On this day in
1494 was born in Italy the painter Jacopo Pontormo
1681 died the Spanish playwright Calderón de la Barca
1859 writer Arthur Conan Doyle was born

Argos is a Brussels based centre for art and media that was founded in 1989. Over the years the organisation has developed from a distributor of artists’ video and film into a broader art centre incorporating also functions as exhibitions, screenings and events, production, conservation and preservation, publishing and the development of a public media library.
http://www.argosarts.org/
Werfstraat 13 rue du Chantier B-1000 Brussels Belgium
Hours Monday through Friday from 10 am to 7 pm.
Exhibitions are open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 7 pm.
http://www.ccnoa.org/
Boulevard Barthélémylaan 5 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Hours: Friday - Sunday, 2 - 6 pm & by appointment.
Admission free

http://www.civa.be
Rue de l’Ermitage 55 Kluisstraat Bruxelles 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Hours: From Tuesday to Sunday 10:30 am to 6 pm
Admission: general 6 € / concessions 4 €

Contretype has been promoting and exhibiting creative photography since 1978. Active in production, dissemination and publishing, it contributes to developing the artistic careers of numerous authors. Based since 1988 in the sumptuous Art Nouveau town house built in 1903 in Saint-Gilles by Edouard Hannon, Contretype has used this space to develop a cultural project in keeping with the interests and innovative spirit of its first owner.
Photo: Paul Louis
http://www.contretype.org/
1, avenue de la Jonction - 1060 Brussels, Belgium
Hours: From Wednesday to Friday, from 11 am to 6 pm/ Saturday and Friday, from 1 to 6 pm
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and on Public Holydays
Admission: 2,5 euros / free for members

deSingel’s intention is to become a vigorous and large-scale arts campus that presents and produces contemporary and international art and makes it accessible to the broadest possible audience. The artistic disciplines to which deSingel has committed itself are theatre, dance, music and architecture.
http://www.desingel.be/en/Default.aspx
Desguinlei 25 B-2018 Antwerp Belgium
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 7pm / Sat 4-7pm
Always 1 hour before beginning of a performance, only for pickup or purchase of tickets for the performance(s) of that day.

http://www.extracity.org/index_en.php
Klamperstraat 40 (entrance Tulpstraat) Antwerp Belgium
Hours: Thursday to Sunday 2 pm - 8 pm
Closed from Monday to Wednesday and public holidays

http://www.ing.be/
Place Royale/Koningsplein 6, 1000 Brussels Belgium