From Friday 16 to Sunday 18 January 2026, the historic centre of Bruges in West Flanders in Belgium will once again host the Prisma Queer Arts Festival. Over three days, the festival presents a wide-ranging arts programme that places queer stories, identities and experiences at its core.
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ANTWERP PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM FOMU | ‘Early Gaze’ exhibition showcases early days of photography in Belgium
Inspired by an article in local newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen, I went to FOMU or Fotomuseum, Antwerp‘s photography museum in the Zuid neighbourhood, for ‘Early Gaze‘. This exhibition runs until Sunday 1 March 2026.
COPENHAGEN | Thorvaldsen’s Museum
I turned 44 in June. I have this tradition – when possible – of not being in Belgium for my birthday. From Sweden in 2013 to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley in 2014, Lake Orta in 2015, Rome in 2016, London in 2018, North Carolina and Virginia in 2019, England in 2022, and Rotterdam…
Open call for artists and performers for Antwerp Queer Arts Festival 2026 in August
The Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (AQAF) returns in August 2026, simultaneously with Antwerp Pride, for a month of queer arts and performances in Antwerp. Sometimes you can take a name at face value. Exact dates aren’t published yet.
ANTWERP | KMSKA schedules ambitious exhibition programme for 2026, featuring international masters such as Antony Gormley, Philip Aguirre y Otegui and Ossip Zadkine
In 2026, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, KMSKA) will be showcasing major international names. The large solo exhibition by Antony Gormley will be followed by an exhibition by Philip Aguirre y Otegui and Ossip Zadkine.
REVIEW | Toei Animation Museum in Nerima, Tokyo
Autumn 2025. We – Sam and Danny, Michel and Wille, and Timothy – are travelling to Japan for a quite classic tour of the Land of the Rising Sun. We are flying separately as we used miles. On the planning: Tokyo, Kanazawa, Shirakawa, Osaka, and Expo 2025, Hiroshima, Himeji, Miyajima, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Hakone, and…
Museums of the City of Antwerp look ahead to 2026
The museums of the City of Antwerp are preparing to welcome visitors again in 2026 with a wide range of exciting exhibitions and projects. Photography museum FOMU will present the American artist Carrie Mae Weems, fashion museum MoMu will commemorate the Antwerp Six, and the Middelheim Museum will welcome the British artist Monster Chetwynd.
PARIS | ‘Le mystère Cléopâtre’ / ‘The Cleopatra Mystery’ exhibition at Institut du monde arabe
On Thursday 11 December 2025, six months after opening and one month after closing on 11 January 2026, I travelled to Paris in France for the ‘Le mystère Cléopâtre‘ or ‘The Cleopatra Mystery‘ exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe (Institute of the Arab World). An excuse to visit the Light City, even if it…
BRUSSELS | La Fabrique en ville – Villa Empain – Chalet Robinson – Winter Wonders – Rêve d’Asie
When Frank, Steve, Philippe, Nicolas, and I meet up, it’s usually in Antwerp. But Nicolas being a Brussels resident, it was time for the rest of us to go to the capital of Belgium. That’s what we did on 29 November 2025, the opening weekend of Winter Wonders, the Brussels-Capital Region‘s Christmas Market.
BEYOND DARKLANDS 2026 | Beyond Classic: Fatal Attraction ‘classic meets fetish’ concert at AMUZ, Antwerp, Thursday 5 March
For 2026, Darklands transforms into Beyond Darklands, having to rework the Waagnatie venue in Antwerp. Belgium‘s major kink and fetish festival mostly geared towards men who have sex with men will now work with multiple floors. Beyond Darklands 2026 takes place between Tuesday 3 and Monday 9 March.