In 2026, Liège is set to become the venue for an international artistic event. The Musée de La Boverie will host a unique exhibition dedicated to Impressionism in Belgium, shedding light on a still little-known facet of this major movement in modern art.Often associated with its iconic French figures, Impressionism nevertheless had an original and early resonance in Belgium. From the 1860s onwards, Belgian artists distanced themselves from academicism, embracing new forms of pictorial expression that foreshadowed Impressionism. The exhibition will trace this artistic effervescence, from the beginnings of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts to the blossoming of Belgian Luminism. Around a hundred works will be brought together in the bright and refined spaces of La Boverie, offering an exceptional dialogue between the French masters (Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, etc.) and their Belgian counterparts (Ensor, Claus, Lemmen, Van Rysselberghe, etc.). This unprecedented face-to-face encounter will explore cross-pollination, national distinctiveness and parallel paths in an ambitious and resolutely contemporary setting, with a focus on multimedia and interactive installations.