David Holzer

Art

GZÏ Art Gallery Bringing Splash of Color and French Elegance to Budapest

Open for a year, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia’s GZÏ Art Gallery in District VI is livening up the Budapest art scene with...

Art

Ernie Kovacs, the Groundbreaking U.S. Comedian with Hungarian Parents

Born in the United States to Hungarian parents, Ernie Kovacs is perhaps the most influential comedian with roots in this...

In Budapest

A Wander Down Budapest’s Broadway

Somewhat to my embarrassment, I only discovered Nagymező utca was known as Budapest’s Broadway when I interviewed Florian K. Walther,...

Art

Françoise Gilot Exhibition Opens in Country she Loved

As “Rising Phoenix,” the most comprehensive European exhibition of the work of the artist Françoise Gilot to date, opens at...

Art

20 Years Raising the Profile of Hungarian Poetry

As Hungarian poetry and translation initiative Converging Lines celebrates its 20th anniversary, I spoke to two of the co-founders: David...

Hotels

Rocking With the Musical Heartbeat of the City

Housed in what was once the city’s biggest club in the Opera District, long-since renamed “Budapest’s Broadway,” the Hard Rock...

In Budapest

Bem Mozi: An Outpost of Filmic Heaven in Buda

The satisfyingly scruffy Bem Cinema on the Buda side, just over the curving Margit híd, is the kind of movie...

Food

Tejföl: Is This the Very Essence of Hungarianness?

Not so long ago, I interviewed the son of the great Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. The musician had escaped...

Art

Photographs of Amazon Tribe at Museum of Ethnography

The press release for the Museum of Ethnography’s exhibition of Claudia Andujar’s work describes her as a “Hungarian-origin female photographer.”...

In Hungary

Smile, You’re in Hungary Now!

If you see rather more people on the streets of Budapest beaming from ear to ear today (Friday, Oct. 6)...

In Hungary

Disadvantaged Hungarian Kids Enjoy Billie Eilish at Sziget 2023

Most of us have the luxury of choosing whether we’ll go to the Sziget Festival. This year, none of the...

Art

Viewing Renoir: A Different Kind of Challenge

It can be fun to go to an exhibition by an artist you know little about or, in some cases,...

Art

World’s 1st Permanent Capa Exhibition Opens

In June of this year, the world’s first permanent exhibition of the legendary war photographer’s work opened in the new...

In Hungary

Discovering Hungary’s Garden of Eden at the S.U.N. Festival

We’re midway through summer, and it’s festival season in Hungary. As ever, it feels like we’re spoiled for choice without...

Music

Rare Chance to see Rock ‘n’ Roll Legend Iggy Pop in Hungary

On July 30, somewhat battered but still vital rock and roll icon Iggy Pop will play Veszprém’s newly opened pop-up...

Art

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

Culture

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Culture

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

In Hungary

Beyond Budapest: Szeged, ‘City of Sunshine’

Much as I am happy when I meet people who tell me, “We went to Hungary, we loved Budapest,” I’m...

Art

120th Anniversary of Hungarian Artist Vasarely’s Birth Celebrated

Vasarely 120 at Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts, which closes on Aug. 16, is the first large-scale retrospective of one...

Art

drMáriás on What ‘Petflix’ Means for his Art

A young Hungarian friend of mine recently used the ingenious “Petflix” to describe her and her friends’ fascination with this...

Music

Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

Art

Optimism and Dystopia: The Black Mirror at the Ludwig Museum

I had been resisting schlepping to the Ludwig Museum. The name conjured up images of a fustian pile filled with...

Music

Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

Culture

Hungary’s Bud Spencer Worship is Deep Rooted and Still Full of Beans

Wandering through our local supermarket, I couldn’t help but smile and be more than a little curious when I spotted...

Culture

Hungarian Musical Living Legend György Kurtág Honored at 100

The 100th birthday of the great Hungarian composer, György Kurtág, on Feb. 19 was celebrated with a festival of his...

Budapest

If March is Here, Then Spring has Sprung in Budapest

The great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald may have sung of the delights of April in Paris, but, for me, March...

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

Beyond Budapest: Szeged, ‘City of Sunshine’

Much as I am happy when I meet people who tell me, “We went to Hungary, we loved Budapest,” I’m...

120th Anniversary of Hungarian Artist Vasarely’s Birth Celebrated

Vasarely 120 at Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts, which closes on Aug. 16, is the first large-scale retrospective of one...

drMáriás on What ‘Petflix’ Means for his Art

A young Hungarian friend of mine recently used the ingenious “Petflix” to describe her and her friends’ fascination with this...

Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

Mákos Pite and Red Dope

It’s spring, and the poppies of Hungary are blooming in the field. Sitting outside a café in Szeged, I’m munching...

Optimism and Dystopia: The Black Mirror at the Ludwig Museum

I had been resisting schlepping to the Ludwig Museum. The name conjured up images of a fustian pile filled with...

Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

Hungary’s Bud Spencer Worship is Deep Rooted and Still Full of Beans

Wandering through our local supermarket, I couldn’t help but smile and be more than a little curious when I spotted...

Hungarian Musical Living Legend György Kurtág Honored at 100

The 100th birthday of the great Hungarian composer, György Kurtág, on Feb. 19 was celebrated with a festival of his...

If March is Here, Then Spring has Sprung in Budapest

The great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald may have sung of the delights of April in Paris, but, for me, March...

Hungarian Animated Classic ‘The Tragedy of Man’ Released on Blu-Ray

Marcell Jankovics’ extraordinary, animated feature-length version of Imre Madách’s 1861 play “The Tragedy of Man” is the most ambitious Hungarian...

Art Quarter Budapest: An Oasis of Artistic Freedom

I found out about Art Quarter Budapest by a circuitous route that began with me reading about the Hungarian noise...