‘Cold War’

… 1945. Led by Dr. Beáta Hock, “ Linking Art Worlds: American Art and Eastern Europe in the Cold War to the Present ” re-examines national art histories from a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective, also implicating socio-historical and political factors underpinning artistic practice. The project takes the form of five extended meetings of seminars, lectures, site visits and writing workshops. The seminars will be held in Prague, Budapest (Central European Research …

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 …

… artistic relations and collaborations in the Central and Eastern European region during the Cold War era. In connection with the conference Beyond Friendships: Regional Cultural Transfer in The Art of the 1970s , we present a selection from Artpool’s collection entitled Language Games. The display contains works and documents of  cross-border collaboration by Karel Adamus, Gábor Attalai, László Beke, Attila Csernik, Robert Cyprich, Tibor Csiky, Miklós Erdély, …

Online book launch of KEMKI Artpool Art Research Center Time: February 11, 17:00-18:30 Venue: online  Registration Ieva Astahovska, art scholar, critic and curator (Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia) Christian Nae, art historian and curator (George Enescu National University of Arts, Iași, Romania) After the invited contributors share their review of the book, …

… 1945. Led by Dr. Beáta Hock, “ Linking Art Worlds: American Art and Eastern Europe in the Cold War to the Present ” re-examines national art histories from a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective, also implicating socio-historical and political factors underpinning artistic practice. The project takes the form of five extended meetings of seminars, lectures, site visits and writing workshops. The seminars will be held in Prague, Budapest (Central European Research …