‘museum history’

… in Hungarian documentary photography, donated his archive of tens of thousands of negatives to the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History. The carefully prepared, information-rich collection provides an unparalleled opportunity to explore and understand the oeuvre of the first Kossuth Prize-winning photographer and to interpret the attitudes of documentary and reportage photography in Hungary after the Second World War. On 29 September 2022, in Building C …

… “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press. Date: 7–9 September 2022 Venue: Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) – Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest and online (Zoom) Conference programme and abstracts are available here. Registration for offline and online participants is open until 15 July here.  The hybrid event is co-organized by the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute …

KEMKI Open Lectures I. The Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) is launching a six-part series of free university lectures from spring 2022 to autumn 2022 related to the history of the building that houses the institute. The first Israelite hospital of Pest moved in 1889 to the plot enclosed by Szabolcs Street – Dózsa György Road – Nyugati Railway Station. At the beginning of the 20 th century, the complex was annexed with the Alice …

… on the planned primary source publications of the KEMKI ADK A conference organised by the Museum of Fine Arts – Archive and Documentation Centre (ADK) of the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI). Purpose and syllabus of the conference: Presentation of the MFA – KEMKI ADK and the primary source publication series Methodological issues of primary source publications (art history, literature and history), with special regard to manuscripts from …

… “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press. Time and venue: 8– 9 September 2022, Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) – Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest, Hungary. Call for Papers:   CfP: Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and Social “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press (ESPRit conference, Budapest, 8– 9 September 2022) Application deadline: February 28, 2022   …