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Artist Archives of the Future
… named after a prominent artist and theorist of the Polish neo-avantgarde, represents the art network of the 1970s and 1980s. Similar to—and in part overlapping with—Artpool, it has a significant collection of mail art, including works by several Hungarian artists (e.g. Sándor Pinczehelyi, László Beke, Gábor Attalai, György Galántai, Gábor Tóth and Dóra Maurer). The outcome of this collaboration was on view for the general public in November 2024, at the Platán Gallery in Budapest. …
Artpool40 – Active Archives and Art Networks
… curatorial and museological practices, and the historiography of Cold War art scenes and networks. The conference takes Artpool’s 1979 concept of an “ Active Archive ” as a starting point to explore its contemporary interpretations and applications, and its similarities with and differences from other artist archives. As Artpool’s founder György Galántai puts it, an active archive “generates the very material to be archived” through calls for participation, cooperation, …
Documents of János Tornyai (1869-1936)
… to his second wife) and 540 letters addressed to him. The correspondence clearly reveals Tornyai’s network of contacts, containing letters written to him by a number of prominent Hungarian artists (e.g. Jenő Barcsay, Mihály Munkácsy, József Rippl-Rónai, and Mihály Zichy), by some of his contemporaries from Hódmezővásárhely (Béla Endre, Mária Kovács, János Pásztor, and Gyula Rudnay), as well as by prominent art critics and writers (e.g. Ödön Gerő, Károly Lyka, to mention only a few). …
Emese Kürti
… She is a member of the Hungarian Section of AICA and of the NEP4Dissent international research network. Her research interests include Hungarian and Yugoslavian neo-avantgarde art (fluxus, conceptual art, experimental poetry and performance, as well as the issues of minority collectives and women’s positions). She received her doctorate in Film Studies from the ELTE Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies; her dissertation was published by L’Harmattan in 2018 ( Glissando and Plucking …
Eszter Molnár
… artists. Additionally, she also authored two monographs on tapestry art ( Eszter Kneisz – Networks , 2021 Edit Balogh: Weaving Patterns, 2023). She is currently a professional advisor to the Society of Hungarian Painters, as well as a teacher at the Corvin Drawing School and the Manzart Drawing School. List of publications