‘80s research’
Years of transition: the 1980s in Hungary and Eastern Europe
Project leader: Júliusz Huth, Kristóf Nagy The aim of the Research Department’s research on the 1980s is a comprehensive examination of the decade’s visual arts in Hungary, taking into account cultural and economic policy-related aspects, as well as international contexts and connections. The research focuses on studying the transformation of the system of art institutions, the major art-related debates and critical discourses of the decade, the …
Kristóf Nagy
Art Historian, Sociologist He works at KEMKI’s Research Department, where he is involved in a project on the art of the 1980s. He studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, as well as sociology and anthropology at Central European University (CEU). He is currently pursuing his PhD at CEU, where, in 2024, he received the Award for Advanced Doctoral Students. He is also an editor of the social theory journal Fordulat, …