Exhibitions in Brussels
May 2027
May at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 8 closing, and 9 more on view across the city.
Closing in May
Saul Steinberg: The Americans, Part III9 May 2027Royal 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).
Jean Brusselmans: The Artist at Work9 May 2027Royal 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.
Room 54: Recent acquisitions9 May 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!17 May 2027Belgian Comic Strip Center
Marks 30 years of manga publisher Kana with original artworks, some never shown outside Japan, for fans and newcomers alike.
- Banu Cennetoğlu23 May 2027
KANAL - Centre Pompidou
"right?", a solo show by Banu Cennetoğlu.
Still the Rhythm30 May 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.
Right to the City - Right to the Future30 May 2027KANAL - Centre Pompidou
An architecture exhibition opening KANAL on 28 November 2026.
Département des Pièges30 May 2027KANAL - Centre Pompidou
One of the ten exhibitions opening KANAL on 28 November 2026.
Also on through May
Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters for Sensesto 13 Jun 2027BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
Six decades of Aleksandra Kasuba (1923-2019), from early paintings and mosaics to sculptures and architectural designs.
BelgianArtPrize 2027: Rossella Biscottito 11 Jul 2027BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)Free
New project by prize winner Rossella Biscotti, working across film, performance, sound and sculpture. Free entry.
Sweet, Sour, Power. The Voyage of the Fruitto 25 Jul 2027BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
Contemporary, ancient and modern art following fruit across cultures and centuries, between the sensual and the political.
Animazingto 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.
Rachel Whiteread: Conversation Piecesto 29 Aug 2027BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts)
Overview of the British sculptor from key early works to recent pieces, in dialogue with other artists.
FRAGMENTSto 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.
- 80s & 90s: Design, Graphics and Fashion in Belgiumto 12 Sept 2027
Design Museum Brussels
Belgian product, graphic and fashion design of the 1980s and 1990s, with the Antwerp Six and Martin Margiela, with the Fashion & Lace Museum.
A truly immense journeyto 9 Jan 2028KANAL - Centre Pompidou
100 years of masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou collection, the opening show at KANAL.
Sculpture Trail (Drohme x Boghossian Foundation)to 1 Sept 2029Boghossian Foundation - Villa EmpainFree
Outdoor trail in Drohme Park, on the former Uccle-Boitsfort racecourse, with works lent from the Foundation's collection.
Image credits
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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
- Jean Brusselmans: The Artist at WorkJean Brusselmans, The Companions of Art (1939) ©Sabam Belgium, RMFAB, Brussels.
- 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)
- 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
- Aleksandra Kasuba: Shelters for Senses© Lithuanian National Museum of Art
- BelgianArtPrize 2027: Rossella Biscotti© Alexandra Pace © La Jeune Peinture Belge
- Sweet, Sour, Power. The Voyage of the FruitSimryn Gill, from A small town at the turn of the century, 1999-2000, C-print. © Simryn Gill
- AnimazingCourtesy of Museum of Natural Sciences (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)
- Rachel Whiteread: Conversation PiecesRachel Whiteread, Untitled (Stairs), 2001, courtesy of Tate, purchased with funds from the Art Fund and Tate Members 2003. © Rachel Whiteread
- FRAGMENTSCourtesy of AfricaMuseum (Royal Museum for Central Africa)
- A truly immense journeyPiet Mondrian, Composition en rouge, bleu et blanc II, 1937. Photo: Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Jacques Faujour/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
- Sculpture Trail (Drohme x Boghossian Foundation)© Drohme Park
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