This year we celebrate the 15th birthday of Museums' Night!
Come and join us! We have prepared with super-cool programmes for this unique occasion!
Start the Night of Museums at Ludwig Museum!
Buy your wristband here, be on TV, replay Károly Halász' legendary photo actions on the museum terrace!
Hurry! The first 100 visitors who purchase or pre-purchase their wristband at Ludwig Museum infodesk, are given a free gift: a polaroid photo recording the moment that person is crawling into the TV installation.
EXHIBITIONS
Parallel Avant-garde – Pécs Workshop 1968–1980
Non-Aligned Art – Marinko Sudac Collection
Westkunst - Ostkunst. A new collection display
EXCLUSIVE PROGRAMMES
5 – 7 p.m.: Early evening literary forum with Jelenkor publishing company in the temporary exhibition Parallel Avant-garde – Pécs Workshop 1968–1980
Round table discussion about Pécs Workshop and its wider cultural context with the participation of members and colleagues of Jelenkor periodical and publishing company.
Venue: 3rd floor exhibition rooms
Participants: József Havasréti critic, literary historian, communication researcher and Lajos Parti Nagy poet, writer, earlier an editor colleague at Jelenkor; discussion is moderated by György Várkonyi art historian, editor of art column at Jelenkor and Zoltán Ágoston critic, editor in chief; and, last but not least, József Készman and Attila Doboviczki, curators of the exhibition.
Literary reading: – Authors will read excerpts from their works related to Pécs:
Tibor Noé Kiss, writer
Lajos Parti Nagy poet, writer
Krisztina Tóth poet, writer
7 – 8 p.m.: Sándor Fábry, writer and humorist, TV presenter, dramaturg, brings visitors on a subjective guided tour through the temporary exhibition Parallel Avant-garde – Pécs Workshop 1968–1980
Venue: 1st and 3rd floor exhibition rooms
8 – 8.25 p.m.: The Five Senses – How these artworks are meant to be restored?
Short presentation by Ágota Gőgös and Béla Kónya on the restoration of Joe Tilson's work
Venue: 3rd floor exhibition rooms
Joe Tilson is one of the most remarkable artists of pop art in Britain. His work preserved at Ludwig Museum's collection consists of 5 pieces and was made in 1968 with serigraphy, a technique favoured by pop art movement. The pictures representing the 5 senses are contained in a giant plexi slide-frame. Tilson followed here one of pop art's favourite artistic method i.e. magnifying everyday objects. About 10 years ago, one of the five pieces became damaged, thus, it is the first time since that the whole series can be seen together. The presentation will discuss the challenges involved in restoring this extremely fragile artwork.
8.30 – 10 p.m.: David Lynch: The Art Life – exclusive film screening and discussion with András Réz film aestethe
Venue: 1st floor Auditorium
First come, first served!
In his film, it is the legendary director, David Lynch himself who guides the viewer to scenes and locations of the most important years of his life. The film was screened with huge success at Titanic International Film Festival this year.
If you missed, it is only here and tonight that you have another and unique chance to watch it.
In English, with Hungarian subtitles.
PROGRAMMES RUNNING ALL NIGHT
5 – 11 p.m.: What does focus mean? Action game in the exhibition space - Non-Aligned Art – Marinko Sudac Collection
Share on social media your photos of the action you performed and win an annual pass to Ludwig Museum! Game rules as well as regulations regarding posting are to be found on the task sheet.
Venue: 2nd floor exhibition rooms
5 – 11 p.m.: In Andy Warhols footsteps – Serigraphy workshop special night edition
Creatively using motives selected and prepared by artist Sándor Pinczehelyi, participants make a serigraphy print on a bag that you can bring home.
Venue: 2nd floor museum education room
5 – 6.30 p.m.: Children's session (for 10 to 14 years old)
7 – 11 p.m.: Workshop for adults (starting in every hour)
Places are limited, participants can join the workshop on a first come first served basis.
17.00 – 23.00: Unpacking My Library. A virtual library of artist who exhibited at the Hungarian Pavilion of Venice Biennial between 1986 and 2017
An adaptation of the project initiated by Christine Macel, head curator of 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, who requested artists participating in the main exhibition Viva Arte Viva to list their favourite books. This is a great opportunity to get to know the literary works these artists like reading as we can get an idea about their inspirational sources which might also provide inspiration to members of the public. The title of the project is borrowed from an essay by Walter Benjamin titled Ich packe meine Bibliothek aus, 1931. The exhibition is located at the Stirling Pavilion, Giardini.
Ludwig Museum Library has extended the project both in time and space and asked Hungarian artists who exhibited either at our national or at the Central Pavilion in the past 30 years to send a list of their favourite readings in order to share it with the public by creating a virtual library of the Hungarian Pavilion. Look for the library's glass wall on the second floor!
OPEN AIR/OUTDOOR PROGRAMMES:
2 – 4 p.m.: Tour de l’Art – Let's explore contemporary artworks around the city by bike!
Please, register in advance at the following e-mail address: salgo.viktoria@ludwigmuseum.hu
Meeting point: MÜPA bike rack.
6 p.m. – 1 a.m.: Bem aka Matild DJ set on Ludwig Museum terrace
Colonel Bem is preparing for Museums’ Night with a genuine, art-environment-taylored exotic vinyl mix. A sort of "easy to enjoy" music flavoured with spicy humour.
6 p.m. – 1 a.m.: Be on TV! | Jump in the TV!
By the help of TV-installation set on Ludwig Museum's terrace, you can replay or live through Károly Halász' legendary photo actions.
Hurry! Buy your tickets at Ludwig Museum!
The first 100 visitors who purchase their wristband at Ludwig Museum are given a free gift: a polaroid photo recording the moment that person is crawling into the TV installation.
10 p.m. - 1 a.m.: Pictures of shadow – painting with light
Shadow screening on the museum's façade, related to the temporary exhibition Parallel Avant-garde – Pécs Workshop 1968–1980, and inspired by Ferenc Ficzek's works.
Artistic concept and design: Ferenc Ficzek Jr. and Dénes Hizsnyik light artist; technical support: Mihály Pallagi, chief lighting technician at National Theater.
