‘art archives’
What Will Be Already Exists: Temporalities of Cold War Archives in East-Central Europe and Beyond
Edited Volume of Selected Papers from the Artpool40 Conference In February 2020, we organized an international conference entitled Artpool40 - Active Archives and Art Networks on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the foundation of Artpool and its concurrent relocation to the Central European Research Institute of Art History of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. The study volume related to the conference, edited by Emese Kürti …
TÓTalJOY Prize
Research based art prize Project leader: Brigitta Ádi Visual artist Endre Tót, founder and supporter of the TÓTalJOY Prize, had long been planning to create a form of support for contemporary Hungarian artists. The prize derives its name from Endre Tót’s conceptual program centred on the notion of joy, which was launched in the 1970s. His early joy pieces and the actions of the TÓTalJOY series are …
The Estate of Lajos Vajda
… only in Hungary, but in Europe as well. It was thanks to her perseverance that the majority of his artworks, which were known only to a close circle of friends and professionals, were eventually transferred to the Lajos Vajda Museum in Szentendre (founded in 1986). After Julia Vajda’s passing, her daughter, Vera Jakovits, and her daughter’s husband, Gyula Kozák, became the custodians of the documents (which had been kept at home), who subsequently transferred the estate to the ADK archives of …
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The Endre Tót Archives preserve art and historical documents of outstanding significance and value.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 …
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 …