Spend the Night of Museums in Ludwig Museum!
Exclusive programmes, concerts, backstage sneak peek, film screening, literature, and many more on the longest night!
Purchase your ticket in our ticket office from 5 PM. The first 100 customer gets a badge.
EXHIBITIONS
★ SIGNAL – THE STORY OF (POST)CONCEPTUAL ART IN SLOVAKIA
★ BAUHAUS100. PROGRAMME FOR THE NOW – CONTEMPORARY VIEWPOINTS
★ WESTKUNST - OSTKUNST. A SELECTION FROM THE COLLECTION
★ FAMILY PROGRAMMES ★
4 pm–5 pm | "If you read the other side..."
Handover ceremony of Endre Tót's granite boards at the exhibition Westkunst–Ostkunst. Endre Tót is a member of the so called Iparterv generation. He is famous for his conceptual, largely textual work, and witty, sometimes provocative, formulation.
Venue: 3rd floor Exhibition Hall
6 pm–11 pm | BauHOUSE made of LEGO
With the help of the Tekerd! group from Nyíregyháza, you can build a Bauhaus inspired house made of 1x1 cm LEGO toy building blocks.
Venue: 2nd floor, Library
6 pm–7 pm | VR – Art in 3D
Virtual Reality (VR) not only offers new opportunities in the world of video games and industry, but also reveals unknown dimensions of experience in the context of art and museum. In a virtual environment, beyond passive contemplation, we can have an active relationship with an object, an artwork or even a deeper understanding of art styles and trends. At Night of Museums, visitors can learn how artists experiment with an unexplored self-expression tool.
Venue: 3rd floor, Exhibition Hall
5 pm–11 pm | Second hand contemporary bookshop
Take some art with you! There will be a lot to choose from on our second hand book shop: free art publications, art albums, newspapers, etc.
On the Night of Museums only!
Venue: 2nd floor, library
★ EXCLUSIVE PROGRAMMES ★
4 pm–6 pm | Who runs the Hungarian art world?
Kult50 Panel discussion. In the framework of the discussion, you will get to know more about the situation of Hungarian fine art and the main trends.
Venue: 1st floor, Auditorium
5 pm–7 pm | Ludwig Lounge EXTRA
Guided tour in the SIGNAL exhibition followed by a conversation between actress Vica Kerekes and writer Durica Katarina. Moderator: László Valuska (Könyves Magazine)
Venue: 1st floor exhibition hall
7 pm–8 pm | Curator's Walk in the BAUHAUS100. Programme for the Now Exhibition
Guided tour by the curators of the exhibition: Julia Fabényi, József Készman and Zsuzska Petró
Venue: 2nd Floor, Exhibition Hall
8 pm–9 pm | Thereminiophony
Theremin concert of Sőrés Zsolt, experimental composer, sound-artist.
Venue: 2nd Floor, Exhibition Hall
9 pm–10:30 pm | Exclusive movie screening and discussion with Lajos Koltai
Photographed by Vilmos Zsigmond, documentary, 2018.
"What makes a simple photo a good one?" asked Vilmos Zsigmond on the opening night of his first photography exhibition. The Academy Award-winning cinematographer guides us through his life by sharing his most intimate photographs, which he kept as a secret diary for years. On this unique, last journey of his life, we get to know the man behind the camera, and further understand who Vilmos really was as a human being and the sources of his limitless inspiration.
Before the screening Lajos Koltai, the Academy Award nominated cameraman will introduce the movie.
Venue: 1st floor, Auditorium
11 pm–11:30 pm | Bartók and the Bauhaus
Norbert Kael internationally renowned concert pianist, is one of the most influential artists of “crossover” style. His concerts represent an intriguing combination of the two musical styles. His captivating passion, style and colorful repertoire, are widely popular among audiences around the world.
Venue: 1st floor Glass Hall
11:30 pm–12:15 am | NDK concert
NDK, which has nothing to do with the young German tourists with a retro jogging, but not even with Trabant. But rather with "discofunk". Six people on stage with tight grooves.
Venue: 1st floor, Exhibition Hall
★ LATE NIGHT PROGRAMMES ★
12 am–1 am | Late Night Stories – a walk behind the scenes of Ludwig Museum
Rare insight to the conservator's studio and storage rooms followed by an irregular tour in the 3rd floor exhibition Westkunst-Ostkunst. Behind the scenes-stories, artwork-gossips. The tour will be lead by Zsófia SUGÁR
Venue: 3rd floor Exhibition Hall
★ OUTDOOR PROGRAMMES ★
7 pm–1 am | DJ Matild on the Museum balcony
Venue: P'Art Café terrace
7 pm–9 pm | Instant Bauhaus Experience
Get an analogue Instax selfie! Pose with the favourite motives of bauhaus artists!
Venue: P'Art Café terrace
