M HKA gaat digitaal

Met M HKA Ensembles zetten we onze eerste échte stappen in het digitale landschap. Ons doel is met behulp van nieuwe media de kunstwerken nog beter te kaderen dan we tot nu toe hebben kunnen doen.

We geven momenteel prioriteit aan smartphones en tablets, m.a.w. de in-museum-ervaring. Maar we zijn evenzeer hard aan het werk aan een veelzijdige desktop-versie. Tot het zover is vind je hier deze tussenversie.

M HKA goes digital

Embracing the possibilities of new media, M HKA is making a particular effort to share its knowledge and give art the framework it deserves.

We are currently focusing on the experience in the museum with this application for smartphones and tablets. In the future this will also lead to a versatile desktop version, which is now still in its construction phase.

Exhibition: The Situation is Fluid

M HKA, Antwerp

25 January 2025 - 03 January 2027

©Ayman Ramadan — image: M HKA

 

Permanent Collection Presentation

From 25.01.2025

 

In 2017, M HKA reopened after an extensive renovation, showcasing a permanent collection presentation featuring reference artists, contemporary icons, historical pioneers, and key figures from the museum’s global collection. The collection is ever-evolving, reflecting the dynamic times we live in. In 2025, M HKA will present a renewed, focused collection showcasing approximately 30 key works by Flemish artists. Among them are figures who have lived and worked in the region—such as Marcel Broodthaers, Panamarenko, Luc Tuymans, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Otobong Nkanga, and Laure Prouvost—alongside artists with ties to Flanders, including Marlene Dumas, Jimmie Durham, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Nicola L. They are presented in dialogue with international artists from the Collection of the Flemish Community, including Cady Noland, Barbara Kruger, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Taus Makhacheva, and Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin. The collection presentation takes the postwar avant-garde in Antwerp as its starting point, using the past as a platform to explore the multipolar realities of both today and the future, structured around the three key angles of the collection: image, action, and society.

The permanent collection presentation features work by Marina Abramović, Chantal Akerman, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Marcel Broodthaers, David Claerbout, Lili Dujourie, Marlene Dumas, Jimmie Durham, Andrea Fraser, Anna-Bella Geiger, Craigie Horsfield, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Nikita Kadan, Barbara Kruger, Nicola L., Taus Makhacheva, Gordon Matta-Clark, Cady Noland, Otobong Nkanga, Panamarenko, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Laure Prouvost, Ayman Ramadam, Chris Reinecke, Oksana Shachko, Nancy Spero, Walter Swennen, Luc Tuymans and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven.


About the M HKA collection

The M HKA collection comprises approximately 8,000 works. Its core is formed by acquisitions made by the museum itself, and works purchased by the Flemish Community and the city of Antwerp. In addition to this there are also donations and additional public collections that the M HKA manages, such as the collection of De Vleeshal in Middelburg. The collection narrative begins with the postwar avant-garde in Antwerp and Flanders, and uses this past as a foundation to explore the multipolar realities of both today and the future. The M HKA collection evolves around three key perspectives on art: image, action, and society.

While no work fits exclusively within any of these categories, they provide valuable perspectives for exploring the uniqueness and interconnectedness of our collection. Image, action, and society serve as three axes that collectively define the space of a work: every performative artwork possesses an image quality, viewing is itself an action, and every artwork engages with society. As such, this division is primarily intended to encourage the audience to engage with the works and discover new connections. 


Freely accessible collection wing

The permanent collection presentation is housed in the museum's collection wing, which is freely accessible. To stay attuned to developments in contemporary art, respond to current events, and showcase recent acquisitions, an accompanying programme of rotating collection presentations is hosted in two adjacent galleries alongside the permanent collection. Additionally, the collection extends into the reading room, which is also freely accessible. Here, visitors can discover works by Koen van den Broek, Marlow Moss, Luc Deleu, Els Dietvorst, and Jacqueline Mesmaeker, among others. Finally, some artworks are inseparably connected to the museum building itself, including pieces by Robert Filliou, Hugo Duchateau, Keith Haring, James Turrell, Christophe Terlinden, Enrico David, and, of course, the Panamarenko House in Seefhoek.

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> Chris Reinecke, Umgebungskleider, 1967. Happening, plastic, net tape, thread, pen, 72 x 62 cm.

> Panamarenko, Zwitserse fiets [Swiss Bicycle], 1967. Object, tin, cardboard, linen, 61.5 x 60 x 66 cm .

> Chris Reinecke, Region nach oben geöffnet, 1969. Textile, black sewing thread and rubber stamp on paper , 59 x 62 cm.

> Marcel Broodthaers, Ma collection, 1971. Collage, assemblage en collage op beide zijden van twee panelen, panel: 100 × 65 cm.

> Chantal Akerman, La Chambre [The Room], 1972-2012. Series, 16 mm film transferred to dvd, colour, 00:11:00.

> Lili Dujourie, Hommage à ... I, 1972. Video, 00:21:18.

> Nicola L., Pénétrable (Terre), 1974-1978. Sculpture, ink on cotton, wood, 177.8 x 94 cm.

> Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Metamorfose van haar fatum, 1976. Drawing, east-indian ink, pencil, paper, framed: 38.5 x 47.5 cm, drawing: 27 x 36 cm.

> Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Erosie als semantiek, 1976. Drawing, east-indian ink, pencil, paper, Geheel: 38.5 x 47.5 cm, Tekening: 27 x 36 cm.

> Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, FFFF, 1976. Drawing, east-indian ink, pencil, paper, Geheel: 38.5 x 47.5 cm, Tekening: 27 x 36 cm.

> Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977. Print, paper, 89 x 62 cm/ 91,5 x 64,5 cm.

> Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque (Doors Crossing), 1977. Installation, wood, 198 x 77 x 4 cm.

> Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque # 669, 1977. Photography, cibachrome, tape, hard board, plexi, 175 x 105 cm.

> Léa Lublin, Interrogations sur l’art, 1977. Installation, cloth, 198 x 292 cm.

> Anna Bella Geiger, O Pão nosso de cada dia [Our Daily Bread], 1978-2006. Photography, 76 x 48 cm, 59 x 48 cm, 95 x 79 cm.

> Michelangelo Pistoletto, Divisione e moltiplicazine dello specchio [Division and Multiplication of the Mirror], 1978. Sculpture, wood, goldpaint, mirror, 2 x (100 x 45 cm).

> Marina Abramović & Ulay, Rest Energy, 1981. Photography, polaroid, 55 x 68 cm.

> Walter Swennen, Zonder titel (Gods Voet) [Untitled (God's Foot)], 1985. Painting, oil paint on canvas, 200 x 160 cm.

> Jimmie Durham, A Dead Deer, 1986. Sculpture, skull, bone, wood, paint, string, plastic, 120 x 72 x 14.4 cm.

> Barbara Kruger, We Are Not What We Seem, 1988. Collage, screen print, vinyl, chassis, 276 x 243 cm.

> Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Landmeermin, 1989. Drawing, east-indian ink, pencil, paper, Geheel: 38,5 x 47,5 cm, Tekening: 27 x 36 cm.

> Cady Noland, Oozewald, 1989. Sculpture, aluminium, nylon, silver cloth, 180 x 90 x 73 cm.

> Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, 1 - 10 , 1990. Drawing, east-indian ink, pencil, paper, Geheel: 38.5 x 47.5 cm, Tekening: 27 x 36 cm.

> Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Aangenomen dat de waarheid een vrouw is - (Nietzsche), 1991. Drawing, east-indian ink, pencil, paper, Geheel: 38.5 x 47.5 cm, Tekening: 27 x 36 cm.

> Marlene Dumas, Sacrifice, 1993. Painting, oil, canvas, 70 x 90 cm.

> Luc Tuymans, Ijzertoren [Yser Tower], 1995. Film, oil, canvas, 115.5 x 75.5 cm.

> Nancy Spero, Sheela-na-gig, 1996. Installation, installation with cut-out prints on paper and lingerie, variable dimensions, cut-out print 54 x 45 cm.

> Andrea Fraser, Reporting from Sao Paulo, I'm from the United States, 1998. Video, dvd, 00:23:40.

> Ilya & Emilia Kabakov , In the Closet, 1998. Installation, drawings, wood, pictures, lamp, clothes, 190 x 60 x 60 cm.

> Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Tremor, Rumour, Hoover , 2001. Installation, sequins mounted on plastic plates , 270 x 445 cm .

> Craigie Horsfield, The Arciconfraternity of Santa Monica, Piazza Sant' Antonino, Sorrento. April 2010, 2010. Photography, dry print op archer papier, 95 x 135 cm.

> Ayman Ramadan, The Situation Is Fluid, 2012. Print, enamel on metal, 35 x 25.5 cm.

> Taus Makhacheva, Way of an Object, 2013. Sculpture, theatre with three objects-turned-puppets, a kubachi marriage bracelet, a carved wooden saltbox and a painting by russia’s viktor vasnetsov of a prophet bird.

> Evgeny Antufiev, Untitled, 2015. Sculpture, fabric, wolf tooth, 40 x 19 x 11 cm.

> Otobong Nkanga, Infinite Yield, 2015. Mixed Media, textile.

> Oksana Shachko / Оксана Шачко, Untitled (Crucified Virgin from Iconoclast series) / Без назви (Розіп’ята Діва з серії «Іконоборство»), 2016. Painting, tempera, egg yolk, gold leaf, wood, 33 x 24 cm.

> Oksana Shachko / Оксана Шачко, Untitled (Crucified Jesus with the Erection from Iconoclast series) / Без назви (Розіп’ятий Ісус з ерекцією з серії «Іконоборство»), 2016. Painting, tempera, egg yolk, gold leaf, wood, 33 x 23.5 cm.

> David Claerbout, Olympia (The Real-Time Disintegration into Ruins of the Berlin Olympic Stadium over the Course of a Thousand Years), 2016. Installation, two-channel real-time projection, color, silent, hd animation, 1000 years.

> Nikita Kadan / Нікіта Кадан, The Beautiful Coloniser / Прекрасний колонізатор, 2020. Painting, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm.

> Laure Prouvost, This Sign Dreams of Breaking Front Tears, 2022. Painting, oil on panel.