{"id":8610,"date":"2026-03-17T13:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capacenter.hu\/esemenyek\/what-is-photo-brut-at-the-crossroads-of-art-photography-and-psychiatry\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:05:14","slug":"what-is-photo-brut-at-the-crossroads-of-art-photography-and-psychiatry","status":"publish","type":"esemenyek","link":"https:\/\/capacenter.hu\/en\/events\/what-is-photo-brut-at-the-crossroads-of-art-photography-and-psychiatry\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS PHOTO BRUT?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This international conference examines photo brut as an instinctive photographic practice at the crossroads of photography, psychology, psychiatry, art history, art market, and art brut. Organized by the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in cooperation with Foto Arsenal Wien, the event accompanies the exhibitions in both institutions, featuring works from Bruno Decharme\u2019s collection. Through thematic panels and a roundtable discussion, the program addresses art historical, medical, ethical, and art market\u2013related perspectives on photo brut.

Art brut \u2013 and specifically photo brut \u2013 represents a relatively young and evolving branch in the history of art. The conference builds on the growing momentum of the field, exploring a medium that is only now beginning to be fully integrated into the broader art historical canon and institutional research.

The conference also offers a rare opportunity to explore the Psychiatric Art Collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and to meet the collector himself, Bruno Decharme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accompanying event of the exhibition PHOTO I BRUT \u2013 Instinctive Photography \u2013 Insights into the Bruno Decharme Collection from Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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09:15 \u2013 09:30 (15 min.) Coffee & registration
09:30 \u2013 09:40 (15 min.) GREETINGS
<\/strong>\u25cf Matthieu Berton,  director of the French Institute of Hungary
\u25cf Alexander Renggli, Ambassador of Switzerland to Hungary
\u25cf Bruno Decharme, Collector, abcd Collection \u2013 Paris, France
\u25cf Istv\u00e1n Vir\u00e1gv\u00f6lgyi, Artistic Director, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary
\u25cf Felix Hoffmann, Artistic Director, Foto Arsenal Wien \u2013 Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:40 \u2013 10:40 (15+15 min. lectures, 30 min. Q&A) ART BRUT AND PHOTOGRAPHY
<\/strong>\u25cf Barbara Safarova, Exhibition Curator, Art Writer, President of abcd Collection \u2013 Paris, France
\u25cf Stefanie Hoch, Curator, Director of Kunstmuseum Thurgau \u2013 Ittingen, Switzerland
Moderated by Emese Mucsi, Curator, Capa Center \u2013 Budapest, Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:50 \u2013 12:00 (70 min.) GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION
<\/strong>Bruno Decharme, Collector, abcd Collection in conversation with curators Emese Mucsi and Andr\u00e1s V\u00e1radi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00 \u2013 13:00 (60 min.) Lunch break
13:00 \u2013 14:00 (15+15 min. lectures, 30 min. Q&A) PSYCHIATRY, MEDICINE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY
<\/strong>\u25cf Katrin Luchsinger, Art Historian, Curator, Researcher, Zurich University of the Arts \u2013 Zurich, Switzerland
\u25cf Monika Perenyei, Art Historian, Photo Historian, Psychiatric Art Collection, Hungarian Academy of Sciences \u2013 Budapest, Hungary
Moderated by Monika Pietrzak-Franger, Professor, University of Vienna \u2013 Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:10 \u2013 15:20 (70 min.) ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
<\/strong>Ethical issues surrounding the presentation of works by individuals living with psychiatric conditions
\u25cf Benedek Farkas, Independent Researcher, Liliput Theatre Archive \u2013 Budapest, Hungary
\u25cf Bruno Decharme, Collector, abcd Collection \u2013 Paris, France
\u25cf Judit Szalipszki, Curator, Traf\u00f3 Gallery \u2013 Budapest, Hungary
Moderated by Istv\u00e1n Vir\u00e1gv\u00f6lgyi, Artistic Director, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center \u2013 Budapest, Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:15 \u2013 17:15 (60 min.) VISIT TO THE PSYCHIATRIC ART COLLECTION OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (REGISTRATION IS FULL)
<\/strong>Address: 1097 Budapest, T\u00f3th K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Street 4, Building B, 6th floor (30 mins. by public transport)
Monika Perenyei, Art Historian, Photo Historian, Psychiatric Art Collection, Hungarian Academy of Sciences \u2013 Budapest, HungaryMax 12 people\/visit.
Registration required: emese.mucsi@capacenter.hu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We reserve the right to make changes to the program.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ACCOMPANYING EXHIBITION<\/strong><\/mark><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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