‘archive’

Donation by Dóra Maurer and the SUMUS Foundation The SUMUS Archive was generously donated to ADK's collection in the first half of 2025 by Dóra Maurer and the SUMUS Foundation. The archive contains important documents of Dóra Maurer's and Tibor Gáyor's art: manuscripts, photographs, sketches of Dóra Maurer's visual and performance art, documents of her pedagogical work, along with the professional correspondence of the two artists. With the adoption of …

What is the current state of independent art archives, databases and registers in Hungary and internationally? To what extent are they visible? Who uses them and for what purpose? Can art archives even be separated from other historical source bases in the first place, and if so, why should they be considered separately? Art that falls outside the institutional system and operates under unique conditions – sometimes referred to as …

… and edited texts from the presentations given at the conference entitled Stratification of an Archive: Possible Approaches to the Oeuvre of Péter Korniss. The diversely themed essays in the volume provide new interpretations of attitudes that prevailed in Hungarian documentary photography and photojournalism in the post-WWII period. Illustrated with images from the Péter Korniss Archive (held in the collection of the KEMKI ADK) as well as some previously unpublished …

… of Fine Arts, Collection of Prints and Drawings ) Eszter Szőnyeg-Szegvári (co-editor, KEMKI, Archive and Documentation Center) Moderator: Tünde Topor (chief editor, Artmagazin) Welcoming remarks: Dávid Fehér, the director of KEMKI   Authors: Katalin Bakos, Sára Bárdi, Barbara Dudás, Anikó Katona, Ágnes Képiró, Mária Madár, Emese Révész, Jenő Szabó, Eszter Szőnyeg-Szegvári, György Szücs, Károly Tóth, Ádám Várkonyi, Dániel Véri.   The book was designed by Gergő Zámbó …

… Even if only because any disobedience invited the disapproval of the authorities, and bureaus and archives were the domain of the state. Over time, the artistic spaces created by Galántai, Klaniczay and Partum transformed into a real Archive and a real Bureau full of materials and responsibilities: they corresponded, they filed documents, they received visitors. What were they doing, what were they working on? Let us be aware that the activities involved artists from both sides of the …