Past exhibitions

Allan Sekula (Erie, Pennsylvania, 1951) is one of the most outstanding contemporary documentarians.

Pál Gerber - A Retrospective

BUDAPEST HANGINGS
From the series Public-Private – Private-Public

Solo exhibition of Matthias Megyeri

Curators: Rita Kálmán, Tijana Stepanović

Opening:
7 June 2010 at LudwigInzert (1085 Budapest, József krt. 70.)

Visitors are welcome between 4-6 June 2010 to Martin Mukácsi Intro, a preliminary viewing of the exhibition to come. The selection from the material of the Hungarian Museum of Photography provides a sneak preview of the world-famous Hungarian photographers oeuvre.

The Ludwig Museum`s 2010 exhibition of the permanent collection displays works which focus on the complex, conflictual and often ambiguous relationship between aesthetics and politics.

Pawel Althamer, Gerard Byrne, István Csákány, Marine Hugonnier, Tamás Kaszás, Ádám Kokesch, Chris Marker, Anna Molska, Deimantas Narkevicius, Panamarenko, Daniel Roth, Saso Sedlacek, Jane and Louise Wilson

Bosch & Fjord, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Tue Greenfort, Jens Haaning, Ann Lislegaard, Tanja Nellemann Poulsen, Katya Sander, Superflex

The Glenn Brown exhibition brings together the largest selection of the works of this highly revered painter of his generation.

Gordana Andjelić-Galić, Apsolutno, Azorro, Yael Bartana,
Pavel Braila, Egon Bunne, Chto Delat, Kaspars Goba,
Gusztáv Hámos, Ana Hušman, Kai Kaljo, Šejla Kamerić,
Szabolcs KissPál, Damir Nikšić, Adrian Paci,
Radek Community + Dmitry Gutov, Józef Robakowski,

The exhibition displays a selection of works in connection with computer technology, made by 19 year old or younger students for a competition.

As one of the best-known young Hungarian artists Attila Csörgő has featured at prominent international exhibitions and art fairs.

The recent past of Hungarian sculpture is full of names no one has mentioned recently: the works of József Somogyi, Pál Pátzay, Jenő Kerényi or Miklós Borsos still stand in public spaces, the libraries still keep those old volumes about them, but they hardly ever occur among the references of tod

Things are Drawing to a Crisis
Luis Buñuel, Walker Evans, Theo Frey, the Workers' photography from the Netherlands, Kálmán Kata and others

One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, Robert Capa was born in Budapest, on October 22, 1913, as Endre Ernő Friedmann. He started to work as a photographer in the 1930s, first as a correspondent of Dephot, a Berlin-based agency.

Anton Corbijn’s retrospective offers an overview of the Dutch photographer's oeuvre, spanning thirty years from the early video clips to the recent portraits. Corbijn has experimented in wide-ranging areas of modern visual culture.

The Ludwig Museum possesses a relatively small yet internationally significant collection of over 400 contemporary artworks. As the museum’s permanent exhibition is only able to show a small portion of the collection, we make an effort to present a fresh selection from time to time.

Arctic Hysteria
New Art from Finland

Jointly organized by FRAME – Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, and the Artists’ Association of Finland, this exhibition was first presented at the MoMA – P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center between June 1 and September 15, 2008.

Since the 1970s, Dóra Maurer has been one of the dominant figures of Hungarian art. In addition to her creative work, she has been a major influence on her peers as an active and energetic organizer and, since 2003, a teacher.

With its next exhibition, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art presents another oeuvre of international significance.

The STRABAG Épitő Zrt. [STRABAG Construction Zrt.], (formerly, Magyar Aszfalt Kft. [Hungarian Asphalt Kft.]) first announced its competition showcasing young Hungarian painters under 40 years of age in 1997. Each year 80-100 entries are received for judging.

Keith Haring, having died of AIDS at the age of 31, would be 50 years old in 2008. His anniversary is going to be celebrated with several exhibitions and events all over the world.

Sarajevo-born French artist Braco Dimitrijević came to international attention in the 1970s with his Casual Passer-by works, which presented enlarged portrait photographs of unknown people in public places – building frontages or advertising hoardings.

Simon Starling (b.1967) is one of the most interesting figures in the contemporary international art scene, known throughout the world for his site-specific projects. His works are always preceded by thorough research in which he transforms and reinterprets existing objects.

Fluxus is well-known as an (anti-)artistic, international network with centres in the USA, Western Europe and Japan. But what about this “intermedia” art ‒ art encompassing music, actions, poetry, objects and events ‒ beyond the “Iron Curtain”?