Central European Research Institute for Art History

The Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) was established in 2021 as an affiliate of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Our mission is to strengthen Hungary's academic discourse and represent Hungarian art and art history at a high standard globally by initiating and implementing locally focused, regional and international research projects and collaborations connected to art-historical issues.

THE FUTURE CONTINUES

Artpool’s Alternative Art Presence at the 35th Valley of the Arts Festival

temporary exhibition 2026.07.24. 10:00 - 08.02. 18:00

Summer Break

The research service of the Archives and Documentation Center (ADK) and of the Artpool Art Research Center is closed from 27 July to 31 August.

archivuminternetwork

30 years of artpool.hu

#network #performance #media history temporary exhibition 2026.05.21. 18:00 - 08.14.

Petrovics 150 : Study Volume in Honor of Elek Petrovics

The latest volume of KEMKI publications has been released, featuring studies on the life and professional career of Elek Petrovics (1873–1945), the legendary director of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Péter György’s Cloak – Pathways from Art History

Commemorative conference

conference 2026.06.04. 09:45 - 18:00

HISTORY/REALITY #4

From The Garden of Communication
to the Dark Forest of the Internet

COLLECTIVE SPACES AND TRANSPOETIC DIVERSITY

Lectures from Zsolt Sőrés and Balázs Kerber,
the researchers of the Endre Szkárosi Oeuvre Scholarship

lecture 2026.03.16. 14:30 - 16:30

Crisis or bloom? Debates on Art in the 1980s no. 2

The 1980s as Gesamtkunstwerk.
Participants:Vera Baksa-Soós, János Sugár, János Vető

#80s research #crossing borders #round table 2025.11.27. 17:00 - 19:00

Art Preserved in a Mirror Image

Conference on the Legacy of István Ferenczy

#daguerrotype #photo history #monument conference 2025.11.13. 10:00 - 17:00

PRINT NETWORKS: Edgardo Antonio Vigo and Artists’ Periodicals

Artpool's new collection display

#South-America #mail art #collection temporary exhibition 2025.10.09. 17:00 - 11.28.

KEMKI's Participation in the Látkép Conference

The Látkép Art History Festival, organized by the HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, will take place between September 25 and 27, 2025. KEMKI will be represented at the academic conference by the Archive and Documentation Centre and the Research Department.

lecture 2025.09.25. - 27.

Fanzine Anatomy finissage

concert and video interview marathon

#fanzine #punk culture #interview 2025.09.19. 12:00 - 19:00

Call for Papers

Infrastructures of Selling Modern and Contemporary Art in Socialism and Postsocialism

#80s research #call - 2025.11.30.

The Future Continues

Artpool Art Research Center's traditional summer exhibition event at the Valley of Arts Festival in Kapolcs

temporary exhibition 2025.07.18. - 27.

Zine-making workshop with Zabella

As part of the Fanzine Anatomy collection dislplay, Artpool is organizing a free of charge zine-making workshop with the creators of Zabella Zine.

#workshop #collection display #zine 2025.07.15. 15:00 - 18:00

Eszter Őze: Museum of Working Bodies-Social Museum (1901-1945): Body and Work, Care and Discipline

We are excited to announce the publication by the Napvilág Kiadó of the volume by Eszter Őze, staff member of the Research Department at KEMKI and project leader of "Organising the Spectacle: Research on the Avant-garde".

Curatorial Guided Tour on the Fanzine Anatomy

The next event of „Fanzine Anatomy – Alternative Hungarian Publications on Music and Politics from the Artpool Collection” will take place on July 2nd at 5 pm.

#collection display #zine lecture 2025.07.02. 17:00 - 18:30
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