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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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Chantal Akerman
'I won't say I'm a feminist film-maker ... I'm not making women's films, I'm making Chantal Akerman's films'. (London, 1979) The longtime
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Evgeny Granilshchikov
Evgeny Granilshchikov (°1985) is a Russian artist, photographer and film director. He grew up in Moscow, where he finishes his studies at the
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Teresa Burga
Teresa Burga studied painting at the Pontifical Catholic University in Lima. Between 1960 and 1962, she interrupted her studies to accompany
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Craigie Horsfield
With social projects and with work in different media including video, photography, sound, drawings, performance and installation, Craigie Ho
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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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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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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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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



