As part of ‘Art Deco Brussels 2025’, the King Baudouin Foundation is organising an exhibition titled ‘ART DECO. Style in a changing society’ at the BELvue museum in Brussels from 4 June 2025 to 4 January 2026. For the first time ever, the stunning Art Deco pieces in the King Baudouin Foundation collection will be on display together. On top of that, the exhibition will focus on how society changed and reinvented itself over the course of this fascinating period.
Explore the magnificent world of Art Deco. Discover how this modern and iconic style reflects the ways the world changed post-World War I: a vibrant era of new relationships between social classes, technological progress and a flourishing art scene, a time when women claimed their place in society and everyday objects were elevated to works of art.
To mark the year of Art Deco, the King Baudouin Foundation is showcasing Art Deco pieces from its collection, taking you on a captivating journey through sculptures by renowned artists such as Marcel Wolfers and Oscar Jespers, vases by Charles Catteau, glassware by Val-Saint-Lambert, decorative tiles, stylised book bindings, furniture, bas-reliefs, and so much more!
Immerse yourself in the luxury and exclusivity as well as the mass production for the middle class, technological innovation, industrialisation, exoticism, vibrant colours, clean lines and geometric shapes of Art Deco!
With this exhibition, the King Baudouin Foundation aims to go beyond the traditional approach to Art Deco, which focuses on aesthetics and luxury, by placing the style in its broader social context. On top of that, visitors will be challenged to find parallels with today’s ever-evolving society and the challenges we face right now.
The exhibition is part of ‘Art Deco Brussels 2025’, an event run jointly by urban.brussels and visit.brussels with the collaboration of Patrimoine & Culture asbl in 2025 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, which took place in Paris in 1925.
Practical information:
ART DECO. Style in a changing society
From 4 June 2025 to 4 January 2026
BELvue museum
Place des Palais 7 Paleizenplein
1000 Brussels
Free admission