Essentia Artis

March 02. - April 02.
Exhibition and event series by Artists' Scholarship winners of the Hungarian Academy of Arts in Pesti Vigadó. This event series comprises a one-month-long celebration of artists through a comprehensive exhibition and 70 artistic programmes. It is the first time that in March 2023 the Hungarian Academy of Arts is organising a total art exhibition and event series entitled Essentia Artis from artworks by Artists' Scholarship winners of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.

Eternal Yorick - Life book Csaba Antal

February 3. - March 19.
Csaba Antal: Trust in Theatre - Kunsthalle, institution of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.
Theatre is divided and it has been facing this division, a hallmark of its condition, since the emergence of staging. Two camps are opposing each other, both defining themselves in terms of their radicality. They are the ones having shaped the destiny of the European stage, while the rest, the undecisive, the lukewarm, have been "vomited out", as declared in the Apocalypse. Jerzy Grotowski liked and used this biblical reference to conflicts opposing steadfast enemies to… conciliators rounding out the rough edges, soothing confrontations and making compromises without explicitly taking sides.

Suede

February 3. – March 19.
Exhibition of Erzsébet Katona Szabó, regular member of HAA in Kunsthalle, institution of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.
Erzsébet Katona Szabó textile artist was born in Kolozsvár (now Cluj, Romania) in 1952 to Erzsébet Bódis, a textile artist, and István Katona Szabó, a writer and editor. She became familiar with Hungarian folk traditions in Kalotaszeg, at her maternal grandparents' house, where she fell under the spell of mainly women's folk dress, ornamentation and decorative motifs.

Fiber Art & Fine Art

2022.12.09. - 2023.02.19.
From 9th December 2022, faculty members and students of the Faculty of Textile Art and Fashion Design of the Łódź (Poland) based Strzemiński Academy of Fine Art's Design Institute are showcasing their works in Pesti Vigadó's ground floor exhibition hall.
The Pesti Vigadó is closed until 10 February 2023. Click here to find the most recent updates and information.