Bozar Brussels, in collaboration with the Royal Museum of Mariemont and the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem) in Marseille, presents Alexandria: Past Futures from 30 September 2022 to 8 January 2023, an original exhibition that re-examines the ancient megalopolis at the height of its history. No less than 200 works of art are on display. Alongside such prestigious institutions as the Louvre, the Allard Pierson Museum (Amsterdam), the Museo Egizio (Turin) and the Museo Archeologico di Napoli, to name but a few, the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art has loaned six artworks, including the majestic bronze equestrian statue of Alexander the Great and a jar with motifs of sphinges, the god Bes as well as Udjat eyes.

From September 14, 2022, to January 29, 2023, the Marmottan Monet museum invites the public to explore the representation of the sun in art history. Over a hundred works, ranging from Antiquity to this day, are displayed together in Face au soleil. Un astre dans les arts. The exhibition pays tribute to ‘Impression, soleil levant’, Claude Monet’s masterpiece painted 150 years ago and preserved in the collections of the museum in Paris.

The exhibition Révéler l’Égypte oubliée. Champollion, Toutânkhamon et nous, organised by the University of Geneva under the aegis of Prof. Philippe Collombert, professor of Egyptology, looks back at two defining moments in Egyptology. Two hundred years ago, French scientist Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs for the first time thanks to the famous Rosetta stone; 100 years ago, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Toutankhamun. Today, excavations and research continue, as this three-themed exhibition highlights.