‘research’
Years of Transition: the 1980s in Hungary and Eastern Europe
Project leader: Júliusz Huth, Kristóf Nagy The Research Department’s project about the 1980s aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of Hungary’s visual arts during the decade, considering cultural and economic policies as well as global contexts and connections. The research project examines key aspects of the period, including the transformation of the art institutional system, major artistic debates, critical discourses, and the …
György Cséka
… to 2019, he worked at the University Library of Eötvös Lóránd University as an information and research librarian, and then as head of department. Between 2009 and 2012, he was editor of the online publication Fotopost. From 2009 to 2010, he was head of the Studio of Young Photographers. From 2009 to 2011, he taught the theory and history of photography at Fotografus Foundation School of Photography. In 2017, he taught a course on the theory and history of photography at the Doctoral …
Petra Csizek
… Young Artists’ Association (SYAA). As assistant curator, she participated in the realisation of research-based exhibitions ( Parallel Avant-garde – The Pécs Workshop 1968-80 ; Bosch+Bosch Group and the Vojvodina Neo-avantgarde Movement ). Her curatorial interests have also focused on the relationship between contemporary art and public spaces, as well as explorations of possibilities for cooperation and the examination of current social problems ( Winterreise, Budapest Gallery, 2022; …
Educational Events
In addition to its own research projects, the KEMKI Research Department attaches great importance to rendering the methodology and results of its art-historical research accessible to the wider public, and therefore periodically prepares a new series of events. KEMKI Methodology Workshop These workshops are offered to students of art history and art theory, with the aim of familiarising young …
Showcasing Selections From the Collection
… from the Artpool Collection, 14/05-19/09/2025 Documents from the first decade of Artpool Art Research Center, 06/03-08/05/2024 Ray Johnson 96 - Nothing, Chance, and Identity, 16/10/2023-13/01/2024 Fluxus@Artpool, 12/07-04/10/2023 50 Years of Rememberance/Basic Differences, 04/25-28/06/2023 FUTURE BEGINNINGS / COINCIDENCES | NOW, 01/12/2022-06/04/2023 Art periodicals of alternative culture in Hungary in the 1980s, 07-09/09/2022 Tót Endre: Documents Make Me …