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Art needs to be alive. Which means it has to come out and play. Besides curating and setting up exhibitions, The Phoebus Foundation also regularly gives objects on loan to museums or collaborates in other ways with both national and international museums. Discover here our upcoming exhibitions, activities and loans.

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    Painting Flanders

    Exhibition

    21/11/2022 - 26/02/2023

    In the nineteenth century, Belgium becomes one of the leading industrial nations in the world. Farmers become factory workers, deserting the countryside for the city to live cheek ...

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      Phoebus Schilderij - Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools

      Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools

      Exhibition

      16/10/2022 - 22/01/2023

      Phoebus goes USA! We are extremely proud to present our very first intercontinental exhibition ever!The Phoebus Foundation joins forces with Denver Art Museum to present 'Saints, S ...

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        Zot van Dimpna

        Crazy about Dymphna

        Exhibition

        01/04/2022 - 02/10/2022

        The story of the Irish princess Dymphna reads like a tragic fairy tale. When her mother dies, her father the king asks her to marry him. Maddened by grief at the loss of his wife, ...

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          Jordaens

          At Home with Jordaens

          Exhibition

          15/10/2021 - 08/05/2022

          In cooperation with the Frans Hals Museum, The Phoebus Foundation presents the exhibition At home with Jordaens: the first monographic exhibition of the seventeenth-century Antwerp ...

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            Zot van Dimpna

            Crazy about Dymphna

            Exhibition

            21/05/2021 - 30/11/2021

            Following several years of intensive research, The Phoebus Foundation has embarked on a large-scale conservation project: the magisterial St Dymphna Altar, a masterpiece by Goossen ...

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              From Memling to Rubens

              Exhibition

              23/04/2021 - 28/11/2021

              Why does Hans Memling paint every detail with such precision? How did Rubens manage, with a few brushstrokes, to create an effect that would have made Steven Spielberg jealous? And ...

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                Blind Date

                The Bold and the Beautiful

                Exhibition

                15/03/2020 - 15/04/2021

                The many portraits in The Phoebus Foundation collection from the Middle Ages to the early modern era formed the ideal starting point from which to tell the fascinating story of por ...

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                  Lace is more!

                  Lace is More!

                  Exhibition

                  30/05/2019 - 03/11/2019

                  Lace can have an old-fashioned reputation at times, but in 2019 the Chancellery of The Phoebus Foundation brought this centuries-old luxury textile very much to life. The Phoebus F ...

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                    Vossen

                    Fox Hunt

                    Exhibition

                    05/05/2018 - 30/09/2018

                    In 2018, the Chancellery of The Phoebus Foundation introduced the public to a new sub-collection. Fox Hunt was not just any exhibition: it comprised a cycling and presentation circ ...

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                      ROOTED

                      ROOTED

                      Exhibition

                      15/03/2017 - 06/08/2017

                      ROOTED presented another part of The Phoebus Foundation collection to the public. The stars of this event devoted to Flemish art between 1880 and 1930 were the period’s most infl ...

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                        Kunst in beweging

                        Art in Motion

                        Exhibition

                        22/02/2017 - 29/07/2018

                        This exhibition offered an insight into the history of Flemish art, with particular attention paid to the things that motivated its artists: how was art perceived by makers ‘from ...

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                          Keizerskapel

                          Painting in the Spotlight

                          Exhibition

                          01/01/2017 - 01/01/2020

                          The Chancellery of The Phoebus Foundation has been working with the Keizerskapel (Emperor’s Chapel) in Antwerp since 2017. Every six months, a new and unknown jewel from the coll ...

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                            The Birth of Capitalism

                            The Birth of Capitalism

                            Exhibition

                            17/06/2016 - 31/12/2016

                            The Birth of Capitalism drew visitors back to the Golden Age of the Southern Netherlands (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries). It painted a picture of the economic power of the Coun ...

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                              St Dymphna. The Tragedy of an Irish Princess.

                              Travelling treasures

                              28/01/2023 - 28/05/2023

                              Thanks to the collaboration with the National Gallery of Ireland, the unique Dymphna altarpiece from The Phoebus Foundation collection will continue its travels to the homeland of ...

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                                Léon Spilliaert

                                Léon Spilliaert: Avec la Mer du Nord …

                                Travelling treasuresTravelling treasures

                                27/01/2023 - 29/05/2023

                                From the 27th of January, the Fondation de l’Hermitage will display no less than six works from our collection as part of their new exhibition Léon Spilliaert. Avec la Mer d ...

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                                  SUSANNA

                                  Travelling treasures

                                  28/10/2022 - 26/02/2023

                                  We are proud to announce that two of our works depicting Susanna and the elders will be presented in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne for the SUSANNA – Images of a Woman fr ...

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                                    Alabaster

                                    Travelling treasures

                                    14/10/2022 - 26/02/2023

                                    M Leuven has joined forces with the Louvre Museum to exhibit alabaster in all its glory. More than 130 masterpieces carved out of alabaster will be on display, exploring the materi ...

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                                      Newcomers

                                      Travelling treasures

                                      30/09/2022 - 08/01/2023

                                      Our Two Fisherboys by Frans Hals will be on display at the Frans Hals Museum from the 30th of September. The exhibition Newcomers takes visitors on a journey back in time when vari ...

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                                        Marinetti and Futurism

                                        Travelling treasures

                                        25/09/2022 - 19/02/2023

                                        We are incredibly proud to share this flamboyant work by the Belgian futurist Jules Schmalzigaug with Rijksmuseum Twenthe for their new exhibition Marinetti and Futurism: Manifesto ...

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                                          Symbolism in Flanders

                                          Travelling treasures

                                          10/07/2022 - 09/10/2022

                                          The Noordbrabants Museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL) is currently the place to be for fans of art from the Latem school! The exhibition Symbolism in Flanders focus ...

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                                            Portrait of Henricus Liberti

                                            Travelling treasures

                                            18/06/2022 - 12/11/2022

                                            The Antwerp artist, Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) cherished his friendships and he did so by depicting his closest friends – other artists, merchants, collectors or musicians ...

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                                              Recht door zee

                                              Travelling treasuresTravelling treasures

                                              04/06/2022 - 11/09/2022

                                              Last chance to visit our travelling treasure in STeM Sint-Niklaas! We are proud that The First Atlas Map to Use the Word “America” is part of the Recht Door ...

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                                                Landscape with archers

                                                Travelling treasuresTravelling treasures

                                                07/05/2022 - 25/09/2022

                                                Landscape with archers by Gillis Mostaert I will be on display in Mudel for two more weeks! ‘SHOOT. Archery, a cultural heritage’ is an exhibition that focuses on the h ...

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                                                  Phoebus Schilderij - Brueghel goes Los Angeles

                                                  Brueghel goes Los Angeles

                                                  Travelling treasures

                                                  15/04/2022 - 15/04/2023

                                                  Our loans literally travel around the world. You can even find our masterpieces in Los Angeles! Since April, Flowers in a Vase with a Clump of Cyclamen and Precious Stones by maste ...

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                                                    Iron Men

                                                    Travelling treasures

                                                    29/03/2022 - 26/06/2022

                                                    Fans of armour will be in for a treat at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna! In the exhibition Iron Men, you will discover the most beautiful suits of armour from the largest colle ...

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                                                      Klavier

                                                      Keyboard Instruments

                                                      Travelling treasures

                                                      26/03/2022 - 26/06/2022

                                                      Did you know Antwerp was the capital of harpsichords between 1560 and 1660? With the exhibition Keyboard Instruments, the Snijders&Rockox House Museum and the Vleeshuis Museum ...

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                                                        Anto-Carte. Hemel en aarde

                                                        Anto-Carte. Heaven and Earth

                                                        Travelling treasures

                                                        19/03/2022 - 21/08/2022

                                                        Meet Anto-Carte (1886-1954)! A Mons artist who was a painter, lithographer and illustrator at the same time, he became known all over the world thanks to exhibitions in the United ...

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                                                          Trans-Atlantische modernismen, 1910-1958

                                                          Trans-Atlantic Modernisms, 1910-1958

                                                          Travelling treasures

                                                          12/02/2022 - 12/06/2022

                                                          Do you like modernist art? Mu.Zee in Ostend is your place to be! Moreover: you can discover Transatlantic modernisms! The exhibition tells the surprising story of the artistic conn ...

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                                                            Galba Cergivs

                                                            Becoming Famous: Peter Paul Rubens

                                                            Travelling treasures

                                                            22/10/2021 - 20/02/2022

                                                            Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) is arguably the most successful Flemish Baroque painter. His works are characterized by an impressive, colorful imagery that is highly recognizable. ...

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                                                              Vicenzo Coronelli

                                                              Imagining the Universe

                                                              Travelling treasures

                                                              22/10/2021 - 16/01/2022

                                                              Imagining the Universe is part of Leuven’s KNAL! Big Bang City Festival, which focuses on the fascination with the cosmos and its impact on science and culture. The exhibitio ...

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                                                                Jan Van Hemessen - portret

                                                                Remember Me

                                                                Travelling treasures

                                                                01/10/2021 - 16/01/2022

                                                                Remember Me. More than 100 Renaissance Portraits, from Dürer to Sofonisba tells the story of powerful emperors, flamboyant aristocrats and well-to-do citizens and how they had the ...

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                                                                  De Francken-dynastie

                                                                  The Francken Dynasty

                                                                  Travelling treasures

                                                                  04/09/2021 - 02/01/2022

                                                                  Today a name stands out from the Frankish dynasty, that of Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642) considered to be an outstanding artist. This contemporary of Rubens is distinguish ...

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