Israel will also be a guest of honour at the large-scale CAFe Budapest art festival this month which will be signalled by putting a new sculpture by Eran Shakine on display in Széchenyi Square near Chain Bridge, she said.

Yossi Amrani, the ambassador of Israel, said they immediately supported the idea of participating in the event. “A dream has come true within a short time, just as how the State of Israel was born from a dream, that of Theodore Herzl born in Budapest,” he said.

Both festivals will present Israel’s photo and fine arts, music and gastronomy along with Jewish traditions all along, he added. Art Market Budapest will this year feature thousands of works by more than 500 artists from 24 countries in four continents in Millenáris Park, Attila Ledényi, the festival’s founder, said.

Photo: Art Market Budapest

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