‘Cold War’

… and other mechanisms involved in the presentation and reception of Moore’s art during the Cold War. Mainly, however, it looks at his work’s influence on Czechoslovak sculpture in the second half of the 20 th century by presenting well-known and lesser-known artists from throughout the country who were inspired by his art, who further developed the way he worked with biomorphic shapes and internal and external space, or who experimented with sculptural forms somewhere between …

Contrary to popular belief, the Holocaust was not a taboo in the fine arts of early Socialist Hungary. In addition to numerous non-commissioned works of art, the subject also emerged within official memory politics. Curator: Daniel Véri (KEMKI) Graphic designer: Sarolta Ágnes Erdélyi, Hajnalka Illés Exhibiting artists: Tibor Barabás, Gyula Hincz, György Jovánovics, János Kass, Béla …

… events, such as the Nuremberg trials, the Auschwitz trials, the Eichmann trial, and the Six-Day War had on shaping the memory of the Holocaust in the domain of fine arts and also to explore the impact of similar, local events. Another important point of focus is the role of national and transnational organisations, state authorities and unions of former prisoners, especially in the case of antifascist memory politics, as well as local Jewish communities and various Zionist organizations, …

… on artist archives, progressive curatorial and museological practices, and the historiography of Cold War art scenes and networks. The conference takes Artpool’s 1979 concept of an “ Active Archive ” as a starting point to explore its contemporary interpretations and applications, and its similarities with and differences from other artist archives. As Artpool’s founder György Galántai puts it, an active archive “generates the very material to be archived” through calls for …

Conference organized by KEMKI Research Department and Central European University (CEU) Jewish Studies Program In June 2022 the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), Research Department together with the Central European University (CEU) Jewish Studies Program are organizing an international conference entitled  Art of the Holocaust until 1989: Beyond an East/West Divide.  …