… the Hungarian Art world. The Gallery Company held regular solo exhibitions and other art events at its venues, and had weekly jury panels for evaluating and purchasing the submitted works of its members. From the 1970s onwards, the Gallery’s operations were subject to considerable criticism: it was continually losing money and a significant proportion of the artworks it had purchased from its members were never sold to a third party. Despite several attempts at market-oriented …
… exhibitions, and especially its annual shows held at the Ernst Museum, constituted important events on the contemporary scene. After the change in regime, in May 1990, the FKS became the Studio of Young Artists’ Association (Fiatal Képzőművészek Stúdiója Egyesület, FKSE) with its own exhibition space—Studio Gallery—in Képíró Street, and in 2007 Studio Gallery moved to Rottenbiller Street. For more on the history of FKS and FKSE, visit their website: www.fkse.net Logo designed by …
… realist” art exhibitions, “decentralising” the art scene, organising exhibitions and art events in the countryside, establishing a system of free art schools, and representing the artists who were registered as members in a quasi-union format. Following the 1956 Revolution, the organisation colloquially known as the “Association” was involved in putting together the legendary 1957 Spring Exhibition, which also showcased abstract and surrealist works. As a consequence, between 1957 …
… The Design Center’s showroom in Gerlóczy Street hosted numerous exhibitions and professional events and among other areas the organization took an active part in the field of design mediation. It also participated in the organization of nationwide events such as the Silicon Industry Design Triennial and the Biennial of Industrial Textile Art. Of these, the exhibition entitled Heritage: Object and Environmental Culture in Hungary 1945–1985, which was held at the Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle …
… and researching of the collection, the organisation of small exhibitions, art/professional events, the realisation of publications on the history of Artpool and its collections, and the maintenance and development of Artpool's historical website. The Research Department deals with the introduction of large-scale, regionally focused, international research projects accompanied by international conferences, workshops, the publication of volumes containing academic essays and the …