468 result(s) for contemporary exhibition
Wine & Violin, Fonó Buda Music House Budapest, 27 - 28 February
- 15 Feb 2016 8:01 AM
- community & culture
"Please join us at our 5th annual "Wine and Violin” exhibition held on Feb. 27-28th, 2016 at the Fonó Budai Zeneház in Budapest, Hungary. This event is an exhibition of Hungarian contemporary stringed instruments and fine wine varieties from across Hungary. This year, the Keller Quartet will honour us by playing pieces from Bartok, Ligeti and Schubert. On the second day of this event, the Hodinka ...
New International Jazz Festival In Budapest
- 19 Jan 2016 3:48 AM
- entertainment
A new festival dedicated to jazz will be added to the Budapest music scene from April, the organiser said. “We want the festival to become a regular event presenting prominent foreign performers and leading Hungarian musicians, as well as promoting young Hungarian amateur bands,” Attila Kleb, managing director of Get Closer Concerts, said.
Now On: Éva Rónai Exhibition: Rescuing Our Forefather, Budapest Gallery
- 12 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Éva Rónai is a defining figure of Hungarian textile art. She creates her works using the demanding French tapestry technique on an upright loom, which is very time-consuming and requires tremendous patience, energy, and physical fortitude. Despite her use of a traditional tapestry technique and her choice of biblical-mythical subject matter, her works are surprisingly realistic.
January Highlights At The Hungarian State Opera
- 11 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- community & culture
In the first month of the New Year, the Hungarian State Opera offers a selection of premieres and concerts at the Opera House and the Erkel Theatre featuring international guest soloists and conductors.
Now On: Modern Times In Hungarian Art, National Gallery Budapest
- 28 Dec 2015 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The renovated central rooms on the second floor of the museum give place to the permanent exhibition of twentieth-century art which presents the most decisive artists and endeavours from the period between the turn of the century and the end of World War II. In the section concentrating on art between 1896 and 1945, about 150 paintings, 30 sculptures and 200 medals are on display. In this ...
The Survivor's Shadow, Hungarian National Gallery
- 24 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- community & culture
El Kazovsky (1948-2008) was one of the most original and potent Hungarian artists of the late twentieth century and the turn of the millennium. As a painter, a performance artist, a stage designer and - as we now know - a poet, he left an enormous legacy of works, whose immense vivaciousness and profundity were immediately clear to his contemporaries. This exhibition of close to 400 of his works ...
Now On Until 31 December: The Lonely Cedar – Csontváry’s Genius, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
After several years’ preparation, a comprehensive retrospective show of the painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka opened in the former Army Headquarters building of the Buda Castle.
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Now On Until 31 January: The Ladder, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 3 Dec 2015 8:08 AM
- community & culture
The exhibition shows signs, signs along the ways and itineraries of our lives. You can only build yourself on what you perceive from these signs. The signs of life-itineraries are rarely seen in such concentration as within the space of an exhibition. This is the raison d’être of attending exhibitions.
Jazz Korea In Budapest, 27 - 29 November
- 28 Nov 2015 8:06 AM
- entertainment
On Friday 27 November at 7 p.m. at Hanmadang Korean Cultural Center In Budapest. Hyejin Quartet - Jazz vocalist Hyejin is an orthodox jazz musician who succeeded to the legacy of jazz while enlightening music lovers on the essence of jazz. She had long trod the road to classic pianist, but after studying in U.S. which is the home of jazz, she definitely turned to jazz vocalist.
Wine & Violin, Fonó Buda Music House Budapest, 27 - 28 February
- 15 Feb 2016 8:01 AM
- community & culture
"Please join us at our 5th annual "Wine and Violin” exhibition held on Feb. 27-28th, 2016 at the Fonó Budai Zeneház in Budapest, Hungary. This event is an exhibition of Hungarian contemporary stringed instruments and fine wine varieties from across Hungary. This year, the Keller Quartet will honour us by playing pieces from Bartok, Ligeti and Schubert. On the second day of this event, the Hodinka ...
New International Jazz Festival In Budapest
- 19 Jan 2016 3:48 AM
- entertainment
A new festival dedicated to jazz will be added to the Budapest music scene from April, the organiser said. “We want the festival to become a regular event presenting prominent foreign performers and leading Hungarian musicians, as well as promoting young Hungarian amateur bands,” Attila Kleb, managing director of Get Closer Concerts, said.
Now On: Éva Rónai Exhibition: Rescuing Our Forefather, Budapest Gallery
- 12 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Éva Rónai is a defining figure of Hungarian textile art. She creates her works using the demanding French tapestry technique on an upright loom, which is very time-consuming and requires tremendous patience, energy, and physical fortitude. Despite her use of a traditional tapestry technique and her choice of biblical-mythical subject matter, her works are surprisingly realistic.
January Highlights At The Hungarian State Opera
- 11 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- community & culture
In the first month of the New Year, the Hungarian State Opera offers a selection of premieres and concerts at the Opera House and the Erkel Theatre featuring international guest soloists and conductors.
Now On: Modern Times In Hungarian Art, National Gallery Budapest
- 28 Dec 2015 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The renovated central rooms on the second floor of the museum give place to the permanent exhibition of twentieth-century art which presents the most decisive artists and endeavours from the period between the turn of the century and the end of World War II. In the section concentrating on art between 1896 and 1945, about 150 paintings, 30 sculptures and 200 medals are on display. In this ...
The Survivor's Shadow, Hungarian National Gallery
- 24 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- community & culture
El Kazovsky (1948-2008) was one of the most original and potent Hungarian artists of the late twentieth century and the turn of the millennium. As a painter, a performance artist, a stage designer and - as we now know - a poet, he left an enormous legacy of works, whose immense vivaciousness and profundity were immediately clear to his contemporaries. This exhibition of close to 400 of his works ...
Now On Until 31 December: The Lonely Cedar – Csontváry’s Genius, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
After several years’ preparation, a comprehensive retrospective show of the painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka opened in the former Army Headquarters building of the Buda Castle.
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Now On Until 31 January: The Ladder, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 3 Dec 2015 8:08 AM
- community & culture
The exhibition shows signs, signs along the ways and itineraries of our lives. You can only build yourself on what you perceive from these signs. The signs of life-itineraries are rarely seen in such concentration as within the space of an exhibition. This is the raison d’être of attending exhibitions.
Jazz Korea In Budapest, 27 - 29 November
- 28 Nov 2015 8:06 AM
- entertainment
On Friday 27 November at 7 p.m. at Hanmadang Korean Cultural Center In Budapest. Hyejin Quartet - Jazz vocalist Hyejin is an orthodox jazz musician who succeeded to the legacy of jazz while enlightening music lovers on the essence of jazz. She had long trod the road to classic pianist, but after studying in U.S. which is the home of jazz, she definitely turned to jazz vocalist.