M_HKA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Art museum in Leuvenstraat Antwerpen, Belgium

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (Dutch: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, commonly abbreviated as M HKA, previously MuHKA) is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Its current director is Bart de Baere.[1]

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Overview

The museum holds a permanent collection of contemporary art from Belgian and international artists, an arthouse cinema and an extensive library of books on contemporary art.

History

Museum of Contemporary Art was founded in 1982 by the Flemish Community. M HKA's first director was Flor Bex [nl] until 1992. In 2002, Bart de Baere took position. The architect responsible for the creation of the museum from an old grain storage space (1987) was Michel Grandsard who also designed the extension of the museum (1997). Current exhibition curators are Nav Haq, Liliane Dewachter, Anne-Claire Schmitz and Joanna Zielińska.[2] From 2003 until 2011 Dieter Roelstraete was a curator at the Antwerp Museum of Contemporary Art (MuHKA).[3]

Solo exhibitions (selection)

References

  1. [1]
    Verhulst, Sophia (27 July 2017). "MuHKA's Bart De Baere on the contemporary art institution's recent expansion". The Word Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  2. [2]
    "M HKA About Us". M HKA. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  3. [3]
    "Dieter Roelstraete". University of Chicago Department of Art History.

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