Centre for Fine Arts | Bozar Brussels

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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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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Museum Night Fever

On 17 October, Museum Night Fever takes over Bozar! Tune in to GIMIC Radio’s electronic beats and explore our two major exhibitions until 1am.

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“Matter has a mind and a language of its own”

‘The fabric decides’, a phrase coined by Cristóbal Balenciaga, resonates deeply with the work of Edith Dekyndt. She, too, places material at the heart of the creative process.

Read the interview with Edith Dekyndt →

Kristof Santy (Re)assembles Brusselmans

The contemporary Belgian artist was commissioned to recreate two of the lost stage sets from ‘Erwartung’.

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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 €

Exhibitions

Modern Art

Highly Recommended

Jean Brusselmans

Painter by Nature

Now →
31 Jan.'27

From 20 €

Films

Vocal music

New release

Highly Recommended

Le Maître de musique - Gérard Corbiau

Now →
17 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Films

New release

Gavagai - Ulrich Köhler

Now →
18 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Films

New release

In the presence of the director

Cartography of an engraver - Marie-Eve de Grave

In the presence of the director on 9/10

Now →
18 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Films

New release

Little Trouble Girls - Urška Djukić

Now →
25 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Films

Replay

Silent Friend - Ildikó Enyedi

Now →
17 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Talks & Debates

Contemporary Art

Meet the Artist: Edith Dekyndt

13 Oct.'26
- 19:00

From 12 €

Talks & Debates

Architecture & Urbanism

Highly Recommended

Meet the Architect: Tatiana Bilbao

13 Oct.'26
- 20:00

From 12 €

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

Edith Dekyndt x Cristóbal Balenciaga

The Fabric Decides

14 Oct.'26 →
31 Jan.'27

From 10 €

Highly Recommended

Guided Tours

Highlights tour Jean Brusselmans in Dutch

Guided tour for individuals

Now →
29 Jan.'27

From 20 €

Highly Recommended

Guided Tours

Highlights tour Jean Brusselmans in French

Guided tour for individuals

Now →
29 Jan.'27

From 20 €

Kids’ Palace

Guided Tours

Discovery Tour in Dutch

Guided tours for children (ages 6 to 12) and adults

18 Oct.'26 →
24 Jan.'27

Kids’ Palace

Guided Tours

Discovery Tour in French

Guided tours for children (ages 6 to 12) and adults

18 Oct.'26 →
24 Jan.'27

Concerts

Violin

Recital

Highly Recommended

Janine Jansen & Denis Kozhukhin

Beethoven & Prokofiev

20 Oct.'26
- 20:00

From 30 €

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

William Kentridge

I am not me, the horse is not mine

Now →
7 Mar.'27

From 20 €

Exhibitions

Modern Art

Highly Recommended

Jean Brusselmans

Painter by Nature

Now →
31 Jan.'27

From 20 €

Films

Vocal music

New release

Highly Recommended

Le Maître de musique - Gérard Corbiau

Now →
17 Oct.'26

From 8 €

Films

New release

Highly Recommended

In-I In Motion - Juliette Binoche

Now →
1 Nov.'26

From 8 €

Talks & Debates

Architecture & Urbanism

Highly Recommended

Meet the Architect: Tatiana Bilbao

13 Oct.'26
- 20:00

From 12 €

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

Edith Dekyndt x Cristóbal Balenciaga

The Fabric Decides

14 Oct.'26 →
31 Jan.'27

From 10 €

Exhibitions

Immersive Cinema

Digital & New media

Highly Recommended

House of Memory / بيت الذاكرة by Basil Al-Rawi

A VR journey through archives and Iraqi stories.

14 Oct. →
22 Nov.'26

From 6 €

Performances

Highly Recommended

Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust. DRESSING + mata !

19 Oct.'26
- 18:30

From 18 €

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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.

Now → 31 Jan.'27

Edith Dekyndt x Cristóbal Balenciaga. The Fabric Decides

Enter a unique dialogue between Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt and the rarely seen archives of fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga.

14 Oct.'26 → 31 Jan.'27

Conversations that stick with you

In three complementary formats, this podcast opens the door to intimate encounters where ideas, imagination, and creative processes take center stage.

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