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ART IS(T) TALK
17/12/2018 — 18/12/2018
What memory should we retain from contemporary art ? And how ? Making a public art collection could be un answer to these questions. Besides the Centre Pompidou collection the visitor can also discover young Belgians artists. They have been selected by a committee to set the basis of Kanal’s own collection of contemporary art.
Art is(t) talk makes these artists and Art historians meet an discuss the importance of contemporary art in our societies. Art is(t) Talk is organised in partnership with ULB and VUB.

Rendez-vous
Museum Night Fever 2019
23/02/2019 — 25/02/2019
On Saturday 23 February 2019 from 19:00 to 1:00, during the 12th edition of Museum Night Fever – Brussels’ museum night – 1000 young creatives are given carte blanche in 30 Brussels’ museums.
To be expected are music, performances, dance, visual arts, film, animations, glitter, glamour and a big dose of creative madness. All of this aligned with our museums’ temporary exhibitions and riveting collections.
Program at Kanal - Centre Pompidou:

Rendez-vous
Nuits sonores Brussels
Closing Day with Laurent Garnier
06/10/2019 — 07/10/2019
Local talents join Laurent Garnier, a key figure from the world of techno on stage at Kanal - Centre Pompidou as the Nuits sonores festival is brought to a fitting conclusion.

Radio
SIRENS: The resonating authority
18/09/2023
After the Siren performance, the SIRENS project continues its sound exploration and tackles the nuanced relationship between sound and power.
The radio broadcast, SIRENS: The resonating authority proposes to reveal the complex dynamics of the sound in the construction of our perceptions.
Together with artist Younes Baba Ali, the speakers will delve into the relationship between sound and power, how sonority influences and reflects authority, but also how it serves as a form of resistance.

Guided tourInstallation
Lisa Matthys + Ictus
KANAL Tours
14/09/2024
15/09/2024
21/09/2024
22/09/2024
At the end of 2025, KANAL-Centre Pompidou will finally open its doors. Are you curious to see the progress of the construction works? Do you want to catch a glimpse of what the museum will look like, and the many rooms and experiences it has to offer? Then why not join a guided tour during MolenFest!

Future building
Meanwhile, the renovation works on KANAL-Centre Pompidou are progressing visibly. Until the...

Saddie Choua
Art is(t) Talk
01/10/2018 — 02/10/2018
What memory should we retain from contemporary art ? And how ? Making a public art collection could be un answer to these questions. Besides the Centre Pompidou collection the visitor can also discover young Belgians artists. They have been selected by a committee to set the basis of Kanal’s own collection of contemporary art.
Art is(t) talk makes these artists and Art historians meet an discuss the importance of contemporary art in our societies. Art is(t) Talk is organised in partnership with ULB and VUB.
PROGRAMME AND SPEAKERS :

Exhibition
Françoise Schein x Athénée Royal Toots Thielemans
Je rêve ma vie
06/07/2023
"Je rêve ma vie" displays 10 outdoor frescoes capturing twenty images by young people dreaming of the future and talking about their career aspirations. To be discovered as from July 06 in the streets of Molenbeek.

Talk
Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Kitchen Talks
16/05/2024
23/05/2024
30/05/2024
If "parties always end in the kitchen", it's because we cook much more than just food there. Every Thursday of the festival, two artists or collectives engage in conversation around cooking in the KVS foyer.
Workroom at KANAL
Spaces for performers
KANAL - Center Pompidou makes its large raw spaces available free of charge to performing artists (...

Dance
Filipe Lourenço
Pulse(s) in Situ
07/04/2024
A solo dance performance driven by the pulsating rhythms of ritual dances.

Performance
La Compagnie du Zerep
Las Baby Janes
06/05/2018
Performance. With Sophie Lenoir, Marlène Saldana, Er Ge Yu and Stéphane Roger. When fitness training is only way to hold onto an artistic ego …
Music
Making playlists is the highest form of Art
26/09/2020 — 27/09/2020
Artists from It Never Ends are invite to play their own playlists for the opening weekend at KANAL-Centre Pompidou.
6.00 pm - 7.00 pm | Xavier Pauwels (Rectangle) |
7.00 pm - 8.00 pm | Les Conseillers (Daniel Wagener et Axel Claes) |
7.00 pm - 8.00 pm | Bureau Barbier Bouvet |
9.00 pm - 10.00 pm | Dan Solbach & Yann Chateigné |

Talk
Brussels Academy
Working in Brussels: labor in the shadow of the city
10/11/2022
Often perceived as characteristics of the cities of the South, informal dynamics also unfold in the European capitals, such as Brussels. During the visits and lectures, experts and will discuss the variety of processes, squats, alternative access to jobs, etc. that co-construct the urban fabric and attempt to implement the right to the city.

PerformanceReading
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Daght Jawi
06/04/2024
Listening to a soundtrack of violence on a daily basis.

KANAL temporarily closes its doors!
It Never Ends came to an end on April 25th. Stay posted for more news on KANAL-Centre Pompidou’s...

Performance
La Compagnie du Zerep
All we need now is the orchestra!
05/05/2018
Partly improvised play for at least 15 artists by La Compagnie du Zerep: Sophie Lenoir, Stéphane Roger, Marlène Saldana, Gilles Gaston Dreyfus & guests.

Rendez-vous
Digital Spring
23/03/2019
24/03/2019
Digital Spring is coming to Brussels, from 22 to 24 March 2019.
The event will be completely free and open to all. The first edition of Digital Spring will take place from 22 to 24 March 2019.
On 22 March, a spectacular opening night will take place at Hotel de la Poste at Tour & Taxis. No less than 40 musicians from the Brussels Philharmonic ill be interpreting compositions generated by artificial intelligence and inspired by great classical composers (free, but booking required – limited spaces)