… the 1960s, the Studio’s annual overview shows had become an important platform for presenting contemporary Hungarian art trends even though the exhibited material had to be approved by the Art Fund of the Hungarian People’s Republic (the organisation that maintained the Studio) and the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts (which ensured state-level supervision of its operations). Nonetheless, the Studio’s exhibitions, and especially its annual shows held at the Ernst Museum, constituted …
… The work is directly connected to the face of the sundial presented at the Kiscell Museum’s exhibition entitled Without Index (2016),[1] alluding to the state of uncertainty that characterises the city described in Tibor Déry’ s novel Mr. A.G. in X (1964), which served as a reference point of the exhibition. In this fictional city, all exists in a state of constant oscillation between the nothingness of Zero and the certainty of One, creating a grey area that forever changes …
… Over the past year and a half, a project was carried out with the collaboration of contemporary artists, resulting in the showcasing of artworks in the corridors and various spaces of KEMKI. The tapestries and enamel art created by ÁDÁM ALBERT, FERENC GRÓF and ZSÓFIA GYENES are site-specific pieces based on research conducted in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Hungarian National Gallery, and the KEMKI Archive and Documentation Centre (ADK). These works …
… The research conducted at the institution focuses on the history of 20 th -century and contemporary art, complemented by the historical analysis of 19 th -century Hungarian art. Our academic strategy is based on the coordinated work of the institution's three distinct departments: the Archive and Documentation Center (ADK), the Artpool Research Center (Artpool) and the Research Department. The main tasks of the ADK and Artpool include the further expansion, the processing, the …