Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

M HKA
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.
Location of M HKA in Antwerp
Established	20 September 1985 (1985-09-20)
Location	Leuvenstraat 32 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Coordinates	51°12′40″N 4°23′23″E / 51.211111°N 4.389722°E / 51.211111; 4.389722
Type	Art museum
Collections	Contemporary Art
Collection size	2.039 (2012)
Visitors	147 000 (2017)
Director	Bart de Baere
Website	http://www.muhka.be/

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]