The primary goal of ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange is to facilitate, support and strengthen the international presence of the contemporary Hungarian art scene. Through networking and a wide range of programs, ACAX initiates and maintains exchange and continuous professional collaboration between the actors of the Hungarian and international art communities.

ACAX Activities

In the frame of our Check-In Budapest curatorial visitor program, we invite internationally renowned experts in the field of contemporary visual art to Hungary for a curatorial research trip: the directors and curators of biennials and institutions, freelancers, independent scholars, art critics writing for international journals, as well as art historians and occasionally artist. The goal of the program is to facilitate international art professionals to become acquainted with the actors and current trends of the Hungarian art scene. The program has resulted in a number of partnerships and projects with the invitation of Hungarian artists to participate in international biennials and other exhibitions. As Hungarian partner, ACAX co-ordinates and supports the artists’ involvement in these significant events, assisting also in the production of new works.

Another important area of our operations is to initiate, organize and support the participation of Hungarian artists in international artist-in-residence programs. We work together with key institutions in the world’s most significant centres of art, providing suitable working conditions for resident artists, the possibility of exchange and networking with the local art scene.

Alongside all of this, we take an active role in initiating and organizing exhibitions, conferences, public events and other projects in collaborating with international contemporary art institutions.

ACAX also acts as an important mediator in the effective distribution of information. Sometimes just offering a little help or connecting the right people is enough to forge successful collaborations. Our constantly expanding archive contains the catalogues, digital portfolios and publications of contemporary Hungarian artists and art institutions, and is freely accessible to researchers by prior appointment. We are continually uploading artists’ portfolios to our website, in order to offer the possibility to become acquainted with their work, both at home and abroad. Our regularly published newsletter provides our readers with information about our current programs and a number of international grant and funding possibilities.

Organizational Structure

Founded in January 2006, from September 1, 2008, ACAX operates as an affiliate of the Ludwig Museum–Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest. ACAX’s professional programs are realized through the support of the Ministry of National Resources, as well as through domestic and international funding.

Contact


ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange
Address: H-1051 Budapest, Sas utca 14., 1st floor (door bell: Loffice)
Postal address: Ludwig Museum–Museum of Contemporary Art, H-1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca 1.

Tel: (+36 1) 785 81 05
Email: info@acax.hu