Category Archives: occupy LUMU – international

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

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

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

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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Ludwig Museum Zeitgenössischer Kunst in Ungarn besetzt Seit

Donnerstagabend ist das Ludwig Museum im Palast der Künste, das maßgebliche Museum zeitgenössischer Kunst in Ungarn, von Aktivisten und Mitarbeitern besetzt worden. Grund ist, wie bei anderen Häusern bereits auch exzerziert, die Ablösung des bisherigen Direktors sowie der Umstand, dass … Continue reading

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Ludwig Stiftung betrübt über Personalpläne für Museum in Budapest

Aachen (dpa – Die Ludwig Stiftung in Aachen ist nicht glücklich über die geplante Ablösung des bisherigen Direktors im Ludwig Museum Budapest. 03.05.2013 Der Vertrag von Barnabas Bencsik soll nicht verlängert werden, eine andere Bewerberin hat in der Bestellungskommission den … Continue reading

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Enough is enough!

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

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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