‘museum history’
Contemporary Art in KEMKI
… and Zsófia Gyenes are site-specific pieces based on research conducted in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Hungarian National Gallery, and the KEMKI Archive and Documentation Centre (ADK). These works provide the opportunity for institutional self-reflection through the use of records and materials from the past, explore possible points of connection, and seek a contemporary approach. They reflect on the documents—be it in the form of texts or objects—preserved in the relevant …
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 conducted …
"Our House" Collection
… part of the collection referred to as “Our House” documents the professional work conducted at the museum. It 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 …
Documents of the National Picture Gallery (Országos Képtár)
… long time). They reveal interesting details about the life and times of the first Hungarian public museum, such as, for instance, what paintings were acquired and how; what rules the institution had; who the staff were; what was restored and how. Copying diaries from 1844 to 1869 are also regarded as important documents; they record which paintings were copied by who and when. As there was no academy of fine arts in Hungary in the nineteenth century, one of the basic tasks of the …