Exhibitions

As part of europalia georgia, Muhka brought together artist Elene Chantladze and the designers of Rooms Studio in a poetic dialogue between image and object. The exhibition explored how interior and interiority can serve as sources of resistance, freedom, and imagination.

This presentation at Muhka showcased a selection of Panamarenko’s iconic transport objects — from zeppelins to backpack helicopters, mountain bikes to cosmic crafts. His poetic machines reflected boundless imagination and an insatiable drive for adventure.

On the occasion of the Kyiv Biennial 2023, Muhka presented Dispatches, a postcard project in collaboration with the Visual Culture Research Center in Kyiv. Twelve artists were invited to design a postcard that circulated as an artistic message of solidarity, both within and beyond the biennial. In a time of conflict, Dispatches offered a tangible and poetic form of connection.

For the first time in his new home city of Antwerp, Muhka presented a broad selection of collages and works on paper by Nikolay Karabinovych. With a visual language that is sharp, poetic, and often satirical, his work offers a personal and critical reflection on war, history, and current events—attuned to both the absurd and the intimate.

In High Capacity, artist Kasper Andreasen brought together two hundred collages made from printed matter collected between 1998 and 2003. The exhibition highlighted both the material and poetic qualities of the medium, while exploring the tension between abundance and ephemerality in the world of print.

In this exhibition, photographer Kristien Daem portrayed ten female artists based in Brussels through portraits. Their work was shown alongside the portraits, highlighting the richness and diversity of their artistic practices.

The summer of 2023, Muhka transformed into a playground for young and old. Let's Play Museum let children experience art through interactive installations by artists including Kati Heck, Job Koelewijn, and Benjamin Verdonck. A playful exhibition for everyone who feels young.

In this expo, Askhat Akhmedyarov brought together art and activism in a powerful reflection on Kazakhstan. Through installations, performances and photography, he addressed ecological and social tensions rooted in both Soviet legacies and present-day developments. His work intertwined ritual, memory and critical irony, offering a layered view of local realities within a global context.

Muhka looked back on the radical artists’ collective Mass Moving (1968–1976) and its successor Mass and Individual Moving (1976–1985), which combined art, ecology, technology and activism. Through performances, installations and public actions, the group confronted society with sun, wind and imagination. Their committed practice remains strikingly relevant today.

Muhka paid tribute to Marcel van Maele, a rebellious poet, performer and artist who viewed art as a means of transforming consciousness. The presentation featured idiosyncratic assemblages, bottled poems and hermetic objects from the period 1972–2002, prompted by a generous donation from collector Jef Debacker.

In his first solo museum exhibition, Ignace Cami breathed new life into forgotten forms of heritage. With 'RE:ANKER', he explored how archaic and hyperlocal elements can regain meaning today. Installations, performances, and participatory actions – from freshly baked speculaas to a polyphonic choir – made heritage into something playful and alive.

For INBOX Belgian artist Tom Hallet presented a new installation consisting of a series of fourteen drawings and a sculpture, in which two primordial gods battle it off against each other, or... together.