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The M HKA has a new season of exhibitions in store for you. This autumn we turn inward. Terms such as intimacy, sexuality, ‘floating, flying, taking off ‘, connection and identity: it promises to be a sultry late summer … With some activities on the calendar to suit the action to the word.

Interactive exhibitions and events, a vibrant museum night, and playful installations for children on our roof terrace: we look forward to welcoming you this summer. Moreover, this summer ‘het Zuid’ will be the place to be: the once grey Zuiderdokken have been completely renovated into a large green park. Discover here what the M HKA has in store for the coming months.

How can we consciously take care of our attention in an increasingly loud and oversaturated world? Such is the question raised during ANTENA, a year-long programme dedicated to listening. Conceived by artist and musician Céline Gillain. She talks about her practice in this conversation with the Superhost curators.

This conference took place on 7-8 July 2022 at the Academia Belgica and at the Università degli Studi ‘La Sapienza’ of Rome and was organized by Maria Elena Minuto (ULiège; KU Leuven) and Jan De Vree (M HKA Museum, Antwerp) on 7–8 July 2022.

Every year, one artist or collective is invited to be M HKA’s Superhost. Berlin based artist Hanne Lippard launches the series with a three-part programme focusing on language. As part of the first season ‘Contact’, Lippard has prepared a programme of audio works titled A CONSTANT OF FEELINGS, related to the notion of ‘contact’. The playlist is now available on Spotify and Google Podcast.

With the publication Love Is Forever, Isn’t It? M HKA sheds new light on the practice of Dorothy Iannone by dealing specifically with her idiosyncratic take on performativity and transdisciplinarity—notably through her use of audio and video pieces, and creative writing—and her unique thinking and imagery regarding feminism and feminine sexuality and desire.

Last year, German collector Christian Kaspar Schwarm donated the work ‘Friendship of Nations: Polish’ Shi’te Showbiz’ by Slavs and Tatars to the M HKA. It is currently on display in a collection presentation. Why did he choose to donate this work to the museum? And how does the M HKA deal with donations in general? An explanation.

In the context of its solidarity activities with Ukraine, the M HKA is giving special attention to important ensembles by Ukrainian artists from the museum’s collection.

As part of the planning for the renovation of the KMSKA, the artwork ‘Quand le Ciel Bas et Lourd’ by artist David Lamelas is currently being dismantled. However, it is with a renewed commitment and enthusiasm that we are looking forward to the future relocation and reconstruction of the work.