‘mail art’
Viktor Kotun
… in 2008. He defended his DLA thesis at the Doctoral School of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2012. His dissertation focused on the reconstruction of neo-avantgarde works. He has been working as an archivist at Artpool since 2008. He specialises in the management and processing of artist’s books and mail art-related collections. He is in charge of Artpool's Mail Art Chro-No-Logy project.
The Endre Tót Archives
The Endre Tót Archives preserve art and historical documents of outstanding significance and value. When Endre Tót defected to West Berlin, his belongings were transferred to his brother. Later and at the artist’s request, the material was placed in the storage facility of the Contemporary Collection of the Hungarian National Gallery. It was gifted to the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History …
Showcasing Selections From the Collection
Visibility and sharing constitute one of the main pillars of Artpool’s activities. This is also the purpose behind our regular presentations of works, selected along specific themes and displayed in the corridors and the chamber hall. Such showcases allow visitors to experience up close the workings of an “active archive”. PRINT NETWORKS: Edgardo Antonio Vigo and Artists’ Periodicals, 09/10-28/11/2025 Fanzine Anatomy – Alternative …
Networking the Peripheries / World Art Post: International Artist Stamp Exhibition
At OFF-Biennale Budapest György Galántai (1941), artist and organizer of the Balatonboglár Chapel Studio (1970–1973), has been continuously expanding his international mailing list since the 1970s, through which he initially sent his own publications. In 1973, the exhibition Text(s) (organized by Dóra Maurer and Gábor Tóth) featured works by Uruguayan artist Clemente Padín (1939), as well as works by Western and Eastern European artists. …
Mission and Goals
The Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) was established in 2021 as an affiliate of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Our mission is to strengthen Hungary's academic discourse and represent Hungarian art and art history at a high standard globally by initiating and implementing locally focused, regional and international research projects and collaborations connected to art-historical issues. The research …