‘Artpool’

The research service of the Archives and Documentation Center (ADK) and of the Artpool Art Research Center is closed from 27 July to 31 August. See you again from 1st September!   Photo credits: Hédi Majoros, Zodiac Signs (1967-2011), ceramic mural of the Thermal Bath in Kaposvár (removed). Inventory number: Ad/25001/2014/105/I/17 Sculptor Fülöp Beck Ö. in the Széchenyi Termal Bath (1930s). Inventory number: Ad/25964-2019/G/I/9

Artpool’s Alternative Art Presence at the 35th Valley of the Arts Festival The traditional summer event of the Artpool Art Research Center in Kapolcs is waiting for visitors once again in Area 51 and at the Galántai House! You can explore an interactive, immersive exhibition—which takes advantage of the unique natural features of the surroundings—taking place simultaneously at fourteen small …

30 years of artpool.hu curated by Judit Bodor and Roddy Hunter   ➤  OPENING EVENT WITH PERFORMANCE  Thursday, 21 May 2026, 18:00 pm (CET) Opening speech by János Sugár Performance :  Roddy Hunter: a u t o m a t i n g {a r t p o o l . h u}     ➤  ASSOCIATED EVENT Thursday, 21 May 2026, 16.00-18.00 pm (CET) HISTORY/REALITY #4: from The Garden of Communication to the Dark …

… in post-digital contexts. Presented in association with  archivuminternetwork : 30 Years of artpool.hu,  History / Reality #4  invites reflection on archiving networked art in an age of automation emerging superintelligence, systems we are still only beginning to understand. The title of the event draws on two texts from different moments in internet history. In  The Garden of Communication  (1998), Anna Balint reflected on the early internet’s potential, describing artpool.hu as “an …

… 25-30 minutes long. --- In 2023, on the anniversary of Endre Szkárosi's death, the Artpool Foundation, thanks to the generous support of his widow, Zsuzsanna Rónai, invited applicants for a two-year research scholarship in order to facilitate the processing of the oeuvre of Endre Szkárosi, who died in 2022. The winners of the competition were given the opportunity to study the Szkárosi documentation in the Museum of Fine Arts - KEMKI - Artpool Art Research Center, as well as …