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Networking the Peripheries / World Art Post: International Artist Stamp Exhibition
… 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 network not only facilitated communication with the art scene in capitalist countries, which was coveted due to limited travel opportunities, but also allowed for self-organized contacts with artists from the Third World, independent of official …
Mission and Goals
… include the further expansion, the processing, the digitalisation and the dissemination of the collection holdings – predominantly manuscripts, documents and archive photos – and the implementation of relevant research projects and publications concentrating on the collection’s units. The ADK takes care of the Hungarian Art Archive, which was established in 1920 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, to become subsequently further developed as the Hungarian National Gallery's Archive …
Mail Art Chro-No-Logy
… a complex digital historical chronology of mail art, based on Artpool’s continuously expanding collection. The current results of this process can be viewed on the Artpool website, organised by year, starting in 1962 (when Ray Johnson founded the New York Correspondence School). As part of the research, a collection of texts on mail art has also been published. Additionally, the project has had a rather notable impact in terms of collection expansion as well: since its launch, several …
Magdolna Gucsa
… the twentieth century. She is mainly interested in the politics of artistic practices (creation, collection, criticism, and institutionalisation) considered avant-garde in a broad sense. List of publications Publications
László Százados
… at the Hungarian National Gallery since 1988, until 2020 as Chief Museologist of the Contemporary Collection, and since 2021 as Chief Museologist of the KEMKI Archive and Documentation Center (ADK). He has been editor of the Balkon journal of contemporary art since 1997. He is a member of the Hungarian Section of AICA since 1999. He has organised and contributed to a number of permanent (HNG) as well as monographic and thematic temporary exhibitions (HNG; Ludwig Museum, BHM Municipal Gallery …