NUCLEUS
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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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Yelena Vorobyeva & Viktor...
Yelena Vorobyeva (°1959, Nebit-Dag, Turkmenistan) and Viktor Vorobyev (°1959, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan) have been working together as artists, wr
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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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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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Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman (°1941) is often referred to as one of the founding figures of contemporary art. He is the eternal novice, leaping from one type
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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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JIMMIE DURHAM ENSEMBLE
This ensemble and digital application is an outcome of M HKA’s extensive long-term research in the oeuvre of Jimmie Durham and starts with an
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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
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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



