The masterpieces of Italian art from the 16^th to the 18^th century from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts

The collection that by now has become legendary was first exhibited in 1815 in Vienna, from where it was brought to Pest in 1865. Later on the collection consisting of 637 paintings, 3.500 drawings and 51.000 graphic reprintswas bought by the Hungarian State. It formed a basis for the Museum of Fine Arts that was founded in 1896 and inaugurated in 1906. The purpose of the present collection is to show the collecting activity of the aristocratic family as well as to illustrate the course of development of Italian art starting from Rafael’s painting “The Madonna of the Eszterházy” to arrive at “St. James overcomes the Moors” by Tiepolo. To supplement the exhibition there will also be a catalogue containing ten essays about the Eszterházy family from a historical viewpoint.

Idea and production: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Organiser: Helmut Seemann, director of the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Scene of the exhibition: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Opens: 1^st October 1999 18.00
Duration of the exhibition: 2^nd October 1999 – 2^nd January 2000
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Information: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
A catalogue in German shall come out for the exhibition

 

 

A HUNGARIAN IN PARIS

Schirn Kunsthalle

This exhibition offers a refined picture of the interaction between Western European and Hungarian culture. Although József Rippl-Rónai was closely associated with the Nabis Group, he developed an individual set of artistic means of expression and created his own aesthetics in the course of almost four decades. The exhibition has been shown in a number of countries in Europe and will also be organised in Paris.

Idea and production: Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Curators: Anna Jávor and her team
Hungarian National Gallery
Scene of the exhibition: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Opens: 1^st October 1999
Duration of the exhibition: 2^nd October 1999 – 2^nd January 2000
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 7 p.m.
On Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Information: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
A catalogue in German shall come out for the exhibition

 

 

IRREGULAR MEMORY

Carmelite cloister

The theme of the exhibition is remembering and forgetting. It gives a cross-section of the Hungarian art of the nineties. The scene itself, the Way of the Cross and the dining hall of the Carmelite cloister with Jörg Rattgeb’s frescos, provided the idea of the exhibition.

23 artists of three generations shall present their works, starting from the re-discovered technique of the panel picture (oil on canvas) to the Digitart.

Idea and conception: Katalin Keserű, art history docent of the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest
Júlia Fabényi, director of the Szombathely Art Hall
Opens: 1^st October 1999
Duration of the exhibition: 2^nd – 28^th October 1999
Opening hours: undecided as yet
Entry: gratis
Information: Carmelite Cloister, Frankfurt
A catalogue in German and Hungarian shall come out for the exhibition

 

 

ÁGNES EPERJESI’S EXHIBITION

The photography works of the artist will be exhibited.

Idea: Ágnes Eperjesi
Curator: Dmitry Vilensky
Production: Frankfurt ’99 Non-profit Organisation, Budapest
Scene of the exhibition: Frankfurt, Palais Jalta
Opens: 11^th September 1999 19.00
Duration of the exhibition: 12^th September - 13^th October 1999

 

 

IT’S JAZZY

The exhibition of the work of young artists aims to mediate the “cool”, an internationally recognised art movement presenting a special attitude towards life - by the technical means of multimedia.

Curator: Júlia Fabényi
Conception: Tamás Komoróczy, András Ravasz, Péter Szarka
Scene of the exhibition: Frankfurt, Palais Jalta
Opens: 16^th October 1999 20.00
Duration of the exhibition: 17^th October – 15^th November 1999

 

 

PÁL ALMÁSI

The works of Pál Almási, a photographer living in Paris after the First World War, now count as the masterpieces of Hungarian art photography, which by now has a long tradition.

Curators: Dr. Andreas Bee, MMK Frankfurt, Dr. László Beke, Art Hall, Budapest
Scene of the exhibition: Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Opens: 11^th October 1999 18.00
Duration of the exhibition: 12^th October 1999 – 9^th January 2000

 

 

ANDRÉ KARTÉSZ EXHIBITION

The photos of the world famous Hungarian artist André Kertész shall be presented by a life-work exhibition rich in material.

Curator: Károly Kincses
Scene of the exhibition: Leinwandhaus, Frankfurt
Opens: 6^th August 1999 19.00
Duration of the exhibition: 7^th August – 17^th October 1999