
Minister highlights cultural, regional aspects of European Capital of Culture programme
Tibor Navracsics, the regional development minister, highlighted the cultural and regional aspects of the Veszprem-Balaton European Capital of Culture 2023 season in Veszprem, in western Hungary, on Saturday.

Veszprem, three counties adopt cooperation statement on Europe culture capital
Western Hungary's Veszprem, Europe's culture capital this year, and the assemblies of three counties in the region adopted a statement at a meeting on Thursday aimed at cooperation under the European cultural programme.
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Museum of Fine Art’s El Greco show draws over 100,000 visitors
An exhibition of the work of El Greco (1541-1614) at Budapest's Museum of Fine Arts has attracted more than 100,000 visitors since it opened late in October.

Capa Prize holder photographer Moricz-Sabjan dies at 42
Internationally acclaimed photographer Simon Moricz-Sabjan died in an accident at the age of 42 on Wednesday, his wife told MTI on Thursday.

Buda Castle reconstruction presented at new visitor centre
A visitor centre presenting the ongoing reconstruction of the Buda Castle with architectural models and digital displays opened in the Hunyadi Courtyard on Monday.

Turn-of-the-century winter mood comes through
The Gallery of Young Artists has opened an exhibition of painter Emese Koltai in the Munkácsy room, Hotel Benczúr, Benczúr utca 35, District VI. Csaba Gömöri greeted guests and curator Péter Bézi of the Gallery of Young Artists opened the exhibition, which was arranged ...

Fujimoto’s House of Music wins US architecture prize
Budapest's House of Music, designed by Japanese architect Suo Fujimoto, has been awarded the Architectural Design of the Year award in America's prestigious Architecture MasterPrize competition.

Yoko Ono show to open in Hungarian National Museum
An exhibition entitled "War is Over! If You Want It - Tribute to Yoko Ono" will open in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest next Sunday.

Budapest Fine Arts Museum opens large-scale El Greco exhibition
A large-scale exhibition presenting some 50 autograph paintings of Cretan-Spanish master El Greco opened in Budapest's Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday.

Simon Moricz-Sabjan wins 2022 Capa grand prize
Simon Moricz-Sabjan has been awarded this year's Capa Grand Prize for Permanently Overcast, a photo series on life in Hungary's Great Plain, the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center said on Friday.
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Veszprém-Balaton to shine early with culture
With three European Capitals of Culture this year again rather than the usual two – another “catch-up” after three in 2022 following the disruption of the COVID pandemic – it is Hungary’s own Veszprém-Balaton that will be first off the mark with a Grand ...

Minister highlights cultural, regional aspects of European Capital of Culture programme
Tibor Navracsics, the regional development minister, highlighted the cultural and regional aspects of the Veszprem-Balaton European Capital of Culture 2023 season in Veszprem, in western Hungary, on Saturday.

Veszprem, three counties adopt cooperation statement on Europe culture capital
Western Hungary's Veszprem, Europe's culture capital this year, and the assemblies of three counties in the region adopted a statement at a meeting on Thursday aimed at cooperation under the European cultural programme.
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House of Hungarian Music tops World Architecture Community’s list of most anticipated buildings in 2021
The House of Hungarian Music, a part of a project to transform Budapest's City Park (Liget) into a cultural venue, has topped the World Architecture Community's (WAC) list of ten most anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021.

Fine Arts Museum reopens with ‘From Leonardo to Miro’ exhibition
Budapest's Museum of Fine Arts reopened with an exhibition showing some 50 precious drawings and prints by several international and Hungarian masters ranging from Leonardo to Miro and Munkacsy to Rippl-Ronai, on Friday.

Cézanne exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
‘Fresh approach’ to works of French master
The new exhibition of works by Paul Cézanne at Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts is the first there to feature the French painter for nine years. The latest display is titled “Cézanne to Malevich. Arcadia to Abstraction”, and it aims to explore the points ...