Exhibition
01/05/2025 - 30/09/2025
On 1 May 2025, the exhibition ‘Het komt allemaal goed’ opens at the Keizerskapel in Antwerp: an unexpected encounter between art and music, between writer-singer Rick de Leeuw and art historian Dr Katharina Van Cauteren, Executive Director of The Phoebus Foundation.
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Travelling treasures
05/02/2024 - 01/02/2027
The retable with the Lamentation from The Phoebus Foundation’s collection will be on display at The Art Institute of Chicago for the next three years. This rare masterpiece, originating from the Southern Netherlands and produced in the 15th century, was originally intended for private worship. Of the few examples with the Lamentation as the central motif, this unique piece will finally be accessible to a wider audience after a long time. A unique opportunity to learn about the artistic and devotional traditions of the period!
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Travelling treasures
06/07/2024 - 06/06/2025
On July 5th, a new permanent exhibition opens at the provincial heritage site Ename, allowing you to explore the fascinating world of heritage both frontstage and backstage. Through various masterpieces, including three from The Phoebus Foundation collection, you will encounter the most captivating stories. Additionally, you can meet experts on-site who share their latest scientific insights about the exhibited artworks.
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Travelling treasures
01/09/2024 - 16/07/2025
The Antwerp Keizerskapel is getting a new setup! This time, it features a remarkable selection of masterpieces from The Phoebus Foundation collection, including a world map and an atlas, displayed alongside a double-sided surveyor’s circle and a reduction compass from the early 17th century. The Atlas Minor by Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius is a printed masterpiece filled with beautiful illustrations that not only depict historical borders but also showcase the beauty of cartography. At the same time, Rumold Mercator built upon and expanded the groundbreaking wor ...
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Travelling treasures
21/02/2025 - 15/06/2025
In Museum Catharijneconvent, you can enjoy the modernist masterpieces from the interwar period. Through impressive works by, among others, Wassily Kandinsky, Charley Toorop, and Max Beckmann, you will discover how artists in the 1920s and 1930s sought renewal and meaning: a quest that forever changed modern art. Between Heaven and War brings together the highlights of European avant-garde art from 1918-1939 in a colorful exhibition. Five works from the collection of The Phoebus Foundation complete Between Heaven and Earth. The names we have added to this diverse collection ...
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Travelling treasures
28/02/2025 - 15/06/2025
This exhibition presents artworks from the period 1875 to 1925 alongside works from Europe of the Middle Ages and Northern Europe during the Renaissance. For many artists, the power of the Gothic aesthetic to evoke deep emotions was highly inspiring. Faith and doubt, love and sexuality, identity and social roles are just some of the themes addressed in the exhibition. The Phoebus Foundation lent three artworks from its collection by Gustave Van de Woestyne.
In addition to Van de Woestyne, the exhibition features artists such as Käthe Kollwitz, Edvar ...
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Travelling treasures
29/03/2025 - 14/09/2025
The newly opened F**klore. Reinventing tradition explores how traditions and folklore shape our daily lives through a blend of poetry, gentle irony, and artistic installations. Contemporary artists are presented alongside historical interpretations, such as the The Pleasure Boat from our collection. The exhibition runs until 14 September 2025 at Abby Kortrijk.
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Travelling treasures
24/04/2025 - 28/09/2025
From 24 April to 28 September 2025, the garden of the Van Buuren Museum will be transformed into an Art Deco sculpture park. Around Art Deco. Interbellum Sculptures showcases the richness and diversity of sculpture between the two world wars, featuring works that navigate between avant-garde, neoclassicism, and the emergence of a distinctive Art Deco style. Our Torso by Constant Permeke will be on view all summer long.
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Travelling treasures
26/04/2025 - 01/09/2025
Fêtes et Célébrations Flamandes at the Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille immerses you in the festive culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the Southern Netherlands, featuring over a hundred works from leading museums such as the Louvre and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. No artwork could complete this celebration more festively than our Peasant Wedding by Frans Verbeeck. The exhibition runs from 26 April to 1 September 2025.
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Exhibition
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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Permanent
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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Permanent
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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Permanent
The CoBrA depot joins Katoen Natie’s HeadquARTers. It is an exploration of the very diverse collection: paintings, graphic work, sculptures and applied art, bibliophile editions and other publications as the foundation of the movement. Versatility is the strong suit of this collection. The big names of CoBrA are present: Dotremont, Alechinsky, Appel, Corneille, Constant and Jorn, among many others. From a slightly odd concept, totally in line with CoBrA, the depot visit gives the opportunity to experience the essence of the CoBrA movement.
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