William Kentridge
Past event
Cancelled
Postponed
18 Sept.'26 →
7 Mar.'27
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 his native South Africa. His work bears witness to a profound commitment – at once social, political and poetic – that continues to shape his artistic practice to this day.
Kentridge’s artistic output ranges from drawings, animated films and sculptures to prints, installations and videos. These works often emerge while he is directing a theatre or opera production, another field to which he devotes his energies. I am not me, the horse is not mine, William Kentridge’s solo exhibition at Bozar, offers a comprehensive overview of his oeuvre from the early 1980s to the present day. Several of his major stage productions receive special attention. The exhibition highlights the performative and collaborative nature of Kentridge’s practice, in which he allows art to evolve into a space for political inquiry, historical reckoning and poetic transformation.
William Kentridge will take over one of Bozar’s major exhibition spaces, create site-specific works, and curate a rich, multidisciplinary programme. This is by no means the first time we have welcomed Kentridge to Brussels. He has a long-standing connection with the city, where he premiered his first opera (Faustus in Africa! 1995), and where Bozar presented his first solo exhibition in Europe in 1998.
Practical information
Dates
Location
Circuit Ravenstein [Nord] · Bozar
rue Ravenstein,23 1000 BrusselsRates
MyBozar Card
€ 15
<26 MyBozar Card
€ 10
Standard
€ 20
< 26 year
€ 14
< 18 year
€ 0
>65 year
€ 18
museumPASSmusées
€ 2
ICOM
€ 0
Carte press / Perskaarten : VVJ, AJP, IFJ, API-IPA, AICA
€ 0
Brussels Card
€ 0
Accessibility | Companion wheelchair & Blind
€ 0
Card : Preferential Reimbursement / EU Disability
€ 10
© Anthea Pockroy
William Kentridge, Seven Studio Objects, 2025.
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Drawing for The Great Yes, The Great No (Je n'attends plus), 2024
© Goodman Gallery London
William Kentridge, Installation view: Oh to Believe in Another World (Five Figures for Mayakovsky), 2022, Goodman Gallery London
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Beckmann's Self-Portrait with Jam Jar and Scissors, 2022
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Untitled Bicycle Wheel (Projector), 2017
Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, wood, ruler, aluminium sheet, tripod, castors, G-clamps, mechanical hardware and other materials
228 x 172
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Tightrope of Our Hope, 2023, © William Kentridge
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Drawing for The Refusal of Time (He That Fled His Fate), 2011
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Nose 9, 2009
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Collapsing Chair, 2022
© Anthea Pockroy
William Kentridge, Seven Studio Objects, 2025.
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Drawing for The Great Yes, The Great No (Je n'attends plus), 2024
© Goodman Gallery London
William Kentridge, Installation view: Oh to Believe in Another World (Five Figures for Mayakovsky), 2022, Goodman Gallery London
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Beckmann's Self-Portrait with Jam Jar and Scissors, 2022
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Untitled Bicycle Wheel (Projector), 2017
Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, wood, ruler, aluminium sheet, tripod, castors, G-clamps, mechanical hardware and other materials
228 x 172
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Tightrope of Our Hope, 2023, © William Kentridge
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Drawing for The Refusal of Time (He That Fled His Fate), 2011
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Nose 9, 2009
© William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Collapsing Chair, 2022
Support
- SPF Affaires Etrangères / FOD Buitenlandse Zaken / Ministry Foreign Affaires / BUZA
- Uhoda