Works of art
Encouraging interest in safeguarding our moveable heritage.
Sculptures, canvases and decorative artefacts are among the many masterpieces that bear witness to our rich heritage. The King Baudouin Foundation is committed to safeguarding significant works of our moveable heritage for future generations, through acquisitions and donations. The Heritage Fund managed by the Foundation promotes over 25,000 works and thousands of historic documents, which are exhibited in public collections across the four corners of Belgium. Collectors who wish to preserve their collections and ensure their visibility can find in the King Baudouin Foundation a reliable and rigorous partner that is attentive to their wishes and needs.
Our activities
- promoting the Heritage Fund’s collection in Belgium and Europe, including through BRAFA (the Brussels Art Fair), exhibitions, publications and digital communication
- support for acquisition, restoration, publication and training projects in museums and associations active in the heritage sector
- facilitating philanthropy among donors and collectors
- conducting innovative projects with Belgian and foreign partners.
Works of art is part of the programme Heritage and culture
More information on heritage-kbf.be
Calls for projects
Culturele Mecenaatsrekening - Museum
Raising funds to revalue your public heritage collection through a project that has a precise budget and timing.
Selection announcedCulturele Mecenaatsrekening - Museum
Raising funds to revalue your public heritage collection through a project that has a precise budget and timing.
Selection announced
Fund René and Karin Jonckheere - Call for projects 2023
Safeguarding movable cultural heritage highlighting the European dimension of Brussels
OngoingPublications & data
Events
BRAFA Art Fair 2023
The King Baudouin Foundation will be participating in the BRAFA Art Fair, where we will present our latest acquisitions.
BRAFA Art Fair 2022
The King Baudouin Foundation will be participating in the BRAFA Art Fair, where we will present our latest acquisitions.
Funds and philanthropic tools
Fund Charles Vreeken
Acquisition, conservation and promotion of works by Belgian artists from all periods and of all art disciplines. Support for museums in Belgium by encouraging the expansion of th…
Paul Delvaux Museum (Friends of Fund)
Philanthropists support projects that promote the work of Paul Delvaux, in Belgium and throughout the world.
Musée Marthe Donas (MIMDo) (Friends of Fund)
Philanthropists support MIMDo's projects, which range from creating exhibitions to preserving and promoting 20th and 21st century artists.
Press Releases
Masterpieces by Maeterlinck with illustrations by Spilliaert, Memling and Alechinsky are some of the works on display at the King Baudouin Foundation’s BRAFA stand.
This year, at the King Baudouin Foundation’s BRAFA stand, you can discover key works of Belgian heritage that have been acquired to display in our public collections.
‘Théâtre’ by Maurice Maeterlinck with illustrations by Léon Spilliaert exhibited
‘Théâtre’ by Maurice Maeterlinck with illustrations by Léon Spilliaert preserved forever and exhibited at the RMFAB thanks to the Eliane Vercaempt Fund.
From the skeleton of a prehistoric animal to a masterpiece by Wolfers: some of KBF’s exhibits at BRAFA have to be seen
At BRAFA 2022, the KBF is presenting must-see pieces, including the skeleton of a prehistoric rhinoceros and a masterpiece by Wolfers.
Stories
La Pêche miraculeuse regains its original glory
Works of art
“It is rare that works of art were commissioned from Rubens for a specific church, but La Pêche miraculeuse is one such piece."
The Goffinet archives shed light on Belgium’s colonial past
Works of art
"The intervention of the Heritage Fund enabled archives of huge historical value to be acquired, which today are making a valuable contribution to current issues."