‘museum history’

… 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 …

Endre Tót and the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) established a prize for contemporary artists in 2021. The TÓTalJOY Prize, with a total prize of €10 000, is open to artists with research-based art projects. This year's winner is Rita Süveges, who will give a short presentation of her project plan for the TÓTalJOY Prize, entitled Shout to the Cloud! , …