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- Letter to Minister of Culture Caroline GennezOpen letter - 29 October 2025 - 5:15 pmOn October 27, 2025, we sent a letter as Save the Museum | Museum at Risk to Caroline Gennez, Flemish Minister of Culture, in which we emphasized our core principles and requested an urgent suspension of point 5.2.4 from the concept note. Today, we are publishing the letter publicly.
- Co-curators of Laboratorium (Antwerp, 1999) react with shock to Bruno Verbergt (Mu.ZEE) supporting M HKA’s dismantlingOpen letter - 27 October 2025We publish an open letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London) and Barbara Vanderlinden to Bruno Verbergt (Director of Mu.ZEE, Permekemuseum, and Pierremuzee), with a copy to Minister Caroline Gennez.
- Artist Emilia Kabakov Opposes Dismantling of M HKAOpen letter - 26 October 2025 - 7:20 amWe publish an open letter from renowned artist Emilia Kabakov, addressed to Caroline Gennez, Flemish Minister of Culture. In the letter, Kabakov objects to the plans to strip M HKA of its museum status and transfer its collection to SMAK in Ghent.
- ACIA International: Reverse the decision to abolish M HKA's status as a national museumOpen letter - 21 October 2025AICA International expresses its opposition to the proposed restructuring of M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp) in a letter addressed to Matjaz Gruden (Director for Democracy at the Council of Europe), Glenn Micallef (Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport at the European Commission), Ms. Gennez (Ministry of Culture in Belgium), and the Permanent Representation of Belgium to UNESCO. Additionally, AICA supports the call by the Belgian and international art community to reverse this arbitrary decision.
- vzw Team Zuid calls on the Antwerp City Council to defend the preservation of the M HKA as a full-fledged Museum of Contemporary Art.Open letter - 20 October 2025In a letter to the Antwerp City Council, vzw Team Zuid warns of the far-reaching consequences of Minister Gennez’s plan to downgrade the M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) to an art center and potentially relocate its collection to Ghent.
- Group of international museum organizations send an Open Letter to Caroline Gennez, Flemish Minister of CultureOpen letter - 16 October 2025A group of leading international museum directors and cultural figures have expressed deep concern over reports that the Flemish Government intends to close the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA). In the following open letter, they call upon Minister Caroline Gennez to reconsider this decision and to ensure the continued support of one of Europe’s most respected institutions for contemporary art.
- Open Letter from Frank Demaegd (Zeno X) to Minister Gennez Regarding M HKA – ‘I Hope This Is a Mistake’Open letter - 11 October 2025Frank Demaegd (Zeno X) supports M HKA in an open letter to Minister Gennez.
- M HKA publishes an open letter from its staff: Keep the M HKA Collection in AntwerpOpen letter - 7 October 2025 - 12:42 pmM HKA publishes an open letter from its staff. In this letter, they express their concern about the recent policy decisions regarding the future of the M HKA. They call for transparency, consultation, and respect for the expertise built up over the years.
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