MoMu opens Antwerp show
Antwerp’s MoMu museum opened a landmark exhibition on March 28 celebrating the ‘Antwerp Six’ designers — a must‑see if you follow vintage, tailoring and Belgian avant‑menswear. The show’s timing dovetails with spring’s revived interest in archival and thrift aesthetics. (schonmagazine.com)
MoMu’s show brings together the six figures usually named as the Antwerp Six — Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene and Marina Yee — and the museum says it is the first major exhibition dedicated to that group. (momu.be) The retrospective is led by guest curator Geert Bruloot with MoMu curators Romy Cockx and director Kaat Debo, and it runs through 17 January 2027. (momu.be) An illustrated catalogue of roughly 400 pages published by Hannibal accompanies the show, with essays and contributions from Tim Blanks, Romy Cockx, Kaat Debo, Angelo Flaccavento and Eugene Rabkin. (momu.be) MoMu says the display draws on designers’ personal archives and press previews note the museum will show around 100 striking silhouettes plus never-before-seen sketches, original show invitations and other ephemera. (schonmagazine.com) The museum’s programme schedules an opening weekend of free guided tours and family drop-in workshops, and MoMu has announced a wider public programme of talks, performances, workshops and youth projects through the run. (discoverbenelux.com) The exhibition is an initiative of MoMu in collaboration with the City of Antwerp and supported by EventFlanders, according to the museum. (momu.be) Marina Yee — one of the six whose work appears in the show — died on 1 November 2025, a loss MoMu acknowledged in an in-memoriam statement. (momu.be)
