Tate Papers (Dec 2016)
Placing Bookmarks: The Institutionalisation and De-Institutionalisation of Hungarian Neo-Avant-Garde and Contemporary Art
Abstract
The recent interest in avant-garde art from Hungary shown by international museums such as Tate has been paralleled by transformations to the country’s art institutions as a consequence of sweeping political changes. This essay contextualises these changes in relation to the expanding global market for art from the region, and examines the impact that initiatives by private galleries as well as artists and curators are having on the writing of a critical history of Hungarian art. An earlier version of this text was presented as a paper at the panel on ‘Collecting, Curating, Canonizing, Critiquing: The Institutionalization of Eastern European Art’ at the College Art Association conference, Washington D.C., February 2016.
