Media Coverage

This page provides an overview of media coverage on the Flemish government’s decision to and the fight against stripping M HKA of its museum status and collection.The press is closely tracking the resistance to this cultural dismantling.

• Flemish Government cancels New M HKA Building of 130 Million Euros in Antwerp

  ArtDependence - 3 October 2025
  The Flemish government decided on Friday to cancel the new construction project of the Museum of Contemporary Art (M HKA) in Antwerp. The planned new high-rise building for contemporary art in Antwerp, with a budget of 130 million euros, will be cancelled. "A hard message," says Antwerp alderwoman Lien Van de Kelder (Flemish Socialist Party, Vooruit).