Victor Horta Versus Art Nouveau is an exhibition on the Horta Museum in Brussels from March 23, 2023 until January 8, 2024.
This exhibition aims to show Horta in a different light. Let's forget the questions of style and the ready-made images of this architect. Let us even try to forget for a moment about Art Nouveau, a useful but sometimes reductive label. Let's take a look at Horta without preconceived ideas and see what he tells us (and what he hides from us): The role of his wife, Pauline Heyse, and his mentors: Balat and Viollet-le-Duc; his inspiration also turned to Egypt, Greece, the 18th century. Not to mention his admiration for the Garnier Opera House and the Palais de Justice in Brussels; Horta, an eclectic architect?
François Schuiten is invited as guest artist.