Bozar

Can a stage or a studio become the place where history is actively rewritten? William Kentridge began his artistic career at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle in his native South Africa. His solo exhibition at Bozar, titled ‘I am not me, the horse is not mine’, offers a comprehensive overview of his work from the early 1980s to the present day, and ranges from drawings, animated films, and sculptures to prints, installations, and videos. Many of these works grew out of his theatre and

How can you understand the whole story, and not just your own part in it? Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy came to Bozar in October 2025 to present Mother Mary Comes to Me, her long-awaited memoir revisiting a life of courageous dissent – a life deeply shaped by her relationship with her mother, the Indian educator and women’s rights activist Mary Roy.    In this episode from the Writers & Thinkers Stage series, joined by Belgian journalist and writer Catherine Vuylsteke, Arundhati Roy

What if the parts of yourself you have been taught to hide actually hold the most power?  In March 2026, Vietnamese American writer Ocean Vuong came to Bozar for a conversation on beauty and ugliness – themes that lay at the heart of our programme that season and run throughout his work. In this episode from the Writers & Thinkers Stage series, sitting down with Belgian writer Saskia de Coster, Vuong explores how queerness can reshape our understanding of beauty – and why embracing what