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Sven Augustijnen

Born in 1970 in Mechelen (Belgium), lives and works in Brussels (Belgium).

Practical information

Practical information concerning opening hours, accessibility and everything that the museum offers.

Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens inspires

‘Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens inspires’ pays homage to Peter Paul Rubens and his baroque, cultural heritage.

Recall Sculpture. Sculptures from the collection of the KMSKA

Sculptures from the collection of the KMSKA

RECALL SCULPTURE is an exhibition of table-top sculptures from the 1950s to the 1970s. The works come from the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), and were purchased at the biennials the Middelheim Museum organised since its inception.

Experience Traps

The contemporary legacy of baroque landscape architecture

The Middelheim Museum has asked internationally renowned artists from different disciplines to present new or existing work inspired by the innovative ideas of baroque landscape architecture. EXPERIENCE TRAPS is a collection of enormously diverse which will be set up in the Middelheim Museum and a number of city centre locations during the summer of 2018.

Charlotte Posenenske

Charlotte Posenenske (Germany, 1930-1985) is considered a key figure on the interface between Conceptual Art and Minimalism. Her work was brief yet powerful: she worked from 1959 to 1968.

Research

The ambition to make information about the Art in the City collection accessible to the public and art professionals, gives rise to a focus on research, debate and reflection.

Exhibitions and projects

Art in the City organises short-term projects and art interventions in public space in Antwerp.

Leopold II: 1873-2020

On 9 June 2020, a statue of King Leopold II (1835-1909) was removed from the public space of Ekeren, Antwerp, where it had stood since 1873. Its removal was a highly charged occurrence and led to numerous questions being addressed at the museum. The below text contains the answer to some of those questions.

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