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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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The 15th History of the H...
Eugenio Dittborn, The 15th History of the Human Face (The Children of Breughel), 1993. Installation, paper, ashes, cardboard, silkscreen, 140 x 210 cm.
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Untitled
Kerala Radicals, C K Rajan, Untitled, 1992-1996. Collage, collage, paper, 25 x (210 x 290 mm).
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Jockel - Bett des Jägers
Danny Devos, Jockel - Bett des Jägers, 1993-1994. Installation, staanlamp en houten bed met getekende landkaart van het ruhrgebied met aanduiding en foto’s van relevante plaatsen in het verhaal van joachim kroll, tekening en kleurfoto’s op gegalvaniseerde plaat, bed: 108x208x48cm; plaat: 100x200cm.
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Oberreichskriegsanwalt [S...
Toon Tersas, Oberreichskriegsanwalt [Senior Attorney in the War Office], 1985. Drawing, washed ink, paper, 65 x 50 cm.
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Kasper Bosmans
‘Art is decoration that makes you cleverer.’ - Kasper Bosmans Kasper Bosmans’s paintings, objects and installations demonstrate that visu
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Nikita Kadan / Нікіта Кадан
Nikita Kadan: the beating heart of history (cross-section) Nikita Kadan embarked on an artistic quest from his native Kyiv, charting the
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Marinus Boezem
Marinus Boezem exhibited a stretch of polder as a ready-made in 1960. This is not untypical of his monumental-but-modest œuvre, largely based
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Toon Tersas
Toon Tersas (1924–1995, Belgium) is the artist name of the ‘self-taught’ and ‘non-professional’ Antoon Keersmakers, who supports a large fami
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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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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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USEFUL LIFE
M HKA has acquired the complete *USEFUL LIFE* for its collection in 2009, a key exhibition in the development of contemporary art in Shanghai
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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