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).

CHECK-IN BUDAPEST 13.

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.)

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)

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.

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)

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.

CHECK-IN BUDAPEST 8.

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

Lecture by CHRISTIANE MENNICKE-SCHWARZ

Date: 24 April 2009, 6pm
Location: Ernst Museum (1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 8.)

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

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)

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)