Summer is here, bringing plenty of reasons to spend some time in Antwerp's museums, art spaces and galleries.

In this newsletter, you'll find an overview of current and upcoming exhibitions and events. Looking for your next cultural outing or simply a cool escape on a warm day? Explore the full program, save the dates, and enjoy everything Antwerp's art scene has to offer.

De zomer is in volle gang, het ideale moment om de musea, kunstruimtes en galerieën van Antwerpen te ontdekken.

In deze nieuwsbrief vind je een overzicht van de huidige en komende tentoonstellingen en evenementen. Op zoek naar je volgende culturele uitstap of gewoon een koele plek op een warme dag? Ontdek het volledige programma, noteer de data en laat je inspireren door de Antwerpse kunstscene.

Bram Demunter - Crowded Valley
Bram Demunter

Bla Bla Bla
Bert Huyhge

Jacques Sonck
Jacques Sonck

Opengebundeld
Vincent de Roder, Hugo De Smaele, Rein Dufait, Sine Van Menxel

Radiant City
Anne Van Boxelaere

THE SKY IS GREEN AND THE GRASS IS BLUE
Flo Bastiaensen

Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier

You Don't Live Here Anymore
Christopher Hartmann

Family Day

Finissage stefaan Dheedene

Blade

THE HIDDEN ACT
Bram Kinsbergen

IK RUIK DE ZEE AL
MAT

20 years of Museum Night in M HKA
Skin Stories, Daniel Knorr, ORLAN, Joris Van de Moortel, Kissing Couch, DJ All-man

Hard Love
Hannah Perry

Antwerp Pride in M HKA
Wishing Well, Shared Incantations, La Bamba — Kiss in, Volle Grond

‘Chairs: Forms, Spaces and Shadows’
Ida Barbarigo

BIOPHONY: BEATS OF LOVE
Bobby Benzo Brown, Hunter Claes, Phara De Jaegere, Exter, Juliet Jespers, Aida Krnic, Lize Maekel…

Copper thread, Rubber thread, Sugar thread
Sammy Baloji

Solo Exhibition
Justin Liam O'Brien

Serious Topics

Carrie Mae Weems - The Heart of the Matter

INBOX — On Saints and Monuments
Denys Shantar

Kelvin Haizel - Material Revolts: Ecosystem against Empire
Kelvin Haizel

.TIFF 2026
Chloé Azzopardi, Teó Becher, Aliki Christoforou, Yaqine Hamzaoui, Tatjana Huong Henderieckx, Si…

Clay Matters
Valgerður Sigurðardóttir, Clara Spilliaert, Luca Monterastelli, Koen Theys, Patrick Van Caecke…

A Red that Sings. Masterpieces by Ensor, Wouters and Schmalzigaug
James Ensor, Rik Wouters, Jules Schmalzigaug

A Tear for Power
Shirley Villavicencio Pizango

ArtFactFinders. Making the Invisible Visible

Een Onzichtbare Stad
Thomas Verstraeten

Guy Mees & Piero Manzoni

Hibernus #3
Sammy Boloji, Carlotta Baily-Borg, Julien Meert, Shervine Sheikh Rezaei

Instaprondleiding - Zingend rood
James Ensor, Rik Wouters, Jules Schmalzigaug

Pop Art

UNI
Arocha/Schraenen, Kasper Bosmans, Jack Davey, Messieurs Delmotte, Marijke De Roover, Emeline Desc…

Foolishness? No it's not *Mary Oliver
Greet Martens

io sono io
Frank Wagemans

Nouvelles peintures
Benjamin Demeyere

Old Guard? Avant-garde!

Onder de Stoep, het Strand
Lotte Van den Audenaeren, Stijn ter Braak, Attila Buensenso, Liesbet Bussche, Toon de Clerck, Jef…

Vleeshal Collectie On Tour — Extra Muros

The gallery closes in July and August, but we remain accessible online! Upcoming | Frederic Geurts & Ilse Van Roy - PAS DE DEUX
Frederic Geurts, Ilse Van Roy

Antony Gormley. Geestgrond
Antony Gormley

IN SITU — RATIO
Jean Katambayi Mukendi

Solo Exhibition
Kristian Touborg

When the Earth Turned the Other Way
Nicola L.

Nicola L. — With children
Nicola L.

Salon de la Muse — AAIMACHINE
Johanna Trudzinski, Lieven Segers, Frank Olbrechts

KMSKA X YOUNG FASHION DESIGNERS

LOOKS, LOOKS, LOOKS - The Antwerp Fashion Department at Work

Grand Chambord Interchange
Adrien Tirtiaux

Collection presentation - Fashion from the MoMu Collection

Periphery
Clara Spilliaert, Melissa Gordon, Hussein Shikha, Meryem Bayram, Imge Özbilge

Collection: Ongoing

The Situation Is Fluid

The Antwerp Six

Families

Curating the Woodland
Wim Cuyvers, Pei-Hsuan Wang, Otobong Nkanga, Fabrice Samyn, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel

The Long Hand
Sammy Baloji