Bxl Tour
The BXL TOUR is back for its 10th edition!
On Sunday 14 June 2026, join the start at Place des Palais to ride 40 km or 32 km by bike on Brussels roads that will be completely closed to traffic. The route passes through tunnels, the Bois de la Cambre, and the Royal Château de Laeken… before a festive finish under the Atomium.
Cyclists, athletes, or amateurs: everyone is welcome!
The BXL TOUR is an annual event that has become legendary among cycling enthusiasts, as well as for those looking to challenge themselves or simply have fun. And guess what? It’s coming back in 2026 for its 10th edition! This event, well-known to the people of Brussels, closes off the capital’s streets for a morning so participants can give it their all and push their limits!
Between the start village (Place des Palais) and the finish village (Atomium), cyclists pass through Brussels’ most iconic landmarks: the Cinquantenaire, Laeken Cathedral, the Japanese Tower, and the Bois de la Cambre. Plus, the four categories offered by the BXL TOUR make the event accessible to everyone! With a shorter course or and the normal course which is accessible for people with reduced mobility, there’s something for everyone.
- Ride: featuring a 32 km route with a minimum average speed of 16 km/h, this category is designed for enjoying the experience without a competitive goal. The following are only permitted in this category:
E-bikes
Child seats
- Master: A 40-km route with a minimum average speed of 40 km/h. Pushing your limits is the name of the game in this category. This route is open to participants aged 19 and older.
- Cyclo: The same route, but at a more leisurely pace. This category features a 40 km course, with a minimum average speed of 20 km/h.
- Paracycling: This category is designed for people with reduced mobility. It features a 40 km course, open to participants aged 12 and older, with a minimum average speed of 25 km/h.
The end of the race is celebrated at the foot of the Atomium in the finish village, featuring all these activities: Music, food trucks and cold drinks, goodies, association booths... Participants can stretch their legs in a great atmosphere and see their efforts rewarded!
Practical information:
Where? Departure from Place des Palais
Time? First category starts at 9:00 a.m.
How to register? https://www.bxltour.be/en/registrations
Place des Palais
Brussels
Sport
Bxl Tour
Mosaik festival
L'Os à Moelle
Schaerbeek
Festival
Mosaik festival
Artisanal Intelligence
Hannon House
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Artisanal Intelligence
European Parliament Piano Festival 2026
The European Parliament launches a new series of lunchtime appointments: the Piano Festival!
Take a break and enjoy live music during your lunch hour at the Info Hub.
From 2 until 25 June, from Tuesdays to Fridays, join us at 13:00 for a lunchtime piano concerts in a cosy, friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
Info Hub
Ixelles
Festival
European Parliament Piano Festival 2026
Bozar Rooftop 2026
Pali Pali ? Bento Architecture
After three editions and thousands of visitors, the Bozar Rooftop, curated by Pali Pali, returns for another summer above Brussels. This year, the rooftop will be open continuously from June 4 to September 20, Tuesday to Sunday, from 4 PM to 11 PM. The venue will present a fully Belgian line-up of partners and programming, blending culture, music, and encounters.
This year’s scenography, designed by Bento Architecture, is titled “The Blue Hour”: an immersive interpretation of the fleeting moment between day and night, transforming the rooftop into a sensitive, luminous landscape made of floating textures, shifting light, and a central dance floor. A rich and dynamic program will unfold throughout the summer, featuring a dozen collectives from some of the most vibrant local scenes: Rise & Shine, WAGWAN, Etiket, El Cielo, What Women Want, Etiket Social, CASA VILLANI, with additional collaborations to be announced. Concerts, DJ sets, theatre improvisations, associative markets, and the Lekker Lekker Klub will shape a journey mixing music, food, and encounters. Collectives from Brussels and beyond will take audiences on musical journeys through jazz, soul, disco, electro, rap, and Latin sounds.
All events remain free, with a strong focus on accessibility and a solidarity-based bar offer. Brussels Beer Project will once again provide a selection of craft beers throughout the season.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Festival
Bozar Rooftop 2026
Bellezza e Bruttezza
Beauty and Ugliness in the Renaissance
Beauty and ugliness have always fascinated people, yet their meanings shift over time. Bellezza e Bruttezza explores how artists from Italy and Northern Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries depicted these extremes, from refined ideals to deliberate grotesques. A rare opportunity to see extraordinary works, some appearing in Belgium for the first and only time.
The exhibition traces how the standards of beauty and ugliness evolved from the last quarter of the 15th century to the end of the 16th century—key transitional periods—by juxtaposing in a rich and compelling confrontation the ways in which these two subjects were interpreted by the greatest Italian artists and their counterparts from Northern Europe. Beauty became an increasingly important social concern at this time, as shown by the rising number of 16th-century publications offering “recipes for looking beautiful” and advice on cosmetics and care. Meanwhile, ugliness also grew in prominence in art, appearing in a widening range of forms throughout the same period.
Discover remarkable works by renowned artists such as Botticelli, Titian, Tintoretto, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Cranach the Elder, Massys, and many others.
Read our visitor guide and children’s guide in advance
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Exhibitions
Bellezza e Bruttezza
Ho Tzu Nyen. P for Power
Ho Tzu Nyen explores big questions in his ambitious artworks that bring together deep research, popular visual culture, and new technology. For Bozar, he is creating a new work titled P for Power that builds upon his earlier work The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia.
At a moment in which the notion of power is being challenged and reconsidered, not least in the light of worldwide challenges to democracy but also in relation to developments in AI, Ho Tzu Nyen’s work dares to challenge pressing political and philosophical issues head-on.
Ho Tzu Nyen was born in 1976 in Singapore, where he lives and works. Steeped in numerous Eastern and Western cultural references ranging from art history to theatre and from cinema to music to philosophy, Ho Tzu Nyen’s works blend mythical narratives and historical facts to mobilise different understandings of history, its writing and its transmission. The central theme of his œuvre is a long-term investigation of the plurality of cultural identities in Southeast Asia, a region so multifaceted in terms of its languages, religions, cultures and influences that it is impossible to reduce it to a simple geographical area or some fundamental historical base. This observation as to the history of this region of the world is reflected in his pieces which weave together different regimes of knowledge, narratives and representations. From documentary research to fantasy, his work combines archival images, animation and film in installations that are often immersive and theatrical.
On Sunday 7 June at 3 PM, curator Emma Dumartheray offers a special introduction to Ho Tzu Nyen’s exhibition at Bozar, at no extra cost.
Meeting point: Horta Hall.
Read our visitor guide.
The new work P for Power, created by Ho Tzu Nyen and commissioned by Bozar, is also on view at the Venice Biennale 2026, at Palazzo Diedo Berggruen, as part of the exhibition Strange Rules.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Exhibitions
Ho Tzu Nyen. P for Power
Alone, Not even scared (to be scared!)
For 20 years, Alone has captivated millions of readers with a question as simple as it is unsettling: what would children do if left to their own devices in a world without adults?
This summer, the Comic Art Museum in Brussels is celebrating this must-read series with "Alone, not even scared (to be scared!)", an immersive exhibition designed to send shivers down young readers’ spines and get their hearts racing… whilst bringing back memories for older visitors.
Meet the heroes created by Fabien Vehlmann and Bruno Gazzotti, with colours by Usagi, and dive into a world where adventure, friendship and mystery go hand in hand.
Step into the world of Alone… if you dare!
Curator: Thierry Bellefroid
Exhibition design: Élodie Descoubes
In collaboration with Publishers Rue de Sèvres and Dupuis.
Comic Art Museum
Brussels
Exhibitions
Alone, Not even scared (to be scared!)
Rasmus Klump, the Timeless Bear Cub
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Rasmus Klump, the famous Danish bear cub who has captivated readers for generations. This exceptional exhibition invites you to explore the work of the artists who created this iconic character, while also showcasing his modern reinvention and new adventures. Rediscover Petzi through original illustrations, anecdotes about his creation and contemporary interpretations that perpetuate his joyful, timeless spirit. Explore his maritime adventures and his values of friendship, curiosity and mutual aid.
The Rasmus Klump exhibition is a family event not to be missed, for the young and old alike!
With the support of the players of the Brussels Capital Region.
Comic Art Museum
Brussels
Exhibitions
Rasmus Klump, the Timeless Bear Cub
Picture Perfect
Beauty through a Contemporary Lens
What does it mean to be beautiful today? Who gets to decide? And how do images shape the way we see ourselves—and each other? Bringing together the work of 65 artists from across continents and generations, Picture Perfect examines how lens-based media have played a pivotal role in producing, reinforcing and challenging dominant Western beauty standards. At once critical and emancipatory, the exhibition unfolds as a manifesto: a declaration that seeks not only to question inherited ideals, but to expand and redefine beauty as a space of freedom, multiplicity and humanity.
With works by: Ibrahim Ahmed, Yumna Al-Arashi, Francesca Allen, Sarah Amrani, Susan Anderson, Eleanor Antin, Alexandra Barancovà & Jae Perris, Baloji, Valérie Belin, François Bellabas, Kwame Brathwaite, Nakeya Brown, Juno Calypso, William Cobbing, John Coplans, Eli Cortiñas, Nicola Costantino, Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Mélanie Courtinat, Sara Cwynar, Rineke Dijkstra, Philippe Durand, Sylvie Fleury, Bryce Galloway, Moshtari Hilal, Anne Horel, Sanja Ivekovic, Yuki Kihara, Sandra Lazzarini, Ethel Lilienfeld, Linder, Lucy&Bart, Luna Maurer, James McColl, Ana Mendieta, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Zanele Muholi, Zed Nelson, J.D. ‘Okhai Oijekere, ORLAN, Frida Orupabo, Guillaume Pauli, Andrés Pérez, Cara Phillips, Momo Pixel, Angelo Plessas, Marilou Poncin, Chantal Regnault, Pipilotti Rist, Martha Rosler, Errol Stanley Sawyer, Cindy Sherman, Marianna Simnett, Sin Wai Kin, Ruofu Sun & Alice Yu, Ryudai Takano, Amélie Testenoire – Lafayette, Maria Tsagkari, Kristina Varaksina, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hannah Wilke, Hank Willis Thomas, Roel Wouters, Garry Winogrand, Aviya Wyse
Explore Picture Perfect on Bloomberg Connects: exhibition texts, artist interviews, Sofa Sessions and more.
Some works in this exhibition contain nudity and images that may be disturbing to some visitors. Please take this into consideration when planning your visit.
"Picture Perfect revisits the theme from a contemporary angle, and explores present-day definitions of physical beauty through photographs and videos from the 1960s to today." The New York Times
“All killer, no filler”: exhibition at Bozar punctures 50 years of Western beauty ideals." De Standaard
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Exhibitions
Picture Perfect
Designing Childhood. A History of Design for Children
From April 1st to September 20th, the Design Museum Brussels presents Designing Childhood. A History of Design for Children, an exhibition co-organised with the Centre Pompidou that explores the evolution of design for children throughout the 20th century.
As a testing ground for new materials and production processes, children’s furniture has left its mark on the history of 20th-century design. It embodies the ambitions, social changes and technological advances of its era. Children’s furniture is characterised by its playful nature and versatility, while at the same time reflecting the evolution of the child’s place in the family and social structure. Gradually recognised as individuals in their own right, children are no longer seen as ‘little adults’ and have carved out a specific place for themselves in the home, society and the market.
In this new collaboration, the Design Museum Brussels enriches the narrative initiated by the Centre Pompidou by highlighting the Belgian contribution. This exhibition is the result of the encounter between the collections of the Design Museum Brussels and the Centre Pompidou, unfolding a dialogue that spans the entire 20th century, from the children’s bedrooms by Pierre Chareau in the 1920s or by Sylvie Feron in Belgium in the 1930s, from school equipment in the 1930s (Jean Prouvé, Arne Jacobsen) to the Reconstruction classroom by Marcel Gascoin in France or by Jules Wabbes in Belgium. In the 1960s, pop aesthetics and the spread of plastic materials marked the peak of children’s design through light and flexible furniture.
Through pieces from its collections, the Design Museum Brussels highlights the vitality of design in Belgium, in line with major international trends. It reveals an approach that is attentive to children’s needs, integrating ecological and educational issues from an early stage, as well as current initiatives such as the ecoBirdy duo’s Charlie chair made from recycled plastic. Today, designers are once again turning their attention to children’s furniture with a focus on learning and inclusivity, which is reflected in the two collections, where formal innovation is combined with a reflection on society and the environment.
This exhibition will also provide an opportunity for the Design Museum Brussels, in collaboration with BNA-BBOT (Bruxelles Nous Appartient-Brussel Behoort Ons Toe), to launch its podcast series dedicated to leading figures in Brussels design. This first episode focuses on the career and work of Marie Paquay Wabbes.
The book Designing Childhood. Le mobilier pour enfant – Kindermeubilair – Children’s furniture, edited by Marie-Ange Brayer and Arnaud Bozzini will be published by Maison CFC Éditions to accompany the exhibition. This trilingual volume presents a selection of iconic pieces from the history of children’s furniture and offers an accessible introduction to the evolution of children’s design.
Linked to the exhibition, a selection of two objects can be seen through the windows of the museum’s storage. The selection focuses on design for babies and offers a glimpse into parts of the collection that usually remain behind the scenes, revealing the wider holdings that support exhibitions and research.
Design Museum Brussels
Laeken
Exhibitions
Designing Childhood. A History of Design for Children
Val Saint-Lambert & Design
In 1826, François Kemlin and Auguste Lelièvre founded the public limited company ‘Verreries et Établissements du Val Saint-Lambert’ in Seraing. The glassworks quickly benefited from considerable investment, which promoted technical progress, the growth of exports and the promotion of a young national industry. In 1879, they became Cristalleries du Val Saint-Lambert, a key player that successively bought up several glassworks and, between 1880 and 1914, enjoyed a real golden age: more than 5,000 workers, outlets all over the world and a reputation consolidated by prestigious participations in the World’s Fairs, from 1894 in Antwerp to 1925 in Paris. Throughout its existence, Val Saint-Lambert has successfully reinvented itself, navigating the Art Nouveau era, the 1930s and the post-war period by collaborating with renowned artists and designers: Léon Ledru (1855–1926), the Muller brothers (Henri Muller, 1868–1936; Désiré Muller, 1877–1952; Eugène Muller, 1883–1914), Charles Graffart (1893–1967), René Delvenne (1901–1968), Yan Zoritchak (born in 1944) and Philippe Starck (born in 1949).
In 2026, Cristalleries will celebrate its bicentenary. To mark this anniversary, the Design Museum Brussels is joining forces with several museums and scientific institutions to highlight this jewel of Belgian industrial heritage and creativity. In collaboration with the Charleroi Glass Museum and curated by Catherine Thomas and Anne Vanlatum, the exhibition Val Saint-Lambert & Design at the Design Museum Brussels is dedicated to the creative output of Val Saint-Lambert from the 1958 World’s Fair to the early 2000s, a period that witnessed an unprecedented creative renewal. It embodies Val Saint-Lambert’s desire to preserve craftsmanship while bringing it into the modern era and engaging in constant dialogue with design. In line with the American Studio Glass movement, it opened its doors to international artists and designers who, alongside the crystal factory’s master glassmakers, experimented with new forms and pushed the boundaries of creation. Crystal, a material that symbolises artisanal excellence, became the medium for bold creations, combining traditional know-how with aesthetic innovations. Created in 1989 under the impetus of director Patrick Depuydt, the Crystal Studio marked a decisive step in the history of Val Saint-Lambert.
Through this joint exhibition, the Design Museum Brussels and the Charleroi Glass Museum invite their visitors to discover the Crystal Studio, a founding chapter in the contemporary history of glass, reflecting the dynamism, the innovation and the international influence of the Cristalleries du Val Saint-Lambert.
Design Museum Brussels
Laeken
Exhibitions
Val Saint-Lambert & Design
Aston Martin – Elegance in Motion
Autoworld presents the pop-up exhibition Aston Martin – Elegance in Motion from Friday 24 April to Sunday 21 June 2026.
Through a selection of around fifteen exceptional vehicles, the museum takes visitors on a journey through the rich history of a brand that is globally synonymous with elegance, sportiness and refinement.
Autoworld presents the pop-up exhibition Aston Martin – Elegance in Motion from Friday 24 April to Sunday 21 June 2026.
Through a selection of around fifteen exceptional vehicles, the museum takes visitors on a journey through the rich history of a brand that is globally synonymous with elegance, sportiness and refinement.
Aston Martin was born from the passion of Lionel Martin, who achieved his first victory in 1913 at the Aston Clinton hill climb. That victory also gave the brand its name. What followed was a history characterised by artisanal production, technological refinement and a strong focus on exclusivity. In contrast to mass manufacturers, Aston Martin has always remained true to a philosophy in which quality, personalisation and driving experience are central.
Among the cars on display are a rare 1925 Side Valve, a DB1 Spa commemorating the victory of Horsfall and Johnson, and the elegant DB2/4 that once belonged to King Baudouin. The 1950s and 1960s are represented by iconic models such as the DB3, DB4 and the legendary DBR4 Formula One car.
The exhibition also features exclusive and modern creations such as the Aston Martin Victor, the radical DBR22 and the rare One-77, each embodying the brand’s vision of the future in its own way. Collaborations with renowned design houses are also highlighted, including the DB4 GT Zagato Recreation and the V8 Zagato.
However, the world of Aston Martin extends beyond the road and the racetrack. The brand is inextricably linked with cinema and luxury, and has become a cultural icon thanks to its role in the James Bond films.
A particular highlight is undoubtedly the DB5 James Bond Continuation, a contemporary interpretation of the iconic car from Goldfinger, which firmly established Aston Martin in popular culture.
With thanks to Aston Martin Brussels, Aston Martin Antwerp, and the private owners for making the exhibited vehicles available.
Autoworld
Brussels
Exhibitions
Aston Martin – Elegance in Motion
Brussels Renaissance Festival
The Brussels Renaissance Festival offers, from 17 May to 4 July 2026, a series of events that showcase European heritage and history during the Renaissance.
The Renaissance period is, without doubt, the most prosperous period of Brussels' history. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ruled over much of Europe, an empire over which it was said that 'the sun never set'. The most influential figure in European politics chose Brussels as his main residence. The result? An effervescence that permeated all domains: diplomatic, cultural, artistic, etc. It was, it some ways, the first tentative steps towards the construction of a united Europe... which would see Brussels become the capital of 500 million Europeans.
Now, that deserves a festival, wouldn't you say?
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
Brussels Renaissance Festival
Call me gravity
The thematic exhibition Call me gravity explores the concept of debt from various angles — focusing in particular on its impact on bodies and contemporary perceptions. Beyond its economic meaning, debt encompasses social, spatial, historical and emotional dimensions. It manifests concretely in the proliferation of credit lines, but also lurks in what eludes measurement, in what is neither accounted for nor recognised.
Dora Budor, Niloufar Emamifar, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, Georgia Sagri, Gianna Surangkanjanajai and Sung Tieu
Wiels - Contemporary art centre
Forest
Exhibitions
Call me gravity
Lutz Bacher - 'Burning the Days '
Burning the Days offers an expansive view of conceptual artist Lutz Bacher’s provocative, genre-defying oeuvre that exists across a wide range of found materials. Moving between affect and sentiment, humor, and pop-cultural touchstones, the exhibition turns to unflinching examinations of sexuality, violence, political paranoia, and cosmic metaphysics.
Wiels - Contemporary art centre
Forest
Exhibitions
Lutz Bacher - 'Burning the Days '
Collection meets Spanish Artists
The creations of M. Millares, M. Mompó, M. Rivera and A. Tàpies enter into dialogue with emblematic pieces from the Royal Museums' collection. An intense encounter between artists in search of freedom and openness.
A journey to Spain through a selection of emblematic works, mostly abstract, from the international avant-garde of the 1950s to the 1970s, in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War.
The creations of Manolo Millares, Manuel Mompó, Manuel Rivera and Antoni Tàpies enter into dialogue with emblematic pieces from the Royal Museums’ collection.
The result? An intense encounter between artists in search of freedom and openness.
Discover these distinctive Hispanic abstract and informal tendencies, characterised by raw materials, spontaneous gestures and bold experimentation.
This is the second chapter of "Collection Meets", a new series of presentations dedicated to contemporary or modern art that establishes a dialogue between works from the RMFAB collections and pieces from external collections.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Exhibitions
Collection meets Spanish Artists
Germaine Rimbout. Poetry. Color. Movement.
This spring, the Spilliaert Room brings to light a figure who long remained in the shadows: Germaine Rimbout (1894–1973), a Brussels-based artist with a singular trajectory.
This spring, the Spilliaert Room brings to light a figure who long remained in the shadows: Germaine Rimbout (1894–1973), a Brussels-based artist with a singular trajectory.
Influenced by Cubism and Fauvism, her work evolved after the Second World War toward a freer abstraction and an increasingly daring colour palette.
An exhibition driven as much by the strength of the work as by the personality of the artist. As a female creator in a world still largely dominated by men at the time, she succeeded in forging her own path.
Her artistic journey reflects the tensions and aspirations of an era.
In collaboration with KBR
Since 21 May 2025, the Spilliaert Room has immersed visitors in the poetic and mysterious world of the Belgian illustrator and draughtsman. This new space also hosts temporary presentations of works on paper and honours the exceptional contribution of Spilliaert, whose work enters into dialogue with that of other artists from the collections.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Exhibitions
Germaine Rimbout. Poetry. Color. Movement.
Park Poetik
Various locations in Saint-Gilles and Forest
Saint-Gilles
Festival
Park Poetik
Jean-Michel Othoniel - Diary of Happiness
The artist Jean-Michel Othoniel inhabits the salons, chambers, and gardens of the Villa Empain with over a hundred works, inspired by thirty years of travels across the globe.
The Boghossian Foundation presents Diary of Happiness, Jean-Michel Othoniel’s first major exhibition in Brussels, bringing together more than one hundred works inspired by thirty years of travel across the world.
Reflecting the Boghossian Foundation’s mission to foster dialogue between cultures, the artist invites visitors on a journey that retraces the travels that have shaped his vision of the world. A form of geography of thought, each work is associated with a particular country. Armenia, Belgium, China, the United States, France, India, Japan, Mexico and Turkey emerge as so many remarkable destinations, forged through encounters and exchanges.
Alongside the monumental sculptures and installations unfolding in the garden and throughout the spaces of the Villa Empain, a hundred watercolours, works on paper rarely shown, form the guiding thread of an intimate and joyful exhibition. Like a travel notebook, they are revealed from room to room, as the diary of years spent abroad, bearing witness to journeys driven by affection and wonder.
The house inhabited by Jean-Michel Othoniel’s works becomes a place of memory and inward travel, shaped by transformation and reverie, a point of departure and of return.
Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Jean-Michel Othoniel - Diary of Happiness
Olé Désiré ! by Yves Malfliet
Exhibition Olé Désiré ! by Yves Malfliet
The exhibition, entitled Olé Désiré !, will unveil a series of recent works, some never seen before that have been created for the occasion. Yves Malfliet’s off-beat vision of humankind’s situation contrasts strikingly with the sanctuary of religious knowledge and writings of the Renaissance that is Erasmus’s House.
He gives the rules and standards of ceramic craftsmanship short shrift, taking secret pleasure in doing exactly the opposite of what he is expected to do!
Yves Malfliet
Erasmus House & Beguinage Museums
Anderlecht
Exhibitions
Olé Désiré ! by Yves Malfliet
Museum of museums
Works from the Art et marges museum collection successively transform the spaces in which they are displayed.
A botanical garden, a planetarium, an anthropological cabinet, a folklore museum… these settings unfold before the viewer like a series of temples, each infused with its own atmosphere by the Muses. Is the museum a sacred place?
MUSEUM OF MUSEUMS sets out to dismantle the walls we so often imagine standing between artwork and audience. Through scenographic and educational displays inspired by different museum typologies, and with objects brought out from the reserves, visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the exhibition as a total experience.
Amid the Art brut collections — between tissue paper and the scent of popcorn (come and see for yourself!) — works from the contemporary visual arts scene also appear. While the Art et marges museum may delight, for the occasion, in spotting categories everywhere, its true specialty lies in creating dialogue between them.
Seyni Awa Camara, Pierre Bonvoisin, Charlotte Beaudry, Géraldine Beaupère, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Umberto Bergamaschi, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Alexandre Bernardi, Pascal Bernier, Ghyslain Bertholon, Anacleto Borghi, Magali Cadelli, Solène Calderon, Alejandro Cardenas, Ignacio Carles Tolra, Pierre Coene, Tony Convey, Georges Counasse, Caroline Dahyot, Michel Dave, Clément Davout, Alain Delaunay...
Art & marges museum
Brussels
Exhibitions
Museum of museums
In the footsteps of Bart Van Loo and the Burgundians
Bart Van Loo invites you to view one of the most fascinating periods of our history through his eyes: an era in which art and power elevate one another to new heights.
Together with KBR, he has created a remarkable museum route. Here you will discover original watercolours by Jean-Léon Huens, presented alongside exceptional manuscripts, prints and engravings from the KBR collections.
These documents illustrate Bart’s fascination with history and make the world of the Burgundian court tangible. For this route, he wrote texts that capture the Burgundian origins of our shared history.
Continue your discovery in Brussels
Your journey through the Burgundian world does not have to end at the KBR museum. With the podwalk In the footsteps of the Burgundians, Bart Van Loo guides you through Brussels.
Using the VRT PodWalks app, you walk past places where the Burgundian past can still be felt today , from Place Royale, via Hotel Ravenstein and the Nassau Chapel, to the Grand Place and St Michael and St Gudula Cathedral.
KBR
Brussels
Exhibitions
In the footsteps of Bart Van Loo and the Burgundians
Exhibithion Simplicities
In the summer of 2026, the Fashion & Lace Museum invites you to discover the simplicity of clothing. Spanning more than two centuries of history, this new exhibition looks back at moments when clothing leaned towards simplicity, functionality, and naturalness.
In the summer of 2026, the Fashion & Lace Museum invites you to discover the simplicity of clothing. Spanning more than two centuries of history, this new exhibition looks back at moments when clothing leaned towards simplicity, functionality, and naturalness. Often associated with luxury, glamour, and novelty, fashion is revealed here as a mirror of cultural and social change. A theme that, until now, has been little studied.
Simplicites begins at the end of the 18th century. The philosophy of the Enlightenment, along with medical and hygienist discourse, called for a profound reform of the way people dressed. A return to nature manifested itself in a rejection of corrective artifices, new cuts, breathable materials, and an aesthetic vocabulary inspired by Antiquity. The clothing ideal became a reflection of a new lifestyle combining comfort, freedom of the body, and closeness to nature.
The exhibition is divided into six chapters, each highlighting the different aspects of this simplicity. Drawn from history, the pieces shown in these thematic capsules reveal the continuity, resurgence, and paradoxes of this aesthetic. Discover this lesser-known side of fashion history.
Fashion & Lace Museum
Brussels
Exhibitions
Exhibithion Simplicities
Flight
Feel like flying? The exhibition FLIGHT reveals how animals and humans achieve to defy the clouds. From hummingbird to drone, peregrine falcon to the Concorde : a fascinating journey into the heart of flight, where nature meets technology. Discover the incredible diversity of all things that fly and make your own paper airplane soar!
Feel like flying? The exhibition FLIGHT reveals how animals and humans achieve to defy the clouds. From hummingbird to drone, peregrine falcon to the Concorde : a fascinating journey into the heart of flight, where nature meets technology. Discover the incredible diversity of all things that fly and make your own paper airplane soar!
FLIGHT unravels the mystery of flight in a stunning panorama of fossils, naturalized birds, and model airplanes.
Ready for take-off? An experience to enjoy solo, with family, or with your school. Ages 10 and up.
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Institute of Natural Sciences
Brussels
Exhibitions
Flight
