‘exhibitions’
GRÓF Ferenc – GYENES Zsófia: (Dis)organigram – Association of Hungarian Fine and Industrial Artists, 2022
… time. The new Association’s tasks included organising the first nationwide “socialist 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 …
Collection of Artist Relics
… we continue to receive personal memorabilia connected to artists, and regularly lend them out for exhibitions. /Eszter Békefi/
"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 …
The Design Center Archives
… The Design Center, on the other hand, helped the development and promotion of design by organising exhibitions and disseminating information. In addition, the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts was responsible for the activities of certification, evaluation and tendering in the field of design (often also playing a censorship role). The Chamber of Commerce asked Mihály Pohárnok, who was one of the inventors and leading figures behind the complex environmental design experiment of the Kitchen …
The Béla Gruber Documents
… a thousand works. Béla Gruber’s works can be found in numerous public collections and permanent exhibitions. He entrusted the care and estate of his paintings to his sister, Ágota Gruber Strakovitsné, who carried out this task dutifully for decades. In addition to taking stock of artworks and written records, she also continuously collected references to her brother’s art. In July 2017, she donated her collection of written records and art reviews to the Art Archive collection of the Museum …