Founded in 2006, the MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The concept of the exhibition reflects on this milestone occasion. Since its inception, collaboration with Debrecen’s cultural and educational institutions has been of central importance to MODEM. To mark the anniversary, twenty partner organizations from Debrecen were invited to select a work from MODEM’s collection that they consider particularly significant and to provide a short statement of up to 1,500 characters explaining their choice.

Through this anniversary exhibition, MODEM aims not only to showcase the cultural diversity of Debrecen but also to present a kaleidoscopic view of the artworks in its collection through the perspectives of partner institutions. The second section of the exhibition features artists who have been connected to MODEM in various ways, including previous exhibitions, but whose works MODEM has not previously had the opportunity to acquire for its collection.

Kristóf József Balogh, Mária Berhidi, Ákos Birkás, Loránd Bögös, Imre Bukta, Centrala (Małgorzata Kuciewicz & Simone De Iacobis), Balázs Csizik, Daniel Godínez Nivón, Miklós Erhardt, Mátyás Erményi, Miklós Ganczaugh, Pál Gerber, Kitti Gosztola, Ferenc Gróf, Sándor Imreh, Richárd Kiss, Katalin Kortmann-Járay & Karina Mendreczky, Gábor Kristóf, Csilla Nagy, Norbert Oláh, Rudolf Pacsika, Péter Pettendi-Szabó, Société Réaliste, Luca Rózsa, Ádám Szabó, Lilla Szász, Lenke Szilágyi, Lilla Váczi, Ottó Vincze, Wiosna van Bon