Ensor 2024

JAMES ENSOR

James Ensor (1860–1949) grew up in Ostend, the son of a Belgian mother and an English father.
His family ran a souvenir shop selling carnival masks that would later feature so prominently in his paintings. He went to Brussels to train at the academy.
He is widely recognized as the most important innovator of modern art in Belgium.

Ostend
• MuZee - 16.12.2023 - 14.04.2024
ROSE, ROSE, ROSE, À MES YEUX! James Ensor and the still life in Belgium 1830-1930

• James Ensor house - 21.03.2024 – 12.01.2025
Temporary exhibitions

• Venetian Galleries - 29.06.2024 - 27.10.2024
OSTEND, ENSOR’S IMAGINARY PARADISE

• Ensor City Festival
Theatre, concerts, Ensor menu, exhibitions, street art

Antwerp
• Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) - 28.09.2024 - 19.01.2025
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS (Ensor beyond impressionism)

• MOMU - Museum of Fashion - 28.09.2024 - 19.01.2025
METAMORFOSE ENSOR, MASQUERADE & MAKE-UP

• FOMU - Museum of Photography - 27.09.2024 - 2.02.2025
ANTI-FASHION, CINDY SHERMAN

• MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS - 27.09.2024 - 05.01.2025
JAMES ENSOR’S SEARCH FOR LIGHT

Brussels
• KBR - Royal Library of Belgium - 22.02.2024 - 02.06.2024
James Ensor, inspired by Brussels

• BOZAR - 29.02.2024 – 23.06.2024
James Ensor. Maestro