Acax projects

ACAX cooperates with numerous partners to realize different international art projects. Firstly, we participate in those exhibitions, conferences, public events and other projects that will enable the strengthening of professional networks in accordance with ACAX’s vision and activities. Such networking is necessary for supporting the presence of the Hungarian contemporary art community on the various forums of the international art scene. Furthermore, we feel it is equally important to provide information to those foreign institutions and experts who would like to collaborate with Hungarian artists and curators. Sometimes just a little help or information is enough to forge the appropriate partnership, through which a successful collaboration may emerge.

The World as Objectness

Four artists want to acquire a painting from a fifth one. They decide to buy it together. With the help of a legal adviser, they enter into a contract for shared ownership of this painting. But how can the geometrical structure of this piece of art be translated into legal norms? And what is it that the four artists now own?
Gabor Erdelyi, Andras Galik, Balint Havas, Dezso Szabo, Little Warsaw
Date: 8th December 2014 (Monday), 19.00
Venue: Goat Street Residency, Budapest
(1034 Budapest, Kecske utca 23.)

 

The 2013 Leopold Bloom Art Award Winner announced

The Award Ceremony of the second Leopold Bloom Art Award took place in Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, on Friday evening, the 6th of September 2013. Prior to the event the Jury of The Leopold Bloom Art Award – Katia Baudin (art historian, Deputy Director and Senior Curator of the Museum Ludwig Cologne), Annie Fletcher (Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and tutor at De Appel, Amsterdam), Tihomir Milovac (art historian, Head of the Experimental and Research Department at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb) – visited each shortlisted artist’s studio, in order to get a wider picture of the finalists’ work.

According to their decision, the 2013 Leopold Bloom Art Award went to Csaba Nemes.

 

The second edition of the LEOPOLD BLOOM ART AWARD

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.

 

„Project of the Year”: The Leopold Bloom Art Award

winner of the Summa Artium Award in the Project Category

We are proud to announce that the Leopold Bloom Art Award is the winner of the 2011 Summa Artium Award in the Project Category. The Leopold Bloom Art Award was founded in 2011 in co-operation between the Ludwig Museum | ACAX and the Irish Maurice Ward Group with the aim of supporting progressive contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence in the international art scene.

The Summa Artium Award was announced on 24 November 2011 in the frame of the Maecenas Day Gala and Auction in Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest.

 

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International exhibition and symposium of Young Visual Artists Awards network (yvaa.net)

4 October 2011 – 26 February 2012

Venue: Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Esterházy Palace, 3rd floor

Curators: Lucia Gavulová, Tijana Stepanović

Participating artists: Aneta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová, Hristina Ivanovska, Šejla Kamerić, Eva Koťátková, Jaroslav Kyša, Luiza Margan & Miha Presker, Mladen Miljanovič, Alban Muja, Verdan Perkov, Sašo Sedlaček, Ivana Smiljanic, Kamen Stoyanov, Samuil Stoyanov, Kateřina Šedá, Tomáš Vaněk, Katarina Zdjelar, Enkelejd Zonja

Exhibition Brochure

 

The first Leopold Bloom Art Award Winner announced

The Award Ceremony of the first Leopold Bloom Art Award took place in Museum Kiscell – Municipal Picture Gallery, on Saturday evening, September 3 2011. Prior to the event the jury of 3 international art professionals visited each shortlisted artist’s studio, in order to get a wider picture of the nominees’s work.

According to their decision, the 2011 Leopold Bloom Art Award went to Róbert Batykó.

 

LEOPOLD BLOOM ART AWARD

Video interviews with the finalists

The website www.leopoldbloomaward.com offers detailed information about the award and the artists, including video interviews recorded in their studios providing an insight into the special working process of each of them.

THE LEOPOLD BLOOM ART AWARD – new contemporary art award to strenghten the international presence of Hungarian visual art

Exhibition of the artists shortlisted

John Ward, the founder of the Leopold Bloom Art Award and ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange cordially invites you to the exhibition of the artists shortlisted for the Leopold Bloom Art Award

The finalists are:
Zsombor Barakonyi | Róbert Batykó | Csaba Kis Róka | Attila Szűcs | Agnes von Uray | Júlia Vécsei

The exhibition will be on view in the Museum Kiscell – Municipal Picture Gallery between August 20 – September 4, 2011.

Address: H-1037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 108.

Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00 (closed on Mondays)

 

THE LEOPOLD BLOOM ART AWARD

Shortlisted artists

The Jury of The Leopold Bloom Art Award – Caroline Hancock (independent curator and art critic, Great Britain), Alice Maher (visual artist, Ireland), Andrzej Szczerski (art historian and curator, Poland) – preselected 6 artists for the finalists’ exhibition.

The shortlisted artists are:
Zsombor Barakonyi
Róbert Batykó
Csaba Kis Róka
Attila Szűcs
Agnes von Uray
Júlia Vécsei

The jury will select the winner of the award during the exhibition and will announce her/his name early September, 2011.

The Leopold Bloom Art Award is aimed at supporting progressive contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence in the international art scene. The Award will be granted for the first time in 2011. It does not only go to support the work of the awarded artist, but also helps in the successful realization of the winner’s international exhibition.

The Leopold Bloom Art Award is realised in co-operation between the Maurice Ward Group (Ireland) and ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange.

THE LEOPOLD BLOOM ART AWARD

supported by the Maurice Ward Group

The Leopold Bloom Art Award is aimed at supporting progressive contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence in the international art scene. In autumn 2011, the award will be granted for the first time as a result of the co-operation between the Ludwig Museum, ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange and the Irish Maurice Ward Group.

Visual artists based in Hungary can apply for the 10,000 euro award with the proposal of an international exhibition of their paintings or individual illustrations taking place in a renowned European art institution (museum, commercial or non-profit gallery) or prestigious international event (biennial, festival) of their choice. The award does not only go to support 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.