Klimt and the beginning of Viennese secession - exhibition (30.09.2008. - 04.01.2009.)
Museum of Fine Arts 
During the time of the ‘Holy Spring’ (Heilige Frühling), members of the two groups of the Secession - the realists and the symbolists -grouping around Gustav Klimt (Hoffmann, Moll, Kolo, Moser and Otto Wagner) took a united stand against the ruling art norms and ideas of the period.
The exhibition arriving from the Viennese Albertina at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts wishes to introduce the art of these few years. This period not only marks the birth of modern arts and the roots of Viennese Secession but it is also the time when European artists established connections with between themselves, mutually influencing each other’s art.
In this early phase following the establishment the drawings and reproduced graphics were given an influential role. In the drawings and graphics of the exhibition it is splendidly and clearly illustrated how the school worked with decorative, smeared surfaces creating a flat effect. In addition, the Museum of Fine Arts supplements the graphic material with significant paintings, creating an a new context for the Budapest audience to be introduced to the works of Austrian artists who are much admired in Hungary.
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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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In the Wake of Jesus - El Greco's Saint John - Geniuses and Masterpieces 
(12 December 2008 – 5 February 2009)- Open every day 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Monday
A dossier exhibition entitled In The Wake of Jesus will open at the Museum of Fine Arts in the middle of December on the Cretan-born El Greco, one of the most important figures of Spanish painting, presenting the roots of the master’s art and the Italian influences that served as an inspiration for his works. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the Saint John the Evangelist panel borrowed from the Prado in Madrid, which can be seen by visitors along with over 40 works of art selected from the Museum of Fine Arts’ own collection. The exhibition fits in well with the Geniuses and Masterpieces series of dossier exhibitions: the paintings, sculptures and engravings help to create an overall picture of the background of the master's art.
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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
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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