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The M HKA holds works on permanent loan that were acquired with the budget of the Vlaamse Commissie voor Beeldende Kunst (Flemish Visual Art Committee) (1982-2002). This was initially a broad, socially-oriented and supportive policy which later took on a more specific museum orientation that focused on filling in gaps and making deliberate choices. In 2003 this policy area was absorbed into the ‘Topstukken- en Sleutelwerkenbeleid’ (Policy on Major and Key Works), and a small sum derived from this also temporarily reinforced purchasing policy at the M HKA.
Part of the present collection consists of items on permanent loan that were purchased by the Flemish Community. This purchasing tradition, guided by advisory committees, arose out of the government’s intention to support artists and to introduce art into government buildings and spaces.
A number of these artworks are part of the M HKA collection.
Of particular importance are several ensembles acquired in the latter days of this purchasing policy, when purchases were increasingly made with an eye to a museum function, and when curator Dirk Snauwaert was finally allowed to make purchases himself. This enabled several gaps to be filled that had been formed by the M HKA’s ever-decreasing ability to buy: works by David Claerbout and Harald Thys & Jos de Gruyter, ensembles by Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven and Francis Alÿs. The ‘Topstukken- en Sleutelwerkendecreet’ once again made it possible to fill a major gap; the M HKA had no proper museum piece by Panamarenko, but now the Prova Car (1967) was bought at Christie’s and several years later Zwitserse Fiets (1967) too. In 2015, the M HKA acquired Allan Sekula’s key work Ship of Fools.
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The girl who was never as...
Ria Pacquée, The girl who was never asked to marry, 1988. Installation, leather, paper, silk, 90 x 80 x 100 cm.
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Onzichtbare kogel. Kogel ...
Leo Copers, Onzichtbare kogel. Kogel in kristal. Kogel in bergkristal [Invisible Bullet. Bullet in Crystal. Bullet in Mountain Crystal], 1980. Sculpture.
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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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Helena
Jan Vercruysse, Helena, 1992. Print, 50.6 x 76.2 cm.
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Hiwa K
Hiwa K (°1975) was born in Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan, and has been living as a political refugee in Berlin since 2002. His artistic wor
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Marlene Dumas
'I am an artist who uses second-hand images and first-hand emotions'. - Marlene Dumas, 1989 Marlene Dumas (°1953) grows up in Cape Town,
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Ria Pacquée
Ria Pacquée (°1954) has been active as an artist since 1979. She portrays casual situations and objects from the everyday world: the street,
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Xu Zhen
Xu Zhen is considered to be one of the most radical Chinese conceptual artists. In 2005 he participated in the Venice biennial and in 2007 in