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The M HKA’s contemporary art collection has grown thanks to a combination of acquisitions, donations and long-term loans from various public collections. The historical basis for the collection goes back to the ICC activities (International Cultural Centre) in Antwerp in the 1970s. The M HKA collection continues to grow in the areas of the post-war avant-garde tradition in Antwerp and the wider region in north-western Europe, today's multipolar world, the importance of the 'performative' aspect and social commitment, but also with regard to the nature and role of images today. Here, we present a selection of works from a broad spectrum of different sensitivities, regions, research areas and stories from our collection.
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Tonight We Escape from Ne...
Vito Acconci, Tonight We Escape from New York, 1977. Collage, b/w photo, crayon, paper, plexi on black aluminium, 151 x 118 x 5 cm.
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Minus Two
Charif Benhelima, Minus Two, 2006. Photography, cibachroom, aluminium, plexiglas, 120 x 122 cm.
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M (M1)
Jan Vercruysse, M (M1), 1992. Sculpture, wood, gypsum, blue glass, white pigment, 54 x 200 x 155 cm.
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Grossmut begatte mich [Ge...
Pipilotti Rist, Grossmut begatte mich [Generosity, Mate with Me], 1996. Video, vhs, 00:07:00.
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Eugenio Dittborn
Eugenio Dittborn was born in Chile in 1943 (making him a thirty-year old witness of the military coup in 1973), and continues to live and wor
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Hans-Peter Feldmann
"I was asked by a young artist how I would define art. And I replied something like this: somewhere there is a large meadow, and that’s the w
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Tom Liekens
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Frank Theys
Frank Theys (°1963) studies fine art at the Brussels Academy of Art and philosophy at Brussels University. Theys, together with his brother K
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JAN VERCRUYSSE ENSEMBLE
The work of Jan Vercruysse is characterized by his razor-sharp vision and very focused approach to its central themes. Vercruysse mostly work
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Vrielynck Collectie
The Robert Vrielynck Collection is one of the few large collections in Belgium that give a picture of the (pre-)history of film. The collecti
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EUROPE AT LARGE
During the past decades M HKA has paid enduring attention to that part of Europe that was excluded from the reconstruction of Europe after 19
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The City Collection / De ...
The city of Antwerp started in 2021 with the development of a city collection of contemporary art. The artworks will be given on long-term lo