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Documents of János Tornyai (1869-1936)
… of the Hódmezővásárhely artists’ group, and the establisher of the ethnographic and fine arts collection of the local municipal museum named after him. Following Tornyai’s death in 1936, a significant portion of the paintings and documents he left behind disappeared.They were only found much later, after the passing of his widow in 1983, under the floorboards of the painter’s last studio in Horányszky Street, Budapest. The painting estate was shared between the János Tornyai Museum in …
The Digital "Attic Archive"
… to as DATA (Daily Action Time Archive), was launched in 1980 and is now part of the Artpool Collection. Founded in Dundee, Scotland by artist Pete Horobin in 1975, the Attic Archive grew out of four separate ten-year-long self-historicization projects, reflecting on the changing social and cultural conditions of the 1970s–2020s, within which the artist operated. As the archive is now dispersed across Scotland, Hungary, and Ireland, the project seeks to bring together …
Artist Archives of the Future
… of the 1970s and 1980s. Similar to—and in part overlapping with—Artpool, it has a significant collection of mail art, including works by several Hungarian artists (e.g. Sándor Pinczehelyi, László Beke, Gábor Attalai, György Galántai, Gábor Tóth and Dóra Maurer). The outcome of this collaboration was on view for the general public in November 2024, at the Platán Gallery in Budapest. Exhibiton at Platán Gallery A preparatory step of the cooperation: an exciting selection …
Magdolna Gucsa
… the twentieth century. She is mainly interested in the politics of artistic practices (creation, collection, criticism, and institutionalisation) considered avantgarde in a broad sense. List of publications Publications
Sára Bárdi
… and posters. Between 2020 and 2024 she worked as a museologist in the Hungarian National Gallery – Collection of Print and Drawings. List of publications Publications