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Ikeda's Music for Percussion © KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen

5 unusual instruments hit the beat at Beats & Pieces

At our percussion festival, you will hear how a range of different rhythms and cultures enrich each other. From 15 January onwards.

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John Baldessari, Two Figures and Two Figures (in different environnments) © John Baldessari 1990. Courtesy Estate of John Baldessari © 2025; Courtesy John Baldessari Family Foundation; Sprüth Magers; Greta Meert Gallery – Antwerp — © We Document Art

5 Baldessaris under the microscope

Giving your own interpretation to his work and becoming part of it as a viewer – that is how John Baldessari envisioned it. We look at five of his works through a slightly blurred lens.

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Béla Bartók: a life in 10 parts

Delve into the world of this visionary artist to whom Bozar and the Belgian National Orchestra are dedicating a festival from 6 to 12 February 2026.

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Films

New release

In the presence of the director

The Vanishing Point - Bani Khoshnoudi

In the presence of the director on 18/12

15 → 31
Jan.'26

From 8 €

Films

New release

In the presence of the director

I Only Rest in the Storm - Pedro Pinho

In the presence of the director

15 Jan. →
21 Feb.'26

From 8 €

Concerts

Talks & Debates

Jazz

Global Music

Poetry Meets Percussion

15 Jan.'26
- 19:30

From 18 €

Concerts

Symphonic

Highly Recommended

Belgian National Orchestra, André de Ridder & Colin Currie

Beats & Pieces Festival

15 Jan.'26
- 20:00

From 20 €

Films

Immersive Cinema

Digital & New media

VR Film Screening: Somewhere Unknown in Indochina

16 Jan.'26

From 10 €

Talks & Debates

Meet the Thinker: Timothy Snyder

16 Jan.'26
- 20:00

From 14 €

Concerts

Ictus

Grisey. Le Noir de l’Etoile

16 Jan.'26
- 20:00

From 28 €

Films

Close-up

Spain

The Crime of Bordadores Street - Edgar Neville

Carte Blanche: Albert Serra

17 Jan.'26

From 8 €

Films

Close-up

Spain

The Young and the Damned - Luis Buñuel

Carte Blanche: Albert Serra

17 Jan.'26

From 8 €

Concerts

Electronic Music

Jazz

Global Music

Percussion Happening

With Groove&, Bl!ndman Drums, Mark Guiliana, Ryoji Ikeda, among others

17 Jan.'26
- 18:30

From 28 €

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

John Baldessari

Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales

Now →
1 Feb.'26

From 18 €

Individual

Highly Recommended

Guided Tours

Highlights tour John Baldessari in French

Guided tour for individuals

Now →
1 Feb.'26

From 18 €

Individual

Highly Recommended

Guided Tours

Highlights tour John Baldessari in Dutch

Guided tour for individuals

Now →
1 Feb.'26

From 18 €

Concerts

Electronic Music

Jazz

Global Music

Percussion Happening

With Groove&, Bl!ndman Drums, Mark Guiliana, Ryoji Ikeda, among others

17 Jan.'26
- 18:30

From 28 €

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

John Baldessari

Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales

Now →
1 Feb.'26

From 18 €

Concerts

Symphonic

Highly Recommended

Belgian National Orchestra, André de Ridder & Colin Currie

Beats & Pieces Festival

15 Jan.'26
- 20:00

From 20 €

Concerts

Classical Music

Jazz

Festival

Global Music

Highly Recommended

Beats & Pieces

Percussion Festival

15 → 18
Jan.'26

Concerts

Early music

Performance

Highly Recommended

Spem in alium. Saburo Teshigawara & Vox Luminis XL

Staging the Concert

31 Jan.'26
- 20:00

From 20 €

Classical Music

Festival

Highly Recommended

Bartók Festival

6 → 12
Feb.'26

Concerts

Classical Music

Piano

Highly Recommended

Sir András Schiff

18 Feb.'26
- 20:00

From 26 €

Concerts

Global Music

Highly Recommended

Derya Türkan, Murat Aydemir & Christos Barbas

18 Feb.'26
- 20:30

From 24 €

Concerts

Electronic Music

Highly Recommended

Fennesz

Mosaic

26 Feb.'26
- 20:30

From 22 €

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Ouest. Urban Legend

In the exhibition Urban Legend, Brussels-based architectural practice Ouest presents their interest in the city through five of their realized projects.

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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746 – 1828), Francisco Bayeu, 1786, oil on canvas, 109 x 82 cm. Valencia, Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (Inv. 584)

Luz y sombra. Goya and Spanish Realism

This unique exhibition brings the groundbreaking oeuvre of Goya into dialogue with work by contemporaries and artists from later generations.

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John Baldessari, Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part One): Hand Holding Cigarette and Head (With Nose) © John Baldessari 2006. Courtesy Estate of John Baldessari © 2025; Courtesy John Baldessari Family Foundation; Sprüth Magers; Private Collection, Lisbon, Portugal

John Baldessari. Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales

Focusing on his work from the 1980s to the 2000s, this exhibition reveals the continued international relevance of his practice, including to generations born in the digital age.

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