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Masterpieces in the MAS

17.05.2011 - 30.12.2012

CLOSED - The MAS opened in May, 2011 with the temporary exhibition: "Masterpieces in the MAS. Five centuries of images in Antwerp."

COMPASSION

The many faces of compassion

Feeling or showing compassion is typically human and has many sides. The expo shows how we portray this in different times, cultures and worldviews. And also, what its abrasive sides are.

Exodus. Fleeing the war in Antwerp

21.05.2014 - 21.03.2016

CLOSED - Discover the gripping story of one and a half million Belgians fleeing the war in an exhibition in the boulevard of the MAS.

Glass in MAS

20/04/2018 - 1/10/2018

At the Visible Storage, you could experience the exquisite glass collection of the MAS Vleeshuis collection.

Photo exhibition Horse

A photography project by Heleen Peeters. She immersed herself in the horse (meat) culture around the world. The photographs raised questions: What determines the status of the horse? How is it that traditions change? And what if the same thing happened to other animals?

Madhouse at the end of the earth

A digital talk with author Julian Sancton about his book and the intrepid explorers of the Belgica.

Luc Tuymans. Glasses

For the exhibition "Glasses", Luc Tuymans looks back at his oeuvre thematically for the first time. It includes portraits, of ‘nameless people’ and historic figures, and other works. The leitmotiv is a ‘pair of glasses’.

Evening event

Do you want to visit the Red Star Line Museum with your company, club or organisation outside the regular opening hours? You can!

Michaelina - Baroque's leading lady

MAS hosts Rubenshuis

For the first retrospective of the oeuvre of Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689), Rubenshuis and the MAS are joining forces. The exhibition - a world premiere  - demonstrates the exceptional talent of an artist who became great at a time when female artists were very rare. Her work is so multifaceted and unique that it defies all art historical imagination.

The corner shop

19.04.2016 - 2.04.2017

CLOSED - "The corner shop" highlighted the colourful history of Antwerp's shops and shopkeepers in the MAS boulevard. MAS asked photographer Sanne De Wilde to find out more about the people who run local shops in the city today. The result was a colourful and diverse portrait series. Combined with old photos, the exhibition showed the human face behind the corner shops of the city since the Fifties.