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Gabriella Schuller
Archivist, Theatre Historian, Researcher She has been a member of Artpool since 2016. Her main fields of interest are the countercultural phenomena of the Kádár era, theatre- and performance history, and theoretical problems thereof. Between 2000 and 2016, she was a lecturer at the University of Pécs, the University of Pannonia (formerly University of Veszprém) and the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church …
Péter Korniss Archive
Photo history research In 2020 and 2023, Péter Korniss, one of the most influential figures in Hungarian photography, donated 63,000 items from his archives to the Central European Research Institute for Art History. The oeuvre of Korniss, who was the first photographer ever to be awarded the Kossuth Prize, focuses mainly on documenting the disappearing traditional peasant life and culture of Eastern …
Zsófia Beke
Chief Museologist, Research Services (Archive) She graduated from the programs in Art History and Italian Studies of the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE), and received her doctorate degree in 2005. Her dissertation focused on the spatial-theoretical synthesis of painting in the 1990s’ in Hungary. In 1995-1996, she was an art historian at the Hanság Museum of Mosonmagyaróvár, and …
Anna Szirmai
Researcher From 2016 to 2018, Anna Szirmai worked at the Artpool Art Research Center. As of 2023, she is a researcher in the Research Department of the Central European Research Institute for Art History. In 2020, she received her PhD from the Doctoral School of Literary Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Lóránd University. In her dissertation, she discussed experimental trends …
Brigitta Ádi
Research Assistant She graduated in 2020 from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design with a BA in Design Culture. She subsequently received her MA in Design Theory with a specialisation in curatorial studies. Her focus is on research-based art, and the intersecting frontiers of public space, art and design. She is a research assistant in KEMKI’s Research Department; her main tasks …