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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.
Items
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Untitled No 121 A
Cindy Sherman, Untitled No 121 A, 1983. Photography, photo, paper, 53.5 x 88.2 cm.
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Raum (Nein, Nicht, Nur) [...
Bernd Lohaus, Raum (Nein, Nicht, Nur) [Space], 1979. Installation, brown tape, variable dimensions.
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Niks
Luc Tuymans, Niks, 2003. Print, silkscreen; ink on paper, 90 x 75 cm.
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Lake View Limited Offer
Sveta Shuvaeva, Lake View Limited Offer, 2018. Installation, wooden board, paint, paper, 250 x 405 x 950 cm (Variable).
Actors
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Christian Boltanski
During WWII, Boltanski’s Catholic mother hid his father (to be) under the floorboards of her house. He himself was born on the same day that
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Rustam Khalfin
Rustam Khalfin (1949 - 2008) is considered a pioneer of Kazakhstan’s contemporary art scene. After graduating from the Moscow Architecture In
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Özge Akarsu
Özge Akarsu studied Law and Philosophy in Istanbul. Afterwards, she moved to Belgium. She began a PhD on Spinoza and modernity at the Univers
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K.P. Krishnakumar
K P Krishnakumar was nephew of the Malayalam poet Edasseri. In 1981, he passed the diploma in sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, Trivan
Ensembles
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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
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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