Art Antwerp

Permanent exhibition 

Address: Suikerrui 17-19, 2000 Antwerpen

At the refurbished permanent exhibition A Brilliant Story (2023), you will discover the different stages of a piece of jewellery or silverware, from the mine to the finished product. See how diamonds are mined, how silversmiths work and learn more about the art and uses of these beautiful objects.

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14 Nov 2025 –11 Jan 2026

Address: Suikerrui 17-19, 2000 Antwerpen

An 18th-century coffee pot connects the past, present, and future in an exhibition about silver, craftsmanship, and ritual. This exhibition brings together three perspectives: the makers, the collector, and the coffee itself. It shows how a single object can evoke stories that connect centuries and generations: from 18th-century display silver to contemporary experimentation, from coffee as a status symbol to a daily ritual and moment of encounter.

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24 Oct 2025 –01 Mar 2026
Address: Waalsekaai 47, 2000 Antwerpen

The EARLY GAZE exhibition documents the birth of Belgian photography, from the very first mug shots to groundbreaking imagery in the arts, medical science and justice. It shows how an elite pastime grew out to become a powerful tool for capturing, controlling and constructing identity.  

You will get a new perspective on the photographic pioneers who co-wrote the story of a young nation. You will discover forgotten portraits and unknown stories, and experience how the first photographic gaze still continues to influence our contemporary visual culture through phenomena such as  agency, and consent.

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4 Oct 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

Address: Leopold de Waelplaats 1, 2000 Antwerpen

Shortly after the end of World War I, the aristocratic-sounding name Tour d’Onasky popped up in numerous avant-garde periodicals. This mysterious and genderless name was the pseudonym of a young Antwerp artist: Marthe Donas. In the early 1920s, her colourful cubist and abstract paintings and collages were exhibited across Europe, and as far away as the United States and Japan.

15 Nov 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

Address: Leopold de Waelplaats 1, 2000 Antwerpen

In 1938, René Magritte gives a lecture at the KMSKA on his vision of reality. He discourses on the origins and development of his art, as well as the history of the surrealist movement in Belgium. Under the title La ligne de vie (The Life Line), this lecture, the second after the one at the International Exhibition of Surrealism in London, was the most important Magritte ever gave on his work.

2 Oct 2025 to 11 Jan 2026

Address: Leopold de Waelplaats 1, 2000 Antwerpen

Eugeen Van Mieghem draws Antwerp in constant motion. In the early 20th century, the city transformed at lightning speed. Electric lighting, cars and trams were transforming the cityscape and the port was undergoing explosive growth. The city lived 24/7. Eugeen Van Mieghem recorded all this on paper. He had an eye for high and low culture, work and pleasure, love, passion and the harsh reality of life. He sketched continuously. His eye was his camera, and his hand drew with the same speed as the glances he snatched of his subjects. The focus of this exhibition is Van Mieghem’s pastels and drawings: two techniques perfectly suited to his nervous disposition. Like a tireless reporter, he captured the dynamics of daily life in his spontaneous, rapidly-executed and whimsical sketches.

25 Jan 2025 – 3 Jan 2027

Address: Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen

In 2017, Muhka reopened after an extensive renovation, showcasing a permanent collection presentation featuring reference artists, contemporary icons, historical pioneers, and key figures from the museum’s global collection. The collection is ever-evolving, reflecting the dynamic times we live in. In 2025, Muhka will present a renewed, focused collection showcasing approximately 30 key works by Flemish artists. Among them are figures who have lived and worked in the region—such as Marcel Broodthaers, Panamarenko, Luc Tuymans, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Otobong Nkanga, and Laure Prouvost—alongside artists with ties to Flanders, including Marlene Dumas, Jimmie Durham, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Nicola L. They are presented in dialogue with international artists from the Collection of the Flemish Community, including Cady Noland, Barbara Kruger, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Taus Makhacheva, and Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin. The collection presentation takes the postwar avant-garde in Antwerp as its starting point, using the past as a platform to explore the multipolar realities of both today and the future, structured around the three key angles of the collection: image, action, and society.

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 24 Oct 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

Address: Hanzestedenplaats 1, 2000 Antwerpen

Vogue, twerking, flash mobs, Sufism, or musical chairs? This autumn, dive into the universal language of dance with the video installation by visual artist Anouk Kruithof. Wander among the many screens or take your time to absorb it all. You’ll be introduced to a wide range of dance styles, all collected from social media. You’ll see that dance is, in fact, a language shared by many cultures—spreading virally and traveling across continents.

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Address: Middelheimlaan 61, 2020 Antwerpen

Admire key works by artists such as Henry Moore, Rik Wouters, and Richard Deacon. Discover surprising works by artists like Panamarenko, Alberto Giacometti, and the younger generation of contemporary artists. The collection provides a unique overview of more than a hundred years of sculpture.

27 Sep 2025 – 07 June 2026

Address: Nationalestraat 28, 2000 Antwerpen

How has girlhood been represented? How is it remembered? And how does the idea of ‘the girl’ continue to shape visual culture and fashion? Through the eyes of the artists, designers, photographers and filmmakers in this exhibition, girlhood is more than just a theme, but a way of seeing – of remembering and imagining.

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13 Dec 2025 – 01 Jan 2026

Address: Nationalestraat 28, 2000 Antwerpen

This exhibition explores Palestinian embroidery and dress through the lenses of nature, splendour, power and change.

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20 Ju 2025 – 12 Sep 2027 

Maagdenhuis address : Lange Gasthuisstraat 33

Museum Mayer van den Bergh is undergoing renovations and is expanding. Fortunately, this doesn’t mean that the curtain has come down on the collection itself. A total of 43 museum enthusiasts from Antwerp have selected a work that will be on show for you to admire in the Maagdenhuis while the museum itself is closed. So why not look at the collection through their eyes and (re)discover a multitude of masterpieces?

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13 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

Address: Vrijdagmarkt 22
2000 Antwerpen

The cliché goes that behind every successful man there is a strong woman. But in the Plantin-Moretus family, women most definitely stood alongside their husbands, and not behind them. From the 13th of September onward, the museum will uncover 300 years of stories from women in this house. Stories that urgently need to be told. About daughters who corrected proofs from an early age. About maids and ladies. About women who not only climbed the social ladders, but made the ladders too. Men are also welcome.

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Address: Montevideostraat 3, 2000 Antwerpen

It’s all about the stories in The Red Star Line Museum. The stories of the passengers who travelled to America with the Red Star Line, in search of happiness and a better future. All these stories tell the history behind the Red Star Line.

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Address: Montevideostraat 3, 2000 Antwerpen

A voyage of discovery for the youngest visitors and their families. Touching, playing, and exploring are encouraged here and now. In this interactive exhibition, you embark on a journey with young children (aged 1 and up). Navigating between seven different stations, you discover together what traveling is all about and the emotions associated with departure. 

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