Belgian artist Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) was one of the most well-known artists in Paris in the second half of the 19th century. He caused a furore with his paintings of elegant, intriguing and distant women. The artist captured the contemporary worldly woman convincingly and deftly, paying close attention to the gorgeous textures of the clothing and luxuriously appointed interiors. This first retrospective in thirty years of Alfred Stevens features 64 paintings and is being organised in cooperation with the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, where it was on display until 23 August 2009.