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Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels

Monday, 11 May 2026 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
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🔊 Listen to this Post The Centre for Fine Arts (French: Palais des Beaux-Arts; Dutch: Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of Beaux-arts) in French or by its initials PSK in Dutch. This multidisciplinary space was designed to bring together a wide range of artistic events, whether music, visual arts, theatre, dance, literature, cinema or architecture.

The building housing the Centre for Fine Arts was designed by the architect Victor Horta in Art Deco style, and completed in 1929 at the instigation of the banker and patron of the arts Henry Le Bœuf. It includes exhibition and conference rooms, a cinema and a concert hall, which serves as home to the Belgian National Orchestra (BNO). It is located at 23, Ravensteinstraat, between the Hôtel Ravenstein and the headquarters of BNP Paribas Fortis, and across the street from Ravenstein Gallery. This site is served by Brussels-Central railway station and Parc/Park metro station on lines 1 and 5 of the Brussels Metro.

The long entrance hall or vestibule leads to the large concert hall (named after Henry Le Bœuf), with seating capacity for 2,200, where the Belgian National Orchestra performs and where the finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition are held. On the ground floor, the former Great Sculpture Hall (now the Victor Horta Hall) gives access via its Grand Staircase to the exhibition rooms upstairs. Beneath the Horta Hall are the Chamber Music Hall (or Hall M) with 476 seats, a foyer for the Henry Le Bœuf Hall, and the Recital Hall (or Studio) with 210 seats. These concert halls are directly accessible from the Rue Terarken. The multi-purpose Terarken Hall is also located on this side of the building.

The Centre for Fine Arts houses CINEMATEK, where the Royal Belgian Film Archive screens films, among other things (in two halls, Ledoux and Plateau). The Henry Le Bœuf Hall, Chamber Music Hall, and Studio are also used for film screenings, and theatrical performances take place in the Studio or the Hall M. Since 2021, the rooftop terrace has been open to the public, and concerts, lectures and film evenings are organised there during the summer months.

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