181 result(s) for art historian
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.
Xpat Opinion: Political Controversy Over The Role Of Regent Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)
- 5 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Sunday marked the unveiling of a bronze bust of Admiral Miklós Horthy. The bust is located on the property of a Hungarian Reformed Church in Budapest, but it is visible from the busy Szabadság tér. The minister of the church is Lóránt Hegedüs, whose wife is a Jobbik member of parliament. This is not the first time that Hegedüs has prompted controversy with his extremist political views and ...
Contemporary Jewels Exhibition, Károlyi Castle Hungary, 9 - 10 Nov
- 4 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The aim of this exhibition is to show the contemporary metamorphosis of the art of jewelry. Sometimes, the jewel becomes a unique artwork – not a wearable ’accessory’. We wish to contribute to give the the Hungarian artists – including the art students – outside the capital, the opportunity to show their work and get in touch with new audiences and to enhance the interest in the art of jewelry ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Design Tours Exploring Treasures Of Budapest, 27 September - 6 October
- 26 Sep 2013 10:45 AM
- getting around
Design Tours are traditionally very popular features of Budapest Design Week, so organised between 27th September and 6th October, the festival asked some renowned city tour organisers to join the jubilee program series. The Hungarian, English and Italian language tours help us experience the amazingly colourful, exciting world of Budapest, and how the inhabitants of the city strive to preserve ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Now On: Monet, Gaugin, Szinyei Merse, Rippl-Rónai, National Gallery Budapest
- 11 Jul 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterworks fromthe Collections of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem,the Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Invitation: Museum Night, Ludwig Museum Budapest, 22 June
- 19 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ludwig Museum cordially invites you to 'Museum Night, on 22 June from 16.00 until 02.00.
Exhibitions on view:
* The Other Half the Sky. Selection from the Ludwig Museum's Collection
* The Naked Man
* Pieter Hugo: This Must Be The Place - Selected Works 2003-2012
Exhibitions on view:
* The Other Half the Sky. Selection from the Ludwig Museum's Collection
* The Naked Man
* Pieter Hugo: This Must Be The Place - Selected Works 2003-2012
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.
Xpat Opinion: Political Controversy Over The Role Of Regent Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)
- 5 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Sunday marked the unveiling of a bronze bust of Admiral Miklós Horthy. The bust is located on the property of a Hungarian Reformed Church in Budapest, but it is visible from the busy Szabadság tér. The minister of the church is Lóránt Hegedüs, whose wife is a Jobbik member of parliament. This is not the first time that Hegedüs has prompted controversy with his extremist political views and ...
Contemporary Jewels Exhibition, Károlyi Castle Hungary, 9 - 10 Nov
- 4 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The aim of this exhibition is to show the contemporary metamorphosis of the art of jewelry. Sometimes, the jewel becomes a unique artwork – not a wearable ’accessory’. We wish to contribute to give the the Hungarian artists – including the art students – outside the capital, the opportunity to show their work and get in touch with new audiences and to enhance the interest in the art of jewelry ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Design Tours Exploring Treasures Of Budapest, 27 September - 6 October
- 26 Sep 2013 10:45 AM
- getting around
Design Tours are traditionally very popular features of Budapest Design Week, so organised between 27th September and 6th October, the festival asked some renowned city tour organisers to join the jubilee program series. The Hungarian, English and Italian language tours help us experience the amazingly colourful, exciting world of Budapest, and how the inhabitants of the city strive to preserve ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Now On: Monet, Gaugin, Szinyei Merse, Rippl-Rónai, National Gallery Budapest
- 11 Jul 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterworks fromthe Collections of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem,the Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Invitation: Museum Night, Ludwig Museum Budapest, 22 June
- 19 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ludwig Museum cordially invites you to 'Museum Night, on 22 June from 16.00 until 02.00.
Exhibitions on view:
* The Other Half the Sky. Selection from the Ludwig Museum's Collection
* The Naked Man
* Pieter Hugo: This Must Be The Place - Selected Works 2003-2012
Exhibitions on view:
* The Other Half the Sky. Selection from the Ludwig Museum's Collection
* The Naked Man
* Pieter Hugo: This Must Be The Place - Selected Works 2003-2012
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...