25/01/2024 - 30/03/2025
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The Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, also known as Trinity, will be exhibited in the Swiss Sauriermuseum from January 23, 2024, until January 19, 2025. For Trinity, this is also her deb ...
Read moreArt 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.
25/01/2024 - 30/03/2025
The Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, also known as Trinity, will be exhibited in the Swiss Sauriermuseum from January 23, 2024, until January 19, 2025. For Trinity, this is also her deb ...
Read more21/11/2025 - 03/05/2026
The Woman Question offers a fresh perspective on the position of women in art history. Across eight thematic chapters, a visual narrative unfolds that highlights the vitality and v ...
Read more23/11/2025 - 08/03/2026
James Ensor – Claude Monet – Léon Spilliaert Landscapes of the Soul invites visitors to explore the Belgian art scene at the turn of the 19th century. The exhibition p ...
Read more30/09/2025 - 22/02/2026
This exhibition celebrates Michaelina Wautier, one of the most remarkable rediscoveries of the seventeenth century. Known for her striking portraits, Wautier broke through the boun ...
Read more04/10/2025 - 01/02/2026
At the Limburgs Museum, the vibrant world of the Burgundian age takes centre stage. The exhibition explores how rulers, knights and townspeople expressed their power, tase and joy ...
Read more30/08/2025 - 25/01/2026
This autumn, the Kadriorg Art Museum in Tallinn presents Garden of Delights. The Seventeenth Century in Bloom, a major exhibition organised in collaboration with The Phoebus Founda ...
Read more28/06/2025 - 18/01/2026
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto opens its doors this summer to three centuries of Flemish art. Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks brings ...
Read more03/10/2025 - 11/01/2026
James Ensor drew inspiration from traditions rich in biting humour, defiance and popular theatre culture, as well as from the colourful street carnivals of Flanders. Witold Wojtkie ...
Read more16/09/2025 - 11/01/2026
From 16 September 2025, Singer Laren will present the exhibition 1913. The Great Art Explosion. Colourful and daring works by artists including Jan Sluijters, Piet Mondrian, Kees v ...
Read more19/09/2025 - 11/01/2026
This autumn, the ALBERTINA Museum presents the major exhibition Gothic Modern, dedicated to the surprising dialogue between Gothic art and modernism. While modern art is often rega ...
Read more26/09/2025 - 11/01/2026
Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750 explores the many ways in which women shaped the artistic life of the Low Countries; sometimes celebrated, often overlooked. Ra ...
Read more20/09/2025 - 04/01/2026
In Stephan Vanfleteren. Transcripts of a Sea, the renowned Belgian photographer offers a glimpse into his long-standing fascination with the sea. His photographs are placed in dial ...
Read more18/06/2025 - 27/10/2025
In the summer of 2025, the Royal Palace Amsterdam honours the sculptor who gave the building its soul: Artus Quellinus. For the first time, his work takes centre stage in a major r ...
Read more24/04/2025 - 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 r ...
Read more10/06/2025 - 14/09/2025
The exhibition So far, so close: Guadalupe of Mexico, in Spain at the Prado Museum offers a surprising perspective on the Virgin of Guadalupe as a miraculously created image, objec ...
Read more26/04/2025 - 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, ...
Read more28/02/2025 - 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 powe ...
Read more21/02/2025 - 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 Ma ...
Read more06/07/2024 - 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. Throug ...
Read more01/09/2024 - 20/04/2025
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 ...
Read more19/10/2024 - 09/03/2025
The Musée Félicien Rops presents the exhibition L’Album du diable: Les tentations de Félicien Rops. Between 1878 and 1882, Félicien Rops passionately worked on a series of dr ...
Read more29/04/2024 - 09/03/2025
During the third edition of Kunstuur Hasselt, you dive into the colourful world of Roze Harmonie and Marc greets things in the morning from The Phoebus Foundation collection. Enjoy ...
Read more24/02/2024 - 24/02/2025
In the spring of 2024, Museum Hof van Busleyden will reopen its doors with a staggering transformation. Within the renewed permanent exhibition, you immerse yourself in the splendo ...
Read more16/10/2024 - 03/02/2025
From 16 October 2024 to 3 February 2025, the Louvre in Paris presents Figures of the Fool: From the Middle Ages to the Romantics, an impressive exhibition highlighting portrayals o ...
Read more28/09/2024 - 02/02/2025
During the Ensor Year 2024, the ModeMuseum Antwerp is hosting the exhibition Masquerade, Make-up & Ensor. This exhibition celebrates the artistic power of hair and make-up arti ...
Read more18/06/2024 - 02/02/2025
Het Kunstuur regularly showcases works by Belgian artists in exhibitions at various locations throughout Belgium, where famous Flemings highlight their connection to an artist or a ...
Read more04/10/2024 - 26/01/2025
This international exhibition presents modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries that is inspired by European medieval and Northern Renaissance art. The themes of the diverse exh ...
Read more27/09/2024 - 26/01/2025
On the birthday of Emile Claus, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek (mudel) is opening the prestigious exhibition Emile Claus: Prince of Luminism, which brings together dozens of ma ...
Read more28/09/2024 - 19/01/2025
The Ensor Year 2024 would not be complete without an exhibition at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA). In your wildest dreams. Ensor beyond impressionism gives you a com ...
Read more19/10/2024 - 12/01/2025
From 19 October 2024 to 12 January 2025, the Bonnefanten museum presents the exhibition Good & Evil: The Seven Deadly Sins in Art. This unique show offers a fascinating perspec ...
Read more12/10/2024 - 12/01/2025
From 12 October 2024 to 12 January 2025, the Art Museum The Hague presents the exhibition Dirk Braeckman – Léon Spilliaert: Night Wanderers. The exhibition explores the arti ...
Read more15/01/2024 - 15/11/2024
Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee regularly organises exhibitions under the title Zeeland Masters of the Golden Age. Each year is devoted to a specific theme, subject or oeuvre of a partic ...
Read more21/06/2024 - 03/11/2024
The Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn will present the Latin American art collection of The Phoebus Foundation for five months during the exhibition History and Mystery: Latin American Ar ...
Read more29/03/2024 - 03/11/2024
Step into the world of Constant Permeke during Constant Permeke against the light. With approximately 30 remarkable artworks, this exhibition in the renovated Permeke Museum offer ...
Read more29/06/2024 - 27/10/2024
Ensor’s imaginary paradise depicts the unique bond between James Ensor and his hometown of Ostend. Throughout his life, he embraced the city as his artistic playground, which ...
Read more08/06/2024 - 20/10/2024
Our Flemish masters are back in the spotlight, this time shining at the esteemed Montreal Museum of Fine Arts! Established in 1860, the MMFA is renowned as one of Canada’s ol ...
Read more26/05/2024 - 13/10/2024
From May 26 to October 13, 2024, you can discover the new exhibition Les Liaisons Désireuses at Kasteel d’Ursel, where the theme of eroticism and its influence on art throug ...
Read more31/05/2024 - 11/10/2024
As part of the Flemish Masters in Situ art project, various Flemish masterpieces are displayed at the original locations for which they were designed. As a result, a rare bozzetto ...
Read more27/04/2024 - 01/10/2024
Discover the enchanting world of Jan Davidsz. De Heem during the new exhibition Opulence Distilled at the Snijders&Rockoxhuis. This exhibition not only provides a uni ...
Read more13/04/2024 - 18/08/2024
Musée des Beaux-Arts in Mons presents from April 13th a new exhibition dedicated to the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. This exhibition highlights Rodin’s artistic journey, w ...
Read more17/07/2023 - 17/07/2024
Another masterpiece from our collection has been given the place of honor at the Keizerskapel in Antwerp! This month, the portrait of Michael Sweerts was replaced by the extraordin ...
Read more24/02/2024 - 26/06/2024
The journey of the exhibition Ingenious Women: Women Artists and Their Companions continues to the Kunstmuseum Basel, where the remarkable careers of female artists from the s ...
Read more23/03/2024 - 23/06/2024
Explore over 100 exceptional Flemish drawings from the 16th and 17th centuries during Bruegel to Rubens. Great Flemish Drawings at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. From ...
Read more29/02/2024 - 23/06/2024
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the passing of the celebrated Belgian artist James Ensor, Bozar pays homage to this versatile master with the exhibition James Ensor: Maestro ...
Read more21/03/2024 - 16/06/2024
The new exhibition at the Ensor House focuses on self-portraits and showcases a variety of works that delve deeper into James Ensor’s fascination with self-representation. Th ...
Read more18/09/2023 - 15/06/2024
In the forthcoming seasons of autumn 2023 and spring 2024, the illustrious legacy of Frans Hals will be commemorated through a series of distinguished exhibitions hosted by renowne ...
Read more24/02/2024 - 02/06/2024
Knights of the Golden Fleece: a Brilliant Myth Unravelled reveals the political intrigues and conspiracies within one of the earliest European political alliances, considered by so ...
Read more22/02/2024 - 02/06/2024
With the new exhibition ‘The Creation of Science,’ the Catharijneconvent museum in Utrecht explores the connections between science and religion. Through centuries-old ...
Read more13/10/2023 - 31/05/2024
Het Kunstuur regularly features masterpieces by Belgian artists. In a playful way, every artwork is highlighted in a unique setting through music and unique stories told by several ...
Read more24/02/2024 - 26/05/2024
Experience a fascinating journey into the world of ‘tronies’. The exhibition, previously showcased at the KMSKA, is now travelling to The National Gallery of Ireland, s ...
Read more08/02/2024 - 20/05/2024
From the 8th of February, Mauritshuis will host a new exhibition celebrating a pioneering figure of Dutch painting. This artist not only created the Netherlands’ first floral ...
Read more25/11/2023 - 21/04/2024
Charleroi’s Museum of Fine Arts presents a new exhibition that explores the dynamic synergy between sport and art. With sport as a universal challenge and source of inspirati ...
Read more24/03/2023 - 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 gol ...
Read more01/03/2023 - 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 outstand ...
Read more17/11/2023 - 18/02/2024
From the 17th of November, the Plantin-Moretus Museum will display 85 astonishing drawings by old masters from various Flemish collections. From scribble to cartoon: Drawings from ...
Read more07/10/2023 - 28/01/2024
Peter Paul Rubens, a luminary of the Baroque era, stands as one of the most celebrated painters in the history of art, having left an indelible mark on the world of art through his ...
Read more20/10/2023 - 21/01/2024
Experience a fascinating journey into the world of tronies with Turning Heads. The exhibition at KMSKA highlights the emergence of a new genre, namely head studies. During the 16th ...
Read more20/10/2023 - 14/01/2024
M Leuven will present a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to Dieric Bouts starting this autumn. Bouts was a Flemish 15th-century painter from Haarlem who settled in Leuven, whe ...
Read more30/09/2023 - 07/01/2024
The Brueghel family, spanning several generations of remarkable artists, has left a significant mark on the art world. This dynasty of painters, predominantly active during the six ...
Read more19/02/2023 - 15/10/2023
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 ...
Read more14/05/2023 - 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 ...
Read more25/11/2022 - 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. Highris ...
Read more25/03/2023 - 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 ...
Read more25/03/2023 - 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 Pa ...
Read more31/03/2023 - 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 a ...
Read more22/04/2023 - 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 promin ...
Read more11/07/2022 - 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 co ...
Read more11/11/2022 - 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 H ...
Read more16/03/2023 - 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 ...
Read more11/02/2023 - 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 Neth ...
Read more27/01/2023 - 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 ...
Read more28/01/2023 - 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 ...
Read more21/01/2023 - 23/04/2023
We start our 2023 Travelling Treasures with a new loan that will be on display from the 21st of January at MSK Gent as part of the new exhibition titled Theodoor Rombouts, Vir ...
Read more15/04/2022 - 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 ...
Read more21/11/2022 - 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 ...
Read more25/09/2022 - 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 ...
Read more16/10/2022 - 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 ...
Read more18/06/2022 - 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 ...
Read more10/07/2022 - 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 ...
Read more01/04/2022 - 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, ...
Read more07/05/2022 - 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 ...
Read more04/06/2022 - 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 ...
Read more19/03/2022 - 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 ...
Read more26/03/2022 - 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 ...
Read more12/02/2022 - 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 ...
Read more15/10/2021 - 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 ...
Read more22/10/2021 - 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. ...
Read more01/10/2021 - 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 ...
Read more22/10/2021 - 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 ...
Read more04/09/2021 - 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 ...
Read more21/05/2021 - 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 ...
Read more23/04/2021 - 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 ...
Read more15/03/2020 - 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 ...
Read more01/01/2017 - 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 ...
Read more30/05/2019 - 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 ...
Read more22/02/2017 - 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 ...
Read more17/06/2016 - 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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