The Kanal-Centre Pompidou, a major new modern and contemporary art museum in Brussels, will open on November 28. Housed in a converted 1930s Citroën garage, the €230m institution will launch with ten exhibitions, including a 350-work show drawn from the Centre Pompidou's collection in Paris and installations by artists like Otobong Nkanga.
The opening establishes a significant new cultural hub for Brussels, rivaling other major European centers. Its launch is a milestone for local collectors and curators who long advocated for a major contemporary art museum, though its future faces uncertainty due to political deadlock in the Brussels-Capital Region, which exclusively funds the project and must decide on the continuation of its partnership with the Parisian institution after 2031.