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Artpool Art Research Center is an archive, research space, specialist and media library in Budapest, Hungary. Founded in 1979 as an art project of György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay, it has been dedicated to local and international contemporary and avant-garde arts, such as artist books, artistamp, mail art, visual poetry, sound poetry, conceptual art, fluxus, installation, performance etc. After ten years of illegal operation and 25 years of functioning as an NGO, Artpool became a department of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest in 2015, and from 2020 operates as part of the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI).

Ever since its establishment at the end of the 19th century, Kunsthalle has been the centre of contemporary Hungarian fine art. It is a national institution with the mission of exhibiting the most significant trends of both contemporary Hungarian and international fine art in Budapest. The art centre at Heroes’ Square in Budapest is open to the whole spectrum of Hungarian visual culture. It operates strictly according to the principle of aesthetic value, without any constraint of ideology or age. Besides organising exhibitions, programs involving other art forms, and academic conferences, Kunsthalle’s publishing activity is significant as well.