‘TÓTalJOY Prize’

The TÓTalJOY Prize was established by the Museum of Fine Art’s Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), with the generous support of Endre Tót. In 2021, a project by Tamás Kaszás was selected as the winning entry by the six-member Hungarian and international jury. Applications that reflected on changing cultural contexts and contemporary dilemmas in relation to the archives and …

… call for project proposals based on artistic research. The founder and the supporter of the prize is Endre Tót, renowned Hungarian artist living in Berlin. It has long been his wish to establish a form of endowment that can support artistic activity in Hungary. The mission of the prize is to enable in each year the realization of one selected artistic research project, preferably with a reflection on current cultural processes and contexts.  SZM - KEMKI will provide curatorial …

… research in July this year and received 27 project proposals. The founder and supporter of the prize is the Hungarian artist Endre Tót. It has long been his wish to establish a form of endowment that can endorse artists active within the art scene in Hungary.  The TÓTalJOY Prize aims to provide an opportunity for contemporary artists whose artistic practice is research-oriented to receive financial and institutional support. The six-member jury, consisting of international and local …

… of research-based art projects proposals. Visual artist Endre Tót, founder and supporter of the TÓTalJOY Prize, had long been planning to create a form of support for contemporary Hungarian artists. The prize derives its name from Endre Tót’s conceptual program centred on the notion of joy, which was launched in the 1970s. His early joy pieces and the minimalist actions of the TÓTalJOY series are considered among the most important works representing the narrative of Eastern European …