… 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 European connections. Participants: Marie Boivent, professor of Visual Art at Université Rennes 2 (France), …
Artpool's new collection display will be opening soon! Opening speech by Professor Marie Boivent, Université Rennes 2, curator of the collection display Date: 9 October 2025, 5:00 PM Round table discussion : 10 October 2025, 3:00 PM Born in La Plata, a city located sixty kilometers from Buenos Aires, Edgardo Antonio Vigo (1928-1997) Argentine artist and well known figure of Latin …
… the historical and societal embeddedness of violence against women. Through a planned experimental documentary film and an object-based installation, she investigates how tools of self-defense and resistance can become forms of shared knowledge and collective action in a world where survival itself is often a political issue. More about the project can be found in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdJZtRLsq1M&t=1s The project, supported by the …
What is the current state of independent art archives, databases and registers in Hungary and internationally? To what extent are they visible? Who uses them and for what purpose? Can art archives even be separated from other historical source bases in the first place, and if so, why should they be considered separately? Art that falls outside the institutional system and operates under unique conditions – sometimes referred to as …
… between Katalin Bakos, Sára Bárdi, Anikó Katona and Eszter Szőnyeg-Szegvári. György Konecsni’s art is characterized by a diversity of styles and forms. He is known by many as a poster artist and a pioneer of modern Hungarian applied graphics, and by others as the co-creator of one of the most cited works of historicist socialist realism, Before the Storm (1951). Beyond exploring Konecsni’s body of works from new perspectives, the authors of this new volume published by the Central …