‘archives’

… was the great honour of the KEMKI ADK collection to receive, as per the family’s decision, his archives in 2023. László Beke earned his degree in Art History-Hungarian Language and Literature in 1968, and subsequently became a staff member of the Art History Documentation Centre. In the early seventies, in parallel with his institutional work, he became a leading figure of the Hungarian and regional progressive art movement. It was also during these years that he began building his …

The archive of the internationally renowned art historian László Beke, who passed away in 2022, was transferred to the KEMKI ADK collection in 2023 thanks to the family's honourable decision, and thus became the main pillar of the Beke's life work processing carried out by the Research Department of KEMKI under the umbrella of the Resonances project. Once arranged and processed, the archive …

Donation of Photographer György TÓTH We are pleased to announce that another outstandingly significant series by a prominent Hungarian photographer has been added to the Photographic Collection of the SZM-KEMKI ADK. The roll film negatives of György Tóth’s Portraits 1985-1991, which the artist gifted to the Collection, will soon be available for research. These photos by the Rudolf …

… https://veszprembalaton2023.hu/en   Previous programs of the Performative Archives event series (curated by Gabriella Schuller, KEMKI Artpool and László Százados, KEMKI ADK), held at the original location of the Chapel Studio: György Bence Pálinkás - Tímea Török: Those Who Carry the Hill on Their Backs . A feminist perspective on the history of the Chapel Studio in Balatonboglár 24–27 August Texts by Dóra Elekes, Eszter Kállay, Réka …

The research service of the Archives and Documentation Centre is closed from 1 til 31 August. Dear Researcher! The research service of the Archives and Documentation Centre is closed from 1 til 31 August. See you again in September! (Photo: István KISS, Human Couple, 1960)