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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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Ouverture [Overture]
Bernard Frize, Ouverture [Overture], 1998. Painting, acrylic, canvas, resin, 185 x 232.5 cm.
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Places (II.8)
Jan Vercruysse, Places (II.8), 2006. Sculpture, cor-ten steel, 300 x 285 x 2 cm.
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Lake View Limited Offer
Sveta Shuvaeva, Lake View Limited Offer, 2018. Installation, wooden board, paint, paper, 250 x 405 x 950 cm (Variable).
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Self-Portrait (Kissing wi...
Douglas Gordon, Self-Portrait (Kissing with Scopolamine), 1994. Photography, dia projection, variable.
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Yang Fudong
Yang Fudong [°1971, Beijing] is one of the most important contemporary Chinese artists. At the end of the 1990s, after training as a painter,
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Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Б...
Sergey Bratkov (°1960) was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where he finished his studies at the Kharkiv State School of Art in 1978 and at the Poly
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Ignace Cami
Ignace Cami is an artist that gives obsolete things renewal. Playing with the notion of ‘heritage’, he questions its place as being part of t
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Mashid Mohadjerin
Mashid Mohadjerin: silent protests Mashid Mohadjerin is an Iranian-Belgian photojournalist and visual artist. She graduated from the Acad
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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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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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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