‘social history’

… to focus on the following theme: Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and Social “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 …

… the extent to which they interfered in reality, the willingness and capacity to enact social change. Some wrote manifestos. They considered expanding the possibilities of the language they used and the meanings of individual words. They attempted to create new alphabets. They created visual poetry. They created a space for ecology. They discussed topics which were pioneering, truly revolutionary, suppressed and virtually non-existent in the public debate – at least in the eastern …

…     ➤  ASSOCIATED EVENT Thursday, 21 May 2026, 16.00-18.00 pm (CET) HISTORY/REALITY #4: from The Garden of Communication to the Dark Forest of the Internet An afternoon of presentations, performances, and discussion Partly hybrid event held in English For online participation booking is essential.  Free tickets via Eventbrite.   archivuminternetwork  marks 30 years of Artpool Art Research Center’s presence on the internet. Since its  launch …

… “Minorities as Hubs of Cultural Transfer: The Bosch+Bosch Group” Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz, “Socialization of the Private? The Emergence of Polish Mail Art and the Ideas of Democratic Opposition” Cristian Nae, “Constellational Modernisms: ‘Socialist Humanism’ and ‘Contextual Art’ in Ion Bitzan and Wanda Mihuleac’s Graphic Art of the 1970s” The print articles constitute the second part of the special issue published by ArtMargins Online entitled “Regional Resonances. …

Infrastructures of Selling Modern and Contemporary Art in Socialism and Postsocialism We invite proposals for a forthcoming edited volume that critically examines the infrastructures of art markets in Central and Eastern Europe during and after the socialist era. This peer-reviewed volume aims to shed light on the diverse systems that enabled the production, distribution, and exchange of modern and contemporary art, not only through established …