KMSKA's 2025 season bursts out of the frame with an intriguing lineup of exhibitions
With the end of 2024, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) wraps up its year of stunning exhibitions and opens its doors to new visions from old artists with its 2025 catalogue. The museum will feature major exhibitions in addition to various displays in the print room and 19th-century halls.
The KMSKA dedicated the last quarter to James Ensor by commemorating the 75th anniversary of his death with In Your Wildest Dreams: Ensor Beyond Impressionism. Now, with the New Year edging closer, the museum will draw on inspiration from a lineup of all Flemish artists, with the exception of the great impressionist René Magritte.
Panamarenko, Infinite Imagination, a title befitting the dreamer whose work goes behind the title of "artist". With his name tied to experimentations in sculpture and aeroplanes, his sketch work is often overlooked. In celebration of what would have been his 85th birthday, the KMSKA showcases a collection of his sketches and paper-based creations drawn from both private and public archives.
Belgian visual artist Hans Op de Beeck will have his first major exhibition at KMSKA with Nocturnal Journey. With his signature monochrome grey, Op de Beeck takes visitors on a journey through fictional sculpted scenes, offering a snapshot into moments in time.
On the occasion of a significant donation by the Eugeen Van Mieghem Foundation, the KMSKA will display the multi-faceted oeuvre of the characteristic, socially committed Antwerp artist. In contrast to Op de Beeck's grey figures, Van Mieghem's hand produced colourful pastels that focused on scenes from the 20th century, such as the ports of Antwerp or members of bourgeois society.
As one of the first female cubists in the world, Marthe Donas helped found the artists' collective La Section d'Or at the beginning of the 20th century. This Antwerp artist will present Donas, Archipenko and La Section d'Or - Enchanting Modernism at the KMSKA, a collective of sorts that features both her work and other artists in her orbit.
The legendary Magritte gave a lecture at the KMSKA in 1937, during which he spoke about the origins and development of his art in the context of Belgian surrealism. The KMSKA will show a selection of his works from the accompanying slideshow from almost 90 years ago. His art will be shown alongside that of Antwerp surrealists Marcel Mariën and Léo Dohmen.
There will also be renewed focus on restoring Peter Paul Rubens' monumental works in full view of curious visitors. Additionally, a collaboration between the Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam and the KMSKA presents a look at De Stijl from the Netherlands and the Antwerp Modern Art Circle following WWI. These are a few of the exhibitions the museum promises visitors in 2025.
(MOH)
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