Exhibition
11/07/2022 - 11/07/2023
The Chancellery of The Phoebus Foundation has been working with the Keizerskapel (Emperor’s Chapel) in Antwerp since 2017. On a regular basis, a new and unknown jewel from the collection is presented at this unique location. An edition of Phoebus Focus tells the story of the masterpiece and its author gives a lecture. This time, an exceptional portrait by Michael Sweerts (1618-1664) enters the spotlight!
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Exhibition
19/02/2023 - 25/06/2023
The intercontinental exhibition Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools continues its travels through the United States. This time, it will be on display in Dallas, Texas. Together with the Dallas Museum of Art, The Phoebus Foundation will be able to introduce a new audience to 300 years of Flemish history through more than 120 Flemish masterpieces. The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is one of the largest museums in the United States. It was founded in 1903 and is located in the Arts District of Dallas. The museum collection comprises more than 24 000 works of art, including Impress ...
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Travelling treasures
11/11/2022 - 25/06/2023
We are happy to announce that three works from our collection will be part of the new exhibition ‘Hidden Gems. Seven centuries of Mechelen masterpieces’ at the Museum Hof van Busleyden. Did you know that Frans Verbeeck and Hans Bol, both from Mechelen, made significant contributions to Flemish art history with works depicting peasant weddings? This subject was enormously popular in 15th and 16th-century. The exhibition at the Museum Hof van Busleyden will take its visitors to a timeless city where more than 100 works of art will reveal the rich history of Mechel ...
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Travelling treasures
25/11/2022 - 10/09/2023
Once again, we are incredibly proud to announce that our artworks are travelling! This time, three of our works are going to STAM Ghent for the new exhibition SkYline. Highrise in the Low Countries. The exhibition focuses on various architectural and urban aspects of the city and how they shape its skyline by concentrating on the cities of Ghent and Rotterdam. This collaboration with Museum Rotterdam will analyze how and why skylines look the way they do today, how their evolution has changed throughout time, and what challenges and developments may take place in the f ...
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Travelling treasures
11/02/2023 - 04/06/2023
The Bentvueghels. A notorious art society in Rome is a new exhibition at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht that tells the story of an artists group from the Northern and Southern Netherlands who came together in Rome at the beginning of the 17th century under the name The Bentvueghels. Among others, three works by Jan Miel from our collection will be on display there. Info and tickets available on the website of Centraal Museum.
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Travelling treasures
01/03/2023 - 01/03/2024
Discover the majestic splendour of this unique altarpiece from The Phoebus Foundation collection at the Basilica of Our Lady in Tongeren. From March 2023, visitors to this outstanding thirteenth-century edifice can also learn about the rich history of this sixteenth-century altarpiece. Made of oak and with painted inner and outer wings, the altarpiece also reveals a gilded Malines house altar in the centre. The alabaster relief depicts The Flagellation, while the medallion at the top represents God, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Salomon Hendrickx was one of the most impor ...
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16/03/2023 - 11/06/2023
From the 16th of March, visitors of The National Gallery in London can discover Metsys’ Portrait of an Old Woman from The Phoebus Foundation collection at the new exhibition The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance. The exposition focuses, among others, on Quinten Metsys’ portrait of the Ugly Duchess, a related drawing after Leonardo da Vinci, and other artworks portraying older women. The paintings demonstrate Metsys’ fascination with depicting the grotesque but also show how the rise of secular and satirical art during the Renaissance shape ...
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24/03/2023 - 01/03/2024
From the 24th of March, visitors of DIVA (museum of diamonds, jewelry, and silver) celebrate the long-awaited reopening of the museum but also admire this hair jewel crafted in gold and set with diamonds and rubies from The Phoebus Foundation collection. This unique piece is mounted on a spring, allowing diamonds to sparkle at the slightest head movement. Moreover, this hair jewelry features a horn-blowing monkey on a carriage, a popular feature during the 18th century.
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Travelling treasures
25/03/2023 - 13/08/2023
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art at The National Gallery in London celebrates the most renowned names of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin, as well as their influence on younger generations of artists and the broader circles of artists in Europe. Moreover, no less than two works from The Phoebus Foundation collection are on display! Encounter the works of Théo van Rysselberghe and Henry van de Velde and discover how Impressionism radically changed the art world, becoming one of the mos ...
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Travelling treasures
25/03/2023 - 20/08/2023
Discover the Belgian art of the interbellum and how the Flemish expressionists brought modern figurative painting to a peak. From the 25 of March, visitors of Kunstmuseum Den Haag will be able to enjoy no less than 38 works from our collection showcasing the colourful yet bold character of works by Gust. De Smet, Frits Van den Berghe, Edgar Tytgat , Floris Jespers, Constant Permeke and many others.
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Travelling treasures
31/03/2023 - 16/07/2023
On the 31st of March, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin celebrates the Ghent-born artist Hugo van der Goes. An actual premiere as almost all of the artist’s surviving paintings and drawings will be presented in one exhibition. As one of the most important names of the second half of the 15th century, van der Goes generated much admiration with their monumental pieces displaying an astonishing and emotional expressiveness. Once again, visitors can discover two unique pieces from The Phoebus Foundation collection: van der Goes’ Descent from the Cross and&nbs ...
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Travelling treasures
22/04/2023 - 16/07/2023
From the 22nd of April, visitors to the Antwerp city festival Baroque Influencers can discover the Jesuits, Rubens and the Art of Persuasion exhibition. Get to know the most prominent names from Baroque and Jesuit history. Among a variety of artworks spread across three locations – Snijders&Rockoxhuis, St Charles Borromeo Church and Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library – there are also four masterpieces on display from The Phoebus Foundation collection, including Saint Margaret by Rubens as well as other masterpieces by Daniel Seghers and Jacob De Wit. Discov ...
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Travelling treasures
14/05/2023 - 17/09/2023
Did you know countless Dutch masters were inspired by their southern neighbours? The influence of early modern artistic centres such as Antwerp on artists from the North cannot be underestimated. Time for an ode! With more than 80 works of art by resounding names such as Frans Hals, Maerten De Vos, Hendrick De Clerck and Peter Paul Rubens, this spring Museum Catharijneconvent highlights the important connections between the North and the South. With surprising dialogues as a result! In the 16th century, Antwerp was the art and trade metropolis of Europe. Political and relig ...
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Permanent
Cotton, wool and leather. Katoen Natie was formed to trade, ship, and handle these basic raw materials. Today, the Katoen Natie group provides port and logistics services for a range of other sectors; however, it has maintained its links with the original business through a fascinating collection of antique textile art. ‘3500 Years of Textile Art’ illustrates the history of Egypt, from the Pharaonic to the Islamic period. In five serene rooms you will discover ancient textile art, clothing, accessories and other archaeological finds from ancient Egypt, the Near East and ...
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In a powerful and wide landscape on the Scheldt in Beveren, Katoen Natie built a contemporary office castle that fully matches the historic character of the area. Burcht Singelberg is named after the name of the castle of the Beveren glory, which played a key role in the separation of the southern and northern Netherlands in 1585. Only a hill remains of the historic castle, where the contemporary Burcht Singelberg has been erected. Katoen Natie and Indaver, among others, are based there. The buildings are grouped in a conglomerate, a bold whole that manifests itself promine ...
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The exhibition “Rascals & Rebels”, which adorns the corridors of the HeadquARTers, brings together contemporary European and Latin American artists. Every artist addresses a social, political or cultural topic in his own playful or rebellious way. Sculptures by Maria Causa and Jose Gurvich, paintings by Edgard Tytgat and Julio Laraz, installations by Libero Badii and Eddo Stern, … They encourage the visitor to reflect on the generally accepted ideas.
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