‘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. …

… editor-in-chief of exindex György Cséka – aesthetician, art critic, head of department (Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) – Artpool Art Research Centre) Orsolya Ring – historian, senior research fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Political Science, assistant professor at the Institute of Historical Studies, ELTE Faculty of Humanities (BTK), researcher of the Missing Theatre Histories (HIASZT) project   …

… research on forms of borderlands internationalism that have emerged in Eastern European history, responding to the region’s imperialisms and nationalisms. With a particular emphasis on the cultural dimensions of these forms of internationalism, he will ask how this framework can open new directions for art historical inquiry and offer insights into the transnational dynamics that shape cultural production in contested regions. The presentation will be followed by a discussion …

… she explores the lessons of previous endeavours to modify the weather and climate. Throughout history, humans have sought, by various means, to influence the weather in a favourable way. In the past, they turned to magic, witchcraft, or folk practices to ward off hail or drought. In the new worldview of modernity, the conquest of nature was the priority, giving rise to the scientific era of weather manipulation.  Today, the local reality of recurring weather phenomena has been …

The Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) warmly invites all interested parties to the TÓTalJOY Award ceremony, which will take place on June 24, 2025. Endre Tót and the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) established the TÓTalJOY prize for contemporary artists in 2021. The prize derives its name from Endre Tót’s conceptual program centred on the notion of joy, which was launched in the 1970s. …