Ruins of an Empire

Meet on the shore!
Eve Kiiler (EE) exhibition
FUGA, Budapest, 7 May – 5 June 2013
Opening: 7 May 2013 7 p.m.
Opening speech by Andri Ksenofontov, architect

The Means of Reconciliation

The nationalist ideology of the Yugoslavian war did not only require human lives but also the destruction of buildings home to ethnic groups or religions. By restoring the mosques, churches and libraries also the identity of the groups of people belonging to these structures is reconstructed. The re-animation of the buildings…

The Policy of Noise

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Cage, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art presents the exhibition entitled The Freedom of Sound – John Cage behind the Iron Curtain between 23 November, 2012 and 17 February, 2013. John Cage (1912-1992) was one of the major figures of avant-garde music…

The Silent Power

He was best characterized in terms of peace and quiet, being untalkative, determined and radiating power. When it came to architectural forums or diploma sessions he was the one uttering his opinion and phrasing his ideas economically, limiting to a few words but expressing them unambiguously and irrefutably by others.

President’s Report

President’s Report
Association of Hungarian Architects
07. 05. 2012 – 06. 05. 2013
László György Sáros DLA
President of the Association of Hungarian Architects

Dynamo

Notions of space, vision and light run through the abstract art of the 20th century and interest many world renowned contemporary artists such as Ann Veronica Janssens, Anish Kapoor, John Armleder, Carsten Höller, Philippe Decrauzat, Jeppe Hein, Felice Varini and Xavier Veilhan. By putting vibration along with the spectator’s perception…

Simon Hantaï

The Centre Pompidou brings together for the first time the work of one of the greatest painters of the second half of the 20th century, a master figure of abstraction: Simon Hantaï. Five years after the death of the artist, the Centre Pompidou dedicates an original exhibition to Hantaï’s work – the first in over thirty-five years.

Bigot Pavilion

Bigot Pavilion
Art Nouveau architectural ceramics from Paris

Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
26 April – 15 September 2013

Klára Sándor: Linguistic Relations and Hun Traditions

Klára Sándor is a Professor of Linguistics at University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts, Department of Human Informatics and Library Studies. PhD in Linguistics in 1996. Research fields: evolutionary theory of language change, conversation analysis with a special focus on the theory of communication and language and politics, and gender studies…

Baroque – since 1630

The era of Maria Theresa is widely seen to epitomize the magnificent Baroque style and luxurious splendor. The many abbeys, monasteries, and palaces dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries – including Prince Eugene’s former summer residence, the sumptuous Belvedere – have shaped the image of Austria…

Wooden Houses in Tallinn

Exhibition of the Museum of Estonian Architecture
FUGA, Budapest, 7-27 May 2013

Curators: Monika Eensalu, Oliver Orro, Leele Välja
Design: Kristo Kooskora

Boom/Room. New Estonian Architecture

BOOM/ROOM presents outstanding examples of contemporary architecture from Estonia which interact in a special way with the urban context. The exhibition deals with the building boom in the Baltic Republic since the mid 1990’s.  In the course of rapid economic growth between 2000 and 2008, the appearance…