KEMKI – Central European Research Institute for Art History in Budapest invites you to participate in a conference “Central and Eastern European Artists in Interwar Metropolises”, to be held on October 10-11, 2024.

The motivations for the relocation of Central and Eastern European visual artists to urban centres in the interwar period often followed patterns: those with formal art training included travel as part of their curriculum, financed by various funds or grants; changes in political regimes forced others to leave their home countries for shorter or longer periods; and most enjoyed the help of personal, professional or political networks while abroad.

In addition to analysing individual cases and oeuvres of forced or voluntary, and temporary or permanent artistic emigration, the conference will address how networks may have centred on traditional institutions of artist education, political movements, intellectual circles or actors generated by private (family, friends) social capital.

They welcome proposals from researchers at all stages of their careers. Proposals of around 300 words (references not included) for a 20-minute presentation and a short CV (no more than 200 words) should be sent to the organizers by 30 April, 2024.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 12 May.

More information: https://kemki.hu/en/events/details/56-Central_and_Eastern_European_Artists_in_Interwar_Metropolises