The Látkép Art History Festival, organized by the HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, will take place between September 25 and 27, 2025. KEMKI will be represented at the academic conference by the Archive and Documentation Centre and the Research Department. On Thursday, September 25, we will give three presentations within the section exploring the methodological challenges of avante-garde research between the two world wars: Sára Bárdi …
… and Budapest (currently in the band Energia80), who likes to delve into this subculture as a researcher as well. Itinerary: Video interviews: 12:00-13.00: with Judit Acsády 13:30-14.30: with Zoltán Legény 15:00-16.00: with Mihály Rácz 16:15-18.00: with Tamás Rupaszov Concert: 18:00-18.30: Viki Taskovics plays the guitar Please note that audio and video recordings will be made at our events. These may be used by the Museum of Fine Arts …
… the Netherlands. Kristóf Nagy, PhD, Fung Global Fellow at Princeton University, US; Permanent Research Fellow at the KEMKI - Central European Research Institute for Art History, Hungary; Prof. Dr. Lynn Rother, Professor for Provenance Studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany and Adjunct Curator for Provenance at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Submission Guidelines: Please send an abstract (max. 500 words) and a short biography (max. 150 words) to …
We are delighted to share the news that Kristóf Nagy will be continuing his research in the United States from 1 st September as the first Hungarian scholarship holder of the prestigious Princeton University Fung Global Fellows Program. Unfortunately, we will have to make do without him in Budapest during the 2025/2026 academic year, but we can’t wait to hear all about his findings on the cultural implications of post-imperialism, a topic closely related to his …
The research service of the Archives and Documentation Centre will be temporarily closed from 21 July to 25 August. See you again from 26 August! Photo credits: Imre Varga: Woman Swimming, sculpture, Hajdúszoboszló, Béke Hotel, 25001/2014/146/Varga Imre /V/46