A rowing boat covered in white protrusions, yellow tentacles reflected into infinity, and the pumpkins half the world already knows. With Yayoi Kusama, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents more than seventy years of work by the artist who made the polka dot immortal, including a boat that has been in the museum's collection since 1965.
At Almine Rech in Brussels, time is briefly brought to a standstill. From 10 September, Hans Op de Beeck presents his first solo exhibition at the gallery, Vanishing Point. A world of furniture, sculptures, and sets in shades of grey, where nothing is ever fully revealed. Reason enough to take a closer look at the man behind these ashen installations.
One hundred years after Monet's death, the Musée de l'Orangerie delves into his lifelong struggle with time. From a fleeting impression to his famous series that captured light on canvas at different moments of the day.
More than fifty works, three decades of career, spread across two gallery spaces. With Ai Weiwei: The Art of Defiance, Patrick Derom Gallery brings one of the biggest autumn exhibitions to Brussels. From shattered Han vases to LEGO portraits full of dissent: the Chinese artist and activist knows how to stir up a room.
Frida Kahlo growing into a global brand, Ana Mendieta turning her own body into a work of art, and an Argentine light artist who just missed the opening of his own retrospective. All remarkable exhibitions at Tate Modern, an icon in itself, well worth it for culture enthusiasts.
Anish Kapoor taking over the entire Hayward Gallery with black holes, Victorian paintings of fairy folk, or an Italian fashion designer: London never slows down. All of them exhibitions closing soon. SCENIO found out which shows you still need to catch before they're gone.
Ten years after his death, David Bowie lands in Lightroom, King's Cross. Not as Ziggy Stardust or the Thin White Duke, but as himself. For an hour, spread across four walls and the floor, speaking in his own words, taken from hundreds of interviews. A must-see for Bowie fans!
John Coltrane would have turned a hundred this year, his wife Alice turns that next year. That's why Ancienne Belgique, Bozar and Kaaitheater are joining forces for Coltrane & Coltrane: a season of concerts, dance, film and talks centred on the man who changed jazz forever, his wife, and their son Ravi.
The man who taught Victor Horta the trade is getting his own exhibition in the historic greenhouses of Meise Botanic Garden. One of them, the Balat Greenhouse, served as a trial run for the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. From 5 September, discover more about this architect to nobility and king in the exhibition Paradise Lost? - Alphonse Balat, the King's Architect, at both Meise Botanic Garden and its extension in Kortrijk.
For the first time, Bozar is naming a 'Grand Invité' — a guest artist who helps shape an entire season. South African master storyteller William Kentridge is handed the keys to a full season: a retrospective exhibition, opera productions and performances running through April 2027, built around his own life motto: I am not me, the horse is not mine.
With a sold-out debut already under its belt, the Water Lantern Festival takes its second step in Brussels. Whether the setting of the Bois de la Cambre can match the magic of the castle estate remains to be seen this time around. Anyone who loves atmospheric, slightly sentimental outdoor events already knows where to be on 19 or 20 September.
Thirty-five years a fan, fifty visits to Graceland, numerous titles including World Grand Champion at the renowned Images of the King Contest — and yet no impersonator. On 19 September, Franz Goovaerts brings the soul of Elvis to The VIAGE. Discover his story.
Villa Servais proves that an afternoon tea can just as well be an excursion into art history: between two bites of scone, there hangs a forgotten Fauvist on the wall. Or perhaps you will be served a concert with it. Be sure to check their calendar!
Four restaurants that only close their kitchens when the rest of the city has long since gone home. From an estaminet with a five-century history to a steakhouse that is still setting tables at two in the morning.
A reconstructed cannibal kitchen, Ted Bundy's yellow Beetle, and a 'wanted' sign to pose with. At Tour & Taxis, you can experience chilling photo moments among the most notorious serial killers in history.
What starts with toddler gymnastics in Antwerp ends up on a stage for thousands of people in forty countries. Jorn De Laender is a tumbler at Cirque du Soleil and one of the 53 artists coming to the ING Arena in Brussels with OVO this autumn. How do you build a career at the largest circus company in the world? And more importantly: how do you keep it up? Jorn tells us from the inside.
Fifty animators, a dramaturge, an Egyptologist and a year and a half of craftsmanship – no AI in sight, apart from a photo booth. The story behind the making of Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition, told by the man who conceived it. CEO Jelle de Jong of Madrid Artes Digitales takes you behind the scenes of a production that ultimately even convinced the Grand Egyptian Museum.
It survived the French Revolution, the Nazis, and seven centuries in a wooden chest. This autumn, the 68-meter-long Bayeux Tapestry will lie flat on a table for the first time, and that's just a stone's throw from where it originated.
Hunting zombies in VR, time-travelling through 25 escape rooms, or coming face to face with Tutankhamun: at Terminal 1 in Brussels Expo, gaming, esports and immersive art melt together into one world of experience. SCENIO couldn't resist the call and put it to the test. Read our verdict below.
