Middelheim Museum viewied differently

About the favorite works of some well-known people, special performances and the most striking exhibitions, presentations and acquisitions. Sit back and enjoy hours of viewing and listening pleasure, bundled into three YouTube playlists.

Middelheim Museum viewed differently

About the favorite works of some well-known people, special performances and the most striking exhibitions, presentations and acquisitions. Sit back and enjoy hours of viewing and listening pleasure, bundled into three YouTube playlists.

Middelheim at home

Now that the corona crisis has paralyzed social life for the most part, many people don’t get to go to their favourite places, such as in the Middelheim Museum. That is why we bring the art park right to your home.

Art work in focus - Changing presentations

At the back of the collection pavilion, one work occupies the spotlight. The first work is Résidence Terrestre by Michel François. In this film you can see how the artist goes about and hear his explanations in a film produced specially for this presentation.

Research

The ambition to make information about the Art in the City collection accessible to the public and art professionals, gives rise to a focus on research, debate and reflection.

Exhibitions and projects

Art in the City organises short-term projects and art interventions in public space in Antwerp.

Leopold II: 1873-2020

On 9 June 2020, a statue of King Leopold II (1835-1909) was removed from the public space of Ekeren, Antwerp, where it had stood since 1873. Its removal was a highly charged occurrence and led to numerous questions being addressed at the museum. The below text contains the answer to some of those questions.