603 result(s) for art pieces
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Butcher’s Fabulous Art Collection
- 9 Dec 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Today’s theme, art, is not the common fare of this blog. But, fret not, the post will also deal with life in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s. It will even touch on economics. Specifically, how the closed socialist regime in Hungary distorted the prices of art works and barred twentieth-century Hungarian artists from becoming known outside of the country.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Is Touring The US, Has Ambitious Plans
- 3 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is touring the United States; there will be a concert to help elderly musicians who are stewards of traditions; a new full-size program featuring dances from Sub-Carpathia will be compiled; and decision has been made to expand the Museum of Applied Folk Art. We have interviewed László Kelemen, director-general of the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Rediscovering Hungary As A Gem For Tourists
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
Have you noticed all the coverage lately of Hungary as a tourist destination? From Hungarian cuisine to culture, we’ve seen more and more pieces recently lauding the charms our country has to offer visitors.
Now On: 'Entropy Of A City' Exhibition Opening, Műcsarnok Budapest
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In considering the urban space, the environment that results from human intervention, as a system, the variable that characterizes its degree of disorder – the entropy of the city – is also determinable. The occurrence of events that cause interference in the system leads to an increase in entropy, e. g. in Clemens von Wedemeyer’s video installation, a museum is on fire. The degree of entropy is ...
Morricone To Tour Europe With Hungarian Musicians
- 11 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2014 renowned Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who has written music for 500-plus films, will tour Europe alongside Hungarian musicians. His score, for example, for Once Upon a Time in the West and Le Professionnel have become international hits. Morricone, who is also a noted conductor, will set out for his concert tour (perhaps his last) together with some 150 Hungarian musicians and choir ...
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Xpat Opinion: Being Ferenc Kumin, Hungarian Deputy State Sec For Int Comms
- 25 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications Hungarian Government. Maybe you’ve grown tired of hearing me carry on about how the foreign media and correspondents have got it wrong about Hungary – again – and my mantra about how facts matter. Well, get a load of this.
Invitation: Pál Frenák Company: InTimE, Átrium Budapest, 25 October
- 22 Oct 2013 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Solitude, desire, love, physical contact, violence, power, subjection, possession, honesty, dissimulation... struggles fought by everyone throughout their life, even if maybe not so desperately as the dancers on the stage in this choreography of Pál Frenák.
Photo Article: Make Room For The Fish! - Nemo Fish & Chips Bar In Budapest
- 17 Oct 2013 10:35 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Even though fish dishes are getting more and more popular by the day in Budapest, the city’s variety of sea food eateries is still not enough to fully satisfy fish fanatics. Recently opened Nemo Fish & Chips Bar surely has a couple of tricks up in its sleeve to mesmerize sea food enthusiasts, so if you consider ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Butcher’s Fabulous Art Collection
- 9 Dec 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Today’s theme, art, is not the common fare of this blog. But, fret not, the post will also deal with life in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s. It will even touch on economics. Specifically, how the closed socialist regime in Hungary distorted the prices of art works and barred twentieth-century Hungarian artists from becoming known outside of the country.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Is Touring The US, Has Ambitious Plans
- 3 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is touring the United States; there will be a concert to help elderly musicians who are stewards of traditions; a new full-size program featuring dances from Sub-Carpathia will be compiled; and decision has been made to expand the Museum of Applied Folk Art. We have interviewed László Kelemen, director-general of the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Rediscovering Hungary As A Gem For Tourists
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
Have you noticed all the coverage lately of Hungary as a tourist destination? From Hungarian cuisine to culture, we’ve seen more and more pieces recently lauding the charms our country has to offer visitors.
Now On: 'Entropy Of A City' Exhibition Opening, Műcsarnok Budapest
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In considering the urban space, the environment that results from human intervention, as a system, the variable that characterizes its degree of disorder – the entropy of the city – is also determinable. The occurrence of events that cause interference in the system leads to an increase in entropy, e. g. in Clemens von Wedemeyer’s video installation, a museum is on fire. The degree of entropy is ...
Morricone To Tour Europe With Hungarian Musicians
- 11 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2014 renowned Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who has written music for 500-plus films, will tour Europe alongside Hungarian musicians. His score, for example, for Once Upon a Time in the West and Le Professionnel have become international hits. Morricone, who is also a noted conductor, will set out for his concert tour (perhaps his last) together with some 150 Hungarian musicians and choir ...
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Xpat Opinion: Being Ferenc Kumin, Hungarian Deputy State Sec For Int Comms
- 25 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications Hungarian Government. Maybe you’ve grown tired of hearing me carry on about how the foreign media and correspondents have got it wrong about Hungary – again – and my mantra about how facts matter. Well, get a load of this.
Invitation: Pál Frenák Company: InTimE, Átrium Budapest, 25 October
- 22 Oct 2013 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Solitude, desire, love, physical contact, violence, power, subjection, possession, honesty, dissimulation... struggles fought by everyone throughout their life, even if maybe not so desperately as the dancers on the stage in this choreography of Pál Frenák.
Photo Article: Make Room For The Fish! - Nemo Fish & Chips Bar In Budapest
- 17 Oct 2013 10:35 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Even though fish dishes are getting more and more popular by the day in Budapest, the city’s variety of sea food eateries is still not enough to fully satisfy fish fanatics. Recently opened Nemo Fish & Chips Bar surely has a couple of tricks up in its sleeve to mesmerize sea food enthusiasts, so if you consider ...