Sherman’s work is immediately comprehensible. In mere seconds, we recognize what Sherman aims to display, yet she never fully reaches complete representation of the characters she presents – not because she’s incapable, but because she wants her work to exist on the border of reality and imagination.

By making the Gevaert archive - with more than 377 types of photographic paper and 1300 photo packaging - publicly accessible, FOMU keeps knowledge about analogue photography and photo paper alive.

Alison Rossiter (º1953, Jackson, Mississippi, US) lives and works in New York. Rossiter creates photographs without a camera, using vintage photographic paper. FOMU is proud to own the work Gevaert Gevaluxe Velours, by Alison Rossiter.

FOMU presents the first retrospective in Belgium of the American photographer Cindy Sherman.

Upon FOMU’s invitation, visual artist Katja Mater (NL, b. 1979) explores the museum’s collection and creates a remarkable selection around the theme of time.  ​

Van maandag 12 tot en met vrijdag 16 mei zit het kookprogramma Dagelijkse kost in een museumjasje. Speciaal voor de Week van de Belgische Musea zijn alle gerechten geïnspireerd op  museumwerken. Op dinsdag 13 mei kan je zien hoe de makers van Dagelijkse Kost zich lieten inspireren door de expo van Lee Miller in FOMU. 

Dirk Braeckman (BE, °1958) has explored the medium of photography in sombre/dark and understated images, for over forty years.

FOMU and creative agency Mutant™ again join forces for FOMUTATIONS, an experimental format of in depht talks by internationally renowned image makers. They challenge existing perspectives on visual culture and spark debate—an innovative format that encourages dialogue and new ways of seeing. 

FOMU presents the first retrospective in Belgium of the American photographer Cindy Sherman.