More Picasso Prints on Display at the Móra Museum in Szeged

The public can view more Picasso prints at the Móra Museum in Szeged this Saturday during the Autumn Night of Museums, where visitors can also learn about numerous historical legends connected to the city and find out if there is any truth to them.

According to Anita Hegedűs, the public collection’s PR representative, experts have replaced several prints previously on display in the exhibition titled “My Dear Friend, Picasso!” for conservation reasons, so visitors will also be able to see works that have not been shown before.

At the exhibition showcasing the relationship between Pablo Picasso and Hungarian artists, guided tours are available every hour. Visitors can also join in evoking the spirit of the legendary artist: those who arrive at the museum wearing a Picasso-style black-and-white striped T-shirt can purchase tickets for evening programs at half price.

Staff members of the public collection invite interested visitors to take part in a “Museum Scavenger Hunt”: by completing various tasks at the Móra Museum and its exhibition venues, participants can collect stamps, which can be exchanged for gifts. At the Black House, the “Folk Fashion” exhibition will feature a dress-up fashion show as well as a guided tour with music and dance. Visitors can join curator-led tours at both the Black House and the Móra Museum, while in the museum library, historians will explore historical legends that would be considered “fake news” today. Among other things, guests will hear about the brick-vaulted tunnels running beneath the city, where, according to legend, the legendary outlaw Sándor Rózsa took refuge, and they’ll also discover whether it was truly a close call when Hungarian artillery nearly hit Austrian Major General Haynau, who was observing the nearby Battle of Szőreg from the tower of the Szeged City Hall in the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and freedom fight against the Habsburg rule.