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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Francis Alÿs
Francis Alÿs is a native of Antwerp, but since the end of the 1980s Mexico City has been his home. The artist offers his vision on the world
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M. Anthony Penwill
M. Anthony Penwill is the alleged author of It Has To Be This Way, It Has To Be This Way 1.5 and It Has To Be This Way², as well as co-author
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Lukasz Jastrubczak
Łukasz Jastrubczak (born in 1984, Zielona Góra) lives and works in Szczecin, Poland. A multimedia artist and experimental musician who examin
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Kambui Olujimi
Kambui Olujimi was born and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. His work manifests collective psychic space in order to interrupt notions
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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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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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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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GUILLAUME BIJL ENSEMBLE
"Society is not as idealistic as one imagines. That's also why I seriously question society, the civilisation in which we live. In the face



