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Artpool Art Research Centre is one of four archives participating in the international research project 'Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A Case Study for Open-Source Approaches to Artists' Archives',  and will host a meeting of archivists from Scotland and Ireland in person and an online workshop with leading experts from Denmark, Germany, and Netherlands during 24-25 October 2024.   The project, led by Dr Judit Bodor (University …

The research service of the Archives and Documentation Centre is closed from 1 til 31 August. See you again in September! Photo credits: The painter István Csók resting in his home (1890s), glass plate negative, i. n.: KEMKI ADK 20144/1979/5

… 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 …

… to our researchers, outside guests will also be invited. Events: World-Famous World-Archives – László Beke 80, 23. 05. 2024.

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 Balogh …