In summer 2022, the Centre Pompidou devoted a major exhibition to the art and culture of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) in Germany, with the aim of re-reading the history of cultural production in the Weimar Republic, under the keyword “sachlich”, whose difficult translation into other languages points to the special nature of the concept. In addition to painting and photography, the project brought together architecture, design, film, …
… 13.40–14.00 Sára Bárdi, KEMKI, Budapest: State Representation of Hungary in Interwar Metropolises: Exhibition Design and the Foreign Trade Office 14.00–14.20 Bálint Juhász, Hansági Museum, Hungary: Visual Language as a Socio-Political Tool. The Irreprehensible and Anti-Cosmopolitan Crusade of Štefan Prohászka (1928–1938) 14.20–14.40 Bennett Tucker, Israel Institute of Technology: Reuven Rubin and the Interrelations of Artist Sponsorships and Institutional Networks in New York City, …
The exhibition presents the research-based art project of Rita Süveges, winner of the 2023 TÓTalJOY Prize. Rita Süveges artist, winner of the 2023 TÓTalJOY Prize, has long been investigating the cultural, technological, and ethical aspects of the ecological crisis. In her exhibition she explores the lessons of previous endeavours to modify the weather and climate. Throughout history, humans …
The exhibition is the second show within the international research and exhibition project, The Modern Idol: Henry Moore in the Eastern Bloc, initiated by Lujza Kotočová (VVP AVU, Prague) Alina Șerban (Institute of the Present, Bucharest) and Daniel Véri (KEMKI, Budapest). The first, eponymous exhibition took place at the National Museum of Art of Romania in 2021–22. The current exhibition is …
… of KEMKI's research project about the 1980s. The first discussion will focus on the exhibition system for the visual arts. With our guests, we are looking for answers to the following questions: How did decentralization and marketization of cultural institutions affect art? What could and could not be exhibited? What role did city and council galleries play in underground art of the period? Conversation participants: Gábor Andrási, art historian, director of the …