‘research’
Artist Archives of the Future
… the Andrzej Partum Archive (managed by Muzeum Sztuki) and Artpool staff are conducting comparative research in one another’s respective archives. The Andrzej Partum Archive (1938—2002), 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, …
TÓTalJOY Prize
… aims to provide financial and institutional support to contemporary artists whose practice is research-oriented. Entries to the annually announced open call are expected from contemporary artists who are prepared to present project proposals based in art research, with a view to implementation. In the judging process, preference is given to submissions that respond to changing cultural contexts and contemporary dilemmas. In response to the first call, announced in July 2021, …
Resonances
… Transfer in the Art of the 1970s Project leader: Emese Kürti, Zsuzsa László The Resonances research project examines the historical relationships, interactions, collaborations, cultural-political-social differences and similarities between the art scenes of the Central and Eastern European region from the second half of the 1960s to the fall of communism. Between 2021 and 2023, the first phase of the project, Resonances: Regional and Transregional Cultural Transfer in the Art of the …
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 …
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 …