On Tuesday, December 11th, “TRAPÉZ”, a new space for contemporary art opened in Budapest! Their first show is a solo exhibit with Budapest based photographer Peter Puklus, who is working in one of the Igor Metropol HQ studios. We asked Zita Sárvári, one of the initiators of TRAPÉZ and former curator at Virág Judith Gallery,...
Exhibition opening at the Ex-Chinese restaurant at Budapest 1114, Bartók Béla út 29. Opening times: 5th – 19th November, 16.00-19.00 Participating artist: Mike Ainsworth, József Sós, Dia Zékány, Aubrey Ramage Lay, Davor Paponja, Laura Arena, Esztella Levko, Gábor Erlich, Judit Kis, Bence György Pálinkás, Virág Bogyó (PR Csoport), Csilla Hódi (PR Csoport) A workshop led...
“An Appeal for an Alternative” Wednesday, October 24th, 6.30 p.m., Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art (Library), Budapest 1095, Komor Marcell u. 1. Participants: Miklós Erhardt (Vienna/Budapest), Lilla Khoór (Budapest), Thomas Kilpper (Berlin), János Sugár (Budapest) Moderated by: Szilvia Nagy (Budapest) Photos by Máté Bartha
+++ Magyarul +++ Wednesday, October 24th, 6.30 p.m. Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art (Library), Budapest 1095, Komor Marcell u. 1. Participants: Miklós Erhardt (Vienna/Budapest), Lilla Khoór (Budapest), Thomas Kilpper (Berlin), János Sugár (Budapest) Moderated by: Szilvia Nagy (Budapest) The title of the roundtable discussion is inspired by Beuys’ idea that art should assume...
Tamás Szabó (Tonyó) is best known for being the front-man of The Moog, one of the very few Hungarian bands that did invest significant amount of energy to establish a presence abroad in the last years and have something to show for it. Even more admirable is the fact that they primarily did this not...
The project SRIAT: Social Responsibility in Art Today was organized by Igor Metropol Association in collaboration with the Intermedia, the Art Theory and Curatorial Studies Departments and TransPraxis – International Center for Art and Theory, of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest. Due to the current political situation in Hungary, the topic of...
“SRIAT: Social Responsibility In Art Today!” Workshop and Exhibition in Budapest, Hungary Workshop: October 24th – November 5th, 2012. Exhibition Opening: November 5th Location: Budapest, Bartók Béla út 29.
Our friends and colleagues from K.A.I.R. (Košice Artist in Residence) opened a call for 2013! The residency was established in 2010 – and there hasn’t been Hungarian artist yet!?! Take the opportunity and apply until August 20th! Host organisation Košice 2013 – European Capital of Culture (www.kosice2013.sk) Košice During the last centuries, the whole region...
More Information about the exhibition here. Some impressions of our BLITZ VISIT in Berlin:
Only a few more days, and we will open our first exhibit in Berlin! If you are around, please come by! Igor Metropol presents: BLITZ VISIT Participating artists: Gábor Buda (HU) Dóra Csala (DE/HU) Barbara Follárd (HU) Dániel Horváth (HU) András Király (HU) Dóra Palatinus (HU) Péter Puklus (HU) Oliver Schmidt (DE) Vernissage: April 26,...
Here we are with the second edition of our new section where we attempt to map out the Hungarian music scene through a series of interviews with musicians, journalists, promoters, label representatives and various other key- or relevant figures of the local industry. In this issue we are talking to Ádám Lang, the front man...
Our new section will focus on upcoming or recently established Hungarian acts. The format is an interview with some fixed list question items. Throughout the first quarter of 2012 we will use it to introduce some of the fresh acts popped up during the last one or two years. In the first edition we asked...
