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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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Affiches-invitations pour...
Daniel Buren, Affiches-invitations pour Wide White Space, Antwerp, 1969/1971/1972/1973/1974. Détails., 1969-1974. Miscellaneum, ink, paper.
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Project Pleasures
Guillaume Bijl, Project Pleasures, 1977. Collage, ink, paper, 6 x (80 x 60 cm).
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Kunst tegen werkloosheid
Daniël Dewaele, Kunst tegen werkloosheid, 1979. Installation, zwart/wit foto’s en teksten, 60 x 400 cm en 1 tafel met documenten 60 x 120 cm.
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Real Pictures/Emmanuel
Alfredo Jaar, Real Pictures/Emmanuel, 1995. Installation, ink, paper, 127 x 29.2 x 22.8 cm.
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Walter Swennen
Walter Swennen: an ominous smile on canvas Walter Swennen is a pioneer of the 'new painting' of the 1980s. His paintings are a precise p
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Dmitri Aleksandrovich Pri...
Dmitri Prigov is a particularly influential Russian poet, writer and artist, also known as 'the father of Russian conceptualism'. He is an im
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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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Donna Kukama
Donna Kukama (°1981) uses performance to make visible the movements, tensions and emotions of contemporary society. To diagnose and perhaps e
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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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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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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