… in Argentina and Latin America thanks to numerous academic studies and several landmark solo exhibitions, remains relatively unknown in Europe, with too few events dedicated to it. The collection display at Artpool, as an essential historical archive of Mail Art, aims to contribute to his recognition in Europe by giving visibility to this marginal yet essential poet, artist, and publisher. The day after the opening, a roundtable discussion will explore, among other things, Vigo's …
… art, his work engages a conceptual stance as much as it evokes Fluxus attitudes. This chamber exhibition at Artpool aims to highlight Vigo’s special relationship with artists’ periodicals and show how he embraced this medium, having quickly realized that these publications, as shared creative spaces that are simple to produce, are also powerful means of dissemination. Vigo was constantly involved in alternative collective periodicals, both as a contributor and as a publisher. He himself …
… the purposes of social control and addressing social issues. Eszter Őze examines the cultural history of health and education museums, focusing on the Social Museum in Budapest in particular. Through the representational policy of the exhibitions, the book unveils how body, illness, hygiene, and biopolitics are presented within the museum spaces at the turn of the century. It displays the history of an institution where the biological traits of the human race were translated into …
… such intense, exciting and open debates as the 1980s. The anthology Kiállítások és kritikák [Exhibitions and Criticism], edited by Júliusz Huth and Kristóf Nagy and published by the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), offers a comprehensive exploration of this era. Featuring over fifty essays, reflections and reviews originally published during the 1980s, alongside a new, comprehensive study on the art criticism of the decade, the volume delves into the art …
… such intense, exciting and open debates as the 1980s. The anthology Kiállítások és kritikák [Exhibitions and Criticism], edited by Júliusz Huth and Kristóf Nagy and published by the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), offers a comprehensive exploration of this era. Featuring over fifty essays, reflections and reviews originally published during the 1980s, alongside a new, comprehensive study on the art criticism of the decade, the volume delves into the art …