NUCLEUS
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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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Cally Spooner
Cally Spooner (b. 1983) is an artist based in London. Recent solo exhibitions and performances include And You Were Wonderful on Stage, Stede
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Stuart Ringholt
Stuart Ringholt was born in Perth and lives and works in Melbourne. His work takes many forms, from performance, video and sculpture to colla
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Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
The work of the Ivorian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré had a single objective: to record and transmit information about the known universe. De
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Pavel Pepperstein
Pavel Pepperstein was born in Moscow in 1966. He is one of the most influential artists of Russia’s new generation. In 1985-1987 he studied a
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JIMMIE DURHAM ENSEMBLE
This ensemble and digital application is an outcome of M HKA’s extensive long-term research in the oeuvre of Jimmie Durham and starts with an
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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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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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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



