Saul Steinberg: The Americans, Part III

In 1958 Vogue staged a fashion show every day in the middle of the American Pavilion at Expo 58, and the backdrop was this: Saul Steinberg's collage of the American way of life, more than 70 metres long, made on site. When the fair closed it was cut into 84 sections, and the Belgian State bought it.

It is eight thematic panels in all, built from wrapping paper, wax crayon, pastel and India ink on printed photo paper. You get two of them here, The Road (South and West) and Farmers (Middle West), and they complete the museum's showing of the whole set. Three other panels went to Paris Fashion Week in 2025 with Maison Delvaux, which makes this the rare wall that keeps getting booked for catwalks.

The work is fragile and rarely shown. Entry is included with the collections ticket (13 EUR adult, under-18s free).