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EXTRA MUROS: Visite Genk - Genkenaren kiezen kunst

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Pieter Laurens Mol
In the 1960s and ’70s Dutch photographer Pieter Laurens Mol was a commercial photographer. In his work he often addresses cosmological realit
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Michelangelo Pistoletto is associated with Arte Povera. In the 1960s, he defines a new kind of monumentality by combining rags and 'worthless
Luc Tuymans
Luc Tuymans was born in 1958 in Mortsel, Belgium. He lives in Antwerp. After studying painting and art history in Brussels and Antwerp he eme
Koen van den Broek
In his paintings, Koen Van den Broek investigates the human experience of the environment. His paintings are readily recognizable. They are d
Anish Kapoor
'I don’t wish to make a sculpture about form… I wish to make sculpture about belief, or about passion, about experience, that is outside of m
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Berlinde De Bruyckere (°1964) makes three-dimensional sculptures, installations and aquarelles. Her older work has a minimalist character. St
Marlene Dumas
'I am an artist who uses second-hand images and first-hand emotions'. - Marlene Dumas, 1989 Marlene Dumas (°1953) grows up in Cape Town,
Hans Op de Beeck
Hans Op de Beeck determines the ultimate medium of his work through a search for the most effective presentation of an idea. Hitherto, his oe
Ann Veronica Janssens
Ann Veronica Janssens mainly does site-specific works. She is neither sculptor nor architect. Taking a specific space as her starting point,
Jan Van Oost
The visual artist Jan Van Oost (°1961) lives and works alternately in Ghent and Tuscany. Since the mid-eighties, he has been making drawings,
Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
Patrick Van Caeckenberghs oeuvre primarily consists of sculptures and collages that show us a quirky representation of the world, full of ref
Wim Delvoye
Wim Delvoye is a much talked about and controversial artist. Since the second-half of the 1980s, he’s decorated modern, familiar objects. In
Hicham Benohoud
After teaching visual arts for 13 years in Marrakech, Hicham Benohoud leaves Morocco to live in Paris, though still often traveling back to h
Juan Muñoz
“I am a storyteller. When I make a work, you can immediately see what it is; I’ve never been able to make an abstract work.” - Juan Muñoz
Job Koelewijn
Job Koelewijn discovered his passion for art only in his early twenties, when he started to paint and draw while recovering from a serious ro
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven /...
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK (°1951, Antwerp, Belgium), studied graphic design at the Fine Arts Academy of Antwerp and has been prolific in

About M HKA / Mission Statement

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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The M HKA Ensembles represent our first steps towards initiating the public to today's art-related digital landscape. With the help of these new media, our aim is to offer our artworks a better and fuller array of support for their presentation and public understanding.