181 result(s) for art historian
Art For All @ Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, 8 November
- 6 Nov 2014 9:40 AM
- community & culture
The winds are picking up - hoist the sails! We're setting off to explore faraway lands, eat exotic food and buy the finest silks. Climb aboard and find out why historians associate the 17th century with the Dutch Golden Age. Was it all down to pirate gold? How did smoking, shipping, fishing, and windmills play their part?
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Budapest Design Week, Until 12 October
- 10 Oct 2014 9:03 AM
- entertainment
In the next 10 days Budapest is conquered by design – offering some 250 programs, Budapest Design Week welcomes the design profession and the general public alike: Hungarian designers, innovative success stories, international projects, exhibitions, presentations, conferences, a wide range of colourful programs are offered.
Laurie Anderson Concert In National Concert Hall Budapest On 6 October
- 5 Oct 2014 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Art historian, media and performance artist. An icon. Laurie Anderson, the legend of New York's underground visits Budapest again. "We all know things are getting faster and faster. Why shouldn't we slow down a bit?" she asked a few years ago. Those who are open to real thrills can now slow down with Laurie Anderson herself!
Xpat Opinion: Learning History In Orbán’s Hungary
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new school year began yesterday and with it an entirely new system as far as textbook distribution is concerned. As you most likely know, a couple of years ago all schools were nationalized and put under the authority of one monstrous organization called Klebelsberg Intézményfenntartó Központ (KLIK), named after Kunó Klebelsberg, minister of education between 1922 and 1931.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Liberals At A Loss About State Honours To Kertész
- 1 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-liberal writer thinks the government has managed to baffle the opposing camp by decorating Nobel Prize winning author Imre Kertész. His conservative counterpart believes this was a win-win game for both sides and a contribution to bridging deep-set divisions.
Now On: Derkovits: The Artist & His Times, National Gallery Budapest
- 13 Jun 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
As part of the ongoing series at the Hungarian National Gallery dealing with the life's works of outstanding Hungarian artists, this exhibition presents the art of one of the major figures from the period between the wars, Gyula Derkovits (1894-1934). The significance of Derkovits was recognized even by the critics, collectors and museum experts of his own age.
“10th Contemporary European Horticulture & Garden Show”, Károlyi Mansion, Hungary
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- property
The 10th European Art of Garden Show, the traditional annual event at the Karolyi château which brings each year together some of the European garden specialists into its splendid surroundings, will take place on May 30th to June 1st. It will focus this year on Mediterranean plants and parks as well as sustainable development in historic parks with the presentation of the “hybrid gardens” and ...
MR Symphonics, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 April
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The worlds of gods and men are separated by a vast chasm. This was an idea that fascinated Goethe, Wagner and Hölderlin. The latter was particularly pessimistic about man’s role: to him, fate was nothing more than ceaseless drifting, a blind struggle. Brahms encountered Hölderlin’s poem Hyperions Schicksalslied (Hyperion’s Song of Fate) in his mid thirties, immediately recognising the potential ...
Art For All @ Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, 8 November
- 6 Nov 2014 9:40 AM
- community & culture
The winds are picking up - hoist the sails! We're setting off to explore faraway lands, eat exotic food and buy the finest silks. Climb aboard and find out why historians associate the 17th century with the Dutch Golden Age. Was it all down to pirate gold? How did smoking, shipping, fishing, and windmills play their part?
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Budapest Design Week, Until 12 October
- 10 Oct 2014 9:03 AM
- entertainment
In the next 10 days Budapest is conquered by design – offering some 250 programs, Budapest Design Week welcomes the design profession and the general public alike: Hungarian designers, innovative success stories, international projects, exhibitions, presentations, conferences, a wide range of colourful programs are offered.
Laurie Anderson Concert In National Concert Hall Budapest On 6 October
- 5 Oct 2014 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Art historian, media and performance artist. An icon. Laurie Anderson, the legend of New York's underground visits Budapest again. "We all know things are getting faster and faster. Why shouldn't we slow down a bit?" she asked a few years ago. Those who are open to real thrills can now slow down with Laurie Anderson herself!
Xpat Opinion: Learning History In Orbán’s Hungary
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new school year began yesterday and with it an entirely new system as far as textbook distribution is concerned. As you most likely know, a couple of years ago all schools were nationalized and put under the authority of one monstrous organization called Klebelsberg Intézményfenntartó Központ (KLIK), named after Kunó Klebelsberg, minister of education between 1922 and 1931.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Liberals At A Loss About State Honours To Kertész
- 1 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-liberal writer thinks the government has managed to baffle the opposing camp by decorating Nobel Prize winning author Imre Kertész. His conservative counterpart believes this was a win-win game for both sides and a contribution to bridging deep-set divisions.
Now On: Derkovits: The Artist & His Times, National Gallery Budapest
- 13 Jun 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
As part of the ongoing series at the Hungarian National Gallery dealing with the life's works of outstanding Hungarian artists, this exhibition presents the art of one of the major figures from the period between the wars, Gyula Derkovits (1894-1934). The significance of Derkovits was recognized even by the critics, collectors and museum experts of his own age.
“10th Contemporary European Horticulture & Garden Show”, Károlyi Mansion, Hungary
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- property
The 10th European Art of Garden Show, the traditional annual event at the Karolyi château which brings each year together some of the European garden specialists into its splendid surroundings, will take place on May 30th to June 1st. It will focus this year on Mediterranean plants and parks as well as sustainable development in historic parks with the presentation of the “hybrid gardens” and ...
MR Symphonics, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 April
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The worlds of gods and men are separated by a vast chasm. This was an idea that fascinated Goethe, Wagner and Hölderlin. The latter was particularly pessimistic about man’s role: to him, fate was nothing more than ceaseless drifting, a blind struggle. Brahms encountered Hölderlin’s poem Hyperions Schicksalslied (Hyperion’s Song of Fate) in his mid thirties, immediately recognising the potential ...