Budapest is the tenth-best city for antique lovers in Europe, scoring 7.02 out of 10. That is according to the latest study by Confused.com (Q3 2022), where research reveals the best cities in Europe for bargain hunters. In the antique index, the capital city scores highly for the quality of its antique stores (4.40/5), ranking […]
A ceremony was held at the Madách Theater this Friday night in Budapest after the 900th performance of The Phantom of the Opera. The theatre premiered the musical, directed by Tamás Szirtes, on 30 May 2003. According to a statement by Madách Theater, their team and director Tamás Szirtes had the honor of presenting the […]
A painting by Béla Kondor and one by Ilona Keserü sold for over a HUF one hundred million each at the first contemporary auction at the Kieselbach Gallery in Budapest. According to the gallery's statement, the auction, which was attended by a large number of visitors on Friday evening, set unprecedented records in Hungary. Béla […]
The VOLT Festival in Sopron will be cancelled in 2023. In a statement sent to the state news agency MTI on Friday, the organizers justified the decision with the uncertain economic environment. Tamás Kádár, the head of Sziget Organizing Office organizing major festivals such as Sziget, Balaton Sound and Telekom VOLT, stressed in the statement […]
The Best Actress award was given to Natasa Stork, the lead actress of the Hungarian movie ‘Ice Cream Can Be Dangerous’ at the New York Film Week, the Hungarian National Film Institute reports. Fanni Szilágyi's first feature film, which will be released in mid-November, follows the tumultuous relationship of an identical twins, both played by […]
An international seminar at Budapest’s Metropolitan University is organized as part of the World Press Photo 2022 exhibition on October 29 this year. As an introduction to the seminar, the University notes that the world today is facing new problems and dilemmas. These are challenges for an entirely new generation, who have a whole range […]
UNESCO declared Hollókő, a village NE of Budapest, a World Heritage Site 35 years ago this year, and a photo album was published to mark the anniversary. The publication ‘The Heart of Hollókő - Values, Beauties and Experiences of the Living World Heritage Village" was presented in Budapest this Thursday, the village council informed the […]
The Hungarian Jazz Federation has announced that Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Kossuth Prize-winning pianist, composer, national artist and outstanding figure of Hungarian jazz, passed away at dawn on Sunday at the age of 79. His person is intertwined with the development and expansion of Hungarian jazz, and his passing is an irreplaceable loss, they wrote. Béla […]
The World Press Photo 2022 exhibition was opened at the Hungarian National Museum this Thursday, presenting close to 140 photographs from around the world. According to the organizers, the public can discover many carefully uncovered stories in the World Press Photo exhibition. The four global winners have each spent years working on their subject. Documenting […]
Hungarian artist Tamás Dezső's exhibition ‘Hypothesis: Everything is Leaf', exploring the connections between the living world and man, will be on view at the Capa Center in Budapest from September 22 to December 23. The series, which explores the complex relationships of the living world, was inspired by the artist's philosophical studies and is seen […]
The Budapest theater Vígszínház [‘Comedy Theater’] held its season opening meeting on September 14. For the 2022/23 season, the theater is planning to present eight shows in three venues. On October 8, Viktor Bodó will direct Kafka's ‘The Castle’, while on October 22, the Pesti Theater will premiere a contemporary English play, ‘Incognito’, directed by […]
A new exhibition of the works of János Vaszary, a foremost master of Hungarian fine art distinguished by great stylistic diversity, opening in the Hungarian National Gallery this Wednesday, presents seventy paintings out of which twenty-four were previously unknown to the public as well as to professionals. The paintings encompass virtually the entirety of Vaszary’s […]
The Cervantes Institute is not only the largest Spanish language teaching institution in the world, but also offers free cultural programs to promote and disseminate the culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. This Saturday, September 10, the Cervantes Institute in Budapest is organizing an open day where visitors will be able to attend free tutorials […]
The 30th anniversary of the current building of the French Institute, inaugurated in 1992, in Budapest will be celebrated with a program of events spanning all the arts this Saturday, September 10 from afternoon until midnight. Although the French Institute was founded in 1947, it moved from the Szegfű Street building to its new building […]
Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév has won this year’s Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour)’ for an episode of the television series ‘Eurphoria’. The Hungarian cinematographer was already nominated last year for an episode of the HBO series (Trouble Don't Last Always), and this year, he won the award for another […]
