… Regional Resonances: In Search of the Transnational in Central Eastern European Art of the 1970s present an interconnected history of previously unexplored cross-border collaborations and friendships. The second part of this special issue, with essays by Emese Kürti, Cristian Nae and Małgorzata Miśniakewicz, will come out in the first half of 2025 in ArtMargins Print published by MIT Press. Link to the Special Issue: https://artmargins.com/regional-resonances/ …
… Where can the event series be placed in the context of the international art scene of the early ’70s? How was it possible for the Chapel Studio to become—for a brief period of time—a meeting point for artists who had never found common ground before or after? In connecting to the theme, the Artpool Art Research Centre remembered the Balatonboglár scene of 50 years ago by organising its own exhibition, entitled Fundamental Otherness (curated by György Galántai). You can read more …
… The founder of the prize, the artist Endre Tót, who has been living in Germany since the late 1970s, has long been planning to create a form of support for the contemporary art scene. KEMKI, which has maintained a good relationship with the artist for many years, was pleased to accept the idea of the prize and will provide professional support for the realization of the idea. The name of the prize derives from Endre Tót's conceptual program, launched in the 1970s and based on the concept …
Resonances IV. conference Piotr Piotrowski Center for Research On East-Central European Art in Poznań organizes the forth event of the Resonances project. KEMKI's research project consists of four conferences and is realized in partnership with the Department of Art History at Comenius University in Bratislava, the Research Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and the Piotr …
… artists (for example, the creators of the Pécs Workshop) at the turn of the 60s and 70s, and is still in operation today. The tapestries were made by a hybrid, both industrial and artisanal technology (tufting gun).