“We have never been outside Europe” Tibor Rémiás, new director of the Heves County Museum Organisation MúzeumCafé 31. author: Éva Marton Historian and museologist Tibor Rémiás was appointed director of the Heves County Museum Organisation as of 1 June 2012. Previously he was head of department at the Herman Ottó Museum in Miskolc. In February this year, when the tender was published for managing the Heves County Museum Organisation, Rémiás was one of six to submit […]
From filigree to underground Art historian László Beke on the development of Hungarian avant-garde MúzeumCafé 31. author: Emőke Gréczi As part of a series about the recent past of Hungary’s museums, for this issue MúzeumCafé talked to László Beke about exhibitions in which he played an important role. Beke began his career in an era and indeed a subculture which today is in focus due to the files of informers being made public, and […]
The renewed Stedelijk opens at last! The 20-year interior and exterior renovation of an Amsterdam Museum MúzeumCafé 31. author: Sándor Juhász After years of renovation and extension, the internationally renowned Stedelijk Museum reopened at the end of September. The building of the institute founded in 1874 by several Amsterdam citizens was designed by the city’s chief architect, Adriaan Willem Weissman, and was completed in 1895 next to today’s Museumplein, where other cultural institutes such as the […]
“A great asset we must appreciate and protect” Past and present of the 100-year-old Ernst Museum MúzeumCafé 31. author: Nóra Vágvölgyi Busi Seeing the dilapidated façade of the Ernst Museum today, it’s difficult to believe that the building with its superb entrance hall once attracted arts enthusiasts and functioned as a citadel of culture. The story began over a century ago when the collector Lajos Ernst was looking for a place to display his collection. The task […]
The Balaton Museum in Keszthely A winner of the 2012 Museum of the Year award MúzeumCafé 31. author: Judit Jankó If you are in the mood, instead of sitting idly on a terrace by Lake Balaton you can wander through the rooms of a cultural institute in Keszthely and ‘take in the view’ across the lake. The neo-Baroque building of the Balaton Museum was constructed between 1925 and 1928, though its interior was only finally […]
For whom the past is a real treasure trove Art historian Judit Geskó on Cézanne and everyday work in a museum MúzeumCafé 31. author: Gábor Martos The exhibition Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity can be seen in Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts from 26 October. It is perhaps the largest undertaking in a series of exhibitions which the museum launched in 2003. The series has featured the oeuvres of 19th-century artists such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Ferdinand […]
In deep waters Some personal thoughts about the Szentes museum MúzeumCafé 31. author: Mária Béres, archaeologist, director of the Koszta József Museum In the summer of 2007 I took up my post at the Koszta József Museum with a definite plan and a detailed managerial programme. At that time the museum was beginning its transformation. An enormous step forward had been made in 2006 when the museum moved from dilapidated premises into the most attractive building in […]
Ernest Zmeták and Hungarian Modernism Exhibition at the Szentendre ArtMill next spring MúzeumCafé 31. author: Gyula Barczi, art historian, SOGA gallery and auction house, Bratislava Ernest Zmeták (1919–2004) is considered unique in the history of Slovak art. He experienced modernism, the heroic period of art, and his style derived from that, though he cannot entirely be connected to any ‘ism’. He always respected the classic picture and his artistic predecessors. Thus the exhibition in the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, held […]
Hungarian projects at the annual archaeological IT international conference CAA2012 Southampton, 26–30 March MúzeumCafé 31. author: Katalin Tolnai, András Patay-Horváth, Máté Petrik and Máté Stibrányi The Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) international association holds a conference every year. The presentations are usually accessible in written format the following year. The series of meetings began in 1973 and were initially organised by the University of Birmingham in the UK. In the first two decades the gatherings were hosted […]
Archaeology à la carte Rescued Heritage Treasures from the Heart of Europe MúzeumCafé 31. author: The exhibition curators, Gábor Lassányi, archaeologist, president of the association of hungarian archaeologists, and Dóra Mérai, archaeologist, art historian The story began in February 2012 when László L. Simon, the then president of parliament’s cultural and press committee and we, on behalf of the Association of Hungarian Archaeologists, sat down together to discuss the grave situation of archaeological heritage protection in Hungary. The reason was that in November 2011 parliament had changed the law […]