Thanks to the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund, the King Baudouin Foundation has enriched the collection of the Design Museum Brussels with an Art Deco style rug that is emblematic of the Belgian textile artist Elisabeth De Saedeleer. The work will be presented to the public in preview at BRAFA.
The King Baudouin Foundation has acquired The Lamentation of Christ with Donors by Willem Key for M Leuven through the Charles Vreeken Fund. Recently recognised as a Flemish Top Masterpiece, the work will be presented at BRAFA 2026.
Several exhibitions in Belgium are highlighting art works from the King Baudouin Foundation’s collection. Here are six you really won’t want to miss this winter!
The project Le Timbre des Objets (The Sound of Objects), supported by the Irène Heidebroek and Eliane van Duyse Fund, has catalogued 100 endangered objects and created a sound guide, together with students and artists, with the aim of preserving their acoustic heritage and exploring new forms of inclusive narratives.
Our new book Ethnography & Photography. The De Fraeye-Verburg Collection offers a richly layered perspective on cultural diversity — an invitation to connect, understand and engage in dialogue across worlds, past and present.
