‘the 80s’
Exhibitions and Criticism. Artistic discourses in the 1980s
Few periods in the Hungarian art field have seen such intense, exciting and open debates as the 1980s. The anthology Kiállítások és kritikák [Exhibitions 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 …
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 …
"Our House" Collection
Interior image of the exhibition entitled American Painting in the 1980s, 1981
Júlia Klaniczay
Founder, Advisor Cofounder of the illegal Artpool (with artist György Galántai in 1979), and from 1992 till 2020 director of Artpool Art Research Center, operating till 2015 as an NGO and since 2015 as a department of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. From 1977 to 1992 editor responsible of Akadémiai Kiadó, the publishing house of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and from the beginnings till 2020 leader of Artpool's …
Showcasing Selections From the Collection
Visibility and sharing constitute one of the main pillars of Artpool’s activities. This is also the purpose behind our regular presentations of works, selected along specific themes and displayed in the corridors and the chamber hall. Such showcases allow visitors to experience up close the workings of an “active archive”. Fanzine Anatomy – Alternative Hungarian Publications on Music and Politics from the Artpool …