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Éva Forgács: Challenging National Art Histories
The great number of émigrés in the interwar period challenges the concept of national art historical narratives. If an artist, having been raised and educated in Hungary, chooses to live in France, Germany, or the US, to which country’s culture does s/he belong? Does artistic formation weigh as much as the new context that allowed him/her to develop as an artist? Can his/her achievements be …
Central and Eastern European Artists in Interwar Metropolises
International Conference In the visual arts, the dissemination of current trends, ideas, and institutional models has always been made possible by actors who have permanently or temporarily crossed geographical and cultural borders. The conference explores the motivations behind the relocation of Central and Eastern European visual artists to urban centres specifically in the interwar period. These often …
JEPS különszám a sajtó centrumairól és perifériáról
A special issue has been published on the 2022 conference of the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit), which took place in Budapest. The event, organised in collaboration with the Kassák Museum, was held at the KEMKI. Issue No. 9.1 (2024) of the Journal of European Periodical Studies ( JEPS ) examines the problematics associated with geopolitical and social centres and peripheries with reference to the publication of …
CFP: Central and Eastern European Artists in Interwar Metropolises
… cases and oeuvres of forced or voluntary, and temporary or permanent artistic emigration, the conference will address how networks may have centred on traditional institutions of artist education, political movements, intellectual circles or actors generated by private (family, friends) social capital. The social relations of modern metropolises were shaped by industrialisation, urbanisation, changing conditions of work and leisure, developing infrastructure, housing shortages and …
Beke László archívum és kutatás
… in English is in the process of being published by an international company, an international conference is in the works for 2025, and, in the longer term, the compilation of a more comprehensive collection of texts is planned in Hungarian. In May 2024, the Research Department will organise a professional event in celebration of the 80 th anniversary of László Beke’s birth, where, in addition to our researchers, outside guests will also be invited. Events: World-Famous …