The collection
The collection of the Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation at Grand-Hornu was started in 1999. It contains some 450 works of art by 150 Belgian and foreign artists.
Its aim is to develop a representative whole of all the major current trends, whilst retaining a strong resonance with the site where they are conserved, at Grand-Hornu.
Les Registres du Grand-Hornu, an impressive installation created by the French artist Christian Boltanski, inaugurated this collection in 1997. Since then, the collection has been built up around several themes: place, poetry and memory.
Like a library of works of art, the collection is not on permanent display at Grand-Hornu, but contributes to numerous collaborations, through loans with Belgian and foreign institutions.
Discover the collection online and the educational factsheets
![MACS - Œuvres de la collection - Christian Boltanski - Les Registres du Grand-Hornu](/sites/default/files/styles/banner/public/2020-09/PH-CSV-BOLTANSKI%20Christian%20-%20Les%20Registres%20du%20Grand-Hornu%20-%201997_%20Degobert%20%28P%29%201997_SCAN%20-%20ENS%20%281%29.jpg?itok=g8GfmNHC)
![MACS - Œuvres de la collection - Pierre Bismuth - Mise à l'échelle](/sites/default/files/styles/banner/public/2020-09/PH-EXP_BISMUTH%20Pierre%20-%20Mise%20a%20l%27echelle%20-%202009_Andre%20%28J%29.jpg?itok=-vuWYkA-)
![MACS - Œuvres de la collection - DIJKSTRA Rineke - The Nugent RC. Highschool, Liverpool, England, November 11, 1994 B](/sites/default/files/styles/banner/public/2020-09/PH-CSV_DIJKSTRA%20Rineke%20-%20The%20Nugent%20RC.%20Highschool%2C%20Liverpool%2C%20England%2C%20November%2011%2C%201994%20B%20-%201994_Degobert%20%28P%29%202015.jpg?itok=M8vwzwcY)
![MACS - Œuvres de la collection - Ann Veronica Janssens - 0032.2 (Editions Camomille](/sites/default/files/styles/banner/public/2020-09/PH-PUB_JANSSENS%20Ann%20Veronica%20-%200032.2%20%28Editions%20Camomille%29%20-%202000_%20Degobert%20%28P%29%202011_DET%20%282%29.jpg?itok=gD6tbFIE)
![MACS - Œuvres de la collection - Balthasar Burkhard - Mexico City](/sites/default/files/styles/banner/public/2020-09/PH-CSV_BURKHARD%20Balthasar%20-%20Mexico%20City%20-%201998.jpg?itok=G9NRkGzJ)
![MACS - Œuvres de la collection - Luc Tuymans - Saint-Georges](/sites/default/files/styles/banner/public/2020-09/PH-CSV_TUYMANS%20Luc%20-%20Saint-Georges%20-%202015_Degobert%20%28P%29%202015.jpg?itok=CGo_zX6J)
![MACS - Exposition - Fiona Tan. L'Archive des ombres](/sites/default/files/styles/banner/public/2020-09/MACs_Vue%20de%20Fiona%20Tan.L_Archive%20des%20ombres%C2%A9Ph%20De%20Gobert_28.jpg?itok=ZYptllIL)