Centre for Fine Arts | Bozar Brussels

John Baldessari, 1982 © John Baldessari 1982. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari © 2025, Courtesy John Baldessari Family Foundation.

New Exhibition: John Baldessari

From Friday, Bozar invites you into the universe of John Baldessari, a master of humour, narrative imagery, and boundary-pushing art.

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Radouan Mriziga hears movement and poetry in minimal music

For this season's first Staging the Concert, choreographer Radouan Mriziga was guided by the stories surrounding the Palace of Fine Arts.

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Lea Desandre © Warner Classics - Julien Benhamou

“It’s going to be a journey full of contrasts"

French-Italian mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, our portrait artist this season, looks ahead to her not-to-be-missed series of four concerts.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie © Manny Jefferson

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Story Weaver

Far from a world where stories are reduced to hashtags, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie maintains that a life cannot be told through a single narrative, that identity is made of fertile inconsistencies. She writes across multiple worlds…

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Car Free Sunday: a creative and gourmet interlude for families

On Sunday 21 September, Brussels will breathe a different kind of air. Bozar invites young and old alike to a convivial and festive gathering of food, culture and creativity.

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Concerts

Symphonic

Performance

Highly Recommended

C0PERBEEK - Radouan Mriziga & Belgian National Orchestra

Staging the Concert

18 Sept.'25
- 20:00

From 32 €

Classical Music

Symphonic

Staging the Concert

2025-2026

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

John Baldessari

Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales

19 Sept.'25 →
1 Feb.'26

From 18 €

Guided Tours

Secondary Education

Higher Education

John Baldessari – schools and youth associations (+12)

Interactive guided tours for schools, academies  and youth associations

19 Sept.'25 →
1 Feb.'26

Guided Tours

Guided tours FLE & NT2

19 Sept.'25 →
16 Aug.'26

Concerts

Symphonic

Performance

Highly Recommended

C0PERBEEK - Radouan Mriziga & Belgian National Orchestra

Staging the Concert

18 Sept.'25
- 20:00

From 32 €

Exhibitions

Contemporary Art

Highly Recommended

John Baldessari

Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales

19 Sept.'25 →
1 Feb.'26

From 18 €

Concerts

Early music

Vocal music

Highly Recommended

Lea Desandre & Jupiter Ensemble

Purcell & Dowland

20 Sept.'25
- 20:00

From 28 €

Performances

Highly Recommended

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Rabih Mroué. A little bit of the moon

22 Sept.'25

From 20 €

Performances

Concerts

Exhibitions

Festival

Performance

Highly Recommended

Bozar all over the P(a)lace - Nocturne

Beyond the exhibition John Baldessari

25 Sept.'25
- 18:00

From 10 €

Concerts

Symphonic

Highly Recommended

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Emelyanychev & Currie

MacMillan & Beethoven 7

25 Sept.'25
- 20:00

From 22 €

Concerts

Jazz

Highly Recommended

Fred Hersch & Sullivan Fortner

1 Oct.'25
- 20:30

From 32 €

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John Baldessari, The Duress Series: Person Holding on to Pole Attached to Exterior of Tall Building (2003), (detail) © Estate of John Baldessari

Music Season '25-'26

Embrace Complexity. Not to make things more difficult than they already are. On the contrary, we do it to experience the richness of differences more fully.

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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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