The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.
28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018
M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen
EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743
Goshka Macuga examines archives and historical material. With When was Modernism? she reconstructs part of the art campus Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan on the basis of sculptures by students and Ramkinkar Baij. The sculptures will be displayed in combination with benches and other elements that stage the local area. This atmosphere of Kala Bhavan is brought into the museum.