‘documents’
The Béla Gruber Documents
Two Workers in the Street. Sketch on the back of one of Béla Gruber’s documents
Showcasing Selections From the Collection
… Hungarian Publications on Music and Politics from the Artpool Collection, 14/05-19/09/2025 Documents from the first decade of Artpool Art Research Center, 06/03-08/05/2024 Ray Johnson 96 - Nothing, Chance, and Identity, 16/10/2023-13/01/2024 Fluxus@Artpool, 12/07-04/10/2023 50 Years of Rememberance/Basic Differences, 04/25-28/06/2023 FUTURE BEGINNINGS / COINCIDENCES | NOW, 01/12/2022-06/04/2023 Art periodicals of alternative culture in Hungary in the 1980s, …
The Digital "Attic Archive"
… A to A - New Directions”, can be found here. Pete Horobin was actively involved in arranging the documents and works donated to Artpool, as well as in refining the lists during his visits to Budapest in 2010, 2012, and 2019. Visit and workshop at Artpool, 24-25/10/2024
TÓTalJOY Prize
… in spring 2023, explored a particular cross-section of Artpool’s collection that utilised the art documents held there as a repository of knowledge and ideas that may be marginal from a traditional art-historical perspective, but are nevertheless exciting from an artistic standpoint. Tamás Kaszás’s exhibition entitled Savage Intern was on view at the Hungarian National Gallery from 3 March to 11 June 2023. In January 2023, a call for applications was announced for the second time, …
Networking the Peripheries / World Art Post: International Artist Stamp Exhibition
… by Western and Eastern European artists. Galántai institutionalized his growing archive of art documents he received from all over the world largely through the mail art network when he founded Artpool in 1979 together with 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 …