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ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange was established in January 2006 with the goal of expanding the network and facilitating efficient and continuous professional exchange among actors of the contemporary art scene in Hungary and abroad. ACAX’s major scope of operation are: residency programs, visitor programs, study trips, organization of exhibitions and projects in collaboration with international contemporary art institutions and the preparation and provision for Hungarian participation in international biennials and other significant shows.

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 16 

a series of curatorial research programs, public presentations & round tables
organized by ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange 

ACAX cordially invites you to the lecture of Guillaume Piens (Director of Paris Photo) and Véronique Prugnaud (Exhibitor Relations Manager of Paris Photo)

Guillaume Piens and Veronique Prugnaud will hold a presentation on Paris Photo - the world's leading photography fair. In their lecture they will primarily focus on the structure, the curatorial aspects and policies of Paris Photo. 

Date: 16 March 2010 (Tuesday), 6 p.m.
Place: Hungarian House of Photography - Mai Manó House (1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 20.)

The lecture will be held in English.
All are welcome!

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Result of the curatorial residency program for a Spain-based curator in Budapest

Ludwig Museum-Museum of Contemporary Art and ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange, in collaboration with SEACEX (Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior) announced an open call for application for a one month curatorial residency program for a Spain-based curator.

From the 16 applications SEACEX preselected the following candidates: Javier Duero, Iván López Munuera, Inma Prieto and Manuel Segade.

In a second round, upon the decision of Ludwig Museum / ACAX, Iván López Munuera was selected, who will participate in the curatorial residency program at Ludwig Museum / ACAX in Budapest during March 2010.

As hosting institutions, Ludwig Museum / ACAX will cover the travel, accommodation and living costs of the curator and will assist him in his curatorial research.

The program is organised and financed by Ludwig Museum-Museum of Contemporary Art / ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange.

MONEY FOR NOTHING
artist-presentation of Jacek Niegoda

Jacek Niegoda (1972) lives and works in Gdansk. Selected individual exhibitions:

Europe-Poland, Towards Security and Cooperation - Room for Northeast Reading, Hamburg (2007); Amateurs of the Avantgarde - Gallery Kordegarda, Warsaw (2005); The Crane Ballat II. - Gdansk Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland (2003). He received the grant (Honourable Mention) of the WRO 05 - 11th  International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw (2005). In 1995, together with Robert Jurkowski, Piotr Wyrzykowski, he founded the art group CUKT - Central Office of Technical Culture. He was co-author of the Wiktoria Cukt’s presidential campaign in 2001, when a virtual candidate was nominated for the presidental election in Poland. The project is now on view at the exhibition Gender Check at MUMOK, Vienna. Since 2000 he has been working with artist Julita Wójcik.

Jacek Niegoda is participating in the international artist exchange program Opening the Closed Shops, as a fellow of the József Attila Kör and ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange.

The program is supported by the Allianz Kulturstiftung and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Hungary. | Collaborating partner: Polish Institute

...on the eastern front
video art from central and eastern europe 1989–2009

...on the eastern front
video art from central and eastern europe 1989–2009

22 January - 7 March, 2010
Ludwig Museum–Museum of Contemporary Art

ISCP, New York

Within the framework of ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange and ISCP collaboration one artist will spend a 3 months' residency at ISCP in New York between 1st of February 2010 and 30th of April 2010.

Recipient of the ISCP residency is: Gergely László

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