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- Wie wint de Franken Teut-prijs 2025?Statement of Support - 22 December 2025 - 10:25 amA just society cannot be built alone. It grows thanks to people who care, organise and continue to believe in solidarity. That is why PVDA Antwerp is once again presenting the Franken Teut Award this year. With this award, we shine a spotlight on organisations and initiatives that make a difference every day, often without receiving the recognition they deserve. People who organise, care, fight and build a city and a world that is more just, warmer and more humane.
- AFI warns: Dissolution of M HKA threatens democratic cultural policy in BelgiumOpen letter - 8 December 2025 - 10:00 amArtistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) has sent an open letter to Culture Minister Caroline Gennez, criticizing the sudden dismantling of M HKA as a museum. AFI warns that the decision sets a dangerous precedent for democratic cultural governance and undermines institutional autonomy. The organization calls for transparency, dialogue, and the preservation of M HKA as a permanent institution.
- Where Do We Go From Here? An Open Conversation on the reform of the Flemish museumsAnnouncement - 7 December 2025 - 4:59 pmNICC organises a public debate for artists, art workers and other cultural professionals to discuss the announced reform of the Flemish museum landscape.
- ARTnews Ranks Closure of M HKA Among Top 25 "Defining Art Events of 2025"Statement of Support - 3 December 2025 - 9:59 pmA notable acknowledgment of the international impact of local cultural policy
- Nowhere else has the establishment of a Museum of Contemporary Art had such an impact on a neighbourhood, on a city, as in Antwerp.Opinion - 29 November 2025 - 3:01 amDanny Devos is an artist in Antwerp. He advocates for the preservation of the Museum of Contemporary Art in his city.
- Antwerp deserves a Museum for Contemporary ArtOpinion - 28 November 2025 - 4:32 pmIn this brief history of 100 years of Antwerp art, artist Danny Devos outlines why the Flemish government must still decide to keep the Museum of Contemporary Art in the city.
- Solidarity Without Borders: 'Hands Against The Wall' Connects Brazil and Antwerp in Protest for M HKAStatement of Support - 26 November 2025 - 10:00 amOn November 23, Antwerp and Brazil united in a powerful performance: "Hands Against The Wall." A symbolic protest against the dismantling of M HKA, with a message of international solidarity.
- A Line Crossed: A Sector United Against the Dismantling of Culture and HeritageMission - 25 November 2025 - 12:30 pmOn Tuesday, November 25, an intersectoral protest took place at Kon. Astridplein in Antwerp, where artists, workers, and cultural professionals stood together in resistance. During this rally, a powerful speech was delivered on behalf of M HKA and Museum at Risk, sharply criticizing the dismantling of M HKA and the undermining of the cultural sector.
- Open Letter in Defense of M HKA AntwerpStatement of Support - 20 November 2025 - 3:19 pmWe, members of the Ukrainian artistic community - artists, curators, writers and cultural workers, write to express our profound concern regarding the decision to dismantle M HKA as an independent institution and relocate its collection.
- OPEN CALL: Hands Against the WallAppeal - 18 November 2025 - 9:32 pmOn Sunday 23.11 at 1.30pm we come together to place our 'Hands Against the Wall' - an action based on the performance of Ben Benaouisse.
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