‘collection display’
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 …
From the Archives of the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts: Minutes of Exhibition Authorisation Meetings
The archival material of the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts—which comprises part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts–Central European Research Institute for Art History (ADK)—contains the minutes of meetings that were held from the 1960s to the 1980s for the purpose of evaluating exhibition proposals awaiting official authorisation. From 1963 onwards, the Lectorate had a primarily censorial role in the system of authorising exhibitions and the works showcased at those …
Contemporary Art in KEMKI
… Albert, Ferenc Gróf and Zsófia Gyenes are site-specific pieces based on research conducted in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Hungarian National Gallery, and the KEMKI Archive and Documentation Centre (ADK). These works provide the opportunity for institutional self-reflection through the use of records and materials from the past, explore possible points of connection, and seek a contemporary approach. They reflect on the documents—be it in the form of texts or …