‘archives’
The Endre Tót Archives
The Endre Tót Archives preserve art and historical documents of outstanding significance and value. When Endre Tót defected to West Berlin, his belongings were transferred to his brother. Later and at the artist’s request, the material was placed in the storage facility of the Contemporary Collection of the Hungarian National Gallery. It was gifted to the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research …
Artpool40 – Active Archives and Art Networks
… by bringing together scholars and practitioners interested in transnational research on artist archives, progressive curatorial and museological practices, and the historiography of Cold War art scenes and networks. The conference takes Artpool’s 1979 concept of an “ Active Archive ” as a starting point to explore its contemporary interpretations and applications, and its similarities with and differences from other artist archives. As Artpool’s founder György Galántai puts it, an …
Károly Tóth
Deputy Director for Archives and Documentation, Head of Department He graduated from the departments of Art History and History at ELTE in 2007 as a member of the Eötvös Collegium. He defended his PhD dissertation at the ELTE Doctoral School of Art History in 2013, and it was published as a book in 2015. Since 2021 he has been Deputy Director for Archives and Documentation and Head of Department of the KEMKI …
The Digital "Attic Archive"
A Case Study for Open Source Approaches to Artist Archives Curating the Digital Attic Archive, a two-year Research Network Award project funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, explores the work and legacy of the Attic Archive within a framework of international collaboration. Part of the Attic Archive, referred to as DATA (Daily Action Time Archive), was launched in 1980 and is now part of the Artpool Collection. Founded in …
László Beke Archives
The László Beke Archive contains the correspondence of art historian, art writer, and theoretician László Beke (1944–2022) with Hungarian and international (especially Central and Eastern European) (neo-)avantgarde artists over several decades, as well as his documents, art projects, manuscripts, photographs, slides and printed publications. Of these, the so-called Imagination/Idea project …