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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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Reordering of communicati...
Michael Druks, Reordering of communication action, making him smoke making him drink, 1973. Photography, adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper, 54 x 79.5 cm.
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Hotelit
Vadim Fishkin & Yuri Leiderman, Hotelit, 2001. Installation, 3309 x 9125 x 3309 cm.
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Untitled
George Lilanga di Nyama, Untitled. Sculpture, wood, 61 x 30 x 20 cm.
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The Circle of CA
Andrei Monastyrski , The Circle of CA, 1996. Installation, paper, 8 mm film, 63 x (42 x 29,5 cm).
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I.P.T.A
The Indian People’s Theatre Association [I.P.T.A.] was formed during a crucial phase of 20th Century Indian history. Events including World W
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Ana Torfs
Visual artist Ana Torfs was born in Belgium in 1963. The relation or tension between text/language and image plays a central role in Torfs' w
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Robert Filliou
"L’art est ce qui rend la vie plus intéressante que l’art" - Robert Filliou Robert Filliou was a French neo-Dadaist also involved in the
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Maryam Najd
Maryam Najd's (°1969) has roots in Tehran, but for the past several years Antwerp has been both her home and workplace. She works both purely
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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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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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JAMES LEE BYARS ENSEMBLE
The international renowned American artist James Lee Byars has a remarkable relationship with the M HKA. From the seventies onward he worked
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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