Foundation Gordon Matta-Clark

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To keep *Office Baroque* the 'Foundation Gordon Matta-Clark' was founded in 1979. When Matta-Clark died young in 1978, *Office Baroque* appeared to be his only structural intervention that was still standing. The Antwerp art scene, headed by the ICC, launched a campaign to preserve this masterpiece and to integrate it into a yet to be established contemporary art museum in Antwerp. Sadly, despite every effort, *Office Baroque* could not be saved.

Antwerp had to wait many years for its museum of contemporary art. However, the collection of the Foundation Gordon Matta-Clark was one of the arguments for the ultimate establishment of 'MuHKA' in 1985. This collection of artists donations (as *Project work coloration: Trafalgar Square Fountains* by Nicolas Uriburu shown above) was a closed entity of works and documents from the late 70s, being the historical basis of the M HKA collection.

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The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

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