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… Portraits 1985-1991, which the artist gifted to the Collection, will soon be available for research. These photos by the Rudolf Balogh Prize winning photographer – known mainly for his studies of the human body in motion facilitated by long exposures and special flash techniques – still reflect a documentarist aesthetic, as they portray his artist friends who were (also) active on the 1980s art scene. In addition to the 66 rolls, György Tóth also included 62 of his signed digital …

… as an academic field has become increasingly popular in the last decade, there has been little research that critically examines the actors, places, rules, and structures of this system. This workshop aims to explore the infrastructures through which artworks have been produced and exchanged for goods, money, services, and reputation since 1900. Our focus is not only on the dominant and well-known structures of the art market but also on alternative practices in specific times and places …

Conversation with art historian Éva Forgács Éva Forgács is an art historian, avant-garde researcher, and senior fellow at the Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften Kunstuniversität Linz/Wien (IFK). Her book, published last year (2022), Malevich and Interwar Modernism: Russian Art and the International of the Square, opens up a new perspective in the research of avant-garde art by using previously unused sources.   Forgács explores the contradictions of …

Open call. The Central European Research Institute for the History of Art (KEMKI) is organising a workshop for art history and art theory students. The workshop aims to introduce young professionals to the methodology of art history and art theory research and the practical challenges of research-based work. Following the participants will jointly create an imaginary project (exhibition, event, research) based on their research …

International Conference Organized by: ICMA – The Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in the Arts, UNAGE, Iasi, Romania. In collaboration with: Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, KEMKI-Central European Research Institute for Art History, Budapest and the University of Lodz. CONFERENCE PROGRAM Thursday, October 12 9.45 – 10.00 – Introduction 10.00 – 12.00 Panel 1: Revisiting socialist art: state-supported institutions, exhibitions, and …