Iván Hevesy

{{short description|Hungarian art theorist}}

Iván Hevesy ({{IPA|hu|ˈivaːn ˈhɛvɛʃi|lang|Hu-Ivan_Hevesy.ogg}}; 7 December 1893{{spaced ndash}} 29 January 1966) was a Hungarian literature, photography and film theorist. Hevesy is best known for his pioneering role in the history of the Hungarian avant-garde.{{cite book|last1=Botar|first1=Oliver A.I.|title=Technical Detours: The Early Moholy-Nagy Reconsidered|date=2006|publisher=Art Gallery of the Graduate Center, the City University of New York|location=New York|isbn=978-1599713571|pages=18–19}}{{cite web|title=Iván Hevesy: Primitive Art|url=https://budapestposter.com/posters/ivan-hevesy-primitive-art|website=Budapest Poster Gallery|accessdate=24 May 2018}}{{cite journal|last1=Botar|first1=Oliver|title=Review: Films by Lászlo Moholy-Nagy , by László Moholy-Nagy; Ein Lichtspiel schwarz weiss grau ; Impressionen vom alten marseiller Hafen (Vieux port) ; Berliner Stilleben ; Architects' Congress ; Lobsters ; The New Architecture and the London Zoo ; Gross-Stadt Zigeuner ; and Do Not Disturb |journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians|date=2008|volume=67|issue=3|pages=460–462|publisher=University of California Press|doi=10.1525/jsah.2008.67.3.460|jstor=10.1525/jsah.2008.67.3.460}}{{cite book|last1=Sebeok|first1=Thomas A.|last2=Umiker-Sebeok|first2=Jean|title=The Semiotic Sphere|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|location=Boston, MA|isbn=9781475702057|page=281|edition=7}}