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Back in 1972 the National Bank began its support for Belgian artists by buying some of their artworks

20/02/2026

Bram Bogart (1921–2012),
best known for his transforming painting into a physical, sculptural experience.

As a self‑taught artist, he first explored a figurative style close to Flemish Expressionism before shifting toward a form of abstraction inspired by the spontaneity of Japanese calligraphy.
After settling in Belgium, his work evolved drastically: He developed ultra‑thick pigment mixtures, almost like cement, which he applied with trowels onto reinforced panels. His palette, once dominated by dark tones, gradually opened to bright, vibrant, and contrasting colors.
Here, paint becomes pure matter.

24/11/2025

Michel Couturier, Sans Titre, 2014

In the context of the exhibition La friche, La galaxie, the current exhibition at dedicated to Michel Couturier (1957 – 2024), we’re proud to put this piece from our collection, acquired in 2017, in the spotlight.

Michel Couturier, who participated in the Venice Biennale in 1986, is celebrated for blending video, drawing, and photography with sculpture and (public) architecture. His work reimagines familiar public infrastructures, removing them from their original context to create fictional spaces and “non-places.” With their comic-like aesthetic, these images capture the banality of everyday life in a striking and thought-provoking way.

24/10/2025

The Art Collection of the NBB is proud to contribute to Black Bird, the current exhibition at dedicated to artist Everlyn Nicodemus.

Three paintings from the collection (Spaces I – II – III, 1996), part of the Spaces series, are on view offering an insight into her early practice. Nicodemus explores personal and cultural trauma, and the possibility of healing through art, working across collage, painting, poetry, and unconventional materials. This way, she also challenges the traditions within the artworld. The artist is able to touch on collective memory with her works by confronting deeply personal experiences in a way that transcends the individuality.

Born in Tanzania, Nicodemus has lived in many places across Europe. She spent nearly two decades in Antwerp and Brussels before settling in Edinburgh, where she continues her artistic journey today.

Thank you to Wiels and to make this exchange possible. Don’t miss the exhibition on view until February 1st, 2026.

08/08/2025

Known for his ephemeral works using natural materials, Bob Verschueren (b. 1945, Brussels) explores the relationship between humans and nature. The NBB art collection invited him to create a sculpture in the recently renovated office spaces, located in the Hotel of the governor. In “Réseaux” he reimagines a web of branches cast in bronze, creating a trompe l’oeil that merges the organic with the architectural.

It took more than four years to complete the site-specific artwork “Reseaux”. This 30-meter-long bronze sculpture was completed in 2020. Delayed by the pandemic, its unveiling to the external public was postponed — until now. To celebrate its fifth anniversary, we looked back on the creation process with Bob Verschueren and his invitees.

27/05/2025

We had the pleasure to visit Berlinde de Bruyckere’s exhibition with interested employees of the NBB. Many thanks to the wonderful Bozar guides for the engaging insights on Berlinde’s works.

The current retrospective KOROS of Berlinde de Bruyckere prompted us to revisit the sculpture from our collection: a work that evokes a sacred, cage-like structure, using a mirror to shut out the outside world. It’s a reminder of how her artistic journey began in the early 90s, and how these early works stay relevant until this day. This piece, made from galvanized steel, resonates deeply with themes she continues to explore like love and suffering, joy and morbidity, life and death.

📷 1-2 Tour with NBB employees in Koros
📷 3-6 Courtesy of the artist: Berlinde de Bruyckere, untitled, 1991. Detail and installation in the NBB

28/09/2024

When Cécile Vandernoot decided to visit the art integrations of Jean Glibert during Heritage Days, the NBB collection was delighted to be selected as a stop in Brussels.

It was a pleasure to guide art and architecture enthusiasts in the Hotel of the Governor where Jean Glibert created his ever so subtle and perfectly fitting site specific work “intervention sur mur” (2021)
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1. Guided tour on 14/09, showing the process of “intervention sur mur”
2. Jean Glibert & Guy Zinnen during the installation in June 2021 (with a piece of Piet Stockmans artwork behind them)
3. Intervention sur mur
4. The proud team at work in June 2021 , Veronique, Jean Guy and his colleague
5. Showing the maquette made by Jean for “intervention sur mur”

01/11/2023

Open again from tomorrow until 10/11!

17/10/2023

NL | omwille van de recente gebeurtenissen blijft de lokettenzaal vandaag gesloten.
FR | En raison des événements récents, la salle des guichets reste fermée aujourd’hui.

11/09/2023

Warmly welcoming you all in the counter hall of the National Bank of Belgium to discover “1001 Plateaux: Sharing Collections - Sharing Connections”.

Participatory Artwork by & 155 colleagues of the NBB
Curated by

Boulevard de Berlaimont 3, 1000 Brussels
Open during : 16 & 17 September, 10.00 - 18.00

26/04/2023

[1001 Plateaux – post 2/7]

FR Ce projet d’œuvre d’art participative et l’invitation à a vu le jour sur l’initiative de l’actuelle conseillère de la : en collaboration avec les curateurs des collections de la BNB. Docteure en histoire de l’art (VUB-ULB), curatrice et auteure, elle a dirigé le art et marges musée et la CENTRALE for contemporary art à Bruxelles et n’a de cesse de créer des ponts entre des œuvres issues du circuit artistique professionnel et l’art outsider et défend une vision où l’humain est au centre du processus créatif. Depuis 2019, elle assure la direction artistique de la collection d’art contemporain de la Banque nationale. Par ce projet, elle souhaite faire entrer pour la première fois de l’art participatif dans la en connectant activement les collègues de la BNB entre eux sous l’égide de l’artiste belge Françoise Schein, très expérimentée dans cette pratique singulière.

NL Dit participatieve kunstproject en de uitnodiging aan werd geïnitieerd door de huidige adviseur van : in samenwerking met de curators van de NBB collecties. Als doctor in de kunstgeschiedenis (VUB-ULB), curator en auteur, heeft zij het musée art et marges en de CENTRALE voor hedendaagse kunst in Brussel geleid. Zij heeft altijd een brug willen slaan tussen werken uit het professionele kunstcircuit en outsider art en verdedigt een visie waarin de mens centraal staat in het creatieve proces. Sinds 2019 is Carine Fol de externe adviseur van en geeft ze artistiek richting aan de verzameling. Met dit project wil ze voor het eerst participatieve kunst in brengen door NBB-collega's actief met elkaar in contact te brengen onder begeleiding van de Belgische kunstenares Françoise Schein, die zeer ervaren is in deze unieke praktijk.

26/04/2023

[1001 Plateaux – post 2/7]

FR Ce projet d’œuvre d’art participative et l’invitation à a vu le jour sur l’initiative de l’actuelle conseillère de la : en collaboration avec les curateurs des collections de la BNB. Docteure en histoire de l’art (VUB-ULB), curatrice et auteure, elle a dirigé le art et marges musée et la CENTRALE for contemporary art à Bruxelles et n’a de cesse de créer des ponts entre des œuvres issues du circuit artistique professionnel et l’art outsider et défend une vision où l’humain est au centre du processus créatif. Depuis 2019, elle assure la direction artistique de la collection d’art contemporain de la Banque nationale. Par ce projet, elle souhaite faire entrer pour la première fois de l’art participatif dans la en connectant activement les collègues de la BNB entre eux sous l’égide de l’artiste belge Françoise Schein, très expérimentée dans cette pratique singulière.

NL Dit participatieve kunstproject en de uitnodiging aan Françoise Schein werd geïnitieerd door de huidige adviseur van : Carine Fol in samenwerking met de curators van de NBB collecties. Als doctor in de kunstgeschiedenis (VUB-ULB), curator en auteur, heeft zij het musée art et marges en de CENTRALE voor hedendaagse kunst in Brussel geleid. Zij heeft altijd een brug willen slaan tussen werken uit het professionele kunstcircuit en outsider art en verdedigt een visie waarin de mens centraal staat in het creatieve proces. Sinds 2019 is Carine Fol de externe adviseur van en geeft ze artistiek richting aan de verzameling. Met dit project wil ze voor het eerst participatieve kunst in brengen door NBB-collega's actief met elkaar in contact te brengen onder begeleiding van de Belgische kunstenares Françoise Schein, die zeer ervaren is in deze unieke praktijk.

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