About Muhka
The Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, known as Muhka, is a leading museum for contemporary visual art and visual culture. Deeply rooted in the Antwerp avant-garde, with strong international connections.
Muhka broadens your view. With large-scale exhibitions and intimate presentations, by established artists and emerging talent. Experience film, performance and artist talks. Join creative workshops and tailored guided tours.
The collection includes regional and international contemporary art from the avant-garde of the 1960s to the present. With major works by key artists such as Gordon-Matta Clark, Panamarenko and Otobong Nkanga. Alongside leading ensembles from many parts of the world. Muhka focuses on Eurasia, the territory of Europe and Asia, as a multipolar space with a plurality of cultures.
Researchers place contemporary artistic practices in their context. Muhka documents artworks, studies artistic developments and facilitates academic research. The Centre for Flemish Art Archives (CKV) at Muhka forms, manages and opens up important art archives, and shares that expertise with the arts field.
Browse the art publications in the library and reading room. Enjoy the view of the Scheldt from the rooftop terrace of the museum café MuhkaFE, alongside works by James Turrell and Keith Haring. Muhka is also active beyond the museum. De Cinema, in arts house De Studio, screens striking films that often remain under the radar. Muhka also manages Panamarenko’s house and studio.
Muhka helps shape Antwerp’s South district, a lively artistic neighbourhood with studios, art galleries, welcoming cafés and restaurants, and the new Zuidpark. Nearby you will find the Photo Museum Antwerp (FOMU), the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), and the promenade on the newly redeveloped Scheldt quays.
Muhka is a cultural heritage institution of the Flemish Community.
