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The goal of the Check in Budapest visitor program - initiated and organized by ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange - is to introduce the Hungarian art scene and its protagonists to renowned foreign art experts in order to promote and support the international appearance and integration of the Hungarian institutions and artists.

In the framework of the program ACAX invites contemporary art experts and curators - either independent or employed by an acknowledged institution - to Budapest for a curatorial research trip. Each visitor is selected upon the relevance of their current plans and activities to the Hungarian art scene.
Taking into consideration the special interests and needs of each guest ACAX organizes visits to different museums and galleries as well as meetings with artists, curators and key cultural producers.
The curatorial research program is completed by a public lecture or a panel discussion where the invited visitors present the current situation and professional ideas of their own art scene.

As a result of the Check in Budapest program in the past few years several Hungarian artists were invited to participate in major international biennials and shows. >>>

The Check in Budapest program is supported by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture.
The photographic section of the program - organized between December 2009 and March 2010 - was supported by the Photography Department of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary.

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

The next editions of Check in Budapest will focus on contemporary photography.

ACAX cordially invites you to the lecture of Katherine Bussard (Associate Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago) and Andreas Müller-Pohle (artist and publisher – editor of European Photography magazine)

Date: 11 February 2010 (Thursday), 7 p.m.

Location: Nessim Galéria

(1061, Budapest, Paulay Ede utca 10.)

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

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 14.

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

The next editions of Check in Budapest will focus on contemporary photography.

ACAX cordially invites you to the lecture of William Ewing (director and curator of the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne):

Edward Steichen, The First Modern Fashion Photographer

Date: 3 February 2010 (Wednesday), 6 p.m.

Location: Magyar Fotográfusok Háza - Mai Manó Ház
(1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 20.)

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

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

The next editions of Check in Budapest will focus on contemporary photography.

DO WE NEED SPECIALISED MUSEUMS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY?

Lecture by

Peter Pfrunder, director and curator of Swiss Foundation for Photography, Winterthur

Date: 9 December 2009, 6pm
Location: Ernst Museum (1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 8.)

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 12.

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

Public and Private Collecting: Is there a difference?

Chantal Beret, curator (Centre Pompidou)
Jeremy Lewison, independent curator (London)

Date: 23 September 2009, 7pm
Location: ERNST Museum (1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 8)

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 11.

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

The next visitor of the Check in Budapest program is:
Lorenzo Fusi

13-17. September 2009.

Link:
http://www.biennial.com/

CHECK IN BUDAPEST 10.

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

Date: 21 May 2009, 6pm

Location: ERNST Museum (1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 8.)

Participants:

Rael ARTEL, independent curator and critic (EST)

Marko STAMENKOVIĆ, independent curator and critic (SRB)

Jaroslaw SUCHAN, curator, director of the Muzeum Sztuki in Łodz (PL)

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 9.

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

Lecture by Beatriz HERRAEZ

Date: 4 May 2009, 6pm

Location: Kitchen Budapest
IX. kerület, Ráday utca 10.
entrance through Biblia köz

Beatriz Herraez –curator of Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) – gives a lecture in Kitchen Budapest on 4 May 2009 at 6pm about the goals of a contemporary art centre in the Basque capital, as well as her recent projects.

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 8.

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

Christiane MENNICKE, the art director of Kunsthaus Dresden, The Municipal Gallery for Contemporary Art holds a lecture in the frame of the Check in Budapest program in the Ernst Múzeum (1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 8.) on 24 April at 6pm.

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 7.

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

Date: 14 April 2009, 6pm
Location: Open Society Archive (1051 Budapest Arany János u. 32.)

Participants:

Ivor STODOLSKY, freelance curator, writer

Marita MUUKKONEN, curator of FRAME - The Finnish Fund for Art Exchange

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 6.

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

Sebastian CICHOKI's presentation announced to be held at Kitchen Budapest on 2nd April 2009 is called off unfortunately. We will inform you about the next programs of Check in Budapest soon on the website or on our newsletter.

CHECK IN BUDAPEST 5.

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

Date: 10th March 2009, 6pm

Location: ERNST Museum (1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 8.)

Participants:
Helena HOLMBERG, curator of Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, director of Xposeptember (Sweden)
Hedwig SAXENHUBER, freelance curator and co-editor of springerin (Austria)
Maja ĆIRIĆ, freelance curator (Serbia)

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 4.

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

Fresh AIR
international residency programs's introduction no. 2.

Date: 13th February (Friday) 2009

Location: Stúdió Galéria (1077 Rottenbiller u. 35.)

Participants of the discourse:

Marieanne ROTH Akademie Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany)

Ika SIENKIEWICZ-NOWACKA, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (CCA), (Warsaw, Poland)

Margarita DOROVSKA, Interspace New Media Art Centre (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Zoran PANTELIĆ, , New Media Center_kuda.org (Novi Sad, Serbia)

Dragan ILIĆ, , Cultural Institute of Vojvodina (Novi Sad, Serbia)

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CHECK IN BUDAPEST 3.

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

Johan POUSETTE holds a lecture in the frame of the Check in Budapest program in Labor on 9th February 2009 at 6pm about the swedish contemporary art scene, activities at BAC, the Baltic Art Center in Sweden, the concept of Production in Residence, the development of residencies in the Nordic countries and the upcoming edition of the Gothenburg Biennale 2009.

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Aneta Szylak and Cosmin Costinas holding their lecture
photo: Gabriella Csoszó

THE PRODUCERS

Between 15 November and 14 December, in addition to the programs associated with the exhibition OVERCOMING, Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle is organising a three-day workshop for young curators and a lecture series for the wider audience by the title THE PRODUCERS.
The central topic Between 15 November and 14 December, in addition to the programs associated with the exhibition OVERCOMING, Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle is organising a three-day workshop for young curators and a lecture series for the wider audience by the title THE PRODUCERS.
The central topic will be artistic and curatorial production, including its history, as well as its conceptual, contextual and economic framework/operation. The course will primarily examine the production and producer related possibilities of the different strategies and "scripts" currently in use (biennials, commercial-based and non-profit institutional forms, "nomadic" curatorial projects, etc.). It will also highlight those prominent actors (artists, curators, writers, etc.) whose work significantly determines and shapes how we think about the work/role of the producer and artistic/curatorial production. Invited Hungarian and international guests will reflect on these various strategies through their own work and
experiences.
Concept: Lívia PÁLDI chief curator, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle Budapest

For further information, click HERE.

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

CURATORIAL POSITIONS

Date: 28 November 2008 (Friday), 5 pm
Location: Ernst Museum, 1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 8.

Participants:
Mihnea MIRCAN, curator, art critic (Bucharest, Romania)
Simon REES, curator of Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), co-editor of CAC INTERVIU (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Marina SORBELLO, curator,critic, co-founder of Uqbar (Berlin, Germany)

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