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Beata Hock Interview Discusses Feminist Curatorial Practice and Exhibition 'Agents et provocateurs'

opinion-review · 2026-04-19

Beata Hock, an independent curator and researcher based in Budapest, holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Gender Studies and specializes in feminist cultural theory. In collaboration with Franciska Zólyom, she co-curated the exhibition 'Agents et provocateurs' at the Institute of Contemporary Art-Dunaújváros, Hungary, during October-November 2009, which is scheduled to reopen at Hartware MedienKunstVerein-Dortmund in May 2010. Hock also published 'Nemtan és pablikart' in 2005 and writes for various art magazines and scholarly journals. Franciska Zólyom, an art historian and curator from Berlin, served as the director of the Institute until September 2009 and has held multiple positions in art institutions. Allan Siegel interviewed Hock on January 27, 2010, in Budapest.

Key facts

  • Beata Hock is an independent curator and researcher based in Budapest with a Ph.D. in Comparative Gender Studies.
  • Hock co-curated the exhibition 'Agents et provocateurs' with Franciska Zólyom.
  • The exhibition was on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art-Dunaújváros, Hungary in October-November 2009.
  • The exhibition will reopen at Hartware MedienKunstVerein-Dortmund in May 2010.
  • Hock published the book 'Nemtan és pablikart: Lehetséges értelmezési szempontok az utóbbi másfél évtized két művészeti irányzatához' in 2005.
  • Franciska Zólyom was director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Dunaújváros until September 2009.
  • Zólyom has been a board member of tranzit.hu since 2005 and AICA Hungary since 2007.
  • The interview was recorded on January 27, 2010, in Budapest by Allan Siegel.

Entities

Artists

  • Beata Hock
  • Franciska Zólyom
  • Allan Siegel

Institutions

  • Institute of Contemporary Art-Dunaújváros
  • Hartware MedienKunstVerein-Dortmund
  • Praesens Books
  • Ludwig Museum Budapest
  • Hamburger Bahnhof
  • Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
  • Curator's Association Budapest
  • tranzit.hu
  • AICA Hungary
  • ARTMargins Online

Locations

  • Budapest
  • Hungary
  • Dunaújváros
  • Berlin
  • Germany
  • Dortmund
  • New York

Sources