Ákos Birkás, who was born in 1941, is one of the emblematic figures of contemporary Hungarian art. A few years ago, he struck out in a new direction in his oeuvre, putting his earlier work into a quite new perspective.
Gábor Bódy would have turned 60 in 2006. One of the most talented film directors of the sixties and seventies, he exercised a significant influence on the mode of visual expression in visual art and photography with his experimental films and theoretical writings.
STRABAG (formerly Hungarian Asphalt) road construction company is holding its competition for young artists for the tenth time in 2006. A distinguished jury awards the prizes and the winning works will be displayed by the Ludwig Múzeum.
The Pink House is an inflatable house occupying 150 square metres of floor space, standing nine metres tall and fashioned after a Greek temple.
The material for this international exhibition is centred on Nikola Tesla’s path-breaking inventions.
“A group of people pass through the forest, bird watching. Their excursion, which provides a way of escaping reality and seeking the beauty of existence, lasts from early morning till late at night.
After P.S.1, New York, and KunstWerke, Berlin, Ludwig Museum Budapest is the next venue to present the exhibition Katharina Sieverding: Close Up.
John Wood’s and Paul Harrison’s names may sound familiar to the audiences and professionals within the Hungarian art scene as their videos have been included in Hungarian exhibitions more than once.
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, presents its collection pertaining to the 1990s based on a new curatorial concept and complete with recent acquisitions, on view throughout this year in its 2nd-Floor exhibition space. A choice of newly acquired artworks has provided the point of departure for the exhibit
Judit Kurtág was born in 1975 in Budapest. She emigrated with her parents to Paris and since 2004, she has lived in Amsterdam.
Péter Forgács and the Labyrinth Project
(Marsha Kinder, Rosemary Comella, Kristy H. A. Khang, Scott Mahoy, Jim McKee)
The Danube Exodous. The Rippling Currents of the River (installation)
