Category Archives: EN

Position of United for Contemporary Art (UCA) – May 15, 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by ludwigstairs

Position of United for Contemporary Art United for Contemporary Art has been demonstrating in the Ludwig Museum since last Thursday for transparency of the tender system, for autonomy of institutions and for a professional alliance. Among those joining the alliance … Continue reading →

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Press Release – Ministry of Human Resources – May 13, 2013

Posted on May 13, 2013 by ludwigstairs

PRESS RELEASE The representatives of United for Contemporary Art, demonstrating for days on the stairs of Ludwig Museum, did not appear at the Monday meeting initiated by the Ministry. The Ministry regrets that the demonstrators demanding democracy and transparency are … Continue reading →

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Press Release – United for Contemporary Art (UCA) – May 13, 2013

Posted on May 13, 2013 by ludwigstairs

PRESS RELEASE 13 May 2013 On Thursday, 9 May, the United for Contemporary Art group occupied the staircase of the Ludwig Museum, and then, formulating their demands, invited Minister Zoltán Balog for a public, professional discussion. In reaction to this, … Continue reading →

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Enough is enough!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by ellenpolus

Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary MAY 12, 2013 More than 30 artists occupied the Ludwig Museum on Thursday, May 9th 2013, to demand complete transparency in the selection process for a new director and the institution’s autonomy from right-wing ruling party Fidesz. … Continue reading →

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Liberate Ludwig

Posted on May 13, 2013 by ellenpolus

Fed up with the institutional creep of growing political control of the Hungarian art world, with museums merged, directors chopped and changed, beloved art spaces threatened, and the stranglehold of an ultra-conservative clique in a constitutionally-embedded – Soviet-style – Academy … Continue reading →

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Alliance for Contemporary Arts Occupation of the Ludwig

Posted on May 12, 2013 by ellenpolus

With regards to the recent events in Hungary, the Alliance for Contemporary Arts Occupation of the Ludwig Museum started on May 09. Pictures of the event can be found on Facebook (you need to login). IKT will send an official … Continue reading →

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Cultural Coup: The State of the Arts in Hungary 2013

Posted on May 12, 2013 by ellenpolus

Adéle Eisenstein I am writing this text at the last minute before going to press. Just as I am curating a show abroad* – and waiting for the last minute in deciding the precise content of some of the new … Continue reading →

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