NUCLEUS
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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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Human Project: Portrait n...
Kerim Ragimov, Human Project: Portrait n°18, 2000. Painting, oil on canvas, 141 x 210 cm.
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The Valley
Luc Tuymans, The Valley , 2012. Print, screenprint on paper, 71 x 72.5 cm .
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The Most Commercial Proje...
Alevtina Kakhidze / Алевтина Кахідзе, The Most Commercial Project / Найкомерційніший проєкт, 2010. Installation, video and drawings and photocopies, variable.
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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).
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Marina Abramović & Ulay
Marina Abramović (°1946, Belgrade, Serbia) and Ulay [Uwe Laysiepen’s pseudonym] (°1943, Solingen, Germany - †2020, Ljubljana, Slovenia) met e
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Paul De Vree
Paul De Vree was a pioneer of European concrete poetry and a visual artist. He founded literary journals such as 'De Tafel Ronde' in Belgium
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Denmark
Denmark, whose real name is Marc Robbroeckx, was born in Antwerp in 1950 and studied art history at the University of Ghent from 1968 to 1972
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Bernard Frize
French artist Bernard Frize has pretty much been painting against the grain for thirty years, periodically finding himself caught at the cent
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SANTHAL FAMILY
M HKA acquired the SANTHAL FAMILY ensemble on the occasion of the exhibition Santhal Family: Positions Around an Indian Sculpture in 2008. W
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GUILLAUME BIJL ENSEMBLE
"Society is not as idealistic as one imagines. That's also why I seriously question society, the civilisation in which we live. In the face
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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