The title of the exhibition, 'Handle with Care,' refers to the vulnerability of those in need of care, the asymmetrical relationship between caregiver and cared-for, the fragility of life, and the vulnerability of our ecosystem, the gaps in our social fabric, and the everyday rituals of caregiving - but above all, it emphasizes the necessity of collective responsibility.
Millennials have played an important role in the large-scale contemporary art collection launched by the Central Bank of Hungary, now in its fifth year of expansion. This exhibition presents a selection of them. Although an institutional collection cannot give a complete picture of an entire generation, it can reveal typical positions. The curatorial selection on display here uses the works of Generation Y young people in the collection to draw a possible profile of the generation: the Y profile.
What does it mean... what can I do if... where does it arrive... how much does it cost... how can I pay... when can I collect it...? We could go on and on with the list of frequently asked questions about the difficulties of daily life. The exhibition focuses on questions as well as techniques of asking questions related to contemporary art, with particular emphasis on the practice of asking questions as a tool of pedagogy and art education.
Parallel to the FAQ museum education methodology exhibition, a selection of the museum’s best-known artworks will be on display in the rear exhibition rooms on the third floor, covering approximately 400 m². Spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s, this collection offers an art historical overview of Peter and Irene Ludwig’s acquisitions. The exhibition features paintings by Pablo Picasso, key figures of American and European Pop Art, prominent representatives of Photo- and Hyperrealism, as well as a selection from the "Neue Wilde" (New Wild) painting and sculpture movement of the 1980s.
The first section of the two-part exhibition focuses primarily on women’s roles and women’s (self-)representation in art, while the second section presents the genres and themes chosen by women, as well as their artistic achievements and accomplishments over the past fifty years, through their works in the museum.
The present exhibition features the project shown in Venice completed with a selection of works realised by the artist in the last decade, that can be considered as prefigurations, in their topics and technical formulations, of the works hosted this year by the Hungarian Pavilion at the Biennale.
The first section of the two-part exhibition focuses on women’s roles and women’s (self-)representation in art, while the second section presents the genres and themes chosen by women, as well as their artistic achievements and accomplishments over the past half century, through their works in the museum.
Nedko Solakov’s humorous, site-specific installation is located in the museum’s lobby, next to the cloakroom. In this work, Solakov explores the idea of an artist who seeks to view the world from a radically different perspective—literally by turning himself upside down to shift his viewpoint.
The exhibition Reversed Objects raises a number of questions ranging from the status of objects as either mere things or artworks to the functioning of art institutions, while touching on various themes and disciplines. The exhibition Reversed Objects explores the reasons for the presence, and the various meanings, of traditional craft techniques, which have become increasingly prevalent in contemporary art over the last 10–15 years.
The exhibition aims to showcase the cultural context and genealogy of one of the defining architectural forms of 20th-century Hungary. As a medium for private, self-built construction and an architectural manifestation of modernization, the cube house was a spontaneous response of vernacular architecture to the societal demands for housing.
Caring is a common experience for all of us, shaping our lives from birth until death. It can be interpreted on the personal level (self-care) or projected onto relationships between people (maternal or parental care, elderly care). Still, it can also be extended to caring for nonhumans and, in a broader sense, for the Earth itself.
Márton Nemes is one of the most innovative representatives of the young generation of painters, who experiments with a 21st century reinterpretation of the image, pushing the boundaries of traditional painting in material and space.
In the framework of Bartók Spring, the museum will present the exhibition of a jazz musician and photographer with a special talent.
The Ludwig Museum’s exhibition titled À la recherche de Vera Molnar pays tribute to the artistic legacy of Vera Molnar, who passed away shortly before her 100th birthday.
The Esterházy Privatstiftung is announcing the Esterházy Art Award again in 2023.
The exhibition’s title Handle with Care refers to the vulnerability of those in need of care, the asymmetrical relationship between carer and cared for, the fragility of life and our ecosystem, and the cracks and gaps in the social care system, but most of all, it calls attention to the need for collective responsibility.
The aim of the exhibition is to present and contextualise a current tendency in contemporary art, and especially in painting. The artworks, mainly by artists of the middle-aged generation, are constantly revisiting familiar characters from the cartoons of the 1990s.
The starting point of the exhibition is the contemporary ornamental patterns that cover the metal grid structure of the new Ethnographic Museum’s facade, built as part of the Liget Budapest Project.
A selection from the video collection of the Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art
The exhibition Art after the Shoah brings together two artists who understood each other on both an artistic and human level in their efforts not to forget the injustice and crimes against the Jews.
The exhibition ... Everything Is up in the Clouds ... is an overview of András Lengyel’s rich oeuvre, spanning his entire career, yet it is not a retrospective, as new works are still being created today. Through thematic blocks, it traces the process by which the oeuvre, which grew out of Fluxus and conceptual art, has been developed in postmodernism through action, photo-based reproduced graphics, Mail Art and paintings.
This year, the Hungarian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale will feature a solo exhibition by Zsófia Keresztes, entitled After Dreams: I Dare to Defy the Damage, which could perhaps never be more topical than after the pandemic crisis.
Touch Nature – One theme, two locations, 18 artists
