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International Writers Amongst Visitors at PesText Festival

Writers from around the world, including French, English, Italian and Nordic authors, are set to visit the fifth PesText Festival...

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Hungary Picks ‘Four Souls of Coyote’ for Oscar Consideration

Director Áron Gauder's animated feature "Four Souls of Coyote" has been picked as Hungary's submission for consideration for nomination in...

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Mads Mikkelsen Sinks Teeth Into Budapest’s Culinary Scene While Filming Horror Flick

Internationally recognized Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has recently been spotted at restaurants in Budapest during the filming of his newest...

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Mini-Sculptures and a 55 m Graffiti Art Appearing Near Allee

A popular and widely visited square in Újbuda, Kőrösy sétány, is getting new and exciting works of art. At the...

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Hungarian Dancer at Béjart Ballet Lausanne for 1st Time in 50 Years

Ballet dancer Zsolt Vencel Kovács has become the first Hungarian dancer since 1972 to attain a permanent contract with Béjart...

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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...

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Ferenc Vollein to Open 60th Exhibition in Keszthely

Ferenc Vollein, a 24-year-old Hungarian painter, will open his 60th exhibition on August 9 in Keszthely, featuring his contemporary work....

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BME Launches Art Residency Program 2023/2024

The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) has launched its Art Residency Program of 2023/2024, in which an artist...

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Hungarian Art Collection Returns Home and Goes to Online Auction

The remarkable story of a Hungarian couple who became fine art collectors and dealers in America is now coming to...

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Hungary Adopting Performance-based Financing for Arts

Hungary will make state financing of the arts conditional on professional achievement and factors such as ticket sales starting this...

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European Capital of Culture Program Set to Boost Economy – Navracsics

Organizers aim to use the Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture program to support economic growth for the entire region,...

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Discover Symbolist and Poet Gyula Tichy at the Hungarian National Gallery

The exhibition of work by Hungarian painter-poet Gyula Tichy at the Hungarian National Gallery (MNG) in Budapest, entitled “The Master...

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Avatar: The Way of Water Breaks Box Office Record in Hungary

Box office receipts in Hungary of James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water have climbed over HUF 2 billion and...

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Curator’s Tour in English to Be Held at Kunsthalle

A curator's tour in English will be held in Kunsthalle's "The Philosopher Sculptor” exhibition by Nándor Wagner this week....

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Yoko Ono at Hungarian National Museum: Cynical or Sincere?

“War Is Over! If You Want It: Tribute to Yoko Ono,” the publicity line broadcasts. But the exhibition of the...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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József Kordás Returns With New Gallery Near Ráday Utca

Budapest has a new gallery, dedicated to the work of the painter József Kordás. After nearly two decades of self-imposed...

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New Book Collates Visual Diaries of Budapest and More

“Budapest Safari,” a brand new anthology of images of the capital city and other places from travels by the Hungary-based...

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Grimm’s Fairytale Mother Hulda Brought to Life at Budapest Circus

If you haven’t been to the circus in a while, perhaps it is time to reconsider. In the early to...

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Robert Berény Masterpiece Sells for HUF 38 mln at Fall Auction

The autumn auction at Judit Virág Gallery saw record sales of Hungarian modernist masterpieces, confirming the enduring strength of the...

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The Art of Life in Sultry Budapest

This year's Art Nouveau exhibition entitled “Art of Life” at the splendid Hungarian National Gallery is the sequel to its...

United States Named Guest of Honor at Hungary’s 40th Festival of Folk Arts

The United States will serve as guest of honor at Hungary’s 40th annual Festival of Folk Arts, to be held...

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...

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...

Film Industry Kick off Reform Drive to Reshape Hungary’s Film Funding

More than 80 film professionals and organisations have launched Filmreform, a campaign demanding real professional input into Hungary's film financing...

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...

Béla Tarr, Acclaimed Hungarian Filmmaker, Dies Aged 70

Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker, died on Tuesday at the age of 70, Bence Fliegauf, a film-director colleague, announced...

József Kordás Returns With New Gallery Near Ráday Utca

Budapest has a new gallery, dedicated to the work of the painter József Kordás. After nearly two decades of self-imposed...

New Book Collates Visual Diaries of Budapest and More

“Budapest Safari,” a brand new anthology of images of the capital city and other places from travels by the Hungary-based...

Grimm’s Fairytale Mother Hulda Brought to Life at Budapest Circus

If you haven’t been to the circus in a while, perhaps it is time to reconsider. In the early to...

Encountering the Spiritual on Andrássy

William Blake's “The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy” and Júlia Eszter Kuzma’s “Bestial Sanctum” may have been made centuries apart and...

Robert Berény Masterpiece Sells for HUF 38 mln at Fall Auction

The autumn auction at Judit Virág Gallery saw record sales of Hungarian modernist masterpieces, confirming the enduring strength of the...

Budapest Film Fest Salutes the Hungarian ‘Hollywood Animal’

From Sep. 16-21, five films by legendary Hungarian-American screenwriter Joe Eszterhas are being shown as part of the Budapest Classic...

The Art of Life in Sultry Budapest

This year's Art Nouveau exhibition entitled “Art of Life” at the splendid Hungarian National Gallery is the sequel to its...