M HKA Fires Back at Flemish Government, Denouncing Plan to Close Museum as Illegal

A plan by the Flemish government to dissolve M HKA, a beloved contemporary art institution in Antwerp, has come under further fire, with a legal review initiated by the museum now claiming that such a move would be illegal. VRT News, a Belgian outlet, reported that M HKA had worked with several artists to bring on lawyers to look over the plan. The results of that review were presented to the press on Tuesday, with well-known artists such as Luc Tuymans and Otobong Nkanga on hand at the conference.