Ensemble: NUCLEUS
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.
Themes & Categories
EUROPE AT LARGE
USEFUL LIFE
Vrielynck Collectie
GUILLAUME BIJL ENSEMBLE
JAN VERCRUYSSE ENSEMBLE
JIMMIE DURHAM ENSEMBLE
JAMES LEE BYARS ENSEMBLE
SANTHAL FAMILY
Artists
Marina Abramović & Ulay
Vito Acconci
Vahram Aghasyan
Chantal Akerman
Vyacheslav Akhunov
Victor Alimpiev & Marian Zhunin
Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin
Maria Thereza Alves
Francis Alÿs
Andrei Monastyrski
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK
Evgeny Antufiev
Alain Arias-Misson
Martin Arnold
Carla Arocha
Richard Artschwager
Aslan Goisum
Said Atabekov
Kutluğ Ataman
AUGUSTAS SERAPINAS
Sven Augustijnen
Babi Badalov
Richard Baquié
Ben
Ben Vautier: C’est le coura
Charif Benhelima
Hicham Benohoud
Fred Bervoets
Guillaume Bijl
Birdhead
Marinus Boezem
Christian Boltanski
Kasper Bosmans
Dirk Braeckman
Daniel Buren
Teresa Burga
The oeuvre of Peruvian-born artist Maria Teresa Burga Ruiz has ever since the 1960s occupied an important place within Latin-American art. H
James Lee Byars
Jacques Charlier
Olga Chernysheva
David Claerbout
Hans Clavin
Vaast Colson
Leo Copers
Tony Cragg
Alice Creischer
François Curlet
Hassan Darsi
Enrico David
Manon de Boer
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Thierry De Cordier
Raoul De Keyser
Jan De Lauré
Luc Deleu
Wim Delvoye
Denmark
Danny Devos
Paul De Vree
Daniël Dewaele
Els Dietvorst
Mark Dion
Eugenio Dittborn
Nico Dockx
Donna Kukama
Monica Droste
Michael Druks
Lili Dujourie
Marlene Dumas
Jimmie Durham
Izmail Efimov
Hans Eijkelboom
Róza El-Hassan
Pieter Engels
Jan Fabre
Fabrice Hyber
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Robert Filliou
Dan Flavin
Maen Florin
Michel François
Andrea Fraser
Bernard Frize
Anna Bella Geiger
Jochen Gerz
Jef Geys
Douglas Gordon
Sheela Gowda
Evgeny Granilshchikov
Gu Dexin
Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev
Fabrice Gygi
Khaled Hafez
Boran Hansda
Keith Haring
N S Harsha
Mona Hatoum
Kati Heck
Jan Henderikse
René Heyvaert
Hiwa K
Honoré δ'O
Craigie Horsfield
Hamlet Hovsepian
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov
Alfredo Jaar
Cameron Jamie
Ann Veronica Janssens
Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys
Johanna Kandl
Anish Kapoor
Jean Katambayi Mukendi
Aside from being an artist, Jean Katambayi Mukendi is also impassioned by technology, mechanics, geometry and electricity. In his work he combines influences
Amal Kenawy
Kerala Radicals
Anita Dube, C.K. Rajan, K.R. Karunakaran, Alex Mathew, Reghunadhan K., Jyothi Basu, K.P. Krishnakumar
Rustam Khalfin
Suchan Kinoshita
Job Koelewijn
Aglaia Konrad
John Körmeling
Ivan Kožarić
K.P. Krishnakumar
Barbara Kruger
Marie-Jo Lafontaine
Wolfgang Laib
David Lamelas
Mark Lewis
Liang Yue
Tom Liekens
Tom Liekens (°1977) maakt monumentale schilderijen, houtsneden en collages. Hij is gefascineerd door de weinig realistische wijze waarop fauna en flora w
George Lilanga di Nyama
Jacques Lizène
Bernd Lohaus
Léa Lublin
Mark Luyten
Goshka Macuga
Mark Manders
Kerry James Marshall
Maryam Najd
Sergey Maslov
Sergey Maslov is known as “the mythmaker” of contemporary art in Kazakhstan. He began his work in the late 1980s as an artist an
Gordon Matta-Clark
Danny Matthys
Allan McCollum
Jonathan Meese
Jonathan Meese, born in Japan, is a German painter, sculptor, and exuberant performer whose installations could be described as gesamtkunstwerk. Among
Guy Mees
Erbossyn Meldibekov
Almagul Menlibayeva
Jacqueline Mesmaeker
Ludo Mich
Artist Ludovicus Michielsen was fourteen when he met Yves Klein at the Hessenhuis. Klein’s iconic leap into the void served
Aernout Mik
Marlow Moss
Juan Muñoz
Antoni Muntadas
Maurizio Nannucci
Bruce Nauman
Nadia Naveau
Nadia Naveau studies sculpture at the Koninklijke Academie and trains at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts,
Moshe Ninio
Otobong Nkanga
Cady Noland
Maria Nordman
Hans Op de Beeck
Luciano Ori
ORLAN
Anatoly Osmolovsky
Tony Oursler
Ria Pacquée
Panamarenko
Pa
Pedro Barateiro
Peng Yu
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Tinka Pittoors
Hermann Pitz
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov
Laure Prouvost
Kerim Ragimov
C K Rajan
Ayman Ramadan
The works of Ayman Ramadan are site-specific and testify to a deep involvement in social issues. Using different media, often combined in an
Koka Ramishvili
Pipilotti Rist
Gert Robijns
Guy Rombouts
Rong Rong
Dieter Roth
Thomas Ruff
Sarenco
Azat Sargsyan
Wilhelm Sasnal
Eran Schaerf
Buky Schwartz
Timothy Segers
The objects Timothy Segers makes stem from light, unmediated, improvisational gestures, realized in the moment. He devises them without knowing their ultimat
Allan Sekula
Steven Shearer
Cindy Sherman
Sveta Shuvaeva
Nedko Solakov
Ettore Spalletti
Daniel Spoerri
Daniel Spoerri: Eat Art
Imogen Stidworthy
Bart Stolle
Elly Strik
Walter Swennen
"Vital is the beauty of the leap towards emptiness", Walter Swennen.
Brussels-based artist Walter Swennen
Ana Maria Tavares
Christophe Terlinden
Frank Theys
Koen Theys
Tiong Ang & Roy Villevoye
Sven 't Jolle
Toon Tersas
Narcisse Tordoir
Ana Torfs
Joëlle Tuerlinckx
James Turrell
Luc Tuymans
Dennis Tyfus
Nicolás Uriburu
Vadim Fishkin & Yuri Leiderman
Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
Maarten Vanden Abeele
Koen van den Broek
Lidwien van de Ven
Paul Van Hoeydonck
Vanessa Van Obberghen
Philippe Van Snick
Marijke van Warmerdam
Richard Venlet
Jan Vercruysse
Angel Vergara
Gert Verhoeven
Liliane Vertessen
Henk Visch
Vladislav (Vlad) Mamyshev-Monroe
Peter Wächtler
Lawrence Weiner
Marthe Wéry
Franz West
Bill Woodrow
Xu Zhen
Yang Fudong
Yang Zhenzhong
Yelena Vorobyeva & Viktor Vorobyev
Konstantin Zvezdochotov
Alevtina Kakhidze / Алевтина Кахідзе
Nikita Kadan / Нікіта Кадан
Nikita Kadan is a Ukrainian visual artist who is confronted with how he as an artist must form his own socio
Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков