László Beke archive and research

Project leader: Emese Kürti, Zsuzsa László

The archive of the internationally renowned art historian László Beke, who passed away in 2022, was entrusted to the collection of the KEMKI ADK in 2023 thanks to the family's decision, which is an honour for us. The archive is now the central source of the KEMKI Research Department’s work in processing Beke’s oeuvre, under the aegis of the Resonances project.

The archive will be opened to external researchers after organisation and processing.

In the second half of 2025, JRP|Editions will publish a volume compiled by the research department of KEMKI and tranzit.hu, containing the English translations of László Beke's most important theoretical studies and his writings, which have been crucial for the international reception of Hungarian and Central and Eastern European conceptualism. We are planning an international conference to mark the publication of the volume, and to publish further sources in the coming phases of the project.

Events:

• World-Famous World-Archives – László Beke 80, 23. 05. 2024.