‘museum history’

… be catalogued; it should be used to produce scholarly and promotional publications. The memorial museum needs managing, a memorial should be erected in front of the house, a car park must be created (possibly with a coffee stand). (László Beke: The Inhumanity of Art, 1979) László Beke was an internationally renowned art historian who passed away in 2022. It was the great honour of the KEMKI ADK collection to receive, as per the family’s decision, his archives in 2023. …

… Actors and networks for transferring and trading art, such as auction houses, dealers, galleries, museums, art societies, artists’ networks or collectives, dealer and/or collector consortia, laymen; Locations and platforms for trading and transferring art, such as museums, freeports, hotels, apartments, fairs, and online platforms; State involvement in trading and transferring art, such as commissioning monumental art/murals, guaranteed buying, soft power cultural politics, …

… birth of Elek Petrovics (1873-1945), who was an art critic, art collector and the director of the Museum of Fine Arts between 1914 and 1935, the KEMKI-ADK is organising a professional conference. The event will take place in the Schickedanz Hall of at the Museum of Fine Arts.   Conference Programme 9:00-9:30 am Registration 9:30-9:40 am Welcome speech by General Director Dr. László Baán   SECTION I, section leader: Károly Tóth 9:40-10:10 am …

… Organised by: Freie Universität Berlin, Kunsthistorisches Institut in cooperation with the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), Budapest Organisers: Agata Pietrasik (Freie Universität Berlin), Daniel Véri (KEMKI) Supported by: Alfred Landecker Foundation Deadline for submissions: 15 March, 2023 The conference examines the memory of the Holocaust in fine arts within the Eastern Bloc from 1945 until the end of the 1960s. We are …

… and mobility: artists' networks, circulation, transference, and exchange. - Social art history in a socialist context: Marxism, anti-politics and artistic labor. - Critical art history today: race, gender and decoloniality in Eastern Europe. - Curating and other forms of collective art historical engagement. If you are interested to participate in the conference please send a 300 words proposal (including a title and an abstract of your presentation) in relation to one of …