‘museum history’

The TÓTalJOY Prize was established by the Museum of Fine Art’s Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), with the generous support of Endre Tót. In 2021, a project by Tamás Kaszás was selected as the winning entry by the six-member Hungarian and international jury. Applications that reflected on changing cultural contexts and contemporary dilemmas in relation to the archives and ethos of the KEMKI - …

Call for proposal Endre Tót and the Museum of Fine Arts - Central European Research Institute for Art History (SZM - KEMKI) have launched an open call for project proposals based on artistic research. The founder and the supporter of the prize is Endre Tót, renowned Hungarian artist living in Berlin. It has long been his wish to establish a form of endowment that can support artistic activity in Hungary. The mission of …

… 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 …