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Protest MMA#3

Posted on January 2, 2013 by ellenpolus

(Free Artists Press Conference at the Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest) Location: Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest Time: 10:30 a.m., 28 December 2012 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Continue reading →

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Kulturkampf Reaching Rock Bottom In Karpathian Basin

Posted on December 24, 2012 by ellenpolus

“[M]embership of the [Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA)] ‘requires a commitment to the nation, a certain ‘national sentiment’.’ Artists who criticise the government abroad are not eligible for membership…” If this “national sentiment” Diktat reaches the Hungarian Academy of Sciences … Continue reading →

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Protest MMA#1

Posted on December 21, 2012 by ellenpolus

PROTEST demonstration at the beginning of the General Assembly of the MMA organised by Free Artists (Documentation – director’s cut with Hungarian, English and German subtitles) Press information: We demand the repeal of public body status of the Hungarian Academy … Continue reading →

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Protest MMA #1 (press release)

Posted on December 21, 2012 by ellenpolus

We demand the abolition of the Hungarian Academy of Art’s public body status! With effect from 2 April 2011 the Hungarian Academy of Arts was specified in the Fundamental Law of Hungary. “Hungary shall defend the scientific and artistic freedom … Continue reading →

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Power of Hungary’s conservative art Academy grows

Posted on December 21, 2012 by ellenpolus

Opponents disrupt meeting of influential right-wing group Around a dozen protesters managed to crash the general assembly meeting of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA) on 15 December. The Academy is an ultra conservative artists’ association funded by the Hungarian … Continue reading →

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Artists flee from György Fekete’s academy

Posted on December 19, 2012 by ellenpolus

György Cserhalmi, a well-known Hungarian actor announced he was going to quit the Hungarian Art Academy (MMA). (Hungarian Art Academy used to be a politically right orientated art association, which became a public body. Hungarian Art Academy’s director, György Fekete, … Continue reading →

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MMA members -2

Posted on December 13, 2012 by ellenpolus

József Nagy coreographer, the director of Trafó Contemporary Art Space, resigned his MMA membership. “Nem tudom értelmezni Fekete György, az erkölcsöt, és a nacionalizmust esztétikai kategóriává tevő szavait” “I cannot interpret György Fekete’ words in which he includes morals and … Continue reading →

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