In the frame of our Check-In Budapest curatorial visitor program, we invite internationally renowned experts in the field of contemporary visual art to Hungary for a curatorial research trip: the directors and curators of biennials and art institutions, freelancers, independent scholars, art critics writing for international journals, as well as art historians and occasionally artists. The goal of the program is to facilitate international art professionals to become acquainted with the actors and current trends of the Hungarian art scene. We tailor the program according to each participant’s particular areas of interest, arranging visits to artists’ studios and institutions, as the personal meetings provide the unique opportunity for recognizing the affinities between each other’s activities and for intensive dialogue. Through public lectures, the invited guests can further introduce their research areas, current projects and their own art scenes.
The program has resulted in a number of partnerships and projects with the invitation of Hungarian artists to participate in international biennials and other exhibitions. As Hungarian partner, ACAX co-ordinates and supports the artists’ involvement in these significant events, assisting also in the production of new works.
The program operates by invitation only.
The photography section of the Check-In Budapest program is supported by the National Cultural Fund (of Hungary).
Our guests so far
The next guest of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:
HENDRIK FOLKERTS, curator of documenta 14: Learning from Athens
What do we face today?… Hendrik Folkerts (Curator of documenta 14, Kassel/Athens, 2017) in conversation with Barnabás Bencsik
Date: 7th July 2015 (Tuesday), 7 pm
Venue: Goat Street Residency (1034 Budapest, Kecske u. 23.)
The next guest and lecturer of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:
LAURA MUDDE, independent curator
Date: 31th March 2014 (Monday), 18.00
Venue: Studio Gallery (Studio of Young Artists’ Association)
(1077 Budapest, Rottenbiller utca 35.)
The next guest and lecturer of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:
LAURA RAICOVICH, Director of Global Initiatives at Creative Time
What’s art got to do with it? Expanding the role of artists in society
Public talk by Laura Raicovich
Date: 26th March 2014 (Wednesday), 18.00
Venue: Jurányi Art Incubator House (1027 Budapest, Jurányi utca 1-3.)
The next guest and lecturer of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is: Alfredo Cramerotti, the director of the MOSTYN in Wales
18th November (Monday), 6 p.mLudwig Museum Library . 1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca, 1., 2nd floor
Whence the Future? – lecture by Alfredo Cramerotti
Alfredo Cramerotti will deliver a lecture on the idea of time, knowledge and future. He asks us to abandon our androids, tablets, computers in order to rethink how the future comes? His reply is that it comes from the immemorial past that old stories (for instance, in newspapers) always seem to hold ready for us to discover. Once opened, the work then consists in curating for ourselves our own future. With Cramerotti, the curatorial knowledge becomes the way in which the future is articulated.
The lecture will be held in English.
All are welcome!
Free entrance.
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)
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)
The next guest and lecturer of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:
Margriet Schavemaker, head of collections and research at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Date: 3rd October 2012 (Wednesday), 6 pm
Venue: Ludwig Museum Library
(1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell út. 1. 2nd floor)
The next guest and lecturer of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:
KARI CONTE, Director of Programs and Exhibitions at the International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
Date: 24th September 2012 (Monday), 6 pm
Venue: Ludwig Museum Library (1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell út. 1. 2nd floor)
The next guest and lecturer of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program is:
BOSHKO BOSKOVIC, Program Director of Residency Unlimited (RU), New York.
Date: 9 January 2012 (Monday), 6 pm
Place: Labor (1053 Budapest, Képíró u. 6.)
The next guests and lecturers of the Check-in Budapest curatorial visitor program are:
ANNE BARLOW, Executive Director of Art in General, New York, and appointed curator of the 2012 Bucharest Biennale (BB5) and DANNA TAGGAR HELLER, Tel Aviv-based independent curator.
Date: 25 May 2011 (Wednesday), 6 pm
Place: Ludwig Museum–Museum of Contemporary Art, Library, 2nd floor (1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca 1.)