287 result(s) for travel in Community & Culture
Uniquely Hungary: Meeting Late Martin Munkacsi, By Anne Zwack
- 26 Feb 2015 11:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungary must have more famous photographers per capita than any other country: Capa, Kertesz, Brassai, Moholy-Nagy but Munkacsi was the one who brought movement and joie de vivre to photography. Women laughing as they leapt over puddles, goalkeepers diving for the ball, dancers, divers, wrestlers, children running into the surf, Fred Astaire clicking his heels in mid air.
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Now On: Rippl-Rónai & Maillol, Hungarian National Gallery
- 10 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
József Rippl-Rónai had at least as great an impact on modern Hungarian art as Aristide Maillol had on modern European sculpture. The friendship between these two influential artists, and the artistic documents of their relationship, are the focus of an exhibition opened at the Hungarian National Gallery in December 2014.
Várkert Bazár To Host Exhibition Of Major Hungarian Impressionist Painter’s Works
- 4 Feb 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The memorial year commemorating the life and work of István Csók (1865-1961), one of the greatest masters of Hungarian impressionist painting, is to begin with a large-scale exhibition opened on 13 Feburary, the painter’s birthday, in Várkert Bazár. At a press conference introducing the event, Deputy State Secretary for featured cultural developments István Sárváry highlighted that the exhibition ...
70th Anniversary Of Raoul Wallenberg’s Disappearance Commemorated In Budapest
- 21 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The 70th anniversary of the disappearance of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was commemorated in Budapest on Monday. The Raoul Wallenberg awards were presented within the framework of the commemorative event.
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Budapest Photo Wins NatGeo Contest
- 8 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A picture taken by Singapore photographer Triston Yeo of Budapest’s Széchenyi baths won the Cities category in the National Geographic Traveler photo contest, Turizmus Online reported on Wednesday.
Museum Of Fine Arts: Reconstruction To Begin In February
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest’s famous Museum of Fine Arts on Heroes’ Square is to close its doors to visitors for a three-year period of reconstruction. Work on the iconic neo-Renaissance and neo-Classicist building, designed by architects Albert Schickedanz and Ferenc Fülöp Herzog and built between 1900 and 1906, will begin as early as next February.
Hungary’s Popularity On The Rise Among Exchange Students
- 11 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary tops a list of fifty countries which participate in an exchange student programme organised by the American Field Service (AFS). The AFS survey results are based on the responses of families and schools.
Uniquely Hungary: Meeting Late Martin Munkacsi, By Anne Zwack
- 26 Feb 2015 11:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungary must have more famous photographers per capita than any other country: Capa, Kertesz, Brassai, Moholy-Nagy but Munkacsi was the one who brought movement and joie de vivre to photography. Women laughing as they leapt over puddles, goalkeepers diving for the ball, dancers, divers, wrestlers, children running into the surf, Fred Astaire clicking his heels in mid air.
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Now On: Rippl-Rónai & Maillol, Hungarian National Gallery
- 10 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
József Rippl-Rónai had at least as great an impact on modern Hungarian art as Aristide Maillol had on modern European sculpture. The friendship between these two influential artists, and the artistic documents of their relationship, are the focus of an exhibition opened at the Hungarian National Gallery in December 2014.
Várkert Bazár To Host Exhibition Of Major Hungarian Impressionist Painter’s Works
- 4 Feb 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The memorial year commemorating the life and work of István Csók (1865-1961), one of the greatest masters of Hungarian impressionist painting, is to begin with a large-scale exhibition opened on 13 Feburary, the painter’s birthday, in Várkert Bazár. At a press conference introducing the event, Deputy State Secretary for featured cultural developments István Sárváry highlighted that the exhibition ...
70th Anniversary Of Raoul Wallenberg’s Disappearance Commemorated In Budapest
- 21 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The 70th anniversary of the disappearance of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was commemorated in Budapest on Monday. The Raoul Wallenberg awards were presented within the framework of the commemorative event.
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Budapest Photo Wins NatGeo Contest
- 8 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A picture taken by Singapore photographer Triston Yeo of Budapest’s Széchenyi baths won the Cities category in the National Geographic Traveler photo contest, Turizmus Online reported on Wednesday.
Museum Of Fine Arts: Reconstruction To Begin In February
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest’s famous Museum of Fine Arts on Heroes’ Square is to close its doors to visitors for a three-year period of reconstruction. Work on the iconic neo-Renaissance and neo-Classicist building, designed by architects Albert Schickedanz and Ferenc Fülöp Herzog and built between 1900 and 1906, will begin as early as next February.
Hungary’s Popularity On The Rise Among Exchange Students
- 11 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary tops a list of fifty countries which participate in an exchange student programme organised by the American Field Service (AFS). The AFS survey results are based on the responses of families and schools.