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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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Goshka Macuga
Goshka Macuga works as a curator and makes installations that function as 'total artworks'. Using material loaned from both artists and archi
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Cindy Sherman
The American photographer and filmmaker Cindy Sherman (°1954) is one of the most important and influential art photographers of the past thir
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Keith Haring
The work of Keith Haring finds its origin in the alternative New York street culture at the end of the 1970s. At that time Haring was a stree
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Daniël Dewaele
"Daniël Dewaele has been an active member of the Belgian arts scene since at least the early seventies, and quite early on became involved, o
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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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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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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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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