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Documents of János Tornyai (1869-1936)
… this portion of the artist’s estate also includes press clippings, lists of artworks, exhibition lists, and catalogues, as well as medals and honorary certificates. Furthermore, a nearly 400-piece photograph collection comprises an especially valuable part of the material: it includes a large number of prototype photos, based on which the painter created his large-scale, multi-figure paintings. A significant portion of these photos were taken by his friend József Plohn …
"Our House" Collection
… was created after the Hungarian National Gallery was moved to the Buda Castle in 1975. “Our House Exhibitions” constitutes a key part of this material; it contains the professional documentation of all exhibitions arranged at the Hungarian National Gallery. In the process of expanding the collection, materials were also included not only for exhibitions that were held in its own building, but also at other venues in Budapest and other parts of Hungary, or abroad. The collection of various …
Art During the Cold War
… within this programme take an interdisciplinary approach, at the intersection of art history, exhibition history, and cultural diplomacy (soft power), in order to illuminate the artistic nodes of bilateral and regional international relations and to examine the memory of the Holocaust in fine arts in the context of Cold War confrontation and East–West rivalry. The two ongoing research projects are The Modern Idol: Henry Moore in the Eastern Bloc and Holocaust and the Arts. The …
Artist Archives of the Future
Cooperation with the Andrzej Partum Archives Within the framework of the collaboration “Artist Archives of the Future”, the Andrzej Partum Archive (managed by Muzeum Sztuki) and Artpool staff are conducting comparative research in one another’s respective archives. The Andrzej Partum Archive (1938—2002), named after a prominent artist and theorist of the Polish neo-avantgarde, represents …
Sára Bárdi
… with special emphasis on the relationship between art and politics, as well as the genres of exhibitions 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