David Holzer

In Budapest

Lasting Impact of 2004 Budapest Converging Lines Poetry Festival

The 2004 Converging Lines poetry festival, organized by the then highly popular Budapest English-language literary cabaret The Bardroom and the...

Music

Moby Invites Budapest Art Orchestra to Contribute to new Album

When it came time to look back over a career in music that spans three decades, superstar musician and DJ...

Art

Exploring ‘Spaces of Intensity’ by Budapest Architects 3h

“Spaces of Intensity” is a book about 3h, a group of Budapest architects founded in 1994 by Katalin Csillag and...

Art

Warming up With the Pre-Raphaelites at the Hungarian National Gallery

On a recent unseasonably cold and rainy Sunday, my Hungarian partner and I took refuge in the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at...

Music

How the Coronavirus is Affecting Hungarian Band Carson Coma

Those of us who enjoy experiencing music live have had a hard year, and the immediate future doesn’t look too...

Art

Welcoming the Chance to Wander Budapest’s Museums and Galleries Again

Budapest’s museums and galleries might soon be open to visitors who can prove they have been vaccinated. Hearing this made...

Art

Inside Hungarian Bestseller Edith Eger’s ‘The Gift’

The other night, my partner and I were feeling rather gloomy. This isn’t so unusual for her – she’s Hungarian,...

Tourism

Springtime Walking in Budapest

As I have said before, the best way to explore any city is to deliberately get lost, something that is...

Art

World-class Győr Ballet Dance Company Performs GisL Online for Bartok Celebration

On April 6 at 7 p.m., ballet lovers from all over the world will have the opportunity to watch the...

Art

Discovering Hungarian Cinema Online in Lockdown

A few nights ago, stuck for something to watch after a hard day at the electric coal face, it occurred...

Art

Searching for Guitarist Gábor Szabó

I began researching a biography of the great Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó around the middle of 2020. For the past...

History

Introducing 3 Secretly Influential Hungarians

Spend enough time in this country and Hungarian pride in famous people with Magyar origins begins to rub off on...

Art

Musician István Bergendy and his Place in Hungarian pop Culture

Oddly enough, the first Hungarian I knowingly ever met was a guy named Steve Bergendy, a popular bass player on...

Retail

A Random Spark of Life on the Buda Side

Lövőház utca, behind the Mammut shopping mall on the Buda side of the river, doesn’t look like much. But, on...

Drinks

Mixologists and Baristas: a Cocktail of new Opportunities

Mixing perfect cocktails or, as Detective Dale Cooper put it the cult-hit TV series “Twin Peaks”, “a damn fine cup...

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...