Editing Brussels (section)

===Visual arts and museums===
[[File:Brussels Cinquantenaire R03.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cinquantenaire|Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark]] [[Cinquantenaire Arcade|memorial arcade]] and museums]]

Brussels [[List of museums in Brussels|contains over 80 museums]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/en/tourismeloisirs/tourisme_et_loisirs/les_musees_de_bruxelles.shtml|title=Museums in Brussels|publisher=Bruxelles.irisnet.be|access-date=29 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606080405/http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/en/tourismeloisirs/tourisme_et_loisirs/les_musees_de_bruxelles.shtml|archive-date=6 June 2010}}</ref> The [[Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium|Royal Museums of Fine Arts]] has an extensive collection of various painters, such as [[Flemish painting|Flemish old masters]] like [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Bruegel]], [[Rogier van der Weyden]], [[Robert Campin]], [[Anthony van Dyck]], [[Jacob Jordaens]], and [[Peter Paul Rubens]]. The [[Magritte Museum]] houses the world's largest collection of works by the [[surrealist]] artist [[René Magritte]]. Museums dedicated to the national history of Belgium include the [[BELvue Museum]], the [[Royal Museums of Art and History]], and the [[Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History]]. The [[Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels|Musical Instruments Museum]] (MIM), housed in the [[Old England (department store)|Old England]] building, is part of the Royal Museums of Art and History, and is internationally renowned for its collection of over 8,000 instruments.

The Brussels Museums Council is an independent body for all the museums in the Brussels-Capital Region, covering around 100 federal, private, municipal, and community museums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brusselsmuseums.be/en|title=Brussels Museums|last=Fun|first=Everything is|date=2019-08-04|website=Brussels Museums|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727162635/https://www.brusselsmuseums.be/en/|url-status=live}}</ref> It promotes member museums through the Brussels Card (giving access to public transport and 30 of the 100 museums), the Brussels Museums Nocturnes (every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. from mid-September to mid-December) and the Museum Night Fever (an event for and by young people on a Saturday night in late February or early March).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/53974/record-number-of-17-000-visitors-attend-brussels-museum-night-fever-event/|title=Record number of 17,000 visitors attend Brussels' "Museum Night Fever" event|date=2019-02-24|website=The Brussels Times|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809195625/https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/53974/record-number-of-17-000-visitors-attend-brussels-museum-night-fever-event/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Brussels has had a distinguished artist scene for many years. The famous Belgian surrealists René Magritte and [[Paul Delvaux]], for instance, studied and lived there, as did the [[avant-garde]] dramatist [[Michel de Ghelderode]]. The city was also home of the [[impressionist]] painter [[Anna Boch]] from the artists' group ''[[Les XX]]'', and includes other famous Belgian painters such as [[Léon Spilliaert]]. Brussels is also a capital of the [[comic strip]];<ref name="Comic">{{cite news|last=Herbez|first=Ariel|title=Bruxelles, capitale de la BD|url=http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/73a8ca52-4c90-11de-8192-71ce8207b7fa|access-date=28 May 2010|newspaper={{Lang|fr|Le Temps}}|date=30 May 2009|location=Switzerland|language=fr|quote=Plus que jamais, Bruxelles mérite son statut de capitale de la bande dessinée.}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> some treasured Belgian characters are [[The Adventures of Tintin|Tintin]], [[Lucky Luke]], [[The Smurfs]], [[Spirou et Fantasio|Spirou]], [[Gaston (comics)|Gaston]], [[Marsupilami]], [[Blake and Mortimer]], [[Boule et Bill]] and [[Cubitus]] (see [[Belgian comics]]). Throughout the city, walls are painted with large motifs of comic book characters; these [[mural]]s taken together are known as [[Brussels' Comic Book Route]].<ref name=":1" /> Also, the interiors of some [[Brussels Metro|Metro stations]] are designed by artists. The [[Belgian Comic Strip Center]] combines two artistic leitmotifs of Brussels, being a museum devoted to Belgian comic strips, housed in the former ''Magasins Waucquez'' textile department store, designed by [[Victor Horta]] in the [[Art Nouveau in Brussels|Art Nouveau]] style. In addition, [[street art]] is changing the landscape of this multicultural city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Street Art in Brussels: trail and artists|url=https://visit.brussels/en/article/Street-Art-in-Brussels|access-date=2021-12-11|website=visit.brussels|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211013038/https://visit.brussels/en/article/Street-Art-in-Brussels|url-status=live}}</ref>