416 result(s) for art deco budapest
Share Your Insights & You Could Win
- 4 Mar 2014 7:58 AM
- specials
It makes great sense to harness the collective experience of the Xpat community, so we’re starting a fresh feature aiming to benefit everyone in the loop. We’d like to hear from you about specific topics of interest to Xpats in Hungary. Highlights from the best 'Xpat Feedback' will then be published for all to see, and each time one participant will be awarded the 'most useful feedback prize'.
Decorate Sziget Festival Budapest
- 14 Feb 2014 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Build the symbol of the Island of Freedom, design a sculpture, installation or decoration that could be a cool element of this year’s Sziget Festival! Sziget will look visually attractive as always and to enhance this, artists and artistic groups can apply in three categories to make quality and unique works.
Now On: Caravaggio To Canaletto, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ exhibition titled Caravaggio to Canaletto will present the leading styles,outstanding artist figures as well as the extraordinary wealth of genres, techniques and themesof 17th- and 18th-century Italian painting through more than 140 works by 100 masters, includingnine paintings – the highest number by a single artist included in the displayed material – by the period’s ...
Smiling Hospital Foundation In Hungary Announces Charity Gala
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Dr. Albert Royaards, founder of Smiling Hospital Foundation, announced at a press conference that they are holding a charity gala for the foundation March 1, 2014. Smiling Hospital Foundation (SHF) was created in 2004 in order to help children being treated in hospitals for longer periods. The mission of the foundation is simple yet wonderful. Children generally, and naturally, have aversions ...
Xpat Opinion: International Scandal Brewing Over Holocaust Memorial Year In Hungary?
- 30 Jan 2014 5:50 AM
- current affairs
Wrangling over the proposed monument to mark the German occupation has taken a new, momentous turn, from a national quarrel to an international scandal, says an opposition daily, due to a statement by Randalph L. Braham. Pro-government commentators, on the other hand, dismiss the issue as fear-mongering and baseless accusations from the left.
Xpat Opinion: Randolph L. Braham’s Open Letter To Holocaust Memorial Center In Budapest
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Anyone who has ever studied the history of the Hungarian Holocaust is familiar with the name of Randolph L. Braham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of over 60 books and co-authored or wrote chapters in 50 others.
Xplore Budapest: Church Of Our Lady (Mátyás-templom), Budapest
- 23 Jan 2014 8:03 AM
- getting around
"This Roman Catholic church consecrated to Our Lady (Nagyboldogasszony) is popularly known as Matthias Church; it was used for coronation ceremonies and royal weddings. Originally built in Gothic style, it was reconstructed several times - the neo-Gothic form we see today was created at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries.
Now On: Béla Kása Photography Exhibition, Palace Of Arts Budapest
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Béla Kása was born in Pécs in 1952 and graduated in photography from the College of Fine Arts in Cologne in 1979. His photographic journals of folk art were inspired by his travels in Transylvania in 1973, during which time he fell under the spell of the region’s centuries-old traditions and folk music. He learned to play the viola and double bass and began to collect folk music, while taking ...
Now On: Gothic Sculptures From The Royal Palace Of Buda Exhibition, Budapest History Museum
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Royal Palace of Buda was a worthy equivalent of the Royal residencies of Europe. Its walls, gardens, wards were ornamented by beautiful decoration. Famous writers of history and ambassadors of the time praised it. The battles with the Ottoman Empire caused such a major destruction in the Palace that at the beginning of the 20th century those interested and the researchers could find nothing, ...
Share Your Insights & You Could Win
- 4 Mar 2014 7:58 AM
- specials
It makes great sense to harness the collective experience of the Xpat community, so we’re starting a fresh feature aiming to benefit everyone in the loop. We’d like to hear from you about specific topics of interest to Xpats in Hungary. Highlights from the best 'Xpat Feedback' will then be published for all to see, and each time one participant will be awarded the 'most useful feedback prize'.
Decorate Sziget Festival Budapest
- 14 Feb 2014 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Build the symbol of the Island of Freedom, design a sculpture, installation or decoration that could be a cool element of this year’s Sziget Festival! Sziget will look visually attractive as always and to enhance this, artists and artistic groups can apply in three categories to make quality and unique works.
Now On: Caravaggio To Canaletto, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ exhibition titled Caravaggio to Canaletto will present the leading styles,outstanding artist figures as well as the extraordinary wealth of genres, techniques and themesof 17th- and 18th-century Italian painting through more than 140 works by 100 masters, includingnine paintings – the highest number by a single artist included in the displayed material – by the period’s ...
Smiling Hospital Foundation In Hungary Announces Charity Gala
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Dr. Albert Royaards, founder of Smiling Hospital Foundation, announced at a press conference that they are holding a charity gala for the foundation March 1, 2014. Smiling Hospital Foundation (SHF) was created in 2004 in order to help children being treated in hospitals for longer periods. The mission of the foundation is simple yet wonderful. Children generally, and naturally, have aversions ...
Xpat Opinion: International Scandal Brewing Over Holocaust Memorial Year In Hungary?
- 30 Jan 2014 5:50 AM
- current affairs
Wrangling over the proposed monument to mark the German occupation has taken a new, momentous turn, from a national quarrel to an international scandal, says an opposition daily, due to a statement by Randalph L. Braham. Pro-government commentators, on the other hand, dismiss the issue as fear-mongering and baseless accusations from the left.
Xpat Opinion: Randolph L. Braham’s Open Letter To Holocaust Memorial Center In Budapest
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Anyone who has ever studied the history of the Hungarian Holocaust is familiar with the name of Randolph L. Braham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of over 60 books and co-authored or wrote chapters in 50 others.
Xplore Budapest: Church Of Our Lady (Mátyás-templom), Budapest
- 23 Jan 2014 8:03 AM
- getting around
"This Roman Catholic church consecrated to Our Lady (Nagyboldogasszony) is popularly known as Matthias Church; it was used for coronation ceremonies and royal weddings. Originally built in Gothic style, it was reconstructed several times - the neo-Gothic form we see today was created at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries.
Now On: Béla Kása Photography Exhibition, Palace Of Arts Budapest
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Béla Kása was born in Pécs in 1952 and graduated in photography from the College of Fine Arts in Cologne in 1979. His photographic journals of folk art were inspired by his travels in Transylvania in 1973, during which time he fell under the spell of the region’s centuries-old traditions and folk music. He learned to play the viola and double bass and began to collect folk music, while taking ...
Now On: Gothic Sculptures From The Royal Palace Of Buda Exhibition, Budapest History Museum
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Royal Palace of Buda was a worthy equivalent of the Royal residencies of Europe. Its walls, gardens, wards were ornamented by beautiful decoration. Famous writers of history and ambassadors of the time praised it. The battles with the Ottoman Empire caused such a major destruction in the Palace that at the beginning of the 20th century those interested and the researchers could find nothing, ...