‘archives’
Világhírű világarchívum – Beke László 80
… It 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 …
A jövő archívumai
… 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 …
Artpool40 – Aktív Archívumok, Művészeti Hálózatok
… by bringing together scholars and practitioners interested in transnational research 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 …
What Will Be Already Exists: Temporalities of Cold War Archives in East-Central Europe and Beyond
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, a …
Zsidó hitközség és gyógyítás
… In the first lecture of the Open Lectures, Dr. Zsuzsanna Toronyi (Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives) presents what we can learn about the relationship between the Jewish community and medicine through objects, collections and narratives related to healthcare.