The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Has Been Completely Revamped

Closed since 2011, the KMSKA reopened its doors in late September. An audacious display in a delicate extension has turned the exhibition into a museographic challenge. © Karin Borghouts Expectations were commensurate with the importance of the collection. 8,400 works, mainly representing the art of the Southern Netherlands from the 14th to the 19th centuries in the largest art museum in Flanders, had been long awaited for eleven years. After an intervention in the building for a budget of €100 million, to which was added a hidden sum for the scenography and the restoration of two hundred works, the Royal Museum