Guided tour of the Rituals of Beauty

What does it mean to be beautiful at the celebrations of an Amazonian Indigenous community? The temporary photo exhibition explores this question through a unique research archive spanning several decades.

The photography exhibition Rituals of Beauty – Feather and Painting: Body Decoration in the Amazon presents a selection from the archive created over nearly half a century of Amazonian fieldwork by the internationally renowned Belgian cultural anthropologist Gustaaf Verswijver. The collection comprises more than 47,000 photographs, approximately 90 hours of film footage, audio recordings, field notes, and nearly 400 objects. With its acquisition by the museum, not only has the material been professionally preserved and made accessible for exhibition, but in the long term it will also be available to researchers and members of the source communities. The present exhibition is the first thematic presentation of this extensive archive.

Meeting point:  Ground-floor Information Desk, Heroes’ Square-side lobby

Participation in the programme requires the purchase of an admission ticket and a guided tour ticket. Both tickets may be purchased online or on site.

Please select the date of the programme when purchasing your ticket.

Tickets for the exhibition

Tickets for the guided tour