Ausstellungen in Brüssel
November 2026
KANAL - Centre Pompidou opens in the old Citroën garage on the 28th, free for its first weekend. Before that, the Fine Arts museums show two panels of Steinberg's collage for the 1958 World's Fair, the fair that left Brussels the Atomium. Kentridge fills Bozar, and the Comics Center's Alone closes on the 15th. Seven picks.
Eröffnungen im November
Saul Steinberg: The Americans, Part III3. Nov.Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)
Two panels of Steinberg's 70-metre collage made for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, The Road (South and West) and Farmers (Middle West).
Central. Never Alone11. Nov.BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
First retrospective of the Brussels architecture office Central, with completed and ongoing projects seen by four photographers.
Pétermonostora – Mosan treasure from Hungarian soil12. Nov.Art & History Museum
Two Mosan enamel plaques from about 1170, found in Hungary, shown in the Treasure Room beside Stavelot and Maastricht works.
Jean Brusselmans: The Artist at Work18. Nov.Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)
Sketches, unfinished paintings and archives from the donation of Brusselmans's heirs show how the Belgian modernist worked, in the Spilliaert Room.
- Shaping the Possible: Pierre Lallemand, Designer20. Nov.
Design Museum Brussels
Over thirty years of Pierre Lallemand's objects and furniture, shown through drawings, models, prototypes and experimental pieces.
- Duos en résonances20. Nov.
Design Museum Brussels
Research, material samples and prototypes from five duos of Belgian designers and craftspeople, produced by Wallonie Design.
- NO SHOW28. Nov.
KANAL - Centre Pompidou
One of the ten exhibitions opening KANAL on 28 November 2026.
Joshua Serafin28. Nov.KANAL - Centre Pompidou
A show by performance artist Joshua Serafin, one of KANAL's ten opening exhibitions.
Joëlle Tuerlinckx28. Nov.KANAL - Centre Pompidou
"La première fois", a solo show by Joëlle Tuerlinckx in KANAL's Lower Room.
- Manon de Boer28. Nov.
KANAL - Centre Pompidou
"Blindsight", a solo show by Manon de Boer.
Otobong Nkanga28. Nov.KANAL - Centre Pompidou
A solo show by Otobong Nkanga, one of KANAL's ten opening exhibitions.
An infinite woman28. Nov.KANAL - Centre Pompidou
Black archives in two acts.
- Banu Cennetoğlu28. Nov.
KANAL - Centre Pompidou
"right?", a solo show by Banu Cennetoğlu.
Right to the City - Right to the Future28. Nov.KANAL - Centre Pompidou
An architecture exhibition opening KANAL on 28 November 2026.
Département des Pièges28. Nov.KANAL - Centre Pompidou
One of the ten exhibitions opening KANAL on 28 November 2026.
A truly immense journey28. Nov.KANAL - Centre Pompidou
100 years of masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou collection, the opening show at KANAL.
Endet im November
Alone. Not even scared (to be scared!)15. Nov.Belgian Comic Strip Center
Immersive show on the Alone series by Fabien Vehlmann and Bruno Gazzotti, which turns 20, with colours by Usagi.
House of Memory by Basil Al-Rawi22. Nov.BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
A 15-minute VR journey turning Iraq Photo Archive photographs and oral testimonies into a virtual space. Ages 12 and up.
Ebenfalls im November zu sehen
- Ali Cherri: Soul Witnessbis 3. Jan. 2027
WIELS Contemporary Art Centre
First major gathering of Ali Cherri's work: film, sculpture, watercolour and installation on how state, army and museum write history. Includes the new film The Sentinel.
- Kurt Peiser and the Marollesbis 3. Jan. 2027
Museum of the City of Brussels (Maison du Roi)
Around thirty works showing everyday life and the history of the Marolles district in the interwar period.
- Art nouveau versus Art Déco? 1850–1950: a century in 31 seatsbis 9. Jan. 2027
Horta Museum
31 chairs by Horta, Van de Velde, Le Corbusier and Breuer set Art Nouveau against Art Deco, plus La Cambre student seat prototypes.
Shape of absencebis 24. Jan. 2027Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
Hrair Sarkissian's installation Stolen Past, on artefacts lost from Raqqa's museum, set against Iconem's immersive images of Palmyra.
Mayhem at the Workshop!bis 31. Jan. 2027Belgian Comic Strip Center
Work by ESA Saint-Luc Master's students, made during a five-month residency at the museum's Maison Marc Sleen.
Jean Brusselmans: Painter by Naturebis 31. Jan. 2027BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
Retrospective of the Belgian painter (1884-1953), about 120 works and his reconstructed 1936 sets for Schoenberg's Erwartung.
Edith Dekyndt x Cristóbal Balenciaga: The Fabric Decidesbis 31. Jan. 2027BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
Edith Dekyndt's work set against rarely seen Balenciaga archives, on how materials hold memory.
- Supply Chainbis 3. Feb. 2027
Atomium
Romain Tardy's installation in Sphere I3+ shows the invisible material and industrial structures behind everyday technologies.
- Identita: The Story of Czech Graphic Designbis 7. März 2027
Design Museum Brussels
A century of Czech and Czechoslovak graphic design, from posters and books to logos and national symbols.
- Portia Zvavahera: Kuzviramba Mamuribis 7. März 2027
WIELS Contemporary Art Centre
Large dream-based paintings and prints by Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera on womanhood, grief and care. Curated by Sofia Dati.
William Kentridge: I am not me, the horse is not minebis 7. März 2027BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
Solo overview of Kentridge's work from the early 1980s to today: drawings, animated films, sculpture, prints, installations and stage productions.
- Nimbusbis 7. März 2027
Atomium
Visual System's light and sound installation in Sphere I1 turns the Atomium's architecture into a sensory landscape, marking 20 years since its renovation.
- Postcolonial?bis 14. März 2027
House of European HistoryEintritt frei
Examines Europe's colonial legacy in four sections, with eight personal stories, 195 historical objects and 25 contemporary artworks.
Tapta meets Juddbis 14. März 2027Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)
Belgian sculptor Tapta and American minimalist Donald Judd, both working with industrial materials, face each other in the modern and contemporary rooms.
Soleil Noirbis 19. März 2027Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
Nearly one hundred works by Belgian artists across 130 years, centred on more than thirty works by Léon Spilliaert.
Inuit – Impressions of the Canadian Far Northbis 18. Apr. 2027Art & History Museum
Nearly 250 prints, sculptures and drawings from Nunavut and Nunavik, spanning about 70 years, from shamanism to climate change.
Room 54: Recent acquisitionsbis 9. Mai 2027Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)
Recent modern and contemporary acquisitions, including Liliane Vertessen, Thomas Houseago, Chéri Samba and Thomas Verstraeten.
Mangatopia. 30 Years of Manga from Kana!bis 17. Mai 2027Belgian Comic Strip Center
Marks 30 years of manga publisher Kana with original artworks, some never shown outside Japan, for fans and newcomers alike.
Still the Rhythmbis 30. Mai 2027AfricaMuseum (Royal Museum for Central Africa)
Installation by sculptor and spoken word artist Dieex Bitegets in the AFROPEA gallery, pairing plaster and bronze sculptures with poetry.
Animazingbis 29. Aug. 2027Museum of Natural Sciences (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)
Stories of 78 animals and their unusual abilities, from a photosynthesising sea slug to an acrobatic spider monkey.
FRAGMENTSbis 5. Sept. 2027AfricaMuseum (Royal Museum for Central Africa)
Photographer Maggy Dago presents ten portraits of Afro-European women with personal testimonies on racism and sexism, framed as a femmage.
Sculpture Trail (Drohme x Boghossian Foundation)bis 1. Sept. 2029Boghossian Foundation - Villa EmpainEintritt frei
Outdoor trail in Drohme Park, on the former Uccle-Boitsfort racecourse, with works lent from the Foundation's collection.
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- Saul Steinberg: The Americans, Part IIISaul Steinberg, The Americans: The Road, South and West, 1958. © The Saul Steinberg Foundation / SABAM Belgium, RMFAB. Photo: J. Geleyns
- Central. Never AloneCentral, Place Destrée, Charleroi, 2024 © Maxime Delvaux
- Pétermonostora – Mosan treasure from Hungarian soilCourtesy of Art & History Museum
- Jean Brusselmans: The Artist at WorkJean Brusselmans, The Companions of Art (1939) ©Sabam Belgium, RMFAB, Brussels.
- Joshua SerafinJoshua Serafin, VOID, performance. Photo: Garcia Jauregui
- Joëlle TuerlinckxKanal, Lower Room, © Bart Grietens
- Otobong NkangaOtobong Nkanga, Awaiting Pleasure—The Workstation, 2003-2004 (detail). Photo: Ami Weic kaane Sarr
- An infinite womanBarbara Walker MBE RA, The Sitter, 2002. Courtesy of Tate Modern
- Right to the City - Right to the FutureLa dernière s(cène), 1995-2003, Video © Boris Lehman
- Département des PiègesAndrzej Steinbach, Untitled (AK), 2024. Courtesy the artist and KIN Brussels. Photo: Andrzej Steinbach
- A truly immense journeyPiet Mondrian, Composition en rouge, bleu et blanc II, 1937. Photo: Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Jacques Faujour/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
- Alone. Not even scared (to be scared!)Courtesy of Belgian Comic Strip Center
- House of Memory by Basil Al-Rawi© House of Memory - Basil Al-Rawi
- Shape of absenceCourtesy of Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
- Mayhem at the Workshop!Courtesy of Belgian Comic Strip Center
- Jean Brusselmans: Painter by NatureJean Brusselmans, Still Life with Slices of Smoked Sausage, 1936, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Flemish Community). Photo: Hugo Maertens
- Edith Dekyndt x Cristóbal Balenciaga: The Fabric Decides© Pierre Henri Leman
- William Kentridge: I am not me, the horse is not mineWilliam Kentridge, Still from Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot, Episode 5: As If, 2024. © William Kentridge, DACS 2024, courtesy the artist, Goodman Gallery, Galleria Lia Rumma and Hauser & Wirth
- Tapta meets JuddDonald Judd, Untitled, © Judd Foundation / SABAM Belgium; Tapta, Découper/assembler/appuyer, n.d., Maurice Verbaet Collection. Photo: Cathy Christiaen (LAAC Dunkirk, 2022)
- Soleil NoirLéon Spilliaert, La courbe de la Digue, 1907 (detail). Private collection
- Inuit – Impressions of the Canadian Far NorthCourtesy of Art & History Museum
- Room 54: Recent acquisitionsThomas Verstraeten, Urbi et Orbi – Model, 2024, The Art Brussels Discovery Acquisition Prize 2025 with the support of Moleskine, Courtesy Fred & Ferry ©Wannes Cré
- Mangatopia. 30 Years of Manga from Kana!© Inio Asano
- Still the RhythmCourtesy of AfricaMuseum (Royal Museum for Central Africa)
- AnimazingCourtesy of Museum of Natural Sciences (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)
- FRAGMENTSCourtesy of AfricaMuseum (Royal Museum for Central Africa)
- Sculpture Trail (Drohme x Boghossian Foundation)© Drohme Park
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