As an art historian and curator, László Beke took an active role as both a participant and theoretician in the development of the Hungarian neo–avant-garde movements that had been marginalized by the cultural politics of the time in Hungary. Beke’s private archive, which is kept at the Budapest City Archives, provides a precise imprint of his activities: instead of working from the perspective of a critic, he engaged the artists as a partner. In this spirit he initiated many exhibitions and projects, the documents of which provide the backbone of the archive, complemented with the outcome of his systematic collecting activities that began in his early teens.

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Lokacija:
- Budapest, Hungary
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 1969
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Erdély, Miklós: Cotton wool with goose fat, object, 1971
- Türk, Péter: Variational experiment with open and closed questions, object, 1972

Artists' Archives of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

Artists’ Archives gather private collections of artists, documenting the most significant phenomena in post-1945 Polish art, including those which opposed the system or were criticised by the authorities.
Many of these, are the work of creators and milieus engaged in the critique of the authorities and the cultural mainstream of Polish People's Republic. The Archives, designed as an integral part of the new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, collects artzines, manifestos, private and official letters, as well as documentation of artistic activities. Its collection is being digitised and published via Internet portal. The unveiling of every new collection is treated as an exhibition marked by a series of panels and meetings.

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Lokacija:
- Warszawa plac Defilad 1, Poland 00-901
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 2008
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Panoramiczny happening morski, photographic documentation, 1967

Artlist

Artlist is an online database that maps the development of modern and contemporary Czech fine art from the second half of the 20th century. Artlist is a unique project that allows free and online searches of authors and their works, including the artist's biography and catalog, and a detailed description of his work.

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Lokacija:
- Dukelských hrdinů 500/25a, 170 00 Prague 7, Czech Republic
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 2006
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Karlíková, Olga. Swallowers, 1986. Drawing
- Nepraš, Karel. Dialog IV. 1969. Sculpture

Collection of Rudolf Sikora

The items in Rudolf Sikora’s personal collection are important because of the value they acquired through their connection between the original artistic happenings and the meaning they were given in relation to normalisation-era policies. Their reference to the avant-garde were seen as oppositional, and this fact influenced Sikora’s further activities as well as the entire group of artists commenting on and creating works with similar themes, such as environmental issues. The collection was created gradually since 1970, particularly from the time of a so-called Open atelier in his appartement on Tehelná street in Bratislava (19 December 1970). Although the pieces in his personal collection are only a fraction of his artistic production, for the majority of this was recently acquired by the Slovak national gallery, they still have significant value.

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Lokacija:
- Bratislava, Slovakia
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 1967
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Konzerva - Atmosféra 1970 - Nedýchateľné
- Popisné číslo prvého otvoreného ateliéru

C³ Video Archive

The aim of the C³ video archive is the complete compilation, preservation, cataloguing, archiving and digital transfer of Hungarian video art. Primarily, it was visual artists who began to experiment with this difficult-to-access (due to state control) medium in the second half of the 1970s. Their endeavours were not institutionally supported, with the exception of a few independent workshops. The archive aims to preserve these technologically unstable materials (earlier considered radical approaches to the moving image) in digital format, and, based on research, to make them available in their historical and international context.

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Lokacija:
- Budapest Szpáhi utca 20, Hungary 1022
Teme:
- umjetnosti novih medija (digitalne umjetnosti)
- vizualne umjetnosti
Datum osnivanja:
- 1997
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Bódy, Gábor: De occulta philosophia, 1983. Video
- One Day in Hungarian TV, 1986. Video