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Events
Joy and disaster
For today, economy seems to have taken over the lead from politics and became the driving force in our societies. In the wake of the implosion of the global financial crisis, the once powerful political rhetoric, mostly designated to veil hard economic data on which real worldly power relies, sounds increasingly anachronistic. The dream-world of global capitalism suddenly appears as utopian as “existing” socialism aka communism proved to be in the end of the twentieth century. Surprisingly, this new transparency in the domain of finances and related power games has temporarily turned almost everyone into a more or less naive proto-Marxist, from the proverbial man on the street up to the American president.
Dance Nights at the Carmelite Court - 2010
The National Dance Theater performs its Dance Night each year at the beautiful Carmelite Court evoking a historic atmosphere, where a colorful program is awaiting audiences this year also, as performances in different dance styles can be seen on these summer nights.
BudaFest Summer Music Festival - 2010
Budafest awaits its visitors at two special outdoor venues and offers opera performances in August to its fans and tourists, who otherwise would not be able to visit the Opera House, due to summer vacation, at this time.
Salvaged treasures of art - 2010
Since 1996, graduate students have been able to present their thesis works in a museum setting. This year, the exhibition “Salvaged Treasures of Art” (Megmentett műkincsek) presents the works of 19 graduate students, reviving paintings, sculptures, furniture, glass and ceramic artworks. The aim of this varied exhibition is to remind us that every artefact that was left to us, regardless of its style or current market value, is part of our cultural heritage. In addition to the diverse range of the artworks, what makes this exhibition remarkable is that the entire conservation process can be studied on colourful installation boards.
Rimer Cardillo
In his archaeological installation, Rimer Cardillo (1944) the Guggenheim and Pollock Awar- winning sculptor from Uruguay, currently living in New York, constructs an ancient South American landscape with ritual burial mounds inside the church at the Kiscell Museum.
Allan Sekula: Polonia and other fables
The world-famous American artist, Allan Sekula (Erie, Pennsylvania, 1951), became popular with his documentarist photographic and video art.
Depero, the futurist - The impact of futurism on hungarian avant-garde art
From 4 June 2010 the Hungarian National Gallery will present the lifework exhibition of the Italian futurist painter, advertisement graphic artist and designer, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960).
Budapest the pearl of the Danube - The capital of Hungary between the two world wars
“Budapest, the pearl of the Danube”, “Budapest, the city of spas” – the slogans for the tourist in the period between the two world wars reflect how bustling and vivid the capital was during those times. After the lost war it was hard for the city to revive, but in the 1930s it reached its golden age again. Our exhibition evokes the 30’s in Budapest with photos taken by the photo services of the official news agency of the period, and some photos prepared from the original negatives of famous photo-reporters.
Behind the counter
Works of art about the economies of the post-socialist countries, from Croatia to Armenia, through Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania to Hungary. Works of 30 artists about the illusion of two global systems: capitalism and socialism.
The exhibition entitled “Behind the Counter” introduces thirty contemporary visual artists and art groups, whose work reflects on the economic processes and phenomena of the past 20 years of the post-socialist region, the Eastern block.
*Miklós Surányi © Műcsarnok Kusnthalle Budapest 2010
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