the académie royale des beaux-arts - école supérieure des arts de la ville de bruxelles (arba-esa), in dutch koninklijke academie voor schone kunsten van brussel, is the belgian art school, established in brussels in the kingdom of belgium. it was founded in 1711. at the beginning housed in a single room in the city hall, in 1876 the school moved to a former convent and orphanage in the rue du midi, rehabilitated by the architect pierre-victor jamaer, where the school still operates.