Since 1893, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium own Jacques Louis David's masterpiece "The death of Marat" (1793). In order to bear witness to the central position of this painting in the advent of modern art, the Royal Museums dedicate an exhibition to this masterpiece of our collections . For the first time, we are offering an unprecedented approach to David's artwork by combining both historical and contemporary views, as well as a scientific approach by presenting to the public of the results of a research campaign that involved laboratory analyses.

Robert Wilson’s “The Death of Marat,” featuring Lady Gaga, which premièred 2013 at the Louvre in Paris, re-imagines David’s famous painting on a video screen. The Royal Museum in Brussels will show the video portrait on a giant 85” screen from April through August, 2022.