits dedicated to comic art in a striking building.
Frietmuseum Brussels: Entry Ticket + Audio Guide + Tasting
Discover the history of Belgian fries at the Frietmuseum, featuring over 1,600 exhibits, an audio guide, and a tasting of authentic fries.Lun 2 nov · 10:30–19:30Belgium Beer World, Choco-Story, Comics Art Museum & Frietmuseum · Brussels
ExpositionKorean Traditional Painting in Alter-age; Pure and HybridHistorical masterpieces ranging from the late Joseon period to the 20th century are presented alongside contemporary creations by four Korean artists: Jean Song, Choe Sooryeon, Choi Haeri, and Hwang Kyumin.
KOREAN PAINTING: Tradition Meets the Present
At the heart of the exhibition is muninhwa, or Korean literati painting, a tradition rooted in the spirit of the seonbi ("literati scholar"). Rather than treating tradition as something frozen in the past, the exhibition explores how these established artistic practices are learned, repeated, and reinterpreted within modern temporalities.
The exhibition features masterpieces from the collections of the Ilmin Museum of Art and the Ilmin Cultural Foundation, highlighting nine historical figures—Jeong Seon, Yi Gwangsa, Kang Sehwang, Kim Jeonghui, Jang Seungeop, An Jungsik, Lee Sangbeom, No Soohyeon, and Pak Nosoo—alongside four contemporary artists. Highlights of the exhibition include Calligraphy and Paintings of Kang Sehwang (1789) and Flower and Bird (c. 1860) by Jang Seungeop.
COPY, REINTERPRET, CREATE
A key concept of the exhibition stems from three traditional methodologies of learning and artistic creation: mo (模, to copy), im (臨, to study and imitate), and bang (倣, to adapt).
Contemporary artists Jean Song, Choe Sooryeon, Choi Haeri, and Hwang Kyumin revisit these fundamental principles from a modern perspective. By recombining these classic methods, they place traditional Korean visual practices into a dynamic dialogue with contemporary sensibilities and materials.
Visitors will be able to discover a variety of works, ranging from the ink painting The First Window (2023) by Jean Song and Practice for Decorating a Shrine (2026) by Choe Sooryeon, to the oil painting Water Column with Liliums (2022) by Choi Haeri and Mo-Im-Bang (The Gathering Room): copy, paint, and stroke (2026) by Hwang Kyumin.
PURE AND HYBRID: What Makes a Tradition?
The subtitle Pure and Hybrid raises broader questions about the evolution of "tradition". The term Hangukhwa ("Korean painting") carries a complex modern history, having emerged during the post-liberation period to construct a decolonized artistic identity following Japanese colonial rule. Rather than asserting a single "pure" origin, Hangukhwa has continuously evolved through constant dialogue with contemporary art. The exhibition approaches tradition not as a frozen relic, but as a living and dynamic cultural system, permanently shaped by hybridity and active reinterpretation.
KOREAN PAINTING, REDRAWN IN BRUSSELS
Presented as part of "2026 Touring K-Arts", a public-private initiative aimed at introducing Korean arts to an international audience, the exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE), Arts Council Korea, and Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings.Lun 2 nov · 12:00–19:00Korean Cultural Center BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionDerrière le brouillardAn artistic, social, pedagogical and intercultural project that invites to take a new look at one's life path. Through a narrative approach, it encourages the positive appropriation of one's personal history and highlights the resilience resources of each woman.
This photographic project was developed with women, often single moms, migrants, homeless or in a situation of poor housing, welcomed within the Casa Frida and the Casa Vesta, transitional accommodation centers of the Samusocial.
The starting point of this human and creative adventure was a simple question: what story does a scar tell? Each participant was invited to share a memory, an ordeal, a visible or invisible wound, which has become over time the witness of her strength and her journey.
A 3-step process
Telling oneself
Initially, the participants were accompanied by the photographer Gaëlle Henkens and the cultural mediator Foued Bellali in order to put words on their story and to explore the narratives linked to their scars. They then declaimed these stories within the communities of the casas.
Representing oneself
They then took part in a photographic workshop led by Gaëlle Henkens. Through collective then individual work, each one sought to translate into images what her scar represents for her, between memory, identity and resilience.
Transmettre
Enfin, accompanied by Foued Bellali, cultural mediator of the non-profit organization 2Bouts, the participants became the ambassadors of their own narrative. Today, they share with the public these sensitive and powerful testimonies, carriers of hope, dignity and reconstruction.Lun 2 nov · 13:00–17:00Centre culturel Espace Magh asbl · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionGo Away Sorrow of the World - Robbert&Frank Frank&RobbertThe duo of Belgian artists Frank&Robbert Robbert&Frank will be presenting GO AWAY SORROW OF THE WORLD at the Erasmus House from 6 November 2026 to 7 March. “Go Away Sorrow of the World” is much more than a title; it is a mantra that that has accompanied Frank Merkx and Robbert Goyvaerts for several years now. Repeated, translated, performed or incarnated in constantly renewed forms, it has followed them across Europe and beyond, changing in contact with the languages, cultures, places and people that they encounter.
Their work is never carved in stone – it moves with the flow of each new experience.Ven 6 nov · 10:00–18:00Erasmus House & Beguinage Museums · Brussels
ExpositionLe rendez-vous zen du moisWhat is a "low-stimulus" morning?
It is a morning that allows for a visit in a calm and adapted setting. Low-stimulus visits are intended for visitors wishing for a calmer visiting atmosphere.
To ensure a comfortable visit for everyone, the museum adjusts its scenography. The lights are adjusted and the sounds are turned off. Quiet corners are set up throughout the museum.
An adapted map shows you the specificities of each room in the museum using a color code. The quietest areas appear in pale yellow and the most stimulating ones in dark red.Ven 6 nov · 10:00–17:00Train World · Brussels
ExpositionCarnets d'artistesThis exhibition offers an immersion into the world of artists’ notebooks, bringing together historical and contemporary works. From the studio notebook to the most intimate visual diary, these objects reveal a space of creation where sketches, notes, fragments of text, collages and collected images intersect.
Beyond their preparatory function, notebooks appear here as genuine spaces of self-narration. Whether historical or contemporary, they reveal how artists construct, page by page, a form of self-narrative in which the creative process, personal memory and observation of the world come together. Within these mobile and fragmentary surfaces, gestures, rhythms and temporalities specific to each artistic practice take shape.
The exhibition pays particular attention to notebooks that belong to distinct artistic practices. For certain artists, including Marianne Berenhaut, Sarah Kaliski and Steven Baelen, the notebook is not simply a preparatory tool, but a space of creation in its own right, where drawing, writing and the assemblage of images form works of art. The notebook thus becomes a singular artistic territory, where material experimentation and visual thought develop according to their own continuity.
Alongside these notebooks rooted in established practices, the exhibition will feature notebooks created especially for the occasion by artists from our wider personal and professional circles. Working on Saint-Martin Bookshop notebooks sent to them ahead by the bookshop, these newly created contributions will extend the reflection on the notebook as a living space of creation, bringing together different generations, sensibilities and ways of working.
By bringing together these diverse approaches, the exhibition highlights the notebook as an artistic form at the crossroads of the studio, the personal archive and the diary. It reveals itself here as an autonomous space, conducive to experimental, hybrid and deeply sensitive practices.Ven 6 nov · 11:00–19:00Saint-Martin Bookshop · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionDavid Crunelle-DegeneratesBrussels-born artist David Crunelle lives and works in Turku, Finland. His practice is rooted in mixed media, centred on a highly technical, meticulous approach to collage, which he combines with acrylic paint and epoxy resin. His recent solo exhibitions include Intarsia (2019), Ordalie (2021) and Hopelessness (2023).
Aware that art has never saved the world, David Crunelle devotes himself to it. At a time when we are plunging blindly into the void, he knows that his paintings are tombstones rather than parachutes. His works are a politeness of despair, an aesthetic quest that has renounced grand rhetoric and denunciations, a quest that has no use for hope.
What derisory tools: scissors, glue and a jumble of paper. What an immoderate hope it is to carve our world to pieces, only to reorganise the remnants into complex assemblages laden with meaning. Between taut geometry and symbolic allusions, a reinvented beauty emerges. For beauty is part of our world, even if it will not prevail.Ven 6 nov · 13:00–18:00zedes art gallery · Brussels
ExpositionNatalia Blanch, Alice Dittmar - 'Anaphore'Ven 6 nov · 14:00–18:00Odradek · Brussels
ExpositionBrankica Žilović - 'Tellurique'Ven 6 nov · 14:00–18:00Galerie Emilie Dujat · Brussels
ExpositionExhibition: Queer ResistanceWhat does it mean today to resist as a queer person? Queer Resistance brings together artists who view resistance as an ongoing practice: whether driven by anger or joy, collective or deeply intimate, rooted in activism, community, bodies, archives, and the imagination. From challenging dominant narratives to embracing failure, to envisioning alternative futures: the exhibition explores how artistic practices can become spaces of resistance. In dialogue with Radical Pillow Talk, it explores the places where the personal and the political intersect.
Artists: Nicky Lapierre & Nour Beetch, Juli Sando, Hélène Drénou, Norah Orrico y Grima & Charli Bourgeois, Bo Rainotte, Jeff Sermon, Styx Ca’Nox, Emperatriz Placido San Martin, Aizada Amangeldy + Bakai Abdykul uulu, Lou Soussane, Tom Desterke & Julie Boodt, Erwan Roussel, Tommy Danger, Yeongseo Jee, Mathilde du Ché, Rémo Rossignol, p3dale.de.Bxl (Léonce Lainé, Nathan Bédon-Rouanet, Paul Gérard, Toàn Daubin), Cee Füllemann, Violette David, Eloy Collado, Jonas Vanderbeke, Eddie Sim, Lion Ascendant Connasse
Lecture: Bo Rainotte, November 6 at 8:30 p.m.Sam 7 novCinema Galeries · Brussels
ExpositionExhibition Opening: Radical Pillow TalkWhat happens in the bedroom does not always remain confined to that space. Radical Pillow Talk brings together 7 artists exploring desire, fantasy, dreams, and the spaces of queer lives: bedrooms, streets, clubs, cruising spots, and imaginary landscapes. These places can offer freedom, pleasure, and escape, but also solitude, vulnerability, and danger. Marking the 25th anniversary of Pink Screens, this exhibition examines how dreams and desire can become radical acts, and how intimate fantasies can open up to a collective dimension. In dialogue with Queer Resistance, this exhibition traverses the intimate spaces where resistance can emerge.Sam 7 novLaVallée · Brussels
Exposition70 ans de l'immigration albanaiseThrough photographs, testimonies, and period documents, visitors will be able to explore the cultural and human heritage of several generations. A moment of discovery and sharing open to all.
Artists invited to the exhibition:
• ALBAN
• DASTID
• VJOLA
• VILSON
• BESNIK
• VALBONA
• SKENDERSam 7 nov · 10:00–18:00Belgian Chocolate Village · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionInvité chez Van Buuren : art, architecture et art de vivreLe musée et les jardins de David et Alice van Buuren forment une œuvre totale et rare où s'allient art, architecture et art de vivre raffiné. La maison, construite en 1928 dans le style de la Amsterdamse School, a été aménagée sans aucune restriction financière : le couple a personnellement sélectionné des concepteurs belges, français et néerlandais de premier plan pour créer un intérieur Art déco raffiné qui est conservé dans son état d'origine jusqu'à ce jour. De Van Buurens y recevaient un cercle d'hôtes exclusif composé d'artistes, de politiciens et de personnalités internationales, ce qui confère à la maison une allure presque mythique.
À l'intérieur règne encore l'intimité de leur monde privé. Chaque meuble, tapis, œuvre d'art et vitrail a été choisi avec un soin exceptionnel par un couple qui possédait un flair infaillible pour l'art et le design. David van Buuren fut à la fois un bon ami et un mécène de Gustave Van de Woestijne et possédait pas moins de 31 de ses tableaux. La collection d'art comprend également des œuvres de Hercule Seghers, Georges Minne, James Ensor et Rik Wouters, et compte parmi les collections privées les plus remarquables de Belgique.
Les jardins environnants reflètent ce même raffinement. Ils ont été conçus à la demande de Alice van Buuren par les deux plus grands architectes paysagistes belges de leur époque : Jules Buyssens et René Pechère. Une restauration récente a été récompensée par le European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award et constitue un modèle de gestion respectueuse du patrimoine. Lors de la visite guidée, vous découvrirez à la fois la maison-musée et les jardins exactement comme les Van Buurens les avaient voulus : uniques, élégants et imprégnés d'une vision artistique.Sam 7 nov · 11:15–12:45Van Buuren Museum and Gardens · Brusselsdès 14 €
ExpositionLieve Lambrecht - 'La dame au chapeau en verre'Dim 8 nov · 10:00–18:00JAP / Vitrine Rivoli · Brussels
ExpositionMaison RoosenboomAan de Faiderstraat à Bruxelles-Ixelles se dresse un bâtiment remarquable issu de l'époque où l'art et l'architecture fusionnaient en des créations enchanteresses : Maison Roosenboom. Conçu en 1900 par le peintre-architecte Albert Roosenboom, cette maison constitue un point culminant de l'Art nouveau bruxellois, aux côtés d'icônes telles que le Musée Horta et Maison Hannon. Le bâtiment, autrefois abandonné et déclaré inhabitable, a subi à partir de 2020 une restauration en profondeur qui l'a ramené à sa gloire d'origine. Avec sa ferronnerie florale, ses lignes élégantes et ses riches décors, Maison Roosenboom incarne l'esprit d'une révolution artistique, où chaque détail raconte les ambitions et la créativité d'une époque particulière.
De la décadence à la renaissance : une histoire de restauration minutieuse
La restauration de Maison Roosenboom est une histoire de passion, de patience et de savoir-faire. La façade, ornée de sgraffites par Privat Livemont et du bow-window remarquable, a retrouvé ses couleurs d'origine. À l'intérieur, les intérieurs reprennent vie, avec des mosaïques, des lambrequins et des peintures de plafond ramenés avec soin à leur éclat historique. La restauration révèle non seulement la beauté du bâtiment, mais aussi les histoires qui se cachent derrière les détails : de la symbolique dans les décors aux techniques appliquées à l'époque. Chaque espace, de l'imposant hall au salon intime, respire l'atmosphère d'une époque révolue, alliant connaissances modernes et authenticité historique main dans la main.
Maison Roosenboom symbolise la riche histoire architecturale de Bruxelles. La maison invite à la découverte, à l'admiration pour l'ambition et le savoir-faire d'une époque où l'art et la vie quotidienne étaient indissociables. Une visite de ce bâtiment d'exception est un voyage dans le temps, une expérience qui fait revivre la beauté et les histoires de l'Art nouveau.Dim 8 nov · 14:00–15:00maison Roosenboom · Brusselsdès 21 €
ExpositionExpo Hemelverhalen - Jess SuttonDiscover the paintings of Jess Sutton, an artist from Uccle, from Thursday, September 17, through Friday, November 6. Jess Sutton was born in England and settled in Belgium in 2011. Her paintings are inspired by landscapes, the sky, and the botanical world. The sky has such freedom. The clouds drift unchecked as they cross different countries and continents. This shared space has an incredible way of becoming a kind of mirror, going beyond the visual by being able to both reflect and create mood. These skies are always attached to a moment, which then becomes a memory. Translating them using paint shifts them. The wisps of time that the wind whisks away, hover. Becoming static they gain a second life. They also gain a title, the weight of the paint and canvas and its support: they gain gravity. They start a new journey with a new meaning and its attached memories, for whoever is looking at them brings with them their own stories about the sky. Observations | Waarnemingen, is a short, experimental film by artist Jess Sutton in collaboration with The Royal Meteorological Institute, Belgium and Ennea sounds. The film explores our personal connection with the sky through people who know and understand it so completely; scientists working at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. The sky unites and touches us all on this fractured planet. As it crosses borders and boundaries, we explore the precious poetry of this shifting, collective territory and discover the direct impact that climate change is having on the planet. With the financial support of Uccle Commune: ‘Aide à la création’ and SOFAM. Screening at 01/10 20:00 at Het HuysMar 3 nov · 09:00–17:00GC Het Huys · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionSaul Steinberg The Americans - Partie 3Created on site for the American Pavilion, this work measuring more than 70 metres in length is a vast collage inspired by the “American way of life”, in which Steinberg gave free rein to his imagination and wit. Composed of eight thematic panels, The Americans is now regarded as one of the artist’s greatest achievements.
At the close of Expo 58, the work was acquired by the Belgian State and incorporated into the collections of the RMFAB. Because of its monumental scale and fragility, this major work is rarely displayed, despite having originally been conceived for an open space designed to welcome thousands of visitors. At the time, it served as the elegant backdrop to the daily fashion shows organised by Vogue in the heart of the pavilion.
In spring 2025, three panels from The Americans were exceptionally loaned to Maison Delvaux for a press presentation during Paris Fashion Week. Upon their return, the works were presented to museum visitors before a second group of three panels went on display. With the presentation of these final two panels, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium bring this exhibition cycle to its conclusion. The chapter closes with the satisfaction of having restored to public view, in its entirety, a remarkable ensemble that had remained out of sight for too long, and of having given this jewel of the collections the visibility it deserves.
As a Diamond Member of the Corporate Club, Maison Delvaux has partnered with the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, helping to ensure the preservation and renewed appreciation of these works in all their splendour.Mar 3 nov · 10:00–17:00Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium · Brussels
ExpositionTapta meets JuddThe Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium preserve two works that mark this artistic trajectory. One of them, Néoflexibles 2, has not been shown to the public for many years and will be exceptionally presented on this occasion.
As part of the Collection Meets programme, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium create dialogues between their collections and those of other collectors – in this instance, several original works by Tapta come from the collection of Maurice Verbaet and from another private collection.This edition brings together Tapta and Donald Judd (1928–1994), two artists of the same generation who, on opposite sides of the Atlantic, each contributed to rethinking the relationship to space while working with 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.Mar 3 nov · 10:00–17:00Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium · Brussels
ExpositionRAWThe exhibition “RAW” explores the encounter between the feminine and meat consumption, questioning our dietary representations through the prism of bodies and the living. Rooted in a feminist and antispeciesist approach, Toscane ThieXry's practice is inspired by The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990), a work by Carol J. Adams that highlights the links between speciesism and sexism. The author develops the notion of "absent referents" to designate women and animals, whose invisibilization reveals the mechanisms of violence inherent in patriarchal structures. At the crossroads of photography, sculpture, and installation, the artist examines how images shape our desires, our behaviors, and our relationship to the living. The title “RAW” evokes raw meat, blood, and flesh, while suggesting a reversal of gaze: a symbolic butchering of received ideas and a questioning of systems of domination.Mar 3 nov · 10:00–20:00GC Pianofabriek · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionItalo 2000 - Brussels' New ItaliansSince 2000, at least 10,000 Italians have made Brussels their home. Not migration out of necessity, but a conscious choice for a city that offers more opportunities. Based on 77 interviews, Italo 2000 paints a portrait of these new Italo-Bruxellois: their choices, their identity and their view of the city they now call home.Mar 3 nov · 10:00–17:00MigratieMuseumMigration · Brussels
ExpositionBecome the Sky ─ Elena Ferrer, Anaïs Chabeur, Edurne RubioMar 3 nov · 11:00–18:00ISELP · Brussels
ExpositionSasha Kurmaz & Danylo Halkin - 'Liturgie des jours'Mar 3 nov · 11:00–18:00Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach · Brussels
ExpositionShota Nakamura - 'seven lakes'Mar 3 nov · 11:00–19:00Mendes Wood DM · Brussels
ExpositionSayre Gomez - 'Sim City'Mar 3 nov · 11:00–18:00Xavier Hufkens · Brussels
ExpositionCasual/Tease as part of The Memorial to Those Who Did Not Fall in WarWe think we know what harm looks like. From breaking news to social media, we are saturated with a constant stream of images of victims set against collapsed facades, darkened walls, dust hanging in the air, and streets brought to a halt under rubble. In this flow of images, we learn where to look for casualty and, just as crucially, where not to: within the uninterrupted course of day-to-day routine. Casual/Tease lingers exactly where nothing seems to happen, within the casual continuity of everyday life: a quiet view from a window onto a flowering boulevard, a household ladder leaning within reach, a handmade ceramic vessel ready to hold a bouquet. Each work in Casual/Tease first appears as a small, innocent fragment of daily life, caught in a fleeting moment of ease. Look a little longer, however, and that ease begins to fracture. The window view borrows the gaze of a military drone; the ladder becomes the impossible reach for food amid genocide; the delicate vessel reveals the form of a grenade, handmade in wartime Japan. To look here, then, is not simply to uncover what was hidden, but to confront what perception itself has been trained to overlook.
What comes into view is a dispersed field of implication in which neither injury nor agency remains confined to the site of war. First, the works bring us face to face with those who produce its casualties from spaces that still carry the appearance of casual life: from bright university laboratories associated with human progress where technologies of warfare take shape, through spacious offices where their production is financed and their sale negotiated, along everyday routes of commerce where weapons move among the ordinary flow of goods, to the safe distance from which armies deploy remote warfare technologies, preserving the appearance of everyday life here while bringing it to a halt elsewhere. The exhibition extends this encounter, too, to those who live with war’s casualties in places where everyday life appears to have resumed: walking across poisoned ground, breathing contaminated air, inhabiting landscapes scattered with the remnants of past wars, and living among materials in which military violence quietly persists long after the moment of impact has disappeared from view. In holding these two ends of the same continuum together, Casual/Tease resists the structures that bind them, reaching toward another kind of casual reality; one that leaves no casualties in its wake.Mar 3 nov · 14:00–18:00Cloud Seven - Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionFuture Generation, The MAD Graduation Show 2026A ceramic installation evoking a rural interior and textiles made from reclaimed cardboard collected in Brussels. Following its annual tradition, the group exhibition 'Future Generation: The MAD Graduation Show' celebrates the winners of the MAD Graduation Prize 2026 while showcasing their innovative graduation projects. No fewer than seven institutions are represented in the exhibition: Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, College of Art and Design, Ateliers Saint Luc, École supérieure des arts Saint Luc, Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer, La Cambre and LUCA School Of Arts. From textile design and interior design to industrial product development and fashion design, a total of 14 winners are honoured at MAD Brussels from 1 October to 12 December.Mer 4 nov · 11:00–18:00MAD BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionEdgar Sarin - 'Matthäus-Passion'Edgar Sarin et : Miquel Barcelo, Robert Barry, Peter Buggenhout, Nan Goldin. Louise Lawler, Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Niele Toroni, Cy Twombly.Mer 4 nov · 14:00–18:00Fondation CAB · Brussels
ExpositionExpo Jean Dujardin: Au cur du CongoAbout encounters, fleeting moments and unexpected discoveries. Cycling along the Route Nationale 1 between Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. The road winds through a world that sometimes seems surreal. Thousands of kilometres, from village to village, through landscapes where the road itself sometimes seems to vanish. A collapsed bridge stops the cycle. The tarmac gives way to earth, water and mud. And yet the journey continues. Life never stands still along Route Nationale 1. Where one road ends, another begins. People seek their own paths, towards the next village, towards one another, towards today and tomorrow. The photographs are a collection of those moments along the way. A glimpse of Congo, where the road does not always continue, but life always finds its way.Lun 9 nov · 14:00–17:00GC De Maalbeek · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionDanny Moynihan - 'Prometheus'Nino Mier Gallery a le plaisir de présenter Prometheus, notre première exposition personnelle avec Danny Moynihan.Mar 10 nov · 10:00–18:00Nino Mier Gallery · Brussels
ExpositionTentoonstelling Belgische Art Nouveau et Art DecoArts décoratifs du XIXe siècle, Belgische Art Nouveau et Art Deco
Sinds 13 juin 2025, le Museum Kunst & Histoire est dans le cadre de Het Jaar van Art Deco. Un aperçu impressionnant des riches collections de meubles et d'objets utilitaires du XIXe siècle, ainsi que des périodes ultérieures de l'Art nouveau et de l'Art déco, est présenté. Ces collections spectaculaires sont restées cachées du public pendant des années.
L'accent est mis sur l'Art nouveau, le style qui est né en Belgique vers 1900 et y a connu un essor sans précédent. Nous obtenons un aperçu clair de la diversité formelle si caractéristique de ce courant dans la Belgique prospère. Outre des réalisations impressionnantes de grands maîtres comme Victor Horta et Henry van de Velde, une large attention est accordée à d'autres architectes et designers de premier plan, tels que Paul Hankar, Léon Sneyers, Paul Hamesse, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, Oscar van de Voorde et bien d'autres.
Le joyau absolu est le jardin d'hiver que Victor Horta a conçu pour l'ingénieur bruxellois Jean Cousin. Cette construction monumentale, démantelée dans les années soixante, est maintenant entièrement restaurée et reconstruite dans l'exposition.
Ook de Belgische Art déco reçoit une place de choix dans la même salle. Ce style a connu une percée en 1925 lors de l' Internationale Tentoonstelling van Moderne Decoratieve et Industriële Kunsten à Paris, où la Belgique a brillé avec ses contributions. Des échos de ce triomphe sont visibles ici, aux côtés de nombreux autres exemples marquants de l'Art déco belge de l'entre-deux-guerres. L'aperçu s'étend jusqu'à l'année 1940.
Accompagnés d'un guide, nous partirons à la découverte.Mar 10 nov · 13:00–15:00Museum Kunst & Geschiedenis · Brusselsdès 15 €
ExpositionPierre AlechinskyThe brush and the scissors
Master crow, perched on a tree,
Held in his beak a cheese.
Master fox, by the smell...
Wednesday, June 25, just before the storm (well, that rhymes), commenting on the piles of drawings lined up on a large table in his studio in Bougival: “I took them out of the drawers for Jean Marchetti, who exhibits me regularly, and again in November of next year. Son Salon of Art, do you know? A hair salon that acts as an art gallery. Yes, before being a gallerist, Marchetti is a hairdresser...”
A long-standing complicity, which led to this arrangement whose secret I regret betraying: the said Marchetti would indeed be the official hairdresser of the demanding tanuki (Asian canid – the cousin of Master fox), whose Japanese brush of Alechinsky holds its hair both soft, absorbent, and elastic. As he likes.
This animal substrate of the tool illuminates the sinuous trajectories, dictated by instinct and opportunities, a congenital indiscipline of behavior, cunning combined with the fear of snares, of confinement.
The drawings that the old master and his furtive brush deliver to us here go from 1970 to 2005. We follow the trail of our tanuki, or rather its bundles of hair: on the wrapping paper of a Valcuvia tomme in Lombardy (“This lesson is worth a cheese, no doubt”); on old supports, such as these two invoices from the “good house” Houbigant-Chardin in Paris (from Chardin precisely, the hospitable hairdresser would perpetuate the art of the part...) or on a blotter. Here gives birth to a gaze (Les Yeux greens, 1992), there to a plum tree in bloom worthy of Hokusai (As is, 1995).
What a draftsman, I tell you!
So push the door of the good house, Le Salon of Art in Saint-Gilles, and you will live this experience, upon my word, singular and somewhat paradoxical, where Marchetti cuts hair...
... and Alechinsky un-cuts (blows your mind).
Dominique RadrizzaniMar 10 nov · 14:00–18:30Le Salon d'Art · Brussels
ExpositionCentral. Never AloneThe Brussels-based office Central (°2015) develops meaningful architecture that enhances the urban context and contributes to the public realm. For Central, the discipline of architecture is intrinsically relational - never autonomous, but always shaped by context and uses, collaborations and a frame of reference.
From 11 November 2026 to 24 January 2027, Bozar and A+ present Never Alone. The exhibition starts from Central Office for Architecture and Urbanism's first retrospective publication, bringing together an overview of both its completed and ongoing projects. The practice's approach is further enriched by the perspectives of four invited photographers. Adrien De Hemptinne, Maxime Delvaux, Rory Gardiner and Delphine Mathy each offer a unique perspective on a selection of projects.
This exhibition is produced in collaboration between A+ and Bozar, with Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König responsible for publishing the catalogue.
During an inaugural lecture on 10 November 2026, Central's founders, Radim Louda, Paul Mouchet and Valentin Piret, will introduce the exhibition and its accompanying publication.
A ticket for the exhibitions of William Kentridge, Jean Brusselmans, Edith Dekyndt x Cristóbal Balenciaga or Central. Never Alone gives you free access to the exhibition House of Memory / by Basil Al-Rawi on the same day.Mer 11 nov · 10:00–18:00Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionExposition Ma vie avant l'exilExpo 12.11 > 06.12 I bezoeken / visites : jours de la semaine 09:00-20:00 Vernissage 12.12 I 19:00-22:00 NL / Des résidents du centre d'accueil Rode Kruis situé avenue de la Couronne présentent leur exposition de photos « Ma vie avant l'exil », composée de portraits et de témoignages de personnes contraintes de fuir leur pays et de reconstruire leur vie ailleurs. FR / Des résidents du centre d’accueil de la Croix-Rouge situé avenue de la Couronne présentent leur exposition « Ma vie avant l’exil », composée de portraits et de témoignages de personnes contraintes de fuir leur pays et de reconstruire leur vie ailleurs.Jeu 12 nov · 09:00–20:00GC Elzenhof · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionDavid Smalling - 'Flemish Light'Jeu 12 nov · 11:00–18:00Templon · Brussels
ExpositionWhat Remains … : Ballet, Bonardet, Bouchard, Brueder, Delprat, Dumortier, Guzman, Hocks, Mercier, Van de Velde, …Comment donner forme à ce qui échappe à la perception immédiate ? La lumière, insaisissable et changeante, constitue l’un des grands motifs de l’histoire de l’art. Les artistes n’ont cessé d’en étudier les variations, d’en traduire les effets et d’en éprouver les limites. Chez Michiko Van de Velde, elle devient l’objet d’une observation attentive, saisie dans ses apparitions fugaces. Nicolas Delprat en explore les possibilités par superpositions et effacements, faisant émerger des passages où la lumière semble affleurer sans jamais se livrer entièrement. Dans les œuvres de Natacha Mercier, l’obscurité déplace à son tour les conditions du regard, aux frontières du visible.
Mais cette tentative de saisir l’insaisissable dépasse le phénomène lumineux. Elle engage une réflexion plus large sur les moyens par lesquels une expérience, une sensation ou une observation du monde peuvent devenir une forme. Après six années de rencontres, d’expositions, de projets et de foires, la Michèle Schoonjans Gallery réunit pour la première fois l’ensemble des artistes avec lesquels elle travaille. What Remains… propose de découvrir comment ces démarches singulières se répondent, à travers des médiums, des techniques et des échelles variés.
Chez Luis Guzman, les espaces semblent soustraits au rythme du quotidien, comme suspendus dans un temps qui leur est propre. Les dessins minutieux de Sam Ballet ouvrent eux aussi sur des univers à la frontière du rêve et de la réalité. Chez Laurent Dumortier, le récit, la mémoire et l’étrangeté viennent troubler les repères, laissant affleurer une dimension plus incertaine du réel. Ces pratiques ne cherchent pas tant à représenter un monde qu’à en déplacer les contours, en faisant surgir ce qui demeure habituellement à la marge de notre perception. Quant à Xavier Duffaut, il détourne les codes de la culture populaire et des technologies contemporaines pour créer des situations où fiction, ironie et critique sociale se rencontrent.
Le paysage et l’architecture offrent d’autres manières d’interroger notre rapport au réel. Jean-Baptiste Brueder s’intéresse aux mutations de l’environnement urbain, dont il détourne les matériaux et les gestes pour en proposer de nouvelles lectures. À partir de relevés LiDAR et de données scientifiques, Jérôme Bouchard fait émerger des territoires rendus visibles par des outils d’observation spécifiques. Manon Sarah Thirriot aborde quant à elle l’espace à travers la mémoire et l’expérience sensible. Bea Sarrias explore l’architecture par la peinture, en représentant des intérieurs modernistes où la lumière, les objets et les perspectives suggèrent la présence humaine sans jamais la montrer. L’espace devient ainsi un lieu interprété, traversé par des transformations et des manières singulières de l’habiter.
La photographie entretient avec cette transformation un rapport particulier. Les interventions éphémères de Scarlett Hooft Graafland dans des environnements lointains composent des situations où poésie, humour et étrangeté déplacent notre perception du réel. Denis Brihat révèle les formes et les variations du vivant par une observation patiente et des procédés photographiques minutieux. Danielle Kwaaitaal transforme la représentation du réel par le travail de l’image, tandis que Teun Hocks mêle photographie, peinture et mise en scène pour créer des situations où réalité et fiction deviennent difficiles à dissocier. D’un artiste à l’autre, l’image témoigne ainsi autant de ce qui apparaît que des transformations qui rendent cette apparition possible.
Cette recherche se prolonge dans la matérialité des œuvres. Les peintures de Toru Hamada témoignent d’une attention particulière à la relation entre matière et forme. Entre dessin et sculpture, Mathieu Bonardet explore les relations entre la ligne, la surface et le volume, dans un dialogue entre le graphite et l’acier. Mathieu Meijers développe une pratique du dessin, sur papier et à l’échelle murale, à la frontière de l’abstraction et de la figuration, où dessin et peinture se rencontrent. Tom Henderson compose des œuvres épurées dans lesquelles les objets, les matériaux et les variations de lumière engagent une relation active avec l’espace et le spectateur. La pratique d’Elium mobilise la fiction pour interroger les réalités quotidiennes et les tensions contemporaines.
L’attention portée au geste, aux procédés et aux propriétés des matériaux traverse l’ensemble de l’exposition. Qu’il s’agisse de dessin, de peinture, de photographie, de sculpture ou d’installation, chaque pratique repose sur une connaissance approfondie de son médium et sur une recherche qui se construit dans la durée. La maîtrise technique, parfois proche d’une sensibilité artisanale, ne constitue pas une fin en soi : elle permet à une intuition de prendre forme, à une expérience de devenir image et à une idée de trouver sa matérialité. La diversité des formats, des œuvres les plus intimes aux propositions plus amples, révèle également la variété des relations que les artistes établissent avec l’espace et le regard.
C’est dans cette pluralité que se dessine l’identité de la Michèle Schoonjans Gallery. Les artistes qu’elle accompagne ne partagent ni un médium unique ni une esthétique homogène. Leurs démarches se distinguent par la singularité de leurs recherches, l’exigence de leur mise en œuvre et l’attention portée à la relation entre idée, geste et matière. En réunissant ces pratiques, la galerie affirme un regard fondé sur la diversité des langages artistiques et sur la possibilité de les faire dialoguer sans effacer leurs spécificités.
Le titre What Remains … renvoie à ce qui subsiste au terme de ces processus : non pas nécessairement une forme immuable, mais une trace, une sensation ou une image dont la portée se prolonge au-delà de son apparition. Les artistes présenteront une sélection d’œuvres issues de leur parcours artistique, récentes ou plus anciennes. L’exposition donne ainsi à voir des recherches en mouvement, des continuités et des déplacements, tout en témoignant de six années de collaboration et de confiance.
What Remains… constitue ainsi une étape dans une histoire qui continue de s’écrire. Une invitation à découvrir la diversité des pratiques réunies par la galerie et à observer ce qui, d’une œuvre à l’autre, persiste, se transforme et ouvre de nouvelles possibilités de regard.
Noémie NombergJeu 12 nov · 12:00–18:00Michèle Schoonjans Gallery · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionFabrice Souvereyns - ‘Wireless Connection’Jeu 12 nov · 13:00–18:00Hopstreet Gallery · Brussels
ExpositionExpo: Caliban RamirezAfter the Storm — Caliban RAMIREZ In this series of linocuts on handmade paper, Caliban RAMIREZ explores what remains when the storm settles. Traces, breaks, and memories become visible in the encounter between the engraved line and the fibers of the paper. Each piece carries both the vulnerability of the material and the power of survival. After the storm is not an end, but a beginning: a search for what survives, what changes, and what can grow again.Ven 13 nov · 09:00–16:00GC Kontakt · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionPeter Depelchin - La SourcePeter Depelchin (b1985, Ostend) has been passionate about symbolism, mysticism and archetypes for more than half of his life. Over the past two years, he has been developing an exclusive new series of twenty-two drawings in ink, pen and coloured pencil, characteristic of his artistic practice yet slightly atypical within his body of work. Rich in symbolic complexity, this enigmatic project explores the world of tarot through the Major Arcana, approached as tableaux vivants featuring individuals who have played a role in his life. The series also connects to Depelchin’s broader mythological universe, with familiar leitmotifs from his personal cosmogony reappearing throughout the drawings.Ven 13 nov · 14:00–18:00Husk Gallery · BrusselsGratuit
ExpositionFrancisco Mendes Moreira - 'Unlonely'Lorsque vous jetez les yeux sur une peinture de Francisco Mendes Moreira, vous êtes comme un navetteur debout au bord du quai, résistant à l'attraction d'un train à grande vitesse qui passe à toute allure. Sa peinture ouvre une fenêtre sur un inconscient vertigineux et hypnotique.
Ce que je veux dire par là, c'est qu'un premier regard ne suffit pas pour saisir toute l'étendue de son pouvoir magnétique. L'énergie picturale émanant de l'œuvre de Francisco me rappelle une sensation que j'ai vécue au Museum of Modern Art en me tenant devant une œuvre de Max Beckmann, Max Ernst, Soutine et, bien sûr, Picasso. Pourtant, son univers est peut-être plus proche de celui de Frida Kahlo and René Magritte. Le jeu des comparaisons en dit plus sur le critique que sur la peinture elle-même, mais la nature superlative de ces comparaisons reflète ma conviction de l'excellence artistique du sujet que je défends ici.Ven 13 nov · 14:00–18:00Alice Gallery · Brussels
Expositions à Bruxelles : selon Shou, 237 événements dans les deux prochaines semaines (1 novembre – 14 novembre). Parcourez-les ci-dessus par ville, ou filtrez par jour.
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