History in the making in Hungary and all around
90 years of photos to browse
One good way of spending some hours during the coronavirus pandemic is to see the Fortepan website, a copyright-free and community-based photograph archive currently holding 139,633 pictures in total, available for anyone to browse and download in high-resolution format with no charge.
National Museum closing down
The Hungarian National Museum and its affiliates will be closed from Wednesday on due to coronavirus-related restrictions.
Design Without Borders at Kiscelli Museum
Arts from across the board, across the region
For 15 years Design Without Borders has been one of Central Europe’s most significant dynamically evolving independent exhibition and all-arts event series, and this year features the works of more than 140 designers, jewellery designers and visual artists from Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, ...
Plays with English subtitles at Örkény Theatre
Performances for expatriates waiting in the wings
Budapest’s Örkény István Theatre will feature a series of performances with English subtitles next April and May.
Preparations start for archaeological excavation of Buda synagogue
Preparations for the archaeological excavation of a more than 500-year-old synagogue in the castle district of Buda will start on Monday.
Budapest Jewish and Israeli Film Festival to offer 17 titles
The international Jewish and Israeli Film Festival will this year feature 17 recent titles on Jewish life, culture and history between November 24 and December 6, organisers said on Monday.
Hungarian film wins Best New Director at Chicago film fest
Hungarian director Lili Horvat's film, Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, has won the Gold Hugo Prize for best new director at the Chicago International Film Festival.
10th Art Market Budapest to present 70 exhibitors from 20 countries
The 10th Art Market Budapest international art fair will this year feature over 70 exhibitors from 20 countries between October 22 and 25 in the Millenaris centre and park, the event's founder and director said on Wednesday.
The exhibition will run until May 2021
Scully retrospective exhibition opens in Budapest
An exhibition presenting 110 pieces from every major period of renowned contemporary abstract artist Sean Scully will open in the Hungarian National Gallery on Wednesday.
Robert Doisneau exhibition “From Paris to Palm Springs”
A tale of two cities
One of France’s most noted photographers, Robert Doisneau, who was born in the Paris suburb Gentilly in 1912, left behind 450,000 negatives when he died in April 1994. A selection can be seen in the exhibition “From Paris to Palm Springs” at The Hungarian ...
