Kanal - Opening weekend
Kanal opens 28 & 29.11.2026
Kanal opens! For a whole weekend, wall-to-wall, non-stop. With ten exhibitions and a host of live
performances and opening rituals, concerts and DJ sets, films and installations, workshops for
kids and families, as well as explorations and activations of the new building and its surroundings.
All free of charge.
Kanal - Centre Pompidou
Brussels
Festival
Kanal - Opening weekend
ArtContest 22nd Edition
ATOMA Art Center
Forest
Exhibitions
ArtContest 22nd Edition
Nourrir les débris
Brasserie Atlas
Anderlecht
Exhibitions
Nourrir les débris
Ali Cherri - 'Soul Witness'
For the first time, several of Ali Cherri’s major bodies of work are gathered, including his upcoming film The Sentinel (2026). Alongside, a series of sculptures, watercolour drawings and installations act as a sustained inquiry into how institutions of power — the nation-state, the military and even the museum — shape the ways history is constructed and remembered.
Wiels - Contemporary art centre
Forest
Exhibitions
Ali Cherri - 'Soul Witness'
Anne-Marie Klenes - 'Strates'
Galerie Faider
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Anne-Marie Klenes - 'Strates'
Tina Gillen - 'LandFall'
Nosbaum Reding Bruxelles
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Tina Gillen - 'LandFall'
Andrea Büttner – Dieter Roth - 'I want to let the work fall down'
Jan Mot
Brussels
Exhibitions
Andrea Büttner – Dieter Roth - 'I want to let the work fall down'
Lumson
LUMSON presents the results of an artistic research project by artist Aernoudt Jacobs, developed in collaboration with iMAL, UHasselt/imo-imomec, FARI/ULB/VUB and De Hoge Rielen.
LUMSON presents the results of an artistic research project by artist Aernoudt Jacobs, developed in collaboration with iMAL, UHasselt/imo-imomec, FARI/ULB/VUB and De Hoge Rielen. The project explores how inaudible frequencies become perceptible by connecting a luminous speaker foil with an AI component that translates hidden frequencies into vocal sounds. The exhibition brings together installations, prototypes, workshop results and documentation material from this process.
The luminous speaker is created by screen-printing several layers onto a thin, flexible piezoelectric foil. Conductive and electroluminescent inks are applied and encapsulated so that the same flat surface can vibrate to produce sound while also emitting light and colors. Its innovation lies in uniting material and technology in a single surface, so that the resulting object becomes not merely a container for technical components but the speaker, light source, and visual composition itself. Hidden signals and waves are translated into voice and this creates an environment in which invisible signals become audible, visible and tangible at once — with the voice functioning both as metaphor and as a concrete result of this translation.
Across different workshops, the project evolved through encounters with artistic, academic, DIY, and school audiences, each revealing a different aspect of the luminous speaker and the inaudible phenomena surrounding it. Participants explored the creative potential of constructing and presenting the screen-printed speakers collectively, and developed the material and technical knowledge needed to improve their performance and durability. They also investigated how urban electromagnetic signals could be translated into AI-generated voices and audiovisual compositions, while younger participants explored connections between technology, nature, storytelling, and collaborative making.
Working with a different audience each time tested the project from multiple perspectives, generating varied forms of knowledge and expression. The process showed how collective experimentation can make complex technologies accessible, imaginative, and socially engaging. The exhibition presents around 70 printed speakers made by around 40 people, including workshop participants.
Aernoudt Jacobs
iMAL, Center for Digital Cultures and Technology
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Lumson
//sabotage
At the turn of the 19th century, workers protested against unfair labour conditions by deliberately working badly, slowing down or degrading production, or putting machinery out of action. Today’s workers —whether they are warehouse staff or startup employees— deploy micro-resistance tactics to defy the algorithm-driven intensification of labour, exposing workplace abuses, outsmarting algorithms and organising collective pushback.
Likewise, contemporary artists embrace sabotage as a tool to dismantle oppressive systems. For them, it’s a form of creative resistance, bridging historical labour struggles with modern battles against exploitation, marginalisation and democratic backsliding.
The exhibition invites reflection on urgent questions: Where are today's creative acts and technologies of unmaking” that disrupt the exploitative mechanisms of capitalism? How do artists mobilise inventiveness, storytelling and mischief to produce a ‘poetry of dysfunction’? And, finally, will the machines join the rebellion?
Co-cutated by Régine Debatty and the iMAL team
Younes Baba Ali, Fayçal Baghriche, Gisela Carbajal Rodríguez and Felix Klee, Shannah Legrin, Adrian Melis, Amor Muñoz, Juan Obando & Yoshua Okón, Selma Selman, Maarten Vanden Eynde
iMAL, Center for Digital Cultures and Technology
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
//sabotage
Natalia Blanch, Alice Dittmar - 'Anaphore'
Odradek
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Natalia Blanch, Alice Dittmar - 'Anaphore'
Quinten Ingelaere - 'Kruimeldief/ Voleur de miettes'
Dauwens & Beernaert Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
Quinten Ingelaere - 'Kruimeldief/ Voleur de miettes'
Resonance - Mimili Maku Arts
Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Gallery
Koekelberg
Exhibitions
Resonance - Mimili Maku Arts
Shota Nakamura
Mendes Wood DM
Brussels
Exhibitions
Shota Nakamura
Nel Aerts
Cultuurcentrum Strombeek
Strombeek-Bever
Exhibitions
Nel Aerts
Wet Conceptualism
Haseeb Ahmed, Lyndon Barrois Jr., Alighiero Boetti, Marcel Broodthaers, Jimmy Durham, Claire
Fontaine, Andrea Fraser, Jef Geys, Mauro Giaconi, Liam Gillick, Mark Manders, David Maroto, My
Barbarian, Warren Neidich, Laure Prouvost, Rob Pruitt, Martha Rosler, TR Ericsson, Walter Swennen, Ria Verhaeghe, Oriol Vilanova
Harlan Levey Projects
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Wet Conceptualism
Portia Zvavahera: Kuzviramba Mamuri
Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera’s large-scale painterly compositions mix printmaking and painting techniques to record scenes, human figures and ghostly creatures that visit her in the otherworldly plane that opens up when the conscious mind goes to rest.
Zvavahera has developed a distinctive artistic language that embodies the visible and invisible force fields born from her own “inner battles.” Her work, which weaves together personal and collective experience, is animated by a syncretic blend of Christian traditions and the spiritual dimensions of Shona culture in Zimbabwe.
The exhibition in WIELS encompasses early paintings exploring themes akin to the artist’s experience of womanhood, dreamscapes incorporating elements of her surroundings such as leaves and lace, all the way to her most recent venture into ceramics. While hinting at traditions of Zimbabweanfiguration, textile patterns and motifs of religious iconography, the work makes space for a shared, affective vocabulary of loss, love, grief, and joy.
Curator: Sofia Dati
The exhibition is organised in collaboration with Fridericianum, Kassel; David Zwirner, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Hong Kong; and Stevenson, Cape Town, Amsterdam.
Wiels - Contemporary art centre
Forest
Exhibitions
Portia Zvavahera: Kuzviramba Mamuri
Lieve Lambrecht - 'La dame au chapeau en verre'
JAP / Vitrine Rivoli
Uccle
Exhibitions
Lieve Lambrecht - 'La dame au chapeau en verre'
The Shape of Elsewhere
Marcel Berlanger, Raoul De Keyser, Sanam Khatibi, Thomas Lerooy, Sam Moyer, Stephen Shore, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Gert and Uwe Tobias
Rodolphe Janssen
Ixelles
Exhibitions
The Shape of Elsewhere
Sasha Kurmaz - 'Liturgie des jours'
Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Sasha Kurmaz - 'Liturgie des jours'
Alessandro Teoldi - 'Le picole cose'
Sorry We're Closed
Brussels
Exhibitions
Alessandro Teoldi - 'Le picole cose'
Habiter le paysage
Ronan Barrot, Vincent Bioulès, Jean-Marie Bytebier, Damien Cabanes, Guy De Malherbe, Patrice Giorda
Alexandre Hollan, Abel Pradalié, Gérard Traquandi
Galerie La Forest Divonne
Brussels
Exhibitions
Habiter le paysage
Brankica Žilović - 'Tellurique'
Galerie Emilie Dujat
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Brankica Žilović - 'Tellurique'
Michael Kenna - ' Beautiful Fukushima'
box galerie
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Michael Kenna - ' Beautiful Fukushima'
Louis-Cyprien Rials - 'La mémoire de la Matière'
Galerie Eric Mouchet
Forest
Exhibitions
Louis-Cyprien Rials - 'La mémoire de la Matière'
Danny Moynihan - 'Prometheus'
Nino Mier Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
Danny Moynihan - 'Prometheus'
Pierre Alechinsky
Le Salon d'Art
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Pierre Alechinsky
FAME 2026
Femmes Artistes - Mouvement Engagé
In honor of Mary CASSATT (1844-1926)
Curated by Flavie Durand-Ruel
A group show of 16 women artists:
Pauline Bazignan, Sophie Blanc, Raphaële De Broissia, Françoise Catalàa, Carole Chebron, Sacha Floch Poliakoff, Estelle Garcia Blanco, Anne Giscard, D'Estaing, Barbara Kandiyoti, Sophie de Laporte, Carmen Mariscal, Lucy Orta, Françoise Pétrovitch, Fab Rideti, Patricia De Solages, Hogétsu Takahashi
Frédérick Mouraux Gallery
Uccle
Exhibitions
FAME 2026
Cheikha Sigil - 'Sous les jupes de sa mère'
Cloud Seven - Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection
Brussels
Exhibitions
Cheikha Sigil - 'Sous les jupes de sa mère'
Veronika Eberhart
Affiliate (Wiels)
Brussels
Exhibitions
Veronika Eberhart
Floryan Varennes - 'Floryan Varennes'
Irène Laub Gallery
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Floryan Varennes - 'Floryan Varennes'
Fabrice Souvereyns - ‘Wireless Connection’
Hopstreet Gallery
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Fabrice Souvereyns - ‘Wireless Connection’
What Remains … : Ballet, Bonardet, Bouchard, Brueder, Delprat, Dumortier, Guzman, Hocks, Mercier, Van de Velde, …
Michèle Schoonjans Gallery
Uccle
Exhibitions
What Remains … : Ballet, Bonardet, Bouchard, Brueder, Delprat, Dumortier, Guzman, Hocks, Mercier, Van de Velde, …
Louis-Cyprien Rials
Galerie Eric Mouchet
Forest
Exhibitions
Louis-Cyprien Rials
David Smalling - 'Flemish Light'
Templon
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
David Smalling - 'Flemish Light'
T.J. Wilcox - 'The Rose Garden'
Gladstone Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
T.J. Wilcox - 'The Rose Garden'
Léo Luccioni - 'Bananer, Chapter One'
Stems Gallery
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Léo Luccioni - 'Bananer, Chapter One'
Francisco Mendes Moreira - 'Karaoké de chambre'
Alice Gallery
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Francisco Mendes Moreira - 'Karaoké de chambre'
René Heyvaert
Lodovico Corsini
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
René Heyvaert
mountaincutters
Meessen
Brussels
Exhibitions
mountaincutters
Robin Wen
Belgian Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
Robin Wen
Joris Vanpoucke - 'Shifting landscapes'
Whitehouse Gallery
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Joris Vanpoucke - 'Shifting landscapes'
Monica Gallab
Etablissement d'en face
Brussels
Exhibitions
Monica Gallab
Liliane Vertessen
Galerie Christophe Gaillard
Brussels
Exhibitions
Liliane Vertessen
Liu Chien Kuang - 'Ethereal Geology'
Spazio Nobile Gallery
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Liu Chien Kuang - 'Ethereal Geology'
Daniel Fleur - 'Good for You'
EDJI Gallery
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Daniel Fleur - 'Good for You'
OYA - 'Umbrellas'
JAP / Vitrine "Entre deux portes"
Brussels
Exhibitions
OYA - 'Umbrellas'
John McAllister - 'some ecstasies enthrall'
Almine Rech
Ixelles
Exhibitions
John McAllister - 'some ecstasies enthrall'
Karel Appel - 'Lithographs from the Archive'
Almine Rech
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Karel Appel - 'Lithographs from the Archive'
Etienne Pottier - 'Le sacrifice des IDOLS'
Galerie DYS
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Etienne Pottier - 'Le sacrifice des IDOLS'
Paola Pezzi - 'The Ordinary Infinite'
Lee-Bauwens Gallery presents The Ordinary Infinite, its fourth exhibition devoted to the Italian artist Paola Pezzi.
Since the late 1980s, Paola Pezzi has transformed humble materials, such as felt, rubber, pencils and spools of thread, into spirals, discs and spheres that evoke miniature galaxies. Every fold and every twist keeps the trace of the hand that shaped it. The critic Alberto Mattia Martini speaks of a "domestic cosmogony", in which the infinite resides in the most ordinary objects.
Drawing on the legacy of Arte Povera, Paola Pezzi presents her recent works, pared-down forms that seem to grow like living organisms.
Lee Bauwens Gallery
Forest
Exhibitions
Paola Pezzi - 'The Ordinary Infinite'
Time is an Emotional Muscle
Galeria Jaqueline Martins
Brussels
Exhibitions
Time is an Emotional Muscle
The Logic of Place : Shawanda Corbett, Pam Glick, Naotaka Hiro, Emily Kraus, Brie Ruais
Maruani Mercier
Ixelles
Exhibitions
The Logic of Place : Shawanda Corbett, Pam Glick, Naotaka Hiro, Emily Kraus, Brie Ruais
Nissrine Seffar – 'Les restes du Silence'
Galerie Faider
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Nissrine Seffar – 'Les restes du Silence'
Something Is Not Quite Right
Peter Gaugy Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
Something Is Not Quite Right
Lesley Vance
Xavier Hufkens
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Lesley Vance
Marianne Behaeghel - 'Steal life'
The Palm Beach
Forest
Exhibitions
Marianne Behaeghel - 'Steal life'
Pez - 'If i played the world'
Mazel Galerie
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Pez - 'If i played the world'
Slow Odradek Days : Eric Audoubert, Aika Furukawa, Atinka Di Muro, Etienne Tribolet, Dawo Zhang
Odradek XL
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Slow Odradek Days : Eric Audoubert, Aika Furukawa, Atinka Di Muro, Etienne Tribolet, Dawo Zhang
Past Continuous - Gereon Krebber, Semyon Agroskin, Anne Marie Finné, Igor Ost
In-Gate Gallery
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Past Continuous - Gereon Krebber, Semyon Agroskin, Anne Marie Finné, Igor Ost
Christa Näher
KIN
Brussels
Exhibitions
Christa Näher
Lee Mullican - 'Ritual Sounds'
Greta Meert
Brussels
Exhibitions
Lee Mullican - 'Ritual Sounds'
Johannes Wald - 'things from dust'
Greta Meert
Brussels
Exhibitions
Johannes Wald - 'things from dust'
Bela Silva - 'Mythologies of Being'
Spazio Nobile Studiolo
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Bela Silva - 'Mythologies of Being'
Group Show Galerie
Julie Calbert, Simon Vansteenwinckel, Marie Sordat, Silvano Magnone, Damien Daufresne,
Martin Bogren, Sébastien Cuvelier, Chloé Azzopardi, Katherine Longly.
Galerie L'Enfant Sauvage
Brussels
Exhibitions
Group Show Galerie
Geert Goiris
BEIGE
Brussels
Exhibitions
Geert Goiris
Le Savon, et cetera :Isabel Banal, Teresa Estapé, Michel François, Olga Holzschuh, Robert Kleyn, Rokko Miyoshi, Pieter Laurens Mol, Louis Porter, Xana Sousa, Alba Yruela…
Chiquita Room
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Le Savon, et cetera :Isabel Banal, Teresa Estapé, Michel François, Olga Holzschuh, Robert Kleyn, Rokko Miyoshi, Pieter Laurens Mol, Louis Porter, Xana Sousa, Alba Yruela…
Jehoshua Rozenman - 'Echoes of Glass'
Galerie Fontana
Brussels
Exhibitions
Jehoshua Rozenman - 'Echoes of Glass'
Sara Manente, Sandrine Schiller, Chris Tegho - 'ecomposing Or Speech of Words Before the Tongue Was Made'
n0dine
Brussels
Exhibitions
Sara Manente, Sandrine Schiller, Chris Tegho - 'ecomposing Or Speech of Words Before the Tongue Was Made'
Capsule Cosy #2 Art & Design Group Show
Esther Verhaeghe - Art Concepts
Ixelles
Exhibitions
Capsule Cosy #2 Art & Design Group Show
Christiane Blattmann
Damien & The Love Guru
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Christiane Blattmann
Continuum : LMNO’s artist / Les artistes de LMNO
LMNO
Brussels
Exhibitions
Continuum : LMNO’s artist / Les artistes de LMNO
Fabienne Verdier
Patrick Derom Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
Fabienne Verdier
Manu vB Tintoré
Belgian Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
Manu vB Tintoré
Camille Orso Caël
Affiliate (Wiels)
Brussels
Exhibitions
Camille Orso Caël
Kendell Geers and guests
Galerie Eric Mouchet
Forest
Exhibitions
Kendell Geers and guests