Discover This Season’s Top Exhibitions in Brussels

Brussels doesn't always get credit as an art city, but it should. Between the major museums, independent galleries, and a steady stream of immersive experiences, there's consistently more to see here than most people realize. Here's a selection worth building an afternoon around.

Immersive experiences

• WOM (World of Mind) at Tour & Taxi — 80 visual, tactile, and auditory illusions exploring perception and the senses. Genuinely disorienting in the best way.
• Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience (Galerie Horta) — 360° digital projections, virtual reality, and light installations across multiple rooms.
• Tokyo Art City at Viage — a 360° journey through the world's largest city, presented as an audiovisual experience.
• Reset Immersive (Rue de la Banque) — digital art in a repurposed abandoned office. The setting is half the experience.

Museum exhibitions

• Diane von Furstenberg at the Fashion & Lace Museum — a retrospective on the Brussels-born designer and her cultural impact.
• Expeditions of Egypt at the Art & History Museum — Belgian collections from over a century of archaeological exploration.
• Romy Schneider at Cinéma Palace — a tribute to the actress, combining film archive and personal archive material.
• Happiness Exhibition at Mont des Arts — a colourful show exploring the relationship between art and psychological wellbeing.

For families and curious minds

• Art of the Brick at Grand-Place — 70 sculptures built from over a million LEGO bricks.
• Banksy Museum (Rue de Laeken) — 120+ works, plus weekend street art workshops.
• Bond in Motion at Brussels Expo — 45 original vehicles and props from the James Bond films.

Brussels rewards slow exploration. The exhibitions above are a starting point — but the best art in this city is often the unscheduled kind: the street art in Molenbeek, the private gallery you find by accident in Ixelles, the architecture you notice on a long walk.