Ludwig Museum in Budapest was founded in 1989. Its collection can be divided into two larger groups: one consisting of American and Western European artworks (pop art, photorealism, works by Die Neue Wilden) donated by the founders; the other incorporating works that ended up in the collection as a result of collecting activity starting in the 1990’s focusing on the art of former Socialist countries. The newly set collection display makes attempts to present emphatic points not only in well-organised chronological order or along stylistic features, but to examine the characteristics, consonances, differences as well as the artistic-cultural parallels between Western and Eastern art. The collection renders it possible to show up substantive parallelism within the lifeworks of artists with dedicated and critical approach from Western as well as Eastern countries.
Popular and favourite pieces will be put again on display in the newly organised permanent exhibition.
Exhibiting artists:
ALBERT Ádám | BAK Imre | Georg BASELITZ | BENCZÚR Emese | Joseph BEUYS | Arno BREKER | Chuck CLOSE | Jiří DAVID | EL-HASSAN Róza | Richard ESTES | Jakup FERRI | FREY Krisztián | GÉMES Péter | Ion GRIGORESCU | Flaka HALITI | Richard HAMILTON | HARIS László | KOJA | Zuzanna JANIN | JOVÁNOVICS György | KÁROLYI Zsigmond | KESERÜ Ilona | Konrad KLAPHECK | KOÓS Gábor | LAKNER László | Jean-Jacques LEBEL | Roy LICHTENSTEIN | Natalia LL | LOVAS Ilona | Markus LÜPERTZ | Malcolm MORLEY | Alban MUJA | NÁDLER István | NÉMETH Ilona | Claes OLDENBURG | Adrian PACI | PAUER Gyula | Pablo PICASSO | PUKLUS Péter | L.A. RAEVEN | Robert RAUSCHENBERG | Gentian SHKURTI | Konrad SMOLEŃSKI | SOCIÉTÉ RÉALISTE | ST.AUBY Tamás | Curt STENVERT | Mladen STILINOVIĆ | Joe TILSON | Jean TINGUELY | TÓT Endre | Rosemarie TROCKEL | TÜRK Péter | UJJ Zsuzsi | Timm ULRICHS | Wolf VOSTELL | Andy WARHOL | Tom WESSELMANN | WOOD & HARRISON | Dimitrij ZSILINSZKIJ
Curator: Julia Fabényi
Assistant curator: Borbála Kálmán
The exhibition Catalogue is available in pdf format by CLICKING HERE.
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Westkunst-Ostkunst. The Collection on Display
The newly organized permanent exhibition makes attempts to present emphatic points not only in well-organized chronological order or along stylistic features, but to examine the artistic-cultural parallels that can be found between Western and Eastern art despite the different social structures.
Guided tour in the collection display 5. January, 2020, 16:00–17:00
Guided tour in Hungarian in the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Admission with a valid exhibition ticket or season ticket. No extra charge applies.
Guided tour in the collection display 29. December, 2019, 16:00–17:00
Guided tour in Hungarian in the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Admission with a valid exhibition ticket or season ticket. No extra charge applies.
Guided tour in the collection display 22. December, 2019, 16:00–17:00
Guided tour in Hungarian in the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Admission with a valid exhibition ticket or season ticket. No extra charge applies.
Behind the Scenes of Ludwig Museum 29. August, 2019, 17:00–18:00
Exclusive guided tour in the "backstage" of the Ludwig Museum.
Rare insight to the conservator's studio and storage rooms followed by an irregular tour in the 3rd floor exhibition Westkunst-Ostkunst. The Collection Display. behind the scenes stories of artworks and artists.
Behind the Scenes of Ludwig Museum 25. July, 2019, 17:00–18:00
Exclusive guided tour in the "backstage" of the Ludwig Museum.
Rare insight to the conservator's studio and storage rooms followed by an irregular tour in the 3rd floor exhibition Westkunst-Ostkunst. The Collection Display. behind the scenes stories of artworks and artists.
VR – Art in 3D 22. June, 2019, 17:00–23:00
Botond István Tobai and Adrienn Pintér created a virtual space, where you can experience the nostalgia for your memories by having around an inventory of the objects that used to belong to one’s past.
Screening: Ruben Brandt, collector 29. November, 2018, 18:00–21:00
SOLD OUT!
Movie screening and exclusive guided walk in the exhibition Westkunst–Ostkunst.
Sometimes art is more dangerous than real life... Ruben Brandt, Collector is a full length Hungarian animation action-thriller movie by Milorad Krstić.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF LUDWIG MUSEUM 3. October, 2018, 16:00–17:00
Exclusive guided tour in the "backstage" of the Ludwig Museum.
Guided tour in the exhibition Westkunst-Osktunst 29. August, 2018, 16:00–17:30
Exclusive guided tour in the exhibition Westkunst-Ostkunst. The Collection Display. behind the scenes stories of artworks and artists.
Language: English
The guided tour can be attended with a valid entrance ticket or annual pass.
Behind the scenes of Ludwig Museum 15. August, 2018, 16:00–17:30
Exclusive guided tour in the "backstage" of the Ludwig Museum. Language: Hungarian
Get behind the Ludwig Museum's scenes! 1. August, 2018, 16:00–17:30
Guided tour in English. In the scope of this special program, you can gain insight into the secret areas of the museum, the restoration studio and the storage rooms.
Behind the scenes of Ludwig Museum 18. July, 2018, 16:00–17:30
Exclusive guided tour in the "backstage" of the Ludwig Museum.
Rare insight to the conservator's studio and storage rooms followed by an irregular tour in the 3rd floor exhibition Westkunst-Ostkunst. The Collection Display. behind the scenes stories of artworks and artists.
Willany Leó | improvisative dance thatre - Night of Museums 2018 23. June, 2018, 22:00–22:40
Improvisative dance theatre in the Westkunst-Ostkunst exhibition.
Dancers will reflect and react to the artworks and generous spaces in the exhibition hall.
Venue: 3rd floor Exhibition Hall
Guided tour in the collection display 25. March, 2018, 16:00–17:00
25. March, 2018, 16:00–17.00
Visit our collection display Westkunt - Ostkunst guided by an expert.
Guided tour in the collection display 18. March, 2018, 16:00–17.00 18. March, 2018, 16:00–17:00
18. March, 2018, 16:00–17.00
Visit our collection display Westkunt - Ostkunst guided by an expert.
Guided tour in the collection display 11. March, 2018, 16:00–17.00 11. March, 2018, 16:00–17:00
Guided tour in Hungarian in the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Admission with a valid exhibition ticket. No extra charge applies.
Guided tour in the collection display 4. March, 2018, 16:00–17.00 4. March, 2018, 16:00–17:00
4. March, 2018, 16:00–17.00
Visit our collection display Westkunt - Ostkunst guided by an expert.
Westkunst-Ostkunst Guided tour in the collection display 25. February, 2018, 16:00–17:00
25. February, 2018, 16:00–17.00
Visit our collection display Westkunt - Ostkunst guided by an expert.
Westkunst-Ostkunst Guided tour in the collection display 18. February, 2018, 16:00–17:00
18. February, 2018, 16:00–17.00
Visit our collection display Westkunt - Ostkunst guided by an expert.
Westkunst-Ostkunst Guided tour in the collection display 11. February, 2018, 16:00–17:00
11. February, 2018, 16:00–17.00
Visit our collection display Westkunt - Ostkunst guided by an expert.
Westkunst-Ostkunst Guided tour in the collection display 4. February, 2018, 16:00–17:00
Visit our collection display Westkunt - Ostkunst guided by an expert.
Integrated Family Matinée 3. February, 2018, 10:30–12:30
Museum education programme (in Hungarian) on Saturdays, for the whole family.
Family Matinée in January 2018 is related to the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Family Matinée 27. January, 2018, 10:30–12:30
Museum education programme (in Hungarian) on Saturdays, for the whole family.
Family Matinée in January 2018 is related to the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Integrated Family Matinée 20. January, 2018, 10:30–12:30
Museum education programme (in Hungarian) on Saturdays, for the whole family.
Family Matinée in January 2018 is related to the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Family Matinée 13. January, 2018, 10:30–12:30
Museum education programme (in Hungarian) on Saturdays, for the whole family.
Family Matinée in January 2018 is related to the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Guided tour in the collection display 30. December, 2017, 16:00–17:00
Guided tour in Hungarian in the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Admission with a valid exhibition ticket. No extra charge applies.
Guided tour in the collection display 3. December, 2017, 16:00–17:00
Guided tour in Hungarian in the collection display titled Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection.
Admission with a valid exhibition ticket. No extra charge applies.
Teacher's Night at the Ludwig Museum 27. October, 2017, 17:00–19:30
A special evening programme at the Ludwig Museum for teachers.
This program is realised in the frame of Múzeumok Őszi Fesztiválja.
Our collection display through the eyes of young slammers 21. October, 2017, 00:00–00:00
A laid back afternoon with young slammer stars in the collection display.
Language: Hungarian
view/ers - A performance by Jianan Qu and co. 14. October, 2017, 00:00–00:00
The museum is the meeting place for art and people, the artworks are there to be observed. But could the observation be turned into an art itself? Could it make us face each other?
view/ers - A performance by Jianan Qu and co. in the exhibition Westkunst-Ostkunst 13. October, 2017, 00:00–00:00
The museum is the meeting place for art and people, the artworks are there to be observed. But could the observation be turned into an art itself? Could it make us face each other?
Family Matinée 30. September, 2017, 00:00–00:00
Museum education programme (in Hungarian) on Saturdays, for the whole family.
Family Matinée in September 2017 is related to the temporary exhibition titled Westkunst - Ostkunst.
Family Matinée 23. September, 2017, 00:00–00:00
Museum education programme (in Hungarian) on Saturdays, for the whole family.
Family Matinée in September 2017 is related to the temporary exhibition titled Westkunst - Ostkunst.
Family Matinée 16. September, 2017, 00:00–00:00
Museum education programme (in Hungarian) on Saturdays, for the whole family.
Family Matinée in September 2017 is related to the temporary exhibition titled Westkunst - Ostkunst.
