‘museum history’

Elek Petrovics (1873–1945), the legendary director of the Museum of Fine Arts, led the institution for twenty-one years, between 1914 and 1935. In honour of the 150th anniversary of his birth, the museum organized a commemorative conference in December 2023. KEMKI has published a volume containing an expanded and edited version of the lectures given at the conference. The book launch will be held on 6 November 2025. The studies in the volume explore …

… forms such as calendars, postcards and periodicals.   Henar Rivière, professor of Art History at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid (Spain). She specialises on international intermedia art, with a main focus of experimental writing in its various forms, including mail art and its expansion into the field of artists’ archives. She lead the research project  OBASA and Artpool: Collecting, Connecting, Archiving. The Active Archive as a Cultural Alternative on the Global Stage” …

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… Please note that audio and video recordings will be made at our events. These may be used by the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) on its website and social media platforms for the purpose of promoting our events. By participating in the event, you acknowledge and accept that you may appear in these recordings.

… or marginalisation of specific artists and movements. Trading platforms and networks: Museums, galleries, auction houses, art fairs, collectives, and unconventional venues (e.g., hotels, apartments) shaping art circulation and valuation. New art forms: Non-traditional practices (e.g., performance and conceptual art) resisting conventional collecting and developing alternative modes of exchange. Social Settings: Class, gender, religion, and other network and community …