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Various Voices
6d ago00:06:58Tap to summarizeFrom 24 to 28 June Various Voices, the European festival of LGBTQI+ choirs, will take place in Brussels. Over 350 concerts are scheduled over five days in various landmark venues. Organizer Walid Aissaoui gives us an overview of the very full program.https://various-voices.be/
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Van Buuren Museum - Interior Landscapes
6d ago00:03:36Tap to summarizeOne of Brussels' brightest jewels, the Van Buuren Museum and Gardens, is hosting a show that is a dialogue between the works of Anto Carte and Gustave van de Woestyne, two celebrated Belgian XXth century artists who barely knew each other but whose works reflect each other's at various levels; spiritually and physically. Curator Manon Magotteaux gives us her insight on this felicitous synergy.Through 27 September 2026https://www.museumvanbuuren.be/en/
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Marché Saint Géry
2w ago00:03:40Tap to summarizeThe Halles Saint-Géry was built in 1881 as a meat and egg market. Over the years it has served a number of purposes, mostly cultural. Now it is going back to its roots as a food market but with cultural events such as the Brussels Jazz Weekend. Project Leader Lucile de Calan shares the details with ushttps://en.hallessaintgery.be/event/le-marche-saint-gery-2/
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Val Saint-Lambert at Design Museum Brussels
3w ago00:02:51Tap to summarizeIt's the 200th anniversary of legendary Belgian crystal and glassworks Val Saint- Lambert and there are events in various cities. In Brussels Design Museum is putting on a small but gorgeous exhibition focussed on the mid 20th century. Museum Director Arnaud Bozzini discusses what made the company so special.designmuseum.brussels/en/
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Ixelles Museum renovation latest
3w ago00:02:06Tap to summarizeThe Musée d'Ixelles has been closed for close to ten years, denying us the pleasure of seeing its superlative collection of Belgian art. Recently the museum held an information day to give us the latest news. Museum Director and Conservator Claire Leblanc spoke with us about the important changes that have been made during this closed period and gives us hope since she announced that the museum will reopen in March of 2027.https://ixellesmuseum.be/
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Post Colonial
4w ago00:03:46Tap to summarizePost Colonial?, the current temporary exhibition at the House of European History is an illuminating look into the centrality of colonialism in European history, how it has over five centuries shaped lives and how it continues to have an impact and a global legacy right up until the present day. The centuries-old issues are made to feel immediate to the visitor by personal stories of colonized people presented via video witnessing. We spoke with curator Kieran Burns who explains how colonialism continues to have an impact and a legacy to the present day.https://historia.europa.eu/en/exhibitions-events/temporary-exhibitions/postcolonialOn until 14 March 2027Open seven days a weekFree entrance
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Designing Childhood
May 2300:04:23Tap to summarizeDesigning Childhood, a current show at Design Museum Brussels retraces the evolution of furniture for children through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a history that will surprise you. Museum Director Arnaud Bozzini unveils the story for us.https://designmuseum.brussels/en/ Photo courtesy of Magis
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Venice biennale 2026: The Belgian Pavilion
May 1700:04:43Tap to summarizeIt Never SSST, the Belgian pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale is particularly vibrant this year as it features live performances for the first time. Miet Warlop, this year's exhibiting artist transforms the Belgian pavilion into a charged arena where language, music and collective disorientation collide.We speak with pavilion curator Caroline Dumalin. For those who can't make it to Venice from May through November this year, the entire project will relocate to KANAL next winter.http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2026/belgium
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Picture Perfect: Beauty Through a Contemporary Lens
May 900:04:39Tap to summarizeBozar's exhibition Picture Perfect: Beauty Through a Contemporary Lens takes on the increasingly hot button issue of the specificity of beauty. What is beauty and who decides? Is there room for different ideals? How are some people pressured into undergoing certain procedures and how are some people changing the norms?Curator Christel Tsilibaris leads us through this thorny landscape.https://www.bozar.be/en/watch-read-listen/picture-perfectThrough 16 August 2026
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I Am Here
May 400:03:17Tap to summarize"I am here - je suis là - ik ben hier" is a free trilingual exhibition at Espace Vanderborght exploring self-representation from traditional portraits to selfies. Organized by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), it features interactive installations examining identity, media, and social media culture. Art Historian Margaux Van Uytvanck tells us what to expect.Free. Through 30 May
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