"The new culture hub is housed in a former Citroën garage, an architectural landmark in the city built in the mid 1930s, and includes five floors of gallery spaces, incorporating dedicated areas for the Kanal Architecture programme (formerly CIVA); an indoor playground designed by the UK architecture collective Assemble; and a rooftop restaurant and bar due to open until midnight."
"The centrepiece exhibition, A truly immense journey (28 November-10 January 2028), will feature over 350 works from the Centre Pompidou-currently closed in Paris for a five-year refurbishment-by artists such as Kader Attia, Lygia Clark, Marcel Broodthaers and Sonia Delaunay. "Inspired by the museum's location along the Charleroi-Brussels canal-a historical conduit of trade, exchange and migration-[the show] unfolds in three movements," says a statement."
Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels opens on 28 November in a renovated 40,000 sq. m Art Deco Citroën garage, providing five floors of gallery spaces and cultural facilities. The venue includes dedicated areas for the Kanal Architecture programme (formerly CIVA), an indoor playground by Assemble, and a rooftop restaurant and bar. The launch programme presents ten shows, including a 350-work exhibition from the Centre Pompidou, a new installation by Otobong Nkanga, a performance and sound show titled No Show featuring 20 local artists, and an exhibition examining a 1925 Citroën-sponsored colonial propaganda exhibition. The building was acquired in 2015 and transformed by noAarchitecten, EM2N and Sergison Bates.
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