CHECK IN BUDAPEST
a series of curatorial research programs, public presentations & round tables
organized by ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange
The next editions of Check in Budapest will focus on contemporary photography.
ACAX cordially invites you to the lecture of William Ewing (director and curator of the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne):
Edward Steichen, The First Modern Fashion Photographer
Date: 3 February 2010 (Wednesday), 6 p.m.
Location: Magyar Fotográfusok Háza - Mai Manó Ház (1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 20.)
The lecture will be held in English. All are welcome!
William Ewing is a curator and author with a long string of exhibitions and publications to his credit. His exhibitions have been shown at major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the International Center of Photography, New York; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Centre Pompidou and the Jeu de Paume Paris; the Museo Nacional Reina Sophia, Madrid; the International Center for Photography, Milan; the Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg; the Barbican Art Gallery, the Serpentine Gallery and the Hayward Gallery, London; the Kunsthaus, Zurich.
One of his major interest is emerging talents, and he has co-curated two versions of reGeneration: 50 photographers of tomorrow (2005 – 2010), shows which have a distinct influence on the field.
He has published more than twenty publications including The Body (1994); The Face: The New Photographic Portrait (2006); Ray K. Metzker: Light Lines (2008) and has co-authored Edward Steichen; Lives in Photography (2007) and Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, 1923-1937(2008-9).
Mr Ewing was Director of Exhibitions at the International Center of Photography, New York, between 1977 and 1984. In 1996 he was appointed Director of the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, where he remains today. Since 1998 he has been teaching the history and analysis of photography at the University of Geneva.
http://www.elysee.ch/
Check in Budapest
The curatorial visitor program Check in Budapest is a series of events initiated by ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange in the autumn of 2008. So far more than 40 curators and art critics participated in the program. The different editions of Check in Budapest consist out of two main activities: a curatorial research, completed by public presentations and panel discussions. In order to give an extensive insight into the Hungarian art scene and the places of art production, the curatorial research program includes tours to different galleries and museums, as well as meetings with artists, curators and key cultural producers. In the public lecture the visiting professionals present their work and current fields of interest and share their ideas with each other in a public debate.
The program aims to establish and maintain channels of effective and continuous professional communication among the actors of the Hungarian and international art scene, as well as to promote and support the international appearance and integration of Hungarian artists.
http://www.acax.hu/index.php?pageid=154
The special photography edition of Check in Budapest is supported by the National Cultural Fund (of Hungary).
ACAX operates in the framework of the Ludwig Museum–Museum of Contemporary Art
Contact:
ACAX | Nemzetközi Kortárs Képzőművészeti Iroda
ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange
1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 8. (kaputelefon 101, bejárat a társasház lépcsőháza felől)
Tel: + 36 1 501 4111
Fax: + 36 1 501 4112
E-mail: info@acax.hu
Web: www.acax.hu
