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… in Socialism and Postsocialism We invite proposals for a forthcoming edited volume that critically examines the infrastructures of art markets in Central and Eastern Europe during and after the socialist era. This peer-reviewed volume aims to shed light on the diverse systems that enabled the production, distribution, and exchange of modern and contemporary art, not only through established institutions but also through lesser-known or subversive practices. By exploring both formal and …

… Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) announce an open call to contemporary artists for the submission 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 …

… channels, nodes and vechicles of transfers between the art scenes of the countries of the so-called "Eastern bloc" in the 1970s. Speakers: Andrea Bátorová, Hana Buddeus, Katalin Cseh-Varga, Daniel Grúň, Beáta Hock, Mira Keratová, Lujza Kotočová, Zsuzsa László, Karolina Majewska-Güde, Pavlína Morganová, Jana Písaříková, Dagmar Svatošová For more details visit the   project's website.

… art and art history at a high level on the international scene by initiating and implementing locally focused, regionally and internationally oriented art history research projects and cooperations. The 2022 KEMKI Open Lectures aims to introduce such topics into the discourse that are related to the memory of the place and offer a methodological extension of art history. The event will address issues such as how the idea of the welfare state at the beginning of the 20 th century was …

Challenging Geopolitical and Social “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press – Call for Papers 10th International ESPRit Conference 10th International ESPRit Conference  For the first time in East-Central Europe, the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit) convenes its 2022 (10th) international conference in Budapest, Hungary, to focus on the following theme: Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and Social “Centres” and “Peripheries” …