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GRÓF Ferenc – GYENES Zsófia: (Dis)organigram – Association of Hungarian Fine and Industrial Artists, 2022
130 x 190 cm, hand-stitched carpet The Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists with its numerous departments was founded in 1949, as a result of a complete reorganisation of the Hungarian arts world during the Rákosi era. Its management was appointed by Communist Party leadership, usually from artists who sought to conform to the cultural policy of the time. The new Association’s …
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What Will Be Already Exists: Temporalities of Cold War Archives in East-Central Europe and Beyond
… anniversary of the foundation of Artpool and its concurrent relocation to the Central European Research Institute of Art History of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. The study volume related to the conference, edited by Emese Kürti and Zsuzsa László, is published by Transcript, one of Europe's leading independent scientific publishers. How do artist archives survive and stay authentic in radically changed contexts? The volume addresses the challenge of continuity, sustainability, and …
Exhibitions and Criticism. Artistic discourses in the 1980s
… and Criticism], edited by Júliusz Huth and Kristóf Nagy and published by the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), offers a comprehensive exploration of this era. Featuring over fifty essays, reflections and reviews originally published during the 1980s, alongside a new, comprehensive study on the art criticism of the decade, the volume delves into the art discourses of the era. The volume examines key artistic debates on postmodernism, new painting, socialism, and …