The Annunciation

Renaissance sensation from Szeged

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author: Tamás Szabó, chief restorer, Móra Ferenc Museum, Szeged

The Annunciation has been restored as the main attraction of the exhibition ‘And God saw it was very good’, which opens at the Móra Ferenc Museum in Szeged on 1 September. The exhibition is part of the programme for ‘The Year of the Bible’. The painting, in storage for a long time with its hidden […]

Can works of art in museums be sold?

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Loránd Bereczky, Director of the Hungarian National Gallery The question is rhetorical since legislation concerning state property clearly stipulates “barred from transaction”. Museums are special institutions, the joint property of a community collecting, keeping, processing and displaying works, which are able to reflect the given community’s past and present. In this sense, museum work postulates […]

Unavoidable art

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author: Gábor Martos

There cannot be many finance companies in the world which are accessible only via an art gallery, passing by paintings and sculpture. Yet Hamilton Stockbrokers in Budapest is just like that – the Aulich Art Gallery, sponsored by the firm, operates on the ground floor. A peculiar love affair is basically the reason for the […]

“No need to convince everyone”

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author: Zoltán Lévay

Hungary got to know Patrícia Piringer as the well-liked presenter of a Hungarian music radio station and commercial TV channel. For the past year she has been making the Ludwig Museum popular as its press officer. In her view, the popularity of the Ludwig is closely connected with the acceptance of contemporary art, although it […]

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author: Katalin Metz

Attila Zongor is perhaps more than a patron. KulturPont Office he set up eight years ago helps find opportunities for EU applications, giving advice on how to meet the severe requirements. Now, on the occasion of the Year of the Renaissance, the Office has launched joint projects and, to mark the Year of the Bible, […]

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author: Gergely Mézes

Poetess Orsolya Karafiáth enjoys visiting museums because, for instance, you can make acquaintances there. She will soon have her own exhibition, perhaps in September, as she is painting now – exclusively cats. “My home is like a museum. I am everywhere as are pictures from Gone with the Wind.” She also likes the Petőfi Literary […]

Interview with Henri Loyrette, director of the Louvre

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author: Eszter Szablyár

The name Louvre alone is worth 160 million euros. That is the sum Abu Dhabi is paying for Paris’s star institution to offer its name and its experts, and to lend some of its pictures to the ‘museum copy’ being built in five years. In addition to the contract, which has shocked many, an increase […]

ArtMill, Szentendre

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author: Attila Végh

In the old centre of Szentendre you sooner or later stumble on ArtMill. ‘Gyula Konkoly exhibition’ – says the current poster. ArtMill is the hub of a local network of small museums and hopefully the building will be seen in its full splendour sooner or later. It has been hidden behind another building in Bogdányi […]

Madrid – CaixaForum

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author: Péter György

Museum policy has played an important role for the new Spain’s left-wing governments. The museum buildings or reconstructions in Bilbao (Guggenheim), Barcelona (MACBA), Valencia (IVAM) and Bajadoz (MEIAC) demonstrate the strength of the process. A huge former hospital building from the 18th century near the Prado was converted into a contemporary arts centre to the […]

Photographs in the museums: from a document to work of art

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author: Gabor Martos

The number of photographs in Hungary’s public collections can only be estimated. Today roughly ten million pictures made by some type of phototechnical procedure are held in museum collections. For many museums photographs primarily represent documents – carriers of a theme relevant to the collection and research of a given institution. The Petőfi Literary Museum, […]