‘archive’
László Moholy-Nagy documents from Levente Nagy's collection
… was first transferred to the Documentation Department of the Museum of Fine Arts and then to the Archive and Documentation Center of the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History. Throughout his life, Levente Nagy consistently collected all the letters, books, exhibition invitations, catalogues, and photographs that he could uncover relating to his uncle’s oeuvre and works. The collection includes correspondence between family members, original publications, …
Documents of the National Picture Gallery (Országos Képtár)
… original documents of the Hungarian National Museum were destroyed in a fire that broke out in the archives in 1956. With the help of this recently uncovered material, clarification can be provided about numerous details from the first fifty years of the National Museum. /Eszter Békefi/
Networking the Peripheries / World Art Post: International Artist Stamp Exhibition
… as well as works by Western and Eastern European artists. Galántai institutionalized his growing archive of art documents he received from all over the world largely through the mail art network when he founded Artpool in 1979 together with Júlia Klaniczay. From this point on, in the spirit of the "active archive" concept, the Artpool collection, as well as its network, was systematically and strategically enriched through projects and “Art Tours” in Western Europe. This decentralized …
Cold War Modernisms
Following the research on the work of György Konecsni , concluded in 2024, the research on Cold War Modernisms is moving along new research directions, based primarily on the records of the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts in the KEMKI ADK. The deeper processing of the Design Center , namely the Industrial Design Information Center, added to the collection in 2023, has begun, while sub …
Explore the Archives
Prior appointment is required for research at KEMKI. Archive and Documentation Center Appointments: adk@szepmuveszeti.hu Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday 10-16h Artpool Art Research Center Appointments: artpool@szepmuveszeti.hu Opening hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 10-16h Location : 33 Szabolcs Street, 1135 Budapest, building D.