Andrassy hotel | February 2009

Legendary creatures, magical flowers. The Popular Renaissance - Exhibition
(14.11.2008. - 27.09.2009.)
Museum of Ethnography

The exhibition uses the beautiful 18th and 19th century artefacts of the Museum of Ethnography to show the way the popular renaissance motifs – dragons, unicorns, jumping deer and colourful flowers – reached everyday culture. Since the use of renaissance elements is extremely striking and varied, earlier studies had liked to put an emphasis on how the Hungarian and Italian renaissance has carried on in the Hungarian and old Transylvanian folk art. The results of the predecessors can be wide-ranging and added to in many different art forms.

Visitors of the exhibition can see dragons, unicorns, jumping deer, lions, pomegranates and flower bouquets arranged in Italian vases pictured on beautiful pieces of art from the 18-19 centuries. Painted ceilings and ceiling panels, glazed earthenware, tin pots, folk weave and embroidery as well as special objects and drawings from the collection of the Museum of Ethnography are presented alongside each other. Some of these have never been on display before, therefore are unknown for both ordinary visitors and trade experts, making it possible for seeing the pieces under new lights and giving new explanations.

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Thomas Ruff: A retrospective (13 December 2008 - 15 February 2009) Art Hall

With the solo exhibition of Thomas Ruff, Art Hall brings another prominent figure of the contemporary art scene to the Hungarian public. An outstanding member of the generation that started to work in the 1970s, Tomas Ruff started to work in the company of with Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Candida Höffer and Axel Hütte, the so-called Dusseldorf School. It was the first generation to learn photography at an academy of art.Thomas Ruff’s work is an encyclopaedic encapsulation of today’s photography. His subjects extend from portraits to galaxies, from the micro- to the macrocosm. His approach is simultaneously scientific and political, while he is also sensitive to shifts in the approaches of contemporary visual culture. The techniques he has employed represent all major steps in the development of photography, including digital image making. His monumental enlargements are expressive lessons in the method, or what he calls the grammar, of photography.

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A Land of Myths - The Art of Gustave Moreau

Museum of Fine Arts : 19 February 2009 – 3 May 2009 

In collaboration with the Gustave Moreau Museum in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest will stage an exhibition displaying the works of one of the most outstanding painters of Symbolism. The exhibition can be seen in the Ionic and Pergamon halls of the Budapest museum between 19th February - 3rd May 2009. The event is made especially significant since no other exhibition has ever been devoted solely to Moreau in the Central European region as his works have only been shown along with those of other artists in Germany and Austria.

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Budapest Opera Ball - 21/02/2009 State Opera House

Following the former traditions the miracle happens year by year on the last Saturday of the carnival season: the stage and the auditorium of the Opera House transforms to the most beautiful ballroom of Hungary. The ball is opened by more than a hundred debutante dancers after a short opera programme, then comes the 'Alles Walzer' so that people dance till dawn. 

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Opera
Fill your night with the magic of Opera or enjoy a unique ballett performance in one of the most beautiful Opera House of Europe. You can check the exact dates of performances on the following link or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185 : Opera Program  

Concerts in Budapest
Let yourself enchanted by music during your stay. To see concert calendar please click...  or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185

Palace of Arts
The renewed culture center of Budapest has the basic conception of bringing together different branches of the arts under one roof, the building will have permanent residents: the Ludwig Museum, the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and Music Library and the National Dance Theatre. For Palace of Arts program please click...  or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185