‘ADK’
Ferenc Gosztonyi
… after 1800. Since 2022 he has been Chief Museologist of KEMKI Archive and Documentation Center (ADK). His fields of expertise include 19th and 20th century Hungarian and world art, international relations of Hungarian art, and the history of art history writing. His publications also cover these topics, and he also works as an editor of professional and reference publications. List of publications
The Correspondence of József Rippl-Rónai
… importance, long awaited by those interested in modern Hungarian art, is prepared by KEMKI ADK in collaboration with renowned Rippl-Rónai experts. Our aim is to compile an exhaustive collection and publish every letter ever written by and to Rippl-Rónai. Our estimate is about nine hundred letters in total. The manuscripts are to be published in accordance with the publication guidelines used in literary science, including notes providing the most important information, reproductions of …
Collection of Artist Relics
The collection of the KEMKI Archive and Documentation Centre (ADK) predominantly contains documents and photographs. Relics related to Hungarian artists make up a special part of the collection. Collecting objects linked to famous people and national heroes was an important element of Hungarian museum acquisition from the nineteenth century onwards. Prominent artists were surrounded by a veritable cult; elegant receptions and ceremonies were organised for …
Documents of János Tornyai (1869-1936)
… with her documents relating to the transfer of the Tornyai estate, are also kept at the KEMKI ADK. /Károly Tóth/
"Our House" Collection
… and interviews with artists), official logs, and exhibition visitors’ books. At the time of KEMKI ADK’s establishment and its relocation to Szabolcs Street, a number of related documents also turned up and are presently being catalogued. The exhibition documentation of “Our House” is currently stored in approximately 300 boxes. The material documents more than 1600 exhibitions, with the continuous addition of new shows, as well as documents surfacing retrospectively, yet to be archived. We …