The Chinese Cultural Center in the Hungarian capital opened its doors to the public on Thursday with a photo exhibition entitled ‘In the Mirror of the Silk Road - China through the Eyes of Hungarian Photographers’. The director of the center, Jin Hao said that after several years of careful preparation, the center is open […]
The Hungarian-Turkish cultural season, which marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, has reached its halfway point. The season was launched with the slogan '100 events in the 100th year', and more than 70 cultural programs will be organized in Hungary in the first half of 2024, Gülsen […]
The events of this year's Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Year are a great success in both countries. That is according to Turkey's ambassador to Hungary, Gülsen Karanis Eksioglu. In the first five months, almost seventy Turkish-organized events were held in Hungary, to Budapest said. Assessing the events of the season at a press breakfast on Tuesday in […]
The Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the landing in Normandy with guided tours and screenings of never-before-seen photographs on June 5 and 6. Hungarian-born American photojournalist Robert Capa's life's work is marked by his capture of the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944. The photographer arrived on […]
On May 18 and 19, the KoreaON cultural festival will be held in Hungexpo Hall B in the Hungarian capital: free programs, big stage performances, dance and music performances, including MayTree, will take place in Budapest, where visitors will have the opportunity to discover the cultural values of the distant country on almost 1,500 square […]
In addition to a painting by Béla Kondor that has not been seen for four decades, a major work by Jenő Gábor and a still life by Dezső Czigány are also on offer at the spring auction of the Virág Judit Gallery in Budapest. The Virág Judit Gallery will hold its 75th Spring Auction of […]
Performers from the international forefront of jazz and popular music will be arriving at Budapest's Béla Bartók National Concert Hall at the Palace of Arts (Müpa). Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and her bandmate will perform on the June 30, the American band Take 6 on July 6 while Postmodern Jukebox will give a double […]
For the second time this year, the Masters & Pieces concert will take place at the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. On 12 September, the world-famous American jazz pianist Rhoda Scott, who plays the Hammond organ, will perform with Hungarian artists, violin virtuoso Roby Lakatos, cymbal virtuoso Jenő Lisztes and singer Gigi Radics. The event […]
The Embassy of Ireland in Hungary, the City of Szombathely and the Leopold Bloom Art Foundation have signed a tripartite cooperation agreement for closer cooperation in the Bloomsday project in Szombathely and the placement of the Foundation's art collection in the Szombathely Gallery. "Culture forms a special bond between Ireland and Hungary, and in my […]
Alongside Rihanna, Cher, Tina Turner, Edith Piaf, Marilyn Monroe, the Hungarian House of Music in Budapest will present the stories of Hungarian singers Éva Marton, Zséda, Magdi Rúzsa, Zsuzsa Koncz and other artists in an exhibition entitled ‘Divas and Icons’, starting on May 18. ‘Diva & Icons’ is an international traveling exhibition of the Victoria […]
The Hungarian National Museum (MNM) will organize the May fest of Museums for the 27th time, on May 25-26. The professional programs and workshops of the country's largest museum event are in the spirit of the motto of ICOM, the International Council of Museums – Museums for Education and Research. In addition to the professional […]
To commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of the world-famous Hungarian photographer André Kertész, the Hungarian National Museum will organize a series of exhibitions between March 23 and September 22 in Esztergom and two venues in Budapest. A selection of Kertész's photographs purchased from New York in 2021 will be on display, allowing the […]
Hungarian production designer Zsuzsa Mihalek won an Academy Award, jointly with Shona Heath and James Price, for her work in the American movie ‘Poor Things’ the principal filming of which took place in the Hungarian capital. Zsuzsa Mihalek was not present at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles, but her co-recipients accepted the 'Best Production […]
From March, four highly successful shows, The Great Dictator, The Great Gatsby, Cabaret and The Seagull can be seen with English subtitles at the Vígszínház theater in Budapest. Stage adaptations of internationally well-known titles promise an exciting experience for foreigners living in Hungary and tourists visiting this country, the theater says in a statement. From […]
A painting by József Rippl-Rónai that has not been seen for almost eighty years is the most valuable piece at this year's Art and Antique Budapest exhibition and fair, which starts on Thursday and will be hosted by the Bálna events center in Budapest. The painting, titled 'Szent Pál Fair', was painted in 1912 by […]
