DISPATCHES
Project within the framework of the Kyiv Biennial 2023

'Dispatches' is a postcard initiative, organised by M HKA in partnership with the Visual Culture Research Center in Kyiv, exclusively for the Kyiv Biennial 2023.

With the biennial's unique 'distributed' format spanning venues across Ukraine and the EU, M HKA has enlisted 12 distinguished artists to design a postcard that will be featured at all biennial locations and beyond. This project serves as a humble plea to send dispatches from the front lines of our own lives.


The participating artists include Babi Badalov, Oleksandr Burlaka, Uliana Bychenkova, Davyd Chychkan, Jeremy Deller, Experimental Jetset, Mekhitar Garabedian, Shilpa Gupta, Iman Issa, Kaja Kusztra, Marina Naprushkina, and Anna Sorokovaya.

We invite the public to become a part of this movement, showcasing the enduring value of art even in the face of adversity. The postcards will be available for free at MSN’s both locations: on Pańska Street and Museum on the Vistula.


Dispatches is presented within L'Internationale, the confederation of European museums for contemporary art, of which M HKA is a founding member. This confederation aims to find strength through solidarity and is committed to promoting art and culture as a source of unity and understanding.

dispatch, dɪˈspætʃ
• the sending of someone or something to a destination for a specific purpose.
• deal with a task quickly and efficiently.
• an official report on state or military affairs.
• a report, often of war, sent by a journalist abroad.
• to kill someone.

Dispatches is a postcard project organised by M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) within the framework of the Kyiv Biennial 2023. For the ‘distributed’ format of this edition of the biennial, taking place at venues across Ukraine and the EU,
M HKA has invited 12 artists to each produce a postcard design that can be found at all the venues of the biennial and beyond. It is a modest call to send dispatches from the front line of one’s own.

Organised by Nav Haq, Associate Director, M HKA in cooperation with Vasyl Cherepanyn, Director, Visual Culture Research Center