Artpool Art Research Center

[11] In addition to the desire to preserve and continue the heritage of the Chapel Studio in Balatonboglár, the surprising amount of responses and exchange materials received as a reaction to the publication of György Galántai, Antecedents,[12] also inspired the foundation of Artpool in 1979.

In addition to maintaining and developing the archive Artpool organized several international mail art projects and exhibitions in various small galleries and clubs in Hungary,[15] and published numerous catalogs and periodicals.

[1] Produced with a photocopier in 300-500 copies Artpool Letter released documents, reports, and interviews on local as well as international art events.

The city provided Artpool a property at Liszt Ferenc square, where the most significant part of the archive, the research space and the library was located between 1992 and 2020.

[42] As a continuation of its former enedevors and also reflecting on its new public status, Artpool started the systematic research and presentation of the avant-garde art of the seventies and the eighties.

The institution maintained its collaborations with prominent actors of the international art world, by inviting many of them to public events in Budapest, including Ben Vautier,[43] John Held[44] or Jean-Jacques Lebel.

The continuation of the program of the Newkapolcs Gallery,[53] operating between 1991 and 1995 was taken over by the Galántai House (K55) in 2009,[54] and from 2015 on Artpool's presence in Kapolcs was expanded with the venue "Area 51".

Artpool's exhibition venues in Kapolcs feature audio-visual presentations and experimental curatorial projects by György Galántai with samples from the archive and the collection.

[57] The year 2020 marks another turning point in Artpool's history: by the end of this year, Artpool has become part of the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), a newly established sub-institution of the Museum of Fine Arts in Hungary, integrating the documentation and archival departments of both the museum and the Hungarian National Gallery.