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William Kentridge

Meet our first Grand Invité! Every season, we invite an artist to help shape the programme: with an exhibition, but also by working with a new generation of artists. Kentridge is doing this with The Centre for the Less Good Idea.

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Coltrane & Coltrane

John Coltrane would have been 100 years old in 2026; his wife Alice Coltrane 90 in 2027. Bozar celebrates both icons with concerts, films and talks.

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The Cleveland Orchestra © Extraordinaire Photos

From all around the world

The Cleveland Orchestra is the first of many international orchestras to be invited by Bozar this season. Catch them on 8 October.

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Jean Brusselmans, The Harvest, 1934, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège/La Boverie © Ville de Liège

A welcome return to Jean Brusselmans

The exhibition features several dialogues with his contemporaries and marks a renewed encounter with the Centre for Fine Arts, where Brusselmans was a regular visitor.

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Neo Muyanga & Bronwyn Lace (The Centre for the Less Good Idea) © Oliver Killig

Meet The Centre for the Less Good Idea

Situated in Johannesburg (South Africa), it's a space that encourages experimentation and the emergence of new forms through collaborative and interdisciplinary practices.

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Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

William Kentridge

I am not me, the horse is not mine

Now →
7 Mar.'27

From 20 €

Performances

Concerts

Contemporary music

Highly Recommended

Jennifer Walshe & Philip Venables

The Alonetimes

22 Sept.'26
- 20:30

From 38 €

Concerts

Jazz

James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor Duo - Elin Forkelid

23 Sept.'26
- 20:00

Concerts

Electronic Music

Highly Recommended

William Basinski

September 23rd

23 Sept.'26
- 20:30

From 28 €

Films

New release

Highly Recommended

In-I In Motion - Juliette Binoche

24 Sept. →
10 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Concerts

Belgian National Orchestra & Yoon

Symphonic Date: Sheherazade

24 Sept.'26
- 19:00

From 22 €

Films

New release

Un Poeta - Simón Mesa Soto

24 Sept. →
4 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Concerts

Jazz

Flat Earth Society

The Coltrane Mutations

24 Sept.'26
- 20:00

From 28 €

Concerts

Electronic Music

Sega Bodega

unadulter8 (live AV)

24 Sept.'26
- 20:30

From 34 €

Films

New release

In the presence of the director

Like a Fortress - Lou Colpé

In the presence of the director on 25 and 27 September

25 Sept. →
10 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Highly Recommended

Guided Tours

Highlights tour William Kentridge in French

Guided tour for individuals

27 Sept.'26 →
28 Feb.'27

From 20 €

Highly Recommended

Guided Tours

Highlights tour William Kentridge in Dutch

Guided tour for individuals

27 Sept.'26 →
28 Feb.'27

From 20 €

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

William Kentridge

I am not me, the horse is not mine

Now →
7 Mar.'27

From 20 €

Performances

Concerts

Contemporary music

Highly Recommended

Jennifer Walshe & Philip Venables

The Alonetimes

22 Sept.'26
- 20:30

From 38 €

Concerts

Electronic Music

Highly Recommended

William Basinski

September 23rd

23 Sept.'26
- 20:30

From 28 €

Films

New release

Highly Recommended

In-I In Motion - Juliette Binoche

24 Sept. →
10 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Performances

Highly Recommended

Kanze Noh Theater. Hagoromo, Kaki Yamabushi, Shakkyo

26 Sept.'26
- 19:00

From 28 €

Concerts

Violin

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

Salzburger Marionettentheater & Ensemble Isabelle Faust

L'Histoire du Soldat

27 Sept.'26

From 38 €

Talks & Debates

Literature

Highly Recommended

Meet the Writer: Maggie O’Farrell

28 Sept.'26
- 19:30

From 12 €

Talks & Debates

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

Meet the Artist: Ai Weiwei

30 Sept.'26
- 20:00

From 14 €

Films

Literature

Contemporary Art

New release

Highly Recommended

Replay

Ai Weiwei's Turandot - Maxim Derevianko

1 → 4
Oct.'26

From 8 €

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© William Kentridge. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Courtesy the artist, Goodman Gallery, Galleria Lia Rumma and Hauser & Wirth

William Kentridge. I am not me, the horse is not mine

William Kentridge began his artistic career at the height of the political struggle against the apartheid regime in South Africa. His work bears witness to a profound commitment – social, political and poetic – that continues to shape his practice today.

Now → 7 Mar.'27

Still Life with Slices of Smoked Sausage, 1936, oil on canvas, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp - Flemish Community © photo: Hugo Maertens

Jean Brusselmans. Painter by Nature

From the early 20th century onwards, Brusselmans developed a distinctive body of work, independent of artistic trends yet firmly rooted in painterly tradition. Some 120 works highlight the remarkable oeuvre of an underappreciated Belgian artist.

2 Oct.'26 → 31 Jan.'27