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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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(Untitled) The Belgium Af...
Lidwien van de Ven, (Untitled) The Belgium Affair, 1997. Installation, dvd.
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Blütenstaub von Haselnuss...
Wolfgang Laib, Blütenstaub von Haselnuss (Hazel Pollen), 1987. Installation, pollen, 220 x 240 cm.
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Personal Odradek
Koen Theys, Personal Odradek, 1997. Sculpture, metal wire, photo collages, variable dimensions .
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Legend: A Temporary Futur...
Kasper Bosmans, Legend: A Temporary Futures Institute, 2016. Painting, acrylic on panel.
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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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Sven 't Jolle
Sven 't Jolle was born in 1966 in Antwerp, where he studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1986 to 1990. Although his first exhib
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Eran Schaerf
Eran Schaerf's work only features a few constant factors, but textiles and cloth are almost always present as material. Apart from that, subj
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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
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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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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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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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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