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The First Slovak Investment Group was one of the first independent (non-state) firms to collect art after the Velvet Revolution 1989. The concept behindthe Collection of the First Slovak InvestmentGroup is to represent contemporary art and place it in the context of Central European art in the 20^thcentury. The 1960s was a period of great artistic production in Slovakia, and works from this time were at a comparable level to contemporaneous works in other parts of Europe. Many artists in the 1970s and 1980s worked outside the official art scene and created so-called “unofficial” works which were separate from the official doctrine of socialist realism; these works consciously embodied the artistic freedom that was limited during the period of normalization.The collected works represent significant contributions by Slovak artists to the art of the second half of the 20^thcentury, and they are also important in the broader European context.

Founder:
- First Slovak Investment Group´s collection
Location:
- Bratislava, Slovakia
Name:
- The First Slovak Investment Group
Date of founding:
- 1992
Operator roles:
- First Slovak Investment Group´s collection
Owner of:
- First Slovak Investment Group´s collection
Main actor of:
- Slovak contemporary art

Foksal Gallery

“Galeria Foksal” was the centre of one of the most important art circles of the second half of the 20th century. The gallery was founded in 1966 in Warsaw and co-created by art critics and artists with an interest in avant-garde art. It exhibited audiovisual installations, environments, and other forms of conceptual art which broke with the traditional forms of painting and sculpture. However, the artists involved in the gallery were first and foremost among the pioneers of action art and happening. Due to their innovative character, many of these activities are now considered to be one of the milestones of Polish modern art. Close cooperation between curators and artists meant that “Galeria Foksal” was also a research institution and was responsible for several theoretical manifestos.

From the beginning, the gallery maintained numerous contacts abroad and exchanged information with art centres in Western Europe. Although it was controlled by state institutions, it gave artists relative freedom. This was not a given, considering the repressive nature of the authorities in the Peoples' Republic of Poland and official censorship. However, the next generation of artists, now referred to as the neo avant-garde of the 1970s, saw “Galeria Foksal” – which by then enjoyed a dominant position in the Polish art world – as “licensed avant-garde”: that is, tolerated by the authorities as harmless. The group of artists centred around “Galeria Foksal” was also accused of holding an elitist view of art as a practice for a narrow group of the initiated.

Founders of the gallery included critics Wiesław Borowski, Anka Ptaszkowska, and Mariusz Tchorek, as well as artists Henryk Stażewski, Zbigniew Gostomski, Edward Krasiński, and Roman Owidzki. Soon, Tadeusz Kantor joined the group of permanent collaborators. From the very beginning, the activities of the gallery and the artistic life of the circle of people involved in it were documented by two of the most acclaimed Polish photographers – Eustachy Kossakowski and Tadeusz Rolke. The gallery is active to this day and collaborates with several generations of Polish artists.

In 1997, the “Galeria Foksal Foundation” was established in the gallery, and was later – following a rift – transformed into an independent institution, now enjoying the status of one of the most prestigious private art galleries in Poland.

Sources:
Galeria Foksal, official website, http://www.galeriafoksal.pl
Galeria Foksal, profile at the Culture.pl portal, http://culture.pl/pl/miejsce/galeria-foksal
Polit Paweł (ed.), Edward Krasiński. Elementarz ABC, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow 2008.

Location:
- Warszawa Foksal 1, Poland
Name:
- Foksal Gallery
Date of founding:
- 1966
Creator at:
- Eustachy Kossakowski Archive
- Tadeusz Rolke Archive at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Main actor of:
- Foksal Gallery established, event, 1966

Fondation Zdenek et Michaela Bakala

In 2011, Zdeněk Bakala and his wife Michaela created the Fondation Zdeněk et Michaela Bakala in Geneva, to extend their support to students studying in Switzerland. The aim is to assist them in their pursuit of top-quality higher education.

Location:
- 1205 Genève Rue De-Candolle 20 , Switzerland
Name:
- Fondation Zdenek et Michaela Bakala
Date of founding:
- 2011

Forum Minority Research Institute

The Forum Minority Research Institute was established in 1996 by the nonprofit Forum and Katedra foundations in Dunajská Streda. Today it has two departments, in Šamorín and Komárno. The residence of the institution is in Šamorín.
The institution mainly focuses on research and documentation of the history of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. The institution collects legal documents, books, newspapers, etc., makes oral history interviews, and organizes workshops and conferences. The institution has it is own publishing house.
Since 1999 it has partnered with the Forum Information Center, which works as an education centre and centre for regional development. In 2009 the Forum Institute established the Round Table of Hungarians is Slovakia.

Founder:
Location:
- 931 01 Šamorín Parková 4 , Slovakia
Name:
- Forum Minority Research Institute
Date of founding:
- 1996
Operator roles:
Owner of:
Main actor of:
- Donation from Sándor Varga

Foundation Poster EAST

The foundation Plakat OST collects, preserves and publishes East-German poster-art from the year 1945 onwards. It also attempts a historical reappraisal of GDR poster-art. It supports the Archive Song and Social Movements by caring for the correct storage of the posters they collected.

Location:
- Berlin Mohrenstraße 32, Germany 10117