The second occassion of the LEOPOLD BLOOM ART AWARD (2)

supported by the Maurice Ward Group

The Leopold Bloom Art Award supports progressive contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence on the international art scene. In 2013, the award will be granted for the second time as a result of the co-operation between the Ludwig Museum, ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange and Ireland’s Maurice Ward Group.

Visual artists based in Hungary can apply for the 10,000 euro award with a proposal for an international exhibition of their artwork (without any resriction regarding medium) to take place in a renowned European art institution (museum, commercial or non-profit gallery) or prestigious international event (biennial, festival) of their choice. The award not only goes to supporting the work of the winning artist, but also helps in the successful realization of the proposed concept of the exhibition. In doing so, we hope to contribute to the more intensive involvement of contemporary Hungarian artists in the international art scene.

Possibly About To Come - Lene ter Haar's lecture

Within the frame of ACAX’s new curatorial residency programme

LENE TER HAAR curator presents:

Possibly About To Come

A 90-minute exhibition between visual silence and rehearsing revolution

Date: 25th March 2013 (Monday), 6 pm
Venue: Ludwig Museum Library
(1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca 1. 2nd floor)

with Stefano Calligaro, Gabriella Csoszó, Máté Galambos, György Galántai, Sarah Günther, Barbara Kapusta (Saprophyte), Miklós Mécs, Csaba Nemes, Dávid Karas, Anna Kisspál, Anna Lénárd, Little Warsaw, Kamen Stoyanov, Beatrix Szörényi, Ágnes Eperjesi and Société Réaliste from the Kívül tágas / Outer Space project

Cultural Politics Revisited – a public discussion

The next event within the frame of ACAX’s Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:

Cultural Politics Revisited – a public discussion

with the participation of
Cathérine Hug, curator, Kunsthalle Wien,
Nicolaus Schafhausen, director, Kunsthalle Wien and
Barnabás Bencsik, director, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary

Moderated by János Szoboszlai, Head of Department of Art Theory and Curatorial Studies, Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Date: 1st March 2013 (Friday), 5 pm
Venue: Ludwig Museum Auditorium
(1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell út. 1. 1st floor)

ACAX launches its new Curators-in-Residency programme

Lene ter Haar, curator

We are happy to announce ACAX’s new Curators-in-Residency programme, the first edition of which was established in cooperation with the Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Our first guest curator is Lene ter Haar, curator at SCHUNCK, Heerlen, The Netherlands, who is spending a two-month curators-in-residency period in Budapest.

The next guest and lecturer of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:

Stijn Huijts, the director of the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.

Date: 22th January 2013 (Tuesday), 6 pm
Venue: Ludwig Museum Library
(1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell út. 1. 2nd floor)